British barkentine LADYSMITH aground off Fishers Island, NY, March 1909

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Fishers Island
1909-03
paper
4-3/4 x 3-5/8 in.

Gelatin silver print mounted on ledger paper in photograph album 2008.28.10 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten on ledger page "Schr Load of Lumber on south side Fishers Island", and "British Barkentine "Lady Smith" loaded with [?]"; 3 tugboats, probably assisting British barkentine LADYSMITH (in background) aground off Fishers Island, NY, March 1909; see related photographs 2008.28.10.4-6; see accession file for brief newspaper account of the accident.

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