Apr 25, 2017
SS Norwich, drawn by Elwin Eldredge.
Photographed by Frederick Sedgwick in the early 20th century. The Mariners' Museum holds a large number of 5x7" glass plate negatives shot by and collected by Mr. Sedgwick, as well as his research notes and records on steam vessels.
This is now (until we go through the rest of Stanton and Eldredge) the second known image of the Norwich. The only other is a drawing here, which also gives a nice history of the vessel before it reverted to civilian service. It was lost at sea in 1873, 20 years before Eldredge was born. Clearly, there *had* been other images of the Norwich in the past, and maybe we will actually find some in Eldredge’s VAST collections.
