Chesapeake Bay, near Norfolk, VA, November 19, 1912

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Snapshot by Henry M. Plummer, Sr.; November 19, 1912, Chesapeake Bay near Norfolk, VA. Caption from display panel 1964.36.3: "A miserable little sloop-rigged dugout manned by three negroes gave me the beating of my life. She was 30 ft. long and slid through that chop as if greased."; 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. Negative probably owned by Plummer family. RESTRICTED, FOR RESEARCH ONLY.