Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
1550	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-07	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1550    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-07 Description: A Gloucester fishing schooner sails not far from Mount Desert Rock under partial sail. A number of people are visible on the deck, and a stack of dories can be seen between the masts. A large flag has the name of the vessel, which appears to be two words, though only Frances P. M______ is visible. William H. Bunting has (July 2021) identified this schooner as the Frances P. Mesquita, of Gloucester. Built in Gloucester in 1905, she was owned and commanded by Capt. Joseph Mesquita, and was both a successful fishing and racing vessel. She was sold in 1918 to owners from Newfoundland, and sunk by a U-boat that year. The envelope with this negative reads: No. 7 f., Tower, Single Tenement + Double Tenement, Looking N.W." and is likely an envelope reused from another negative. [show more]
1563	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1563    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-08 Place: Mount Desert Rock Description: Two sailing vessels and a rowboat seining shad off Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. To the left, the two masted schooner is Capt. Robinson, while the Friendship sloop to the right is Capt. Van Norden, who appears with his boat in other photographs. The smaller boat in front of Capt. Van Norden is identified as Willard K. Osier This negative is damaged across the center. Written on the negative envelope is "Capt. Robinson and Capt. Van Norden Seining Shad. Small boat Willard K. Osier. [show more]

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