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Metadata
Catalog Number |
SVM106 |
Object Name |
Stereoview |
Artist |
Unknown |
Artist's Role |
Photographer |
Title |
Working on the rising of the Slocum |
Description |
Homemade stereoview style photograph taken in the aftermath of the General Slocum Steamship Disaster on June 15, 1904 in the East River of New York City. The view shows several men standing along the shore as the ship is being raised. A small label affixed to the bottom right reads, "Working on the rising of the Slocum." |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Date |
ca. 1904 |
Green-Wood Connection |
Many victims of the General Slocum Steapship Disaster are interred at Green-Wood. Additionally, the namesake of the ship, General Henry Warner Slocum (1826-1894) is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 28760, Sec. 139). |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 W-7 inches |
Subjects |
Disasters Photographs Ship accidents Ships Shipwrecks |
Search Terms |
General Slocum Steamship Disaster East River (N.Y.) General Slocum (Steamboat) |