Steamer RESCUE alongside steamship FRI, November 1902

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York Bay
1902-11
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/4 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.9 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower left "1201"; starboard bow view of steamer RESCUE alongside steamship FRI, November 1902; FRI was stranded 180 miles southwest of Jamaica, September 26, 1902, cargo of cattle; many cattle dead on board, others killed and thrown overboard, towed to NY by steamer RESCUE; from original negative 1964.660.269; see related photographs 2008.28.9.16-18.

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