Name/Title
Digital images, 27, of the 19th C. ship Wavertree at the Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, May to August, 1981.Entry/Object ID
2008.062.0100Description
Digital photos, twenty-seven, of the Wavertree, an 1885 square-rigged cargo vessel, being repaired at the Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, May to August, 1981. Original color prints ca. 3-1/2" x 5". Scans are 200 percent and not enhanced. Photographer not indicated, but it is probably Anton Peskens or a family member (he was a Hoboken resident and employee at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard.) Reverse of all were blank; no processor's date codes. People have not been identified. Tiffs media archive.
The vessel was brought to the shipyard for some major work including work on the decks, scrapping and painting of the hull and replacement of the bowsprit. See notes for two short articles about this work on the Wavertree, a sailing vessel in the collection of South Street Seaport, New York, since 1968. Vessel is on the National Register of Historic Places.
See photo catalog 2008.062.0101 for 4 views of the vessel on its way to Hoboken and 2008.062.0102 for three views of the ship back at South Street Seaport, New York; see archives record 2008.062.0001 for a Hoboken Pictorial column mention with photograph, June 4, 1981.
Images have been assigned a numerical order for this record; the order is arbitrary, but generally organized by view or type of work or the apparent chronology of the work.Acquisition
Accession
2008.062Source or Donor
Grossmann, MoniqueAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Monique Grossmann.Made/Created
Date made
1981 - 1981Notes
Date: 1981-1981General Notes
Note
Notes: THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: August 12, 1981 [this was apparently the caption to a published photo taken by staff photographer William Sauro.]
Square-Rigger Returns to South Street Seaport After a $500,000 Renovation From the deck of the sailing vessel Peking, spectators watched yesterday as the Wavertree returned to her berth at the museum. The 96-year-old iron-hulled vessel had been undergoing restoration since May at a shipyard in Hoboken, N.J., including the installation of a new 28-foot bowsprit. The three-masted ship was purchased in 1968 for $70,000 in Argentina, where she was being used as a sand barge. Her repair costs so far have totaled $1.5 million.
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From American Heritage, April 1983
NEW YORK, NEW YORK:
The Wavertree, an 1885 square-rigged cargo vessel, is one of the few survivors of the age of deep-water sailing ships and one of the last square-rigged craft that actually sailed from the port of New York. It is being restored by the South Street Seaport Museum (most of the work is done—only the midship deckhouse needs fixing). When completed, the Wavertree will be an exhibition vessel as accurate as possible in every detail. She will be open to the public year round. Grant: $7,500.
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Original or Copy: Digital copy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2008-10-13
