Floating derrick CAPITOL assisting tugboat R.J. MORAN sunk in ice at pier 6, probably in East River, New York, early 1917
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York, East River
1917
paper
4 x 6 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "5790", and on album page [piece missing] "Tug 'R.J. Moran' sunk/ Pier 6 E.R. ... 1917."; floating derrick CAPITOL assisting tugboat R.J. MORAN sunk in ice at pier 6, probably in East River, New York, early 1917; from original negative 1964.660.1764; see related photographs 2008.28.7.1329-1331.
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