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Schooner Charles E. Wilbur, just prior to launching, Pistol Point (Mystic)

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Title	Schooner Charles E. Wilbur, just prior to launching, Pistol Point (Mystic)
Creator	Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place	Pistol Point (Mystic, Conn.) Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Shipbuilding Schooners Sailing ships Ships Shipyards Launchings
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Charles E. Wilbur (Schooner) George D. Edmands (Schooner) George F. Scannell (Schooner) M.B. McDonald & Sons
Genre	Photographs
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Port stern view of a four-masted schooner, the Charles E. Wilbur, ready for launching at M.B. McDonald Shipyard, Pistol Point, Mystic. People can be seen on board and in the launching area. Two three-masted schooners under construction can be seen to the right, the George D. Edmands and George F. Scannell. An unidentified man in a cap and vest sits in a boat in the foreground looking toward the Charles E. Wilbur. A flag hanging on a piece of lathe can be seen to his left.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Probably taken by E.A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913. Handwritten in pencil on back of photo: "watching the ships/grow/Noank [?]/L D Ashbey." The Charles E. Wilbur was a "bald headed" (no topmasts) schooner launched in 1904. She and her sister ship Quinnebaug were lost off Cape Hatteras, possibly in a collision, during the Charles E. Wilbur's maiden voyage. She was carrying a cargo of hard pine back to Mystic from Georgia. The George D. Edmands was launched in 1904. She was built for E. P. Boggs of Boston and was later registered at Bridgeport. She burned at sea in 1919. The George F. Scannell was launched in 1904. Renamed the Momie T. in 1916, she was lost in 1916. Shipbuilder Michael B. McDonald had worked in Madison, New London and Noank before launching M.B. McDonald & Sons on Pistol Point in Mystic, which he operated from 1903 to 1905. The firm built ten coasting schooners and a barge in this time period before going into bankruptcy in 1905. The losses of the Charles E. Wilbur and Quinnebaug may have played a part in the company's financial troubles.
Date created	1904.
Physical format	1 photograph : gelatin print ; 4 x 4 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1976.166.441 File name: IMG0002-4200.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Collection	Scholfield Collection.
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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