Scrimshaw Tooth Depicting Vessels "GEORGE" and "YORK TOWN"

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Black and white photograph of scrimshaw tooth. 1" strip at bottom of card reads: "Whaling Museum / New Bedford". Point of tooth curves to the left. Two ships depicted. Uppermost vessel two-masted; in script beneath it: "GEORGE". Lower vessel three-masted, flying homeward bound pennant; in script below it: "YORK TOWN". Design on reverse partially visible at left. See 1959.1125. RESTRICTED: FOR RESEARCH ONLY.