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Glass negtive; starboard stern view of whaling bark PROGRESS [built 1843] in tow of tugboat RIGHT ARM [built 1891] :PROGRESS flies name pennant; information from original envelope "BARK PROGRESS/ in tow of Right Arm/ Off for 1893 World's Columbian Exposition/ Chicago, Illinois"..."At Chicago, the PROGRESS caught fire/ after the exposition, and burned to the water's edge/ her collection of whaling curios/ was given to the Peabody Museum of Salem MA...the Progress was cut in two to get her through the Welland Canal on the way to the Exposition/ from/ Howard M. Wood / Collection"; from the collection of Charles F. Sayle, Sr.