Whaler GRAYHOUND [with bow in foregrd.] – Historic Print
![Whaler GRAYHOUND [with bow in foregrd.], c1917 Sept. 18. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a8/a8eb3bca114c-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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Step back in time with Whaler GRAYHOUND [with bow in foregrd.], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Whaler GRAYHOUND [with bow in foregrd.]
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The foreground bow of the whaler Grayhound fills much of this view, pulling attention to the ship's heavy construction rather than to open water. The caption card dates it to September 18, around 1917, though that date is unverified. Steam whalers of that period, including fleets working out of San Francisco and New Bedford, hunted bowhead and right whales in northern waters, and their strengthened hulls were built to push through ice. The bow's bracing and the vessel's sturdy profile show a ship made for hard work in cold seas.
| Created / published | c1917 Sept. 18. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--GRAYHOUND--1917; Whales...; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 984 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-147170 |
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