Deck awash, British cargo steamship DRUMELZIER, aground at Fire Island, NY, December 26, 1904

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Fire Island
1904-12-26
paper
4-1/2 x 6-3/8 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.9 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten lower left "1818", and on back "High water / Dec 26 '04"; deck awash, British cargo steamship DRUMELZIER, aground at Fire Island, NY, December 26, 1904; see duplicate print 1964.521.120; see related photographs 2008.28.9.560-563, 615-616; rescue of the crew took several days; see accession file for New York Times articles December 27, 1904; see USLSS Annual Report June 30, 1905.

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