Shoveling seaweed

Shoveling seaweed

Item Information

Title:
Shoveling seaweed
Description:
Black and white photograph of wharf in New Bedford, Massachusetts, showing bearded workmen shoveling seaweed over barrels of whale oil from the whaling ship Sappho; ship in background.
Photographer:
Kingman, G.D.
Date:
[ca. 1870]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Card photographs
Location:
New Bedford Free Public Library
G.D. Kingman Photograph Collection, Box 1, Folder 21 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Gilbert D. Kingman Photograph Collection
Subjects:
Whaling
Ships
Piers & wharves
Places:
Massachusetts > Bristol (county) > New Bedford
Extent:
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 8 cm
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Terms of Use:
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Notes:
Title from accompanying material.
Additional text from item: Wharf scene about 1870.
Additional information from accompanying material: Late 19th century copy from Stephen F. Adams or T.E.M. White negative? Mounted.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Accession #:
2012.012
Identifier:
2012.012.0021