Schooner PENOKEE sunk below Romer Shoal, September 14, 1899

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, Romer Shoal; USA, NY, New York Bay
1899-09-14
paper
4-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.

Gelatin print in album 2008.28.3 of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.; handwritten in negative lower left "624"; handwritten on album page below photograph "Schooner 'PENOKEE'/ Sunk below Romer Shoal in Channel./ Sept. 14th 1899."; stern view of floating derrick MONARCH and bow view of PENOKEE, barge at right, 2 sailing vessels in background; PENOKEE had sunk south of Romer Shoal, Lower Bay, but has been raised and brought in to shore, Sept. 14, 1899; see accession file for account of the accident.

2008.28.3.94