PRISCILLA, underway, 1905 or after

black-and-white photograph

5 1/4 x 7 9/16 in. print photographed by an unidentified photographer. Image is believed to be a port beam view of the wood steam schooner, PRISCILLA, underway off the coast of New England. PRISCILLA was a schooner-rigged steam yacht renamed by 1905 (formerly known as PRISCILLA). She was 104 ft. in length and was designed by George F. Lawley and built by Lawley & Son of South Boston, Massachusetts in 1893. Description of vessel in image: No fly bridge or foredeck canvas cover. No canvas cover on afterdeck. Two lifeboats. Five port holes forward but none aft. Handwritten in white paint lower left on image surface: "PRISCILLA/ 104 FT." On verso of card: "(55 x 12-3 x 7-6, designed by Geo. F. Lawley, built by Lawley & Son, S. Boston, 1894)". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, General Collection.

Mystic Seaport, General Collection