From collection Deer Isle Stonington Historical Society Collection
LB2012.24.517
Steam yacht DREAMER. From a New York Times article of 1899: "FLOATING PALACE FOR THOMAS W. LAWSON; Handsomely Equipped Steam Yacht for Boston's "Copper King." SHE IS CALLED THE DREAMER Built at Elizabethport, She Is Now Receiving Her Finishing Touches in This City." Another review from Google Books: "Very few private yachts afloat or building will equal in convenience and luxury of appointments the steam yacht Dreamer, recently completed, from designs by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine Crane, at the Nixon shipyards, Elizabethport, N.J., for Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston "copper king."" Overall length was 175', beam 24'. Steam yachts From the group identified as "Clayton Gross Collection". GLASS PLATE BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES
