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Description
The fishing schooner George W. Pierce is shown in Portland about 1895. It was built in Southport in 1867. It probably was named after a George W. Pierce of Southport who had died in 1866.
A number of Southport Pierces were fishermen. In 1895, Orren B. Whitten of Portland was listed as the managing owner of the vessel.
About This Item
- Title: "George W. Pierce," Portland, ca. 1895
- Creation Date: circa 1895
- Subject Date: circa 1895
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 10 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 827, Box 4/38
- Collection: Louis A. Winnick glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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