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Spars of Oregon fir finished by hand, ship-yard Rockland, Me.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

ca. 1885

Location Note

Stereo views - Geo - Maine - Rockland

GUSN

GUSN-180253

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Description

A worker hand finishes a spar made from Oregon fir in a shipyard in Rockland, Maine.

Details

Descriptive Terms

ships
shipbuilders
shipbuilding
shipyards
industry (economic concept)
spars (watercraft components)
stereographs
photographs

Physical Description

1 stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 6 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.04.01.USME.0750.0010.001

Image Dimensions

3 1/2 x 6 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Rockland (Knox county, Maine)

Record Details

Originator

Underwood and Underwood (Photographic studio)

Material Type

stereographs
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 20-21

Description Level

Item

Publisher Series

Ship building ; 8

Location Note

Stereo views - Geo - Maine - Rockland

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