CITY OF NORWALK after collision with NYNH & HRR car float, Blackwells Island (Welfare Island, NY)

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York, Roosevelt Island; USA, NY, New York, East River
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation; handwritten in negative lower left "29 F"; handwritten below picture on album page "Freight Prop. 'City of NORWALK'./ sunk at Blackwells Island after collision with N.Y.N.H. & H. float."; Blackwell's Island later known as Welfare Island and then Roosevelt Island; collision with NYNH & HRR car float; salvage steam lighter HUSTLER and stick lighter alongside.

2008.28.3.2