Description: The Claremont Hotel can be seen in the background on the left of the boat. This photograph was taken from Connor's Point in Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Child in boat alongside Amberjack: Benson – William Valentine Benson (1917-1997) Back Row – Left to Right: Frances Alice Kellor (1873-1952) Dreier - Mary Elizabeth Dreier (1875-1963) Marion Dickerman (1890-1983) Antonia Hatvary Middle Row – Left to Right: Cook - Nancy Clyde Cook (1884-1962) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914-1988) John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916-1981) Front Row – Left to Right: Roosevelt - Anna Eleanor (Roosevelt) Roosevelt (1884-1962) Roosevelt - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) James Roosevelt II (1907-1991)
Description: Child in boat alongside Amberjack: Benson – William Valentine Benson (1917-1997) Back Row – Left to Right: Frances Alice Kellor (1873-1952) Dreier - Mary Elizabeth Dreier (1875-1963) Marion Dickerman (1890-1983) Antonia Hatvary Middle Row – Left to Right: Cook - Nancy Clyde Cook (1884-1962) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914-1988) John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916-1981) Front Row – Left to Right: Roosevelt - Anna Eleanor (Roosevelt) Roosevelt (1884-1962) Roosevelt - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) James Roosevelt II (1907-1991) [show more]
The three-master is an old coaster - she is "hogged." The others are fishing schooners. - Ralph Stanley 05/12/08 hogged - "intransitive verb: to become curved upward in the middle - used of a ship's bottom or keel" - Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessed online 05/29/08 - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hogging
Description: The three-master is an old coaster - she is "hogged." The others are fishing schooners. - Ralph Stanley 05/12/08 hogged - "intransitive verb: to become curved upward in the middle - used of a ship's bottom or keel" - Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessed online 05/29/08 - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hogging
The foremost boat is loaded with big open barrels - they look like half barrels - to store fish as they were caught. The long poles on each side may have been to hold the handlines away from the rails.
Description: The foremost boat is loaded with big open barrels - they look like half barrels - to store fish as they were caught. The long poles on each side may have been to hold the handlines away from the rails.
Note - The photograph has been cleaned for clarity. Defects in the original scan have been left around the rigging so that the lines are visible. The boat is not under sail.
Description: Note - The photograph has been cleaned for clarity. Defects in the original scan have been left around the rigging so that the lines are visible. The boat is not under sail.