4-Masted schooner DUSTIN G. CRESSY capsized in New York Harbor after collision with steamship VALERIA, February 19, 1917
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York Bay
1917-02
paper
4 x 6 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.7 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "5809", and on album page "Sch. 'Dustin G. Cressy' capsized off Governor's Il. 2/19/17"; 4-masted schooner DUSTIN G. CRESSY capsized in New York Harbor after collision with steamship VALERIA, February 19, 1917; see related photographs 2008.28.7.1370-1377; see accession file for "New York Times" article February 20, 1917, reporting the accident.
2008.28.7.1374