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Charles W. Morgan banner on West Main Street, Mystic.
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Title
Charles
W
.
Morgan
banner
on
West
Main
Street
,
Mystic
.
Creator
Wood, H.M.
Place
West Main Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Whaling ships
Barks (Sailing ships)
Banners
Commercial buildings
Storefronts
Stores, Retail
Signs and signboards
Drawbridges
Bridges
Automobiles
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Charles W. Morgan (Bark)
Genre
Photographs
Theme
Lifestyle
Livelihood
Infrastructure
Description
View
of
West
Main
Street
,
Mystic
,
looking
east
toward
the
bascule
bridge
. A
banner
strung
between
buildings
on
either
side
of the
street
reads
"
MYSTIC
IS
THE
PROUD
NEW
HOME
O/
THE
CHARLES
W
.
MORGAN/
THE
LAST
WHALESHIP/
IN
THE
WORLD
".
Street
sign
at the
far
left
reads
"
GRAVEL
ST
";
vertical
sign
on the
pole
below
reads
: "
BUS
STOP
".
Among
the
storefront
signs
visible
on the
left
side
of the
street
are: "
Bliven's
" and "
Rexall/DRUGS
".
Sign
projecting
from a
building
on the
right
side
of
West
Main
Street
and
pointing
down
an
alley-
or
driveway
reads
: "
STAY
AWHILE/
IN
MYSTIC
,
CONN./
FREE
PARKING
".
Among
the
storefront
signs
visible
just
beyond
is
one
reading
"
Western
Auto/
Associate/
Store
". The
bascule
bridge
and
East
Main
Street
are
visible
in the
background
.
Automobiles
line
the
street
on
either
side
.
Two
cars
can
be
seen
in the
roadway
traveling
in
opposite
directions
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Information
is
from
original
envelope
: "
Mystic
Conn/
and
Charles
W
.
Morgan/
Nov
10
,
1941/
photo
by/
H.M
.
Wood
". The
Charles
W
.
Morgan
was a
New
Bedford
whaleship
built
in
1841
. She was
rigged
as a
bark
during
much
of her
long
and
successful
working
life
,
which
ended
in
1921
. She was
moved
to
Mystic
Seaport
in
1941
,
where
she
is
now
a
floating
exhibit
.
Date created
1941
.
Physical format
1
photograph
:
nitrate
negative
;
3
3/8
x
4
1/2
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1994.53.187
File
name
:
ms_m002138.jpg
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Photography
Department
,
Mystic
Seaport
,
Mystic
.
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Photographs
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