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| Photo Title: | "Isobel Moore" (Schooner) |
| Description: | Painting of the schooner "Isobel Moore." |
| Image No.: | PF-008.067 |
| Image Location: | Box10/pf008_067.jpeg |
| Physical Description: | 1 slide : col. ; 35 mm |
| Biography/Admin History: | The schooner "Isobel Moore," Official Number 141643, was the sister ship of the "Olive Moore," and was built in 1920 at Liverpool, Nova Scotia by the Nova Scotia Shipbuilding & Transportation Co., Ltd. for the firm J. and F. Moore of St. John's, Newfoundland in 1920. The owner was Frederick Moore, a merchant from St. John's, and the vessel was named after his daughter. It flew the flag of A.E. Hickman Co., Ltd., who held part ownership. Used in the foreign-going fish trade and abandoned at sea in the North Atlantic November 8, 1930. |
| 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: | Isobel Moore (Schooner) / Ships in art. |
