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Two men and a boy viewing the launch of the Schooner Blossom, New London.
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Title
Two
men
and a
boy
viewing
the
launch
of the
Schooner
Blossom
,
New
London
.
Creator
Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place
New London (Conn.)
Thames River (Conn.)
Groton (Conn.)
Topic
Docks
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees
Launchings
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Blossom (Schooner)
Theme
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
Two
men
and a
boy
are on a
dock
viewing
the
launch
of the
three-masted
schooner
Blossom
. The
man
in the
foreground
,
identified
as
Mr
.
Mix
,
is
sitting
. He
wears
a
straw
hat
. The
other
man
stands
,
apparently
in the
process
of
taking
a
picture
.
Beyond
him a
boy
in
knee-length
pants
is
partially
visible
. A
vessel
identified
as a
destroyer
can
be
seen
in the
left
background
, and on the
hillside
beyond
, the
Groton
Monument
. A
vessel
identified
as a
coal
barge
is
visible
in the
right
background
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Caption
below
printed
in
blue
ink
: "
Snapped
while
Simmons
was
getting
a
picture/
of the
Blossom
as she was
coming
off
the/
ways
. The
man
in the
foreground
is
Mr
.
Mix
, the
superintendent
of the
job
. In the
water/
on the
left
is
a
torpedo
boat
destroyer
.
On/
the
right
is
a
coal
barge
.
Directly
over/
the
Destroyer
, in the
background
,
is
the
monu-/
ment
in
Fort
Griswold.
" In
schoolbook
writing
pad
converted
to
photo
album
described
as "The
beginning
of the
good
ship/
BLOSSOM
-
Adventure/
Photos
made
by
W
.
Kenneth
Cyler/
about
1923.
"
Blossom
was also
known
as
Lucy
R
. and
Three
Brothers
. She was a
commercial
packet
schooner
,
formerly
the
Lucy
R
. of
Nova
Scotia
. She was
purchased
by the
Cleveland
Museum
of
Natural
History
with
funds
from a
Mrs
.
Blossom
and
made
a
voyage
to the
Indian
Ocean
to
gather
ornithological
specimens
.
Blossom
was
fitted
out
in
New
London
and
sailed
out
of that
port
circa
1923
.
Album
apparently
documents
period
of the
conversion
of the
Lucy
R
. to the
Blossom
with
photographs
taken
in
New
London
,
based
on
identification
of
related
images
.
Good
condition
;
yellow
from
glue
.
Date created
1923
.
Physical format
1
photograph
:
silver
print
;
4
x
6
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1998.97.2.38
File
name
:
IMG0084-4768.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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Two men and a boy viewing the launch of the Schooner Blossom, New London. 