Whaling Ship Niger

Title:: Whaling Ship Niger
Description:: Black and white photograph, at the left foreground is the whaling ship Niger. From the wharves the image looks north into New Bedford. Two unknown ships are behind the Niger. A tug boat, two sail boats, and a personal sail craft are found near the building labeled FISH upon its roof. On the wharf are numerous wooden buildings leading to a background of stone buildings.
Photographer:: Tirrell, Joseph G.
Date:: [ca. 1896]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: New Bedford Free Public Library
Joseph G. Tirrell Photograph Collection Box 1, Folder 2 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):: Joseph G. Tirrell Photograph Collection
Subjects:: Whaling
Ships
Piers & wharves
Niger (Ship)
Places:: Massachusetts > Bristol (county) > New Bedford
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; 18 x 23 cm
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Notes:: Title from accompanying material.
Additional information from accompanying material: Wharves, looking north with Niger in foreground, before 1897.
Additional information from accompanying material: Photographed for "Old Whale Ships and Wharf Scenes" by Tirrell.
Notes (date):: Date from accompanying materials.
Accession #:: 2012.008
Identifier:: 2012.008.0002