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Sinking tugboat EDW. C. MURRAY, bow view, at Jay Street Terminal, Brooklyn, New York
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.1357
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Sketchbook by Elisha Taylor Baker, circa 1875
sketchbook
Baker, Elisha Taylor
Circa 1875
1989.17.15
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Sleeping in hot weather, NYC, ca. 1915
silver gelatin print
Rosenfeld and Sons
ca. 1915
ANN.1984.187.4305
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Sloop GANNET, Off-Soundings, 1952
black-and -white negative; safety negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1952
1984.187.132720F
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Sloop yacht HESPER under sail
photograph
after 1880
1974.577.39
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Southern Pacific Railroad cars on ferry (probably barge MASTODON), Mississippi River at New Orleans, LA, before 192
real photo postcard, divided back, white border
Interstate Co.; Albertype Company
before 1929
2014.49.2263
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Spanish ship ADULA at Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, circa 1898
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1898
2008.28.3.74
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Spanish steamship ADULA at pier in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, circa 1898, after capture by U.S. Navy
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1898
1964.520.270
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Spanish steamship ADULA at pier in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, circa 1898, after capture by U.S. Navy
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1898
1964.520.269
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Spectators at the launching of USS ARIZONA at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY, 1915
real photo postcard, white border
1915
2014.49.9858
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SS BRITISH QUEEN burning at Hoboken, NJ, starboard view
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1902-03-19
1964.660.210
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SS BRITISH QUEEN burning, starboard view
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1964.660.211
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Stands for Inuit skin boats, to keep them dry and away from their dogs, Southampton Island, Hudson Bay, June 1905
lantern slide
Lockwood, Ferris C.; Comer, George (Captain)
1905-06
1966.339.3
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Star Class race
photographic print
Tanare, Ernest
2008.33.392
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Steam bark ALOHA by Warren Sheppard
oil painting
Sheppard, Warren W.
1965.54
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Steam lighter MARIE after collision, Brooklyn, NY, November 27, 1904
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904-11-27
1964.521.113
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Steam lighter OLD DOMINION after collision with Pennsylvania tugboat, Brooklyn, NY, November 27, 1904
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1904-11-27
1964.521.114
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Steam Roller in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, 1935
safety negative
Rosenfeld and Sons
1935-07-17
1984.187.50207
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Steam yacht GLOUCESTER sunk at marine basin, Brooklyn, NY, February 17, 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1920-02-17
2008.28.8.655
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Steam yacht GLOUCESTER sunk at marine basin, Brooklyn, NY, February 17, 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1920-02-17
2008.28.8.657
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Steam yacht GLOUCESTER sunk at marine basin, Brooklyn, NY, February 17, 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1920-02-17
2008.28.8.656
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Steam yacht GLOUCESTER sunk at marine basin, Brooklyn, NY, February 17, 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1920-02-17
2008.28.8.654
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Steam yacht GLOUCESTER sunk at marine basin, Brooklyn, NY, February 17, 1920
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1920-02-17
2008.28.8.658
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Steam yacht WANDA capsized at Crane's Dry Dock, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, October 25, 1899
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1899-10-25
2008.28.4.172
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Steam yacht WANDA capsized at Crane's Dry Dock, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, October 25, 1899
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1899-10-25
2008.28.4.173
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Steam yacht WANDA capsized at Crane's Dry Dock, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, October 25, 1899
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1899-10-25
2008.28.4.174
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Steamboat CITY OF NEW LONDON
photograph
Circa 1871
1941.1
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Steamboat INTERSTATE PARK sunk at dock, Brooklyn, New York, April 2, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-04-02
2008.28.5.599
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Steamboat INTERSTATE PARK sunk at dock, Brooklyn, New York, April 2, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-04-02
2008.28.5.597
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Steamboat INTERSTATE PARK sunk at dock, Brooklyn, New York, April 2, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-04-02
2008.28.5.596
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Steamboat INTERSTATE PARK sunk at dock, Brooklyn, New York, April 2, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-04-02
2008.28.5.600
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Steamboat INTERSTATE PARK sunk at dock, Brooklyn, New York, April 2, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-04-02
2008.28.5.598
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Steamboat POUGHKEEPSIE assisted by derrick MONARCH and lighter RAYMOND after running ashore, Hudson River, Stony Point, NY, March 21, 1901
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1901-03-21
2008.28.4.290
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Steamer BROOKLYN HIGHTS
photographic postcard
circa 1935
2014.49.247
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Steamer C. H. NORTHAM, circa 1885
gelatin print
Hazard, Emerson W.
Circa 1885
1979.73
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Steamer CITY OF NORWICH at Norwich, CT
photograph
1955.427
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Steamer PEGASUS aground on flats, Brooklyn, NY, July 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-07
2008.28.2.41
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Steamer POUGHKEEPSIE ashore
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1901-03
1964.660.145
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Steamer POUGHKEEPSIE ashore at Stony Point, NY, March 21, 1901
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1901-03-21
1964.660.140
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Steamer POUGHKEEPSIE floated
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1901-03
1964.660.143
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Steamer POUGHKEEPSIE run ashore
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1901-03
1964.660.141
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Steamer POUGHKEEPSIE run ashore; steam lighter RAYMOND of Hartford
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1901-03
1964.660.139
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Steamer POUGHKEEPSIE under tow of tug UNITY
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1901-03
1964.660.144
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Steamer SQUANTUM ashore, Brooklyn, January 17, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-01-17
2008.28.5.574
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Steamer SQUANTUM ashore, Brooklyn, January 17, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-01-17
2008.28.5.572
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Steamer SQUANTUM ashore, Brooklyn, January 17, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-01-17
2008.28.5.573
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Steamer SQUANTUM ashore, Brooklyn, January 17, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-01-17
2008.28.5.571
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Steamer SQUANTUM ashore, deck view, Brooklyn, January 17, 1924
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1924-01-17
2008.28.5.575
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Steamer ST. DUNSTAN afire and sunk at Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, January 9, 1901
gelatin glass negative
Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co.
