From collection Ed Coffin Collection
Interior of Monhegan, Maine store about 1900.
Interior of Monhegan, Maine store about 1900. Unidentified man behind counter, 3 more perched on boxes in front. They are, left to right, ??? Brackett (father of Cass Brackett), Ford Davis (father of Mansfield Davis), and Ernest Wincapaw (father of Dorthy Morton Richardson). Coffin notes Ford Davis had large sloop DEFENDER that coudl carry 200 barrels of mackeral. note: one of a series of 84 Monhegan prints (LB 2013.21.1772 - 1855), from a set of 105 copy negatives that accompanied the prints. All are pasted to backer boards, some have captions. Some notes indicate dates around 1900.