Damaged hull, possibly Canadian freighter LORD DUFFERIN sunk in New York Harbor, after being rammed by steamship AQUITANIA on February 28, 1919
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York Bay
1919-02
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 "6391"; damaged hull of unidentified vessel, possibly Canadian freighter LORD DUFFERIN sunk in New York Harbor, after being rammed by steamship AQUITANIA on February 28, 1919; see accession file for "The New York Times" article about the accident; see related photographs 2008.28.8.427-438, 457-460 (probably), 471-472.
2008.28.8.457