Floating derrick raising New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail Road Co. car, after sinking at North Brother Island, Brooklyn, NY, April 5, 1903

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Bronx County, North Brother Island
1903-04-05
paper
6-1/4 x 4-1/2 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.9 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower right "1396"; floating derrick hoisting railroad car, probably New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail Road Co., after sinking at North Brother Island, Brooklyn, NY, April 5, 1903; information from similar photograph 1964.521.63; from original negative 1964.660.425; see related photographs 2008.28.9.183-190.

2008.28.9.190