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
5-1/2 x 3-1/4 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower left "6713-G/ film G", and on album page "S.S. 'HALLFRIED'/ AFIRE - APR - 19 - 1920. PIER (5) BUSH STORES."; after fire extinguished? 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.

2008.28.8.742