CHARLES WHITTEMORE

Photograph

Groton Public Library

CHARLES WHITTEMORE

Entry/Object ID

2026.037.036

Description

Photo negatives (5) in envelope labeled "Charles Whittemore." Includes three views of the 4-masted lumber schooner built at the M.B. McDonald & Sons Shipyard at Pistol Point in Mystic in 1905. The vessel later served as a decoy ship targeting German submarines during WWI. One of these photographs was used in an article by Carol Kimball titled "Lumber Ship Had Exciting Job on the Side," and published in The Day on April 3, 2003.

Collection

Jim Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.037

Source or Donor

Mr. James L. Streeter

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

1905 - 1927

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Negative

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

McDonald and Sons Shipyard, Pistol Point, World War I, CHARLES WHITTEMORE

Provenance

Notes

Donated to the Groton Public Library by Jim Streeter, formerly belonged to Carol Kimball.

Name/Title

CHARLES WHITTEMORE