Barge IRA A. ALLEN sunk in Providence River, RI, after collision with steamer POWHATAN on November 12, 1905
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, RI, Providence River
1905-11
paper
4-5/8 x 3-3/4 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 "Barge / Ira A. Allen / 1905 / Prov. River / loaded with chemicals"; barge IRA A. ALLEN sunk in Providence River, RI, after collision with steamer POWHATAN on November 12, 1905; see related photographs 2008.28.10.435A-439; see also Mystic Seaport, G.W. Blunt White Library, Records of T.A. Scott Company, Inc. (Coll. 1), C Series, Box 3, Folder 19(C7).
2008.28.10.437