British 4-masted bark HOUGOMONT stranded at Fire Island, Long Island, NY, February 7, 1915

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Fire Island; USA, NY, Long Island
1915-02-07
paper
3-1/4 x 5-3/8 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "5248", and at bottom "BK 'HOUGOMONT' Br./ STRANDED FIRE ISLAND, N.Y./ 7th FEBY 1915"; stern view of British 4-masted bark HOUGOMONT stranded at Fire Island, Long Island, NY, February 7, 1915; see related photographs 2008.28.7.750-755; see accession file for February 7, 1915, "New York Times" article reporting vessel with cargo of chalk, running aground in the fog, and the rescue by lifesaving crew from Point of Woods Life Saving Station.

2008.28.7.752