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Boston Hooker Mollie built in 1870s.
Major collection: Hart Nautical
Named collection: Charles H. W. Foster Collection
Object type: photograph
Maker: Jackson, Willard B.
Classification: yachting
CF-01-007
Named collection: Charles H. W. Foster Collection
Object type: photograph
Maker: Jackson, Willard B.
Classification: yachting
Mollie, working craft, fisherman, sloop. Boston hooker. Negative number 2951. A modification of the Galway hooker fishing boat introduced to America by Irish immigrants about 1857. See Glass Plates and Wooden Boats by M. P. Murphy, 2006.
CF-01-007
Gift of Charles H. W. Foster, 1957