Schooner 'Bowdoin' departs from Castine, ca. 1950
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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
The Bowdoin made her first departure for the Arctic in July 1921. For decades, she left from various ports in Maine - most often Wiscasset and Boothbay Harbor, but a few times from Castine, as in this photo taken around 1950.
Crowds always thronged the waterside to make the Bowdoin's departures for the North into festive occasions.
Many also watched and waved from small boats, accompanying the schooner out to open water.
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