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Men on a dock beside the schooner Blossom, New London.
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Title
Men
on a
dock
beside
the
schooner
Blossom
,
New
London
.
Creator
Cyler, W. Kenneth.
Place
New London (Conn.)
Topic
Docks
Merchant mariners
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Blossom (Schooner)
Theme
Infrastructure
Livelihood
Description
Four
men
are on a
dock
next
to the
three-masted
schooner
Blossom
.
Three
stand
to the
left
. The
man
in the
middle
is
in
uniform
, and
is
gesturing
to the
other
two
. The
fourth
man
stands
to the
right
,
apparently
on the
deck
of the
Blossom
,
looking
at the
others
. An
unidentified
person
can
be
seen
sitting
behind
the
three
to the
left
.
Lettering
on a
building
in the
background
,
partially
obscured
by
ropes
reads
: "
MERRIT____SCOTT
CORP.
"
Stacks
and
piles
of
planks
and
other
items
can
be
seen
on the
dock
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Caption
below
typed
in
blue
ink
: "
Simmons
telling
Chantre
, and
Gray
where
to/work
,
appleton
looking
on.
"
Some
of the
men
are
identified
in
related
images
as
navigator
(Chantre)
,
sailing
master
(Gray)
and
boatswain
(Appleton)
. 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.
"
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
.
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
:
1998.97.2.58
File
name
:
IMG0100-4768.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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Men on a dock beside the schooner Blossom, New London. 