Mystic Seaport

Wharf scene, New Bedford, Massachusetts, August 19, 1896. At left is the Mystic-built whaling bark George and Mary, seen in port stern view, shortly before being burned. Effigies of men hang from her rigging. Spectators stand on the wharf on which a sign reading "PUBLIC/LANDING" can be seen. At right is the stern of the sidewheel steamer City of Lawrence; she is flying flags. At far left is the sloop Estella. At left background is New Bedford Cordage.

Title supplied by cataloger. Information from original envelope: "Bark George & Mary at Dock "Public Landing (pier 3 ?)/ also a sidewheeler 'City of Lawrence' (war manuevers time ?)/ old wooden Draw Bridge/ by C.N. Richmond/ or John Bonney" The vessels are shown in New Bedford Harbor probably during a Veteran Firemen's Convention, August 19 1896, for which effigies were hung from the George and Mary's rigging and the vessel burned. George and Mary (built 1852) was a whaling bark built in Dartmouth, Massachusetts (1852) and registered in New London (1866). Estella, launched April 1876 by D.O. Richmond of Mystic for Henry K. Manwaring, was originally a yacht, later an oyster sloop. D.O. Richmond was considered one of Mystic's finest boatbuilders, and had a close working relationship with Charles Henry Mallory. His first yard was on Holmes Street on the east side of the river; his second (late 1860's-1908) on the west, below the bridge. City of Lawrence (built 1867, Wilmington, Delaware) was one of the steamers that plied Long Island Sound, linking New York and New England cities through coordinated water and rail transport. She was part of the Norwich & New York Transportation Company fleet.

1896

Mystic (Conn.)
New London (Conn.)

Sloops
Sailboats
Whaling ships
Barks (Sailing ships)
Boats and boating
Ships

photographs

Source extent: 1 photograph : glass negative ; 4 x 5 in.

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Accession number: 1994.53.68
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