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Title
Schooner
William
H
.
Hopkins
off
Cottrell
Street
,
Mystic
.
Creator
Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place
Mystic River (Conn.)
Cottrell Street (Mystic, Conn.)
Topic
Schooners
Sailing ships
Ships
Topic-Organization, Vessel
William H. Hopkins (Schooner)
George Greenman & Company
Theme
Infrastructure
Description
Port
view
of the
three-masted
schooner
William
H
.
Hopkins
at
dock
off
Cottrell
Street
,
probably
at the
Asa
Fish
Wharf
on the
east
(Stonington)
side
below
the
Mystic
River
drawbridge
. The
vessel
alongside
may
be the
towboat
Dr
.
S.N
.
Briggs
. What
may
be a
wood
dock
or
walkway
can
be
seen
in the
foreground
.
People
in a
small
boat
are
visible
in the
river
just
beyond
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
. The
William
H
.
Hopkins
was
built
by
George
Greenman
&
Co
.
Completion
of the
vessel
was
rushed
since
she was
chartered
to
take
Mystic
residents
to the
Centennial
Exhibition
in
Philadelphia
. The
date
of a
similar
photograph
is
identified
as
1876
,
shortly
after
launching
.
Sources
conflict
as to
where
she was
lost
(1891)
:
near
Cape
Hatteras
or on
Rockaway
Beach
,
Long
Island
.
George
Greenman
&
Co
. was a
longtime
Mystic
shipbuilding
firm
,
established
in
1837
on the
east
(Stonington)
shore
of the
Mystic
River
at the
present
site
of
Mystic
Seaport
. The
three
Greenman
brothers
,
George
,
Clark
and
Thomas
, were
partners
in that
business
and
other
enterprises
and were
prominent
figures
in the
local
community
. The
area
of
Mystic
where
the
shipyard
and the
brothers'
residences
were
located
was
known
as
Greenmanville
.
Attributed
to
Everett
A.
Scholfield
, a
professional
photographer
who
worked
primarily
in
Mystic
and
New
London
from
1865-1913
.
Lower
right
corner
of
plate
is
broken
and
missing
.
Date created
[ca.1876]
Physical format
1
photograph
:
collodian
stereo
glass
negative
;
4
x
7
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1965.859.13
File
name
:
IMG0064-2329.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Collection
Scholfield
Collection
.
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
Sub-collection
Photographs
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