Schooner-3 REPUBLIC in frame on ways at Dunn & Elliot Shipyard, Thomaston, Maine in August 1900.

Schooner-3 REPUBLIC in frame on ways at Dunn & Elliot Shipyard, Thomaston, Maine in August 1900.

Schooner-3 REPUBLIC in frame on ways at Dunn & Elliot Shipyard, Thomaston, Maine in August 1900. View is from opposite shore looking across river to yard. Town is in background. Sign along wall behind vessel reads 'Horsfords Bread Preparation'. Note: Claes identified ship as Schooner-4 L. HERBERT TAFT, but Coffin (and supporting research) notes TAFT built and launched in 1901, while REPUBLIC was launched November 1900. See also LB2013.21.839