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Pleasure boat docked in Stonington Harbor, Stonington, Conn., undated

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GUSN-190807

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Description

This print features a pleasure boat with passengers boarding in the Stonington, Connecticut harbor. The boat is very full, and it appears to be raining as many of the passengers have umbrellas open. Small sailboats are docked nearby.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boats
transportation
steamboats
tourism
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1917-02-28

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USCT.1740.0010.001

Image Dimensions

4.25 x 7.75 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Stonington Harbor (New London county, Connecticut) [bay]

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
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. 134-135.

Description Level

Item

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