Deck view of steamship LOUISIANA stranded near Ocean City, MD, March 4, 1917

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, MD, Ocean City
1917-03
paper
3-1/8 x 5-3/8 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper right "5869-A/ film.", and in negative lower right "S.S. LouisiANA/ OceAN City, Md. Mar 1917/ Oil & water on afterdeck.", and on album page "S.S. 'Louisiana' Ashore/ Ocean City - Md. 2/4/17 [sic]."; deck view of steamship LOUISIANA after stranding near Ocean City, MD, March 4, 1917, bound from Tampico, Mexico, for Claymont, DE with cargo of crude oil; see related photographs 2008.28.7.1365-1367; see accession file for detailed account of attempted rescue by US Coast Guard Cutter YAMACRAW, and loss of life.

2008.28.7.1365