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Title	Skating party in front of ship Twilight, Mystic River.
Creator	Scholfield, E. A. (Everett Augustus), 1843-1930.
Place	Mystic River (Conn.) Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Schooners Yachts Sailboats Boats and boating Sailing ships Ships Steamboats Paddle steamers Skating Rivers Winter
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Foam (Schooner) Twilight (Ship) Annie M. Smull (Ship) Ella (Steamboat) Charles Mallory & Sons
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	A skating party poses on the frozen Mystic River, with the ship Twilight and Charles Mallory & Son shipyard area visible in the background. The Charles Henry Mallory boatshop and the Mallory sail loft can be seen to the right of the Twilight's bow. The schooner yacht Foam and side-wheel steamer Ella are also locked in the ice next to the ship.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Penciled on back: "Mystic River, Sept. 13th '68". Date is questionable given the presence of ice on the river and vessel chronology. Twilight is variously identified as Twilight II and Twilight III. She is identified as the second sailing ship of that name built by Charles Mallory & Sons of Mystic. The first was a clipper ship launched in 1857. The actual second Twilight was a steamer launched in 1865. The third Mallory vessel named Twilight, depicted here, was launched in 1866 and wintered in the Mystic River before being rigged in early spring of 1867. This Twilight had a career in the California trade, was under foreign ownership by 1885, and shortly thereafter condemned. The Annie M. Smull was built in 1868 by Charles Mallory & Sons. Ella was built by Charles Mallory & Sons of Mystic, 1864. She was chartered by the War Department during the Civil War. From 1871-1903, she ran between Norwich and Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Foam was built by R. & J. Palmer of Noank in 1863. The Charles Mallory & Sons shipyard was located on the east (Stonington) bank of the Mystic River, approximately on the site of the present duPont Preservation Shipyard at Mystic Seaport. It produced a number of sail and steam vessels from 1851 to 1875, with the Civil War period the most active. The Palmer family's shipbuilding and repair facility, in operation from the mid-19th century until 1914, was one of the most prominent on the east coast. It was incorporated under several names, including R. & J. Palmer and Robert Palmer & Son Shipbuilding and Marine Railway, and experienced substantial growth in the second half of the 19th century, specializing in the production of utilitarian barges and floats. Attributed to Everett A. Scholfield, a professional photographer who worked primarily in Mystic and New London from 1865-1913.
Date created	[ca.1866]
Physical format	1 photograph : collodian stereo glass negative ; 3 1/4 x 6 2/2in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1965.859.16 File name: IMG0054-2329.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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