Catboat MASCOT cockpit, circa 1912-1913

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Snapshot by Henry M. Plummer, Sr, 1912-1913; catboat MASCOT's cockpit; note the vertically mounted steering wheel and iron ballast on deck ready for shifting if MASCOT went aground; from "The Boy, Me and the Cat", by Henry M. Plummer, Sr., cruise in 24 ft. catboat MASCOT from New Bedford, MA, to Miami, FL, October 1912 to June 1913. Caption from display panel 1964.36.1. RESTRICTED, FOR RESEARCH ONLY.