1901-01-09
1964.660.132
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Steamer ST. DUNSTAN afire and sunk at Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, January 9, 1901
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1901-01-09
2008.28.3.137
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Steamer ST. DUNSTAN on fire and sunk, tugboats alongside, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, January 9, 1901
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1901-01-09
2008.28.4.265
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Steamer THOMAS S. BRENNAN after collision with a sand boat in off 120th Street, East River, New York, NY, October 16, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-16
1964.520.142
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Steamer THOMAS S. BRENNAN after collision with a sand boat in off 120th Street, East River, New York, NY, October 16, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-16
1964.520.141
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Steamer THOMAS S. BRENNAN after collision with a sand boat in off 120th Street, East River, New York, NY, October 16, 1897
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-10-16
1964.520.143
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Steamship ALLEGHANY sunk in Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, April 11, 1903
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1903-04-11
1964.521.60
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Steamship ALLEGHANY sunk in Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, April 11, 1903
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1903-04-11
1964.521.59
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Steamship ANTILLA of New York, aground, lighter JOHN W. CHITTENDEN and tugboat NORTH AMERICA, probably after collision with barge off Sea Gate, Brooklyn, NY, December 13, 1915
real photo postcard, divided back
merritt-chapman; Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1915-12
2014.49.9478
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Steamship BELLENDEN anchored, possibly aground, in East River, New York, NY, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.555
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Steamship BELLENDEN anchored, possibly aground, in East River, New York, NY, circa 1900
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1900
2008.28.4.554
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Steamship BERMUDEZ partially raised after sinking at Crane's Dry Dock, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 16-20, 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1921-03-16
2008.28.8.1006
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Steamship BERMUDEZ partially raised after sinking at Crane's Dry Dock, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 16-20, 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1921-03-16
2008.28.8.1009
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Steamship BERMUDEZ sunk at Crane's Dry Dock, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 16-20, 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1921-03-16
2008.28.8.1004
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Steamship BERMUDEZ sunk at Crane's Dry Dock, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 16-20, 1921
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1921-03-16
2008.28.8.1005
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN after fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.505
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN listing after fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.497
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN listing after fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.500
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN listing after fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.501
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN listing after fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.496
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN listing after fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.498
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN listing after fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.499
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN on fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-09
2008.28.4.502
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN on fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-19
1964.521.11
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Steamship BRITISH QUEEN on fire at Hoboken, NJ, March 19, 1902
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1902-03-19
1964.521.12
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Steamship CITY OF ALEXANDRIA in East River, New York, NY, circa 1893
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
circa 1893
2008.28.1.160
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Steamship GEORGE W. CLYDE and tugboat AMERICA, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 9, 1896
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1896-03-09
2008.28.2.196
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Steamship GEORGE W. CLYDE and tugboat AMERICA, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, NY, March 9, 1896
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1896-03-09
2008.28.2.195
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Steamship HUTTONWOOD off Brooklyn, NY, after explosion in hold on August 6, 1918
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1918-08-06
2008.28.8.224
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Steamship LA CHAMPAGNE aground at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, May 1894
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-05-08
2008.28.1.200
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Steamship LA CHAMPAGNE aground at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, May 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-05-08
2008.28.1.201
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Steamship LA CHAMPAGNE aground at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, May 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-05
2008.28.1.210
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Steamship LA CHAMPAGNE aground at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, May 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-05
1964.520.103
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Steamship LA CHAMPAGNE aground at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, May 1894
cyanotype
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-05-08
2008.28.1.203
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Steamship LA CHAMPAGNE aground at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, May 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-05
1964.520.104
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Steamship LA CHAMPAGNE aground at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, May 1894
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1894-05
1964.520.102
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Steamship ONEIDA sinking at Pier 29, East River, New York, September 21, 1897
gelatin print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1897-09-21
2008.28.3.36
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Steamship SARATOGA, probably at Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company, Brooklyn, NY, July 1917
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1917-07
2008.28.8.67
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Steamship SARATOGA, Schoonmaker-Conners Co. barge? alongside; probably at Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company, Brooklyn, NY, July 1917
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1917-07
2008.28.8.69
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Steamship SARATOGA, Schoonmaker-Conners Co. barge? alongside; probably at Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company, Brooklyn, NY, July 1917
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1917-07
2008.28.8.68
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Steamship WEST CALUMB sunk at pier 16, Brooklyn, NY, January 12, 1923
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1923-01-12
2008.28.5.295
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Steamship WEST CALUMB sunk at pier 16, Brooklyn, NY, January 12, 1923
gelatin silver print
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
1923-01-12
2008.28.5.293
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