From collection Ed Coffin Collection
Launch of Schooner-4 ANNIE at Rockport, Maine.
The launch of the four-masted schooner ANNIE at Rockport, Maine in 1901. The 613 ton ANNIE is 172' in length with a 37' beam and a 13' draft. The building shipyard is unknown. She was later renamed the ROSE E. MURPHY. ANNIE, Rockport, 1901. What a change there's been along the southern side of Rockport Harbor since this vessel was launched there 118 years ago! (Doug & Linda Lee Collection) note: LB2013.21.149 is close-up of just vessel from same negative