Drying sails, whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN [in dock] – Historic Print
![Drying sails, whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN [in dock], c1927 Dec. 12. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5f/5f830674b7f7-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Drying sails, whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN [in dock] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Drying sails, whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN [in dock]
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This photograph shows the whaler *Charles W. Morgan* with its sails spread out to dry while the ship sits in dock. Built in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1841, the *Morgan* made some 37 voyages in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, hunting sperm whales for their oil. It was the last surviving American whaling ship of the wooden-hull era when it was retired in the early 1920s, and the caption's date of about 1927 places the scene during the years it was kept in port. The drying sails are a reminder of the hands-on upkeep that a working sailing vessel needed between voyages.
| Created / published | c1927 Dec. 12. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J294817 U.S. Copyright Office This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,208 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159036 |
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