Extinguishing fire or pumping out steamship CITY OF LAHORE, sunk at pier in Hudson River, New York, NY, November 1918

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.); USA, NY, New York
1918-11
paper
4-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "6323", and on album page "S.S. 'CITY OF LAHORE'"; extinguishing fire or pumping out steamship CITY OF LAHORE, sunk at pier in Hudson River, New York, NY, November 1918; ship sank under weight of water firemen poured into holds to extinguish fire; see accession file for reference to the accident; see related photographs 2008.28.8.382-391, 404-411.

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