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Title	Sea sled being lowered from shop loft, Hickman Sea Sled Company, West Mystic.
Creator	Rosenfeld and Sons.
Place	West Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Motorboats Boats and boating Boatyards
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Hickman Sea Sled Company
Genre	Photographs
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	View of sea sled (hull number 1187-J) being lowered from the Hickman Sea Sled Company shop, West Mystic, October 5, 1926. The shop doors are open, giving a partial interior view. The vessel is being lowered from the upper loft and appears nearly complete.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Typed on original negative sleeve: "26680 / 10/5/26 / Interior Sea Sled Shop at West Mystic, Conn. / 1592-4". The Hickman Sea Sled Co. of West Mystic and Groton manufactured over 6,000 boats in the period 1925-1934 using the innovations in hull and propeller design developed by Albert Hickman. The West Mystic yard was on the site of the former Holmes shipyard. Taken by Rosenfeld and Sons. Morris Rosenfeld founded the New York City-based photography business in 1910. He was a prolific photographer particularly noted for coverage of yachting and other maritime subjects. His sons Stanley, David and Bill were also active in the profession and the family firm.
Date created	1926
Physical format	1 photograph : safety negative ; 8 x 10 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1984.187.26680 File name: ms_m330903.jpg
Source	Mystic Seaport
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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