Steamship MAIN, flooded after pier fire at Hoboken, NJ, June 30, 1900

gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NJ, Weehawken; USA, NJ, Hoboken
1900-06-30
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 "729" and at bottom "S.S. 'Main'/ After being flooded - Destroyed by fire June 30 - 1900"; after pier fire, Jersey Flats, Hoboken, NJ, June 30, 1900; S. S. BREMEN in background. Weehawken shoreline is visible. See 1964.660.102 for original negative; see duplicate 2008.28.4.216; see related photographs 1964.660.95, 97-114, 117-122, 126-129, 135, 5063-5064, 5071-5072.

2008.28.3.118