Great Head cliff with a sailing ship – Historic Reproduction
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Description
This rare historic image captures Great Head cliff with a sailing ship in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Great Head cliff with a sailing ship
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This view puts a sailing ship against a steep headland of Great Head, a rocky promontory on the Maine coast where bare granite drops straight into deep water. Along this shoreline, schooners and other working sailing vessels were a daily sight through the 1800s, carrying lumber, granite, and fish between Maine harbors and distant ports. Pictures that pair a vessel with a cliff like this capture the period when wind power still shaped the coast's economy, and when the rugged shoreline made navigation a constant concern for mariners.
| Original scan | 1,987 × 2,035 px · prints to 7 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 7 ME The Great Head |
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