[Memorial plaque--1841 whale ship Charles W. Morgan] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Memorial plaque--1841 whale ship Charles W. Morgan], c1926. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/85abadaf3605-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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[Memorial plaque--1841 whale ship Charles W. Morgan] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Memorial plaque--1841 whale ship Charles W. Morgan]
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A memorial plaque honoring the whaleship *Charles W. Morgan* is the subject here, a tribute to a vessel built in 1841 for the New Bedford whaling fleet. The ship sailed from Massachusetts for most of the nineteenth century, hunting whales across the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and her return in 1921 ended one of the longest working lives in American whaling. Photographed around 1926 by Harry Neyland, the picture records a commemoration made as the age of the American whale fishery was already receding into memory.
| Created / published | c1926. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Photograph of plaque, copyright by Harry Neyland. |
| Subjects | Charles W. Morgan (Ship)--Commemoration--1920-1930. Ships--American--1840-1850. Plaques--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,068 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159913 |
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