Fire aboard Norwegian steamship HALLFRIED, Pier 5, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 1920

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Brooklyn
1920-04-19
paper
3-1/4 x 5-1/2 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "6713-B/ film B", and on album page "S.S. 'HALLFRIED'/ AFIRE - APR - 19 - 1920. PIER (5) BUSH STORES."; fire aboard Norwegian steamship HALLFRIED, Pier 5, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 1920; see related photographs 2008.28.8.737-743; see accession file for "New York Times" article about the explosion and fire.

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