Item 1443 - Wreck on the beach at Sullivan, ca. 1915
- Item 1443 - Wreck on the beach at Sullivan, ca. 1915
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- Item 1443
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Image Info Thomas C. Moon photographed a broken vessel on the shore of Taunton Bay, in front of the Hancock Cemetery in Hancock County, probably about 1915.
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Moon was born in Sullivan, the son of Thomas Moon and Eliza (Murch) Mercer about 1851. He became a professional photographer in Laconia, New Hampshire, and by the early 20th century had a summer studio at Lamoine Point. He visited relatives and did a series of local color images.
This ship may be the William & Gilliam Schooner about 200 gross ton (abandoned about 1910).
