"Firing the Gun/ Failure"

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Butler, Albert L.
USA, NY, Amagansett
Circa 1889
5.00 x 8.00 x 0

Glass negative; view of Lyle gun firing in breeches buoy drill; Amagansett Life Saving Station (Long Island, NY) crew; pencil note on negative sleeve reads "Firing the Gun/ Failure"; from collection of glass negatives related to US Lifesaving Service and other maritime scenes, photographed by Hartford photographer Albert L. Butler c. 1889.

1997.89.12