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Photo Title:	"Procyon" (Schooner)
Description:	Painting of the schooner "Procyon."
Image No.:	PF-008.085
Image Location:	Box10/pf008_085.jpeg
Physical Description:	1 slide : col. ; 35 mm
Biography/Admin History:	The schooner "Procyon," official number 119518, 113 gross tons was built in 1889 at Essex, Massachusetts. Bought in 1905 by the Anglo-Newfoundland Fish Exporting Co., Ltd. from Liverpool, England, a company partly owned by William Munn of Harbour Grace. Registered at St. John's, Newfoundland #88 in that year and was employed in the trades from Labrador to Southern Europe. Wrecked at Sandy Point, Labrador on September 27, 1914.
Collector:	Dr. Harry Roberts
Source Donor:	Dr. Harry Roberts, ca. 1981
Collection Title:	Dr. Harry Roberts Slide Collection
Restrictions on Access:	Copyright expired
Copyright:	p
Physical Condition:	Good
Notes:	See "Newfoundland Fish Boxes: A Chronicle of the Fishery" by Dr. Harry D. Roberts with Michael O. Nowlan.
Subjects:	Procyon (Schooner) / Ships in art.