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Title	Aft area of the schooner Blossom (Schooner).
Creator	Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place	New London (Conn.)
Topic	Masts and rigging Schooners Sailing ships Ships
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Blossom (Schooner)
Theme	Infrastructure Lifestyle
Description	View of the aft section of the schooner Blossom. Masts, sails, cabin and rigging are partially visible as well as a variety of objects on board. An arrow points to the second porthole on the starboard side.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Caption below typed in blue ink reads: "This is a view of the after part of the ship/ showing the Cabin. Looking on the left side/ (right side of the boat) the arrow points to/ the port hole of opening into my state room. The/ opening into the cabin is called a companion/ way. There is one at each end. The one on/ the front end is usually on the starboard side,/ while the one aft is on the port side. Capt./ Comer had these reversed for some reason." 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. 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." 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. The Captain Comer mentioned is Captain George Comer, a sealer and whaling captain from East Haddam. Comer participated in voyages involved in polar expeditions and was noted for his studies of Arctic peoples and their environment. His scientific interests led him to involvement in the Blossom project in its earlier stages.
Date created	1923.
Physical format	1 photograph : silver print ; 4 x 6 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1998.97.2.42 File name: IMG0088-4768.PCD
Source	Mystic Seaport
Rights	Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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