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Title: Ferry PLAINFIELD burned and sunk off Ellis Island, September 14, 1900 Accession Number: 1964.660.127 Category: PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES Type: gelatin glass negative Maker: Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co. Place: USA, NJ, Hoboken Date: 1900-06-30 Materials: glass Description: Gelatin glass negative of Merritt & Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co., New York; neg #767; raising burned hulk of ferry PLAINFIELD, burned and sunk off Ellis Island, September 14, 1900 (identified on print 2008.28.3.134 from this negative; see similar view 2008.28.3.135); derrick barges and Jersey City coal trestle pier in background; see also 1964.660.95, 97-114, 117-122, 126-129, 135, 5063-5064, 5071-5072.

Mystic Seaport Image ID m169621    Information regarding reproductions