Ellery Thompson of Mystic looking at boat plans

Metadata

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/70002:3894

Persons

Title

Ellery Thompson of Mystic looking at boat plans

Supplied	yes

Origin Information

Date Created	1945

Parent Item

Mystic Seaport Museum

Connecticut History Illustrated

Resource Type

Still image

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Description

Ellery Thompson and another man are looking at boat plans on board a boat identified as probably the dragger Eleanor at Bindloss Dock, Stonington. Thompson wears a plaid wool shirt or jacket and a cap. Barrels, other boats and a pier or wharf are visible in the waterfront area behind the men.

Genre

Subject

Thompson, Ellery, 1899-1986

Eleanor (Dragger)

Geographic Subject

Mystic (Conn.)

Stonington (Conn.)

Extent

Source extent: 1 photograph : silver print ; 6 x 4 3/4 in.

Held By

Mystic Seaport Museum

Use and Reproduction

Note

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Infrastructure

Note Type	local
Note	theme: Livelihood

Note	Title supplied by cataloger. Mystic-born Ellery Thompson was a fisherman, artist and writer. He captained draggers out of Stonington for a number of years. Thompson was a local celebrity, noted for his paintings, storytelling and writings, which included Draggerman's Haul (1950) a memoir of his maritime adventures.

Local Identifier

Accession number: 1989.108.22

IMG0076-4770.tif

Ellery Thompson of Mystic looking at boat plans

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