Slide Title
Rebuilding of the Ernestina
Slide ID
CV-80-003
_pkUnique ID
CV80003
Slide Date
1980
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Island
São Vicente
Identifier
CV80003
City / Village
Mindelo
Date
1980
Description
This photograph shows the rebuilding of the hull on the Ernestina during restoration in 1980. The Ernestina, originally the Effie M. Morrisey, is a 19th century schooner that spend the late 1940s through the 1960s sailing between the Cape Verde Island and making trans-Atlantic voyages until it finally fell into a state of disrepair in the 1960s. After restoration the schooner was gifted to the United States by Cape Verde.
Keywords
hull; restoration; ship building; Ernestina; schooner; historic;
Social Theme
Diaspora
Box
1
Folder
1
Image Dimensions
5236x3480
Software
VueScan
Date Time Scanned
28-7-2010 12:00 AM
Color Space
RGB
File Size
3.3 MB
Document Type
Image
Recommended Citation
Baxter, David, "Rebuilding of the Ernestina" (1980). David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs. 3.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/3
Province or Jurisdiction
São Vicente
Keywords
hull; restoration; ship building; Ernestina; schooner; historic;
Notes
http://archive.ernestina.org/history/history.html
Retrieved 13 July 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effie_M._Morrissey
Retrieved 13 July 2012