Tugboat EDGAR BAXTER pumping out barge NEW JERSEY sunk at Pier 44 in East River, New York, NY, circa 1917
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York, East River
circa 1917
paper
4 x 5-7/8 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "6014", and on album page "BARGE 'NEW JERSEY' SUNK PIER 44 ER."; tugboat EDGAR BAXTER pumping out barge NEW JERSEY sunk at Pier 44 in East River, New York, NY, circa 1917; from original negative 1964.660.1921; see related photographs 2008.28.8.89-90, 98-102.
2008.28.8.100