Steamer CITY OF WORCESTER sunk in Thames River, New London, CT, May 29, 1898

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, CT, Thames; USA, CT, New London
1898-05-29
paper
4-3/8 x 6-3/8 in.

Gelatin silver print mounted on ledger paper in photograph album 2008.28.10 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; bow view of Norwich Line sidewheel steamer CITY OF WORCESTER partly submerged in Thames River, New London, CT, with salvage vessels on either side, May 29, 1898. See duplicate print 2008.28.3.50, and related photographs 2008.28.10.305-311, 352, 551.


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