Corporate Name
New Bedford Cordage Company
Vessel
Stafford (Bark)
DateCirca 1880-1890
MediumAlbumen Print; Mounted
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Object number2000.100.953
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionWhaling bark Stafford in wharf. New Bedford Cordage Company and Duff warehouse in background.Built at Kingston in 1848 and bought by T. & A. R. Nye of New Bedford in 1851, she made thirteen voyages ending her whaling days in 1889 under the house flag of J. & W. R. Wing. She remained in the registry until 1896, but her ultimate fate is not recorded.
On View
Not on view1745-1925
1725-1960
USS Dolphin (1884-1922)
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