From collection Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Collection
LB2007.1.113718
Street Scene, Horses, Wagon, Carriage, Men, Stores, Sign [Swan and Sibley, Grain, Feed, Flour, Coal, Salt, Groceries, N.S. Lord Sail Loft, Ship Brokers. U.S. Shipping Commissioner's Office, Telephone], Barrels This building is located on Front Street at the foot of Main Street. LEFT TO RIGHT: N. S. Lord & Company Sail Loft. Sail makers and ship chandlers. Machine-made sails a specialty. A supplier of oiled clothing for seamen. The U. S. Shipping Commissioner's Office was located in the building (the public official appointed to supervise and facilitate the engagement, employment, and payment of merchant seamen). The Swan & Sibley Company (owned and operated by William B. Swan, president and Edward Sibley, treasurer): jobbers of grain, feed, flour, seeds and provisions as well as dealers in coal and importers of salt. The business was established in 1869 and incorporated in 1891.
