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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.

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Title
Rebuilding of the Ernestina
Creator
Baxter, David
Date
1980
Other Identifiers
Local: MSS-0079-b10-f01-003
Keyword
hull ; restoration ; ship building ; Ernestina ; schooner ; historic
Geographic Coverage
São Vicente
Type
Image
In
David Baxter papers: Cape Verde photographs
Note

http://archive.ernestina.org/history/history.html
Retrieved 13 July 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effie_M._Morrissey
Retrieved 13 July 2012

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