Barge WAR CHIEF loaded with blocks of Italian marble, possibly at Bush Terminal Co., Brooklyn, NY, September 29, 1923
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Brooklyn
1923-09-29
paper
4-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.5 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "7810", men standing on barge WAR CHIEF of the American Smelting & Refining Co., loaded with blocks of marble, at wharf; marble block in foreground marked "FS 3bb802 / SM/U / C / PRODUCT oF ITALY / CARRARA"; possibly at Bush Terminal Co., Brooklyn, NY, September 29, 1923; camera copy of 1964.660.2761; see related photographs 2008.28.5.437-450.
2008.28.5.447