Steamship EDWARD PEIRCE sinking after rammed by steamer MUNDELTA in Boston's outer harbor, September 23, 1924

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, MA, Boston Harbor
1924-09-23
paper
4-1/8 x 6-3/4 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.5 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper right "8098", and on album page "S.S. 'EDWARD PIERCE' [sic.] SUNK BOSTON SEPT. 23, 1924."; port view of steamship EDWARD PEIRCE sinking after being rammed by steamer MUNDELTA in Boston's outer harbor; from original negative 1964.660.3005; EDWARD PEIRCE with load of coal was bound for Everett, Massachusetts, from Norfolk, Virginia; see accession file for account of accident.

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