New Bedford Harbor and Butler Flats Light

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES

Dale, F. Slade
USA, MA, New Bedford
1926-04-27
overall: 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.; 6.985 x 11.43 cm

Soft negative by F. Slade Dale of the four-masted coastal schooner HERBERT L. RAWDING. Taken while vessel was en route with freight, from Miami, FL to New Bedford, MA on the week of April 27, 1926. The photographer was hitching a ride home from a voyage south he had taken aboard a twelve-foot sneakbox. View of the vessel entering New Bedford harbor, Butler Flats Lighthouse visible. Factory buildings seen in background.

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