Double-masted ship Condor sunk at Fishtown

CondorSunkca1904.jpg 3.6MB

CondorSunkca1904.jpg 3.6MB

Name/Title

Double-masted ship Condor sunk at Fishtown

Entry/Object ID

2021.58.05

Description

Copy of a historic photo of a twin-mast ship, likely a schooner for hauling lumber, submerged at Shriver's Bend and Fishtown. The presence of the wooden channel walls suggests incident happened after 1871. Jack Sheridan says the schooner is the "Condor," see clip from Kit Lane's "Lost and Found" Likely copy of a Herman Simonson glass plate image sold by Carlton Simonson. Digital scan of the wreck photo from SDHC photo blog Three young men in swimming attire and a dog on the wreck of the Condor

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Print, photograph

Subject Person or Organization

Condor (ship), Edgcomb, Morgan Sr. 1877-1964, Hirner, Herman 1881-1966, Fishtown, Shriver's Bend, Old Harbor/Channel piers pre-1906/Ox-Bow Lagoon

Cataloged By

Winthers, Sally

Acquisition

Accession

2021.58

Source or Donor

Sanford, Peg 1944-

Acquisition Method

Donation

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

* Untyped Location

197 Shipwrecks

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Moore, Bob c1890 about 20 in the 1910s, Edgcomb, Morgan Sr. 1877-1964, Hirner, Herman 1881-1966

Create Date

September 26, 2021

Update Date

April 8, 2024