glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
USA, MA, New Bedford
Before 1910
5.00 x 4.00 x 0

Glass negative; wharf in New Bedford MA; bow view of whaling bark CANTON [built 1835, wrecked at Maio, Cape Verde, 29 November 1909]; prominent bowsprit; unidentified sail vessel at her outboard; information from original envelope reads "BARK 'CANTON' at wharf/ 'CANTON' can be recognized by her bowsprit's high angle/ [sketch] "other vessels lower/ GOOD"; from the collection of Charles F. Sayle, Sr.


1994.53.16

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