View of launching crowd from SS Lansing, 1919

Name/Title

View of launching crowd from SS Lansing, 1919

Entry/Object ID

2025.223.26

Description

A crowd watches from the docks as the SS Lansing is launched on May 20, 1919. The Lansing steamship was rebuilt by the Ship Construction and Trading Company, Inc. for the Nafra Company of New York. Photograph was taken from the Lansing, looking toward Stonington Borough and showing the inner breakwater, where the crowd has assembled.

Made/Created

Date made

1918 - 1919

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Stonington Borough