albumen print

PHOTOGRAPHS
USA, CT, Stonington; USA, CT, Quiambaug
Circa 1890
13.13 x 16.75 x 0

Mounted albumen print, port view of fishing sloop M.V.I. along shore, possibly Quiambaug or Lord's Point, Stonington, CT, c. 1890. Nine people, possibly Wilcox family members, in vessel, man in one of two skiffs astern. Man on sloop holds shark spear, boy possibly operating which for nets or lobster pots. Man in skiff operating "hurdy-gurdy" winch. M.V.I. (stood for Mystic Valley Institute), fishing/ lobster sloop, bu. 1888, probably at Noank, CT.

UNIDENTIFIED pulling boat
1981.57