Floating derrick and destroyer in at wharf, possibly after U.S. destroyers ran aground off Santa Barbara, California, September 1923

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1923-09-09
paper
3 x 5-3/8 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.5 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "7944", and on album page "U.S. DESTROYERS WRECKED ON PACIFIC COAST SEPT. 9, 1923"; floating derrick and destroyer in at wharf?, possibly after U.S. destroyers ran aground off Santa Barbara, California; from original negative 1964.660.2867 [conflicting description].


2008.28.5.451

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