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Title
Blossom
(Schooner)
at
dock
,
New
London
.
Creator
Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place
New London (Conn.)
Topic
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Docks
Waterfronts
Shipyards
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Blossom (Schooner)
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
Theme
Environment
Infrastructure
Description
Port
view
of the
three-masted
schooner
Blossom
at
dock
in
New
London
. A
larger
vessel
can
be
seen
beyond
her.
Between
the
two
are what
is
possibly
a
tugboat
, to the
left
, and a
barge
or
other
structure
to the
right
. The
two
have
lettering
on their
sides
that
reads
(left
vessel)
: "
MERR__/CH___
" and
(right
vessel
or
structure)
: "
3/MERRITT-CHAPMAN/NEW
LO___/CON__
".
Visible
along
the
waterfront
in the
background
are
houses
and
other
buildings
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Caption
typed
in
blue
ink
below
reads
: "
Looking
down
on the
Blossom
a
short
time/
before
she was
moved
from the
Ship
Yards.
"
Possibly
taken
in a
Merritt-Chapman
&
Scott
yard
. The
marine
engineering
,
construction
and
salvage
firm
was
formed
in
1922
when
Merritt
&
Chapman
Derrick
&
Wrecking
Company
merged
with
T.A
.
Scott
Company
of
New
London
. The
company
is
mentioned
in
several
related
images
.
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
.
Date created
1923
.
Physical format
1
photograph
:
silver
print
;
4
x
6
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1998.97.2.55
File
name
:
IMG0097-4768.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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