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Launching of schooner Marie Gilbert, Mystic.
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Title
Launching
of
schooner
Marie
Gilbert
,
Mystic
.
Creator
Rhode Island News Company.
Place
Mystic (Conn.)
Mystic River (Conn.)
Topic
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Shipbuilding
Launchings
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Marie Gilbert (Schooner)
Gilbert Transportation Company
Genre
Postcards
Theme
Livelihood
Infrastructure
Description
Port
stern
view
of a
four-masted
schooner
,
identified
as the
Marie
Gilbert
,
being
launched
just
south
of the
Mystic
River
highway
bridge
,
Mystic
.
Crowds
are
gathered
along
the
shore
in the
foreground
and to the
left
.
Central
Hall
and the
Riverside
Block
can
be
seen
in the
left
background
.
Two
other
vessels
are
visible
to the
right
of the
schooner
being
launched
.
Printed
in
red
at
upper
left
: "
Launching
at
Mystic
,
Conn.
" On
reverse
: "
No
.
B./11936
Publ
. by The
Rhode
Island
News
Company
,
Providence
,
R
.
I./
Leipsig-Berlin-Germany
".
Area
for
stamp
indicates
one
cent
postage
needed
for
United
States
and
possessions
,
Cuba
,
Canada
and
Mexico
, and
two
cents
postage
needed
for "
foreign
".
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
1941.731
is
identical
view
.
Built
1906
at
Gilbert
Transportation
Company
and
named
for the
founder's
wife
,
Marie
Gilbert
was a
four-masted
schooner
with an
auxiliary
engine
.
Gilbert
Transportation
Company
was
located
just
south
of the
drawbridge
on the
Groton
side
of the
river
.
Founded
by
Captain
Mark
L
.
Gilbert
, the
company
specialized
in
repair
and
rebuilding
work
and was
active
from
1906-1909
.
Financial
troubles
resulted
in the
closing
of the
shipyard
in
1909
.
Date created
1906
.
Physical format
1
postcard
:
col
. ;
3
7/16
x
5
3/8
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
2001.24.3
File
name
:
ms_m330810.jpg
Source
Mystic
Seaport
.
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Curatorial
Department
,
Mystic
Seaport
,
Mystic
.
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Postcards
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