Extinguishing fire aboard Norwegian steamship HALLFRIED, Pier 5, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 1920
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSMerritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NY, Brooklyn
1920-04-19
paper
3-1/4 x 5-1/2 in.
Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "6713-A/ film", and on album page "S.S. 'HALLFRIED'/ AFIRE - APR - 19 - 1920. PIER (5) BUSH STORES."; firemen extinguishing fire aboard Norwegian steamship HALLFRIED, Pier 5, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, NY, April 19, 1920; see related photographs 2008.28.8.737-743; see accession file for "New York Times" article about the explosion and fire.
2008.28.8.737