Floating derrick COMMANDANT laying sub-marine telephone cable, probably New York, NY, circa 1921
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York
circa 1921
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 right "7200"; floating derrick COMMANDANT laying sub-marine telephone cable; Arctic Hygeia Ice Manufacturing Co. building in background; probably New York, NY, circa 1921; from original negative 1964.660.2267; see related photographs 2008.28.8.1153-1157.
2008.28.8.1153