Morrissey and McManus on HENRY FORD 1922

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
Gloucester
1922-10-21
emulsion on glass
overall: 7 x 5 in.; 17.78 x 12.7 cm

5 x 7 glass plate negative taken by Morris Rosenfeld. Posed view of Clayton Morrissey and Thomas F. McManus aboard the fishing schooner HENRY FORD. Vessel is docked in Gloucester, MA on October 21, 1922. Clayton Morrissey specialized in the salt-cod fishery with several vessels, including Thomas McManus's ARETHUSA and HENRY FORD. He was the captain of the HENRY FORD during the International Fishermen's Races, Oct. 1922 against BLUENOSE. Both vessels disqualified. Tom F. McManus designed approximately 450 fishing schooners from c.1892-c.1925. He was the designer of HENRY FORD, which was built by Marion J. Cooney in Essex, MA 1922. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "10/21/1922 / Gloucester Races / Photog. 2 men on board / Box 868".

1984.187.9210F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection