Man standing on deck of listing steamship METAPAN, East River, New York, NY, August 1913

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York, East River
1913-08
paper
4 x 3 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower right "3946-F/ film", and on album page "S/S 'Metapan" in sinking condition at Burling Slip"; man standing on deck of listing steamship METAPAN, East River, New York, NY, August 1913; see related photographs 2008.28.7.259-264; see accession file for New York Times, August 10, 1913, article describing METAPAN at Pier 15 taking on water due to open seacock.

2008.28.7.264