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Captain Samuel Francis Davis and his wife Salome Eldred Davis Davis.
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Title
Captain
Samuel
Francis
Davis
and his
wife
Salome
Eldred
Davis
Davis
.
Creator
Parlow, George F.
Place
Middletown (Conn.)
Topic
Barks (Sailing ships)
Whaling ships
Ship captains
Whaling masters
Whalers (Persons)
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Desdemona (Bark)
Charles W. Morgan (Bark)
Genre
Photographs
Portrait photography
Theme
Lifestyle
Livelihood
Description
Full-length
studio
portrait
of a
man
and
woman
identified
as
Captain
Samuel
Davis
and his
wife
Salome
Eldred
Davis
.
Mrs
.
Davis
is
seated
to the
left
; she
wears
a
dark-colored
dress
with a
yoke
.
Captain
Davis
stands
next
to her with his
hand
apparently
resting
on the
back
of the
chair
in
which
his
wife
is
seated
. He has a
beard
and
mustache
and
wears
light-colored
pants
and
vest
and a
dark-colored
jacket
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Handwritten
in
pencil
on
back
: "
Samuel
&
Salome
Davis/
Taken
1866
".
Samuel
Francis
Davis
(1833-1893)
and his
wife
Salome
Eldred
Davis
Davis
(1838-1921)
, were
married
in
1859
.
Captain
Davis
sailed
as
boatsteerer
and
mate
on the
Charles
W
.
Morgan
, and
master
of the
whaling
bark
George
&
Susan
and
ship
Desdemona
.
Mrs
.
Davis
appears
to have
sailed
with her
husband
on
several
voyages
of the
Desdemona
;
three
of their
children
were
born
on
St
.
Helena
Island
.. The
Desdemona
was
built
as a
ship
at
Middletown
in
1823
and was
classified
as a
whaling
bark
by
1865
. She was
wrecked
at
Rowes
Welcome
,
Hudson's
Bay
in
1896
. 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
.
Printed
on
back
: "
GEO
.
F
.
PARLOW,/
PHOTOGRAPHER,/
NEW
BEDFORD
,
MASS./
Negatives
preserved
,
additional
copies/
may
be had at any
time.
"
Hand-tinted
albumen
print
on
white
card
with
square
corners
.
Photo
dimensions
:
3
1/2
x
2
1/4
in.
Date created
1866
.
Physical format
1
photograph
:
carte
de
visite
;
4
1/8
x
2
1/2
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1987.66.3
File
name
:
IMG0013-4773.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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Photographs
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