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The tug "William Wooley" towing the "Charles L. Jeffrey," T-Wharf, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Boston / T-Wharf / Large: Unmounted.

GUSN

GUSN-195844

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Description

The tug William Wooley pushes the Boston schooner Charles L. Jeffrey, which is loaded with coal. J. M. Brooks built the schooner in 1881 at East Boston.

Details

Descriptive Terms

coal
ports
piers (marine landings)
schooners
tugboats
transportation
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000918
AccessID 1192
Other identifier HNEDID-000918

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7790.002

Date Notes

1883-1886

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Other People

Brooks, J. M.

Subjects

Charles L. Jeffery (schooner)
Fort Point Channel (Boston, Mass.)
William Wooley (tugboat)

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Boston / T-Wharf / Large: Unmounted.

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