Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Identifier:
1550  
Title:
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
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.
Creator:
Lucy McMullin Dodge
Date:
July 1907
Accession #:
1988.19.07

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Citation

Lucy McMullin Dodge, “Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock,” Great Harbor Maritime Museum, accessed February 6, 2025, https://ghmm.digitalarchive.us/items/show/824.Item 1550

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