Rhode Island After a Year or So of Service

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Rhode Island After a Year or So of Service

Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photo of the Rhode Island after a year or so of service. She had to be hauled out to repaint the old Gloucester copper paint (red and green or blue...later blue was liked by yachtsmen... But fishermen didn't like blue because they considered it bad luck. The English painted coffins of men who died at sea blue. Italians used blue too. She is aground next to the Southwest Harbor town dock closest to Beal's Wharf. In the foreground are two punts and a rowing skiff with a motor on the stern all upright on a float by Beal's Wharf. There are several vintage vehicles parked in the dock's parking lot.

Ballard, W.H.

Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection