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Mabel

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1885-06-13

GUSN

GUSN-276763

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Description

Mabel was a catboat built by Pierce Bros. of South Boston in 1874. LOA 24-4.5ft. LWL 19-3.75ft. Beam 9.4ft. Rebuilt 1883. One of the most successful of her class.

Details

Descriptive Terms

yachts
catboats
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Stebbins negative 501

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC047

Collection Name

Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection

Reference Code

PC047.02.0220.00501

Record Details

Originator

Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)

Material Type

photographs

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1887). Stebbins, N. L. American & English Yachts. Boston: p. 49 (XLIX).
(1942). Traditions and memories of American yachting : the 50th anniversary edition / by William P. Stephens ; with publishers's preface by Jonathan Wilson. New York: 1942. New York: p. 118.
(1981, c1953.). Capt. Nat Herreshoff, the wizard of Bristol : the life and achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with an account of some of the yachts he designed / by L. Francis Herreshoff.. New York: Sheridan House,, p. 128-129.

Description Level

Item

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