Scene from Down to the Sea in Ships

Title:: Scene from Down to the Sea in Ships
Description:: Black and white photo of groups of people in 19th century costume waving to a whaling ship docking at pier; whale oil barrels lying on sides are in foreground; numerous horse-drawn carriages interspersed among the crowd. Fairhaven shoreline seen across the harbor. Label at lower left: "The arrival of a Whaling Bark at New Bedford, Mass." Scene from the 1922 film "Down to the Sea in Ships" directed by Elmer Clifton. Mounted to dark gray cardboard.
Date:: [ca. 1860–1955]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: New Bedford Free Public Library
Main Library, room 309, cabinet U07, shelf SH10, container BX15:F055 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):: Photograph Collection
Subjects:: Whaling
Buildings
Women
Harbors
Piers & wharves
Men
Motion pictures
Whaling ships
Places:: Massachusetts > Bristol (county) > New Bedford
Massachusetts > Bristol (county) > Fairhaven
Extent:: 1 photograph : print
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