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Puritan

Puritan was a wooden centerboard sloop designed by E. Burgess and built by Lawley in 1885 as a successful America's Cup defender. LOA 94ft, LWL 81-1.5ft. Beam 22.7ft. Atlantic Yacht Club regatta. Puritan was not timed after drifting over the finish line on the wrong side of the judge's boat. S...

Mayflower, Fortuna & Gitana

Mayflower was a wooden centerboard sloop designed by Ed. Burgess and built by Lawley in 1886 as a successful defender in that year's America's Cup races. Launched May 6, 1886. LOA 100ft, LWL 85-7ft. Fortuna was a wooden keel schooner designed by A. Cary Smith and bult by C. & R. Poillon in 1883. LOA...

Montauk

Note following name: "appears to be same photo reversed"See also: Henry Peabody R.A.Y. #22

Montauk

Montauk was a centerboard schooner designed by P. Ellsworth and built by C. & R. Poillon in 1882 for S. R. Platt. LOA 104.5ft. LWL 94.10ft. Beam 25.5ft. See also: Henry Peabody R.A.Y. #22

Fortuna

Fortuna was a wooden keel schooner designed by A. Cary Smith and bult by C. & R. Poillon in 1883. LOA 109.4ft. LWL 96ft. Beam 22.6ft. One of the fastest schooners of her time. See also: Henry Peabody HP-F-3 and HP-F-4

Ruth

From the American Yacht List 1885, p. 123: "Ruth, CB [centerboardl], Schr. [Rig]; Bailey [Sailmaker's Name]; 171.58 [Custom House Tonnage. Old]; 89.68 [Custom House Tonnage. New]; 98.6 1/2 [Length]; 93.4 1/4 [W.Line]; 23.3 3/4 [Breadth]; 8.11 5/8 [Depth]; 7.6 [Draught]; Noank, Conn. [Where built]; R...

Stiletto & Other Steamers

Title was changed by CvdL from Stilletto to Stiletto

Permelia

Permelia ex-Aida was a steam yacht designed and built by Herreshoff in 1882 for Mark Hopkins as building no. #92p. LOA 95ft. LWL 90ft. Beam 12-6ft.

Golden Horn

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Ruth, Dauntless, Mayflower & Atlantic

Ruth was a wooden centerboard schooner built by Palmer in 1881. LOA 98-6.5ft. LWL 93-4.25ft. Dauntless ex-L'Hirondelle was a wooden keel schooner built by Forsyth & Morgan in 1866. LOA 123-10ft. LWL 116-7ft. Beam 26-7ft. Mayflower was a wooden centerboard sloop designed by Ed. Burgess and built by L...

Echo

Echo was a keel sloop designed and built by Pierce Bros. in 1876. Altered by Lawley in 1886. LOA 27.9ft. LWL 24ft. Beam 11ft.

Gevalia

Gevalia was a wooden centerboard schooner designed and built by James & Tarr of Essex, MA in 1885 (other sources say designed by Edward Burgess). LOA 64ft. LWL 56.5ft. Beam 19.2ft.

Gevalia

Gevalia was a wooden centerboard schooner designed and built by James & Tarr of Essex, MA in 1885 (other sources say designed by Edward Burgess). LOA 64ft. LWL 56.5ft. Beam 19.2ft.

Priscilla & Thetis

Priscilla was an iron centerboard sloop designed by A. Cary Smith and built by Harlan & Hollingsworth in 1885 as an unsuccessful defender for that year's America's Cup races. LOA 96-1ft. LWL 85ft. Thetis was a wooden centerboard sloop designed by Henry Bryant for himself and built by W. B. Smith of ...

Mayflower

Mayflower was a wooden centerboard sloop designed by Ed. Burgess and built by Lawley in 1886 as a successful defender in that year's America's Cup races. Launched May 6, 1886. LOA 100ft, LWL 85-7ft. This photo was taken on the day of the annual regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club. Mayflower was bea...

