Steamship BOSTON CITY sunk off Southwest Spit [New York Harbor?], February 5, 1904

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York Bay
1904-02-05
paper
3-3/4 x 5-1/2 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.9 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower right "1577", and on back "taken / Feby 5 / 1904 / 11.45 AM"; steamship BOSTON CITY sunk off Southwest Spit [New York Harbor?], February 5, 1904, 11:45 AM; lighter HENRY SEYMOUR alongside; see related photographs 1964.521.85-86 and 2008.28.9.337-355; see accession file for account of accident.

2008.28.9.354