Floating derrick assisting tugboat JOHN NICHOLS sunk near pier in Hudson River, New York, NY, January 20, 1914

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
1914-01-20
paper
3-1/4 x 5-1/2 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "5003", and on album page "TUG 'JOHN NICHOLS' SUNK/ JAN. 20, 1914."; floating derrick assisting tugboat JOHN NICHOLS sunk near pier in Hudson River, New York, NY, January 20, 1914; from original negative 1964.660.1169; see related photographs 2008.28.7.489-491; see accession file for newspaper account from "Oswego Palladium" (Jan. 24, 1914) of collision with ocean liner MAJESTIC.

2008.28.7.489