Steamship SIXAOLA partially capsized at Pier 9, Hoboken, NJ, February, 1919

gelatin silver print

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "6354", and on album page "S.S. 'SIXAOLA'/ SUNK PIER (9) HOBOKEN, N.J."; steamship SIXAOLA partially capsized at Pier 9, Hoboken, NJ, February, 1919; Atkinson-Frizelle Co. building in background; vessel caught fire while loading for next voyage, 2 lives lost; see also G.W. Blunt White Library Manuscripts Collection 1, Box 25, Folder 5; see accession file for reference to accident; see related photographs 2008.28.8.412-426, 461-470.