CHARLOTTE W. MILLER, c. 1917

Photograph

Groton Public Library

Entry/Object ID

2026.037.034

Description

Photo negatives (4) in envelope labeled "Charlotte W. Miller." Views of the 3-masted schooner CHARLOTTE W. MILLER, built on the Thames River at Mamacoke by Benjamin Stark Jr. in 1891. The vessel was hit by a submarine in the Thames River on July 31, 1917 and was salvaged by the T.A. Scott Co. She was refurbished by the Ship Construction and Trading Co. in Stonington and launched under the new name WILLIAM H. DRAPER. One of these photographs was used in a column by Carol Kimball titled "The Unsinkable Charlotte W. Miller," that was published by The Day on December 3, 1987.

Collection

Jim Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2026.037

Source or Donor

Mr. James L. Streeter

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1917

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

CHARLOTTE W. MILLER, World War I, T. A. Scott Co.

Provenance

Notes

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

Name/Title

CHARLOTTE W. MILLER, c. 1917