A. W. Smith of Black Rock on deck of sailboat

Image
Metadata
Handle
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:289
Title
Title
Title
A. W. Smith of Black Rock on deck of sailboat
Supplied
yes
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created
1920
Parent Item
Parent Item
Mystic Seaport Museum
Connecticut History Illustrated
Resource Type
Resource Type
Still image
Digital Origin
Digital Origin
reformatted digital
Description
Description
A man identified as Albert W. Smith of Black Rock stands next to the mast on the deck of a sailboat, probably the sloop yacht Colleen Bawn. Smith wears a nautical cap, and is looking at the camera. The boat is on starboard tack.
Genre
Genre
photographs
Subject
Subject
Sloops
Yachts
Sailboats
Sailing
Boats and boating
Masts and rigging
Colleen Bawn (Sloop)
Geographic Subject
Geographic Subject
Black Rock (Conn.)
Stratford (Conn.)
Extent
Extent
Source extent: 1 photograph : gelatin print ; 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.
Held By
Held By
Mystic Seaport Museum
Use and Reproduction
Use and Reproduction
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from Mystic Seaport.
Note
Note
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Infrastructure
Note Type
local
Note
theme: Lifestyle
Note
Title supplied by cataloger. Colleen Bawn was an auxiliary sloop yacht designed and built by Bedell, Stratford, 1914, and partly rebuilt in 1922. She was owned by Albert W. Smith of Black Rock for part of her career. Handwritten in pencil on back: "A W smith/ Spring 1920".
Local Identifier
Local Identifier
Accession number: 1991.40.17
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