Name/Title
Schooner Island HomeEntry/Object ID
2020.21.0016Description
Black and white photograph of the schooner Island Home underway.
In 1903, when sail was still the only means of transport in the Florida Keys, John 'Bush' Pinder, a Plantation Key farmer, had the schooner Island Home built to carry his pineapples to market and to provide freight and passenger service to other settlements along the Keys. The schooner was built on Plantation Key by a part Black, part Indian Bahamian known as 'Old Whiskers' Wilkerson.Photograph Details
Subject Place
City
Plantation KeyCounty
MonroeState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCollection
Photograph CollectionMade/Created
Date made
circa 1910Time Period
20th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsCondition
Reason for Exam
At AcquisitionOverall Condition
Very Good