Pennsylvania ferry NEW BRUNSWICK burned off Communipaw Coal Pier, NJ, January 1897

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NJ, Jersey City, Communipaw
1897-01
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 "200"; handwritten on album page below picture, "Wreck of Penn. Ferry Boat 'NEW BRUNSWICK'/ Burned & Sunk off Communipaw Coal Pier./ Jan. 1897."; North River Coal & Wharf Co. pier at right; Communipaw later became part of Jersey City, NJ; see duplicate 1964.520.27.


2008.28.3.31

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