glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
USA, MA, New Bedford
After 1855
4.00 x 5.00 x 0

Glass negative; starboard view of whaling bark SUNBEAM [built 1856] drying sails at foot of Central Wharf, New Bedford; whale oil casks in foreground; some are marked "G H"; sign at left advertises "ROSE LEAF BALM"; information from original envelope "BARK SUNBEAM & CASKS/ DRYING SAIL AT END OF WHARF/ CASKS IN FOREGROUND/ EXCELLENT SCENE"; from the collection of Charles F. Sayle, Sr.


1994.53.8

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