Ship GENERAL KNOX on fire at Pier 19, East River, NY, August 1894

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York, East River
1894-08
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; printed in negative lower left "128" and at bottom "SHIP 'GEN. KNOX' ON FIRE & SUNK AT PIER 19 E.R. AUG. 1894"; (GENERAL KNOX built 1881, Thomaston, ME); NYC fireboat alongside.

2008.28.3.12