Harbor scene, New York, NY, after 1863

cyanotype

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, New York
after 1863
paper
6 x 8 in.

Cyanotype in photograph album 2008.28.1; Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation Collection; handwritten on album page "Steam Propeller/ 'Alice Hegarty'/ net ton 57 04/100/ Length 98.4 ft./ Breadth 20.9 ft./ Hold 7.5 ft./ Built 1863/ Engine 22"x26"/ Tank capacity./ About 15000 gals/ Taken/ by/ W.L.C/ Plate destroyed W.E.S.[?]"; view of 2 vessels at city wharf, presumably New York or Brooklyn, NY; see related photograph 2008.28.1.7.

2008.28.1.6