Stranger

Stranger was a composite cutter designed by A. Richardson of Liverpool in England for Geo. H. Warren of Boston and built by J. G. Fay of Southampton in 1885. LOA 78ft. LWL 65ft. This photo was taken on the day of the annual regatta of the Eastern Yacht Club.

Stranger

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Clara

Clara was a composite cutter designed by William Fife Jr and built by Culzean Ship Building Company of Ayrshire, Scotland in 1884. In June 1885 she was sold to Charles Sweet who sent her to New York where she sailed her first race on Sept 18, 1885 winning her class. She subsequently won almost every...

Oneida

Oneida ex-Utowana was a steam yacht built by John Roach in Chester, PA in 1883. Owned for many years by E. C. Benedict of New York. Renamed Adelante in 1913 when Benedict renamed another yacht Oneida. Taken over by U.S. Navy between 1918 and 1919. Sold in 1920 and became a commerical tow boat under ...

Colossus

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Trafalgar Square & North Gallery, London, England

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Trafalgar Square & North Gallery, London, England

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Osborne House, Isle of Wight, England. View across the Solent

Date was added by CvdL as per surrounding neg. nos.

Royal Yacht Squadron House - Cowes, England

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Cowes Quay, England

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Elfin off Cowes, Isle of Wight, England

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Sea Flower

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Belle Isle

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[no name]

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Etruria

"RMS Etruria was built by John Elder & Co of Glasgow, Scotland in 1884. The Etruria and her sister Umbria, by the standards of the time, were record breakers. They were the largest liners then in service, and they plied the Liverpool to New York Service. RMS Etruria was completed and launched in Mar...

Waesland

Waesland was a trans-atlantic steamship built in 1867 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. for the Cunard Line as Russia. In 1880 she was purchased by the Red Star Line and renamed Waesland. She sank in 1902 after a collision with the steamship Hammonides with the loss of two lives. LOA 435.1ft. Beam...

Georg

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Georg

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Pavonia

Handwritten entry, "Passengers on deck" Pavonia was an ocean steamship built in 1882 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. for the Cunard Line for service between Liverpool and Boston. LOA 430.5ft. Beam 46.4ft. She was sold and scrapped in 1900.

Fastnet Rock lighthouse

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Old Head of Kinsale England, lighthouse

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Jackal

Paddle steamer. Passengers on deck.

Long Island Light

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Hotspur

Date was changed from 1885 to 1885-09 as per handwritten caption on copy at Hart Nautical Collections. On her maiden voyage, leaving Boston. Plate at Peabody Museum, Salem

General Whitney

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City of Gloucester

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Pavonia

Pavonia was an ocean steamship built in 1882 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. for the Cunard Line for service between Liverpool and Boston. LOA 430.5ft. Beam 46.4ft. She was sold and scrapped in 1900.Pavonia was an ocean steamship built in 1882 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. for the Cunard L...

Pavonia

Pavonia was an ocean steamship built in 1882 at Glasgow by J. & G. Thomson & Co. for the Cunard Line for service between Liverpool and Boston. LOA 430.5ft. Beam 46.4ft. She was sold and scrapped in 1900.

Mechanical Engineering. Institute of Technology

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SooLoo

The ship Sooloo, a Salem East Indiaman, 1884.

Blacksmith Shop, Institute of Technology

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Hesper #5

Hesper was a wooden Boston Pilot schooner designed by Dennison J. Lawlor and built by Montgomery & Howard in 1884. One of the finest pilot schooners and one which had considerable influence on subsequent fishing schooner design. She was sold out of Boston pilot service in 1901. LOA 104ft. LWL 95ft. ...

John H. McManus

Taken on occasion of the first Fisherman's Race on May 1, 1886. Also recorded as J.H. McManus.

Sarah H. Prior

Sarah H. Prior was a fishing schooner designed by D. J. Lawlor and built by Taylor, Campbell and Brooks in East Boston for John H. McManus in 1882. She was the first large Boston Irish schooner intended to fish on the distant banks. LOA 86.1ft. Beam 23.9ft. Taken on occasion of the first Fisherma...

Tufts Univ. view to east

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