Protected cruiser TACOMA wrecked off Veracruz, Mexico, January 16, 1924
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
Mexico, Veracruz, Arrecife Blanquilla
1924-01-16
paper
5-3/8 x 3 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.5 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten on album page "S.S. TACOMA WRECKED/ OFF VERA CRU (sic.) WINTER 1924 FILMS IN/ F&C DEPT."; view of port damaged hull of TACOMA; see related photographs 2008.28.5.524-527, 532-535; see accession file for account; vessel ran aground in storm January 16, 1924; captain and 3 crewmen drowned attempting to free the vessel.
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