Hoisting boiler on vessel, 1919
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1919
paper
7-5/8 x 9-5/8 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.5 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; print glued to cloth backing; rubberstamped on back "MARINE BOILERS/ MODIFIED WATER TUBE TYPE/ FOR/ 88 FT. HARBOR TUGS U.S. NAVY/ AS BUILT BY/ BRIDGEPORT BOILER WORKS CO.,/ BRIDGEPORT CONN./ 1919", and "For Duplicates of this Negative/ order No. [24935]/ PUBLISHERS' PHOTO SERVICE, Inc./ FORMERLY BROWN & DAWSON/ STAMFORD, CONN."; handwritten on album page "No PLATES"; hoisting boiler on vessel.
2008.28.5.791