4-Masted bark CLAN GALBRAITH stranded on beach at Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY, July 22, 1916

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Suffolk County, Bridgehampton; USA, NY, Long Island
1916-07-22
paper
4 x 6 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper right "5666"; starboard view of 4-masted bark CLAN GALBRAITH stranded on beach at Bridgehampton, Long Island, NY, July 22, 1916; Norwegian flag painted on hull to alert German submarines that it was a neutral vessel; see related photographs 2008.28.7.1197-1205; see accession file for July 23, 1916, New York Times article about the vessel sailing off course in fog, rescue efforts by United States Life-Saving Service, no casualties.

2008.28.7.1198