Painting, Packet ship <I>Berlin</I>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This oil by an unknown artist portrays the packet ship <I>Berlin</I>, built by C.V. Minot at Phippsburg, Maine in 1850. Packet ships were named after the packets of mail they transported. They ran on regular schedules, which helped plan commercial transactions. The three-masted square-rigged vessel is sailing into an unidentified harbor against a rocky coastline, with a lighthouse and steamship in the left background.
label: Description
content: <I>Berlin</I> measured 222 ft. 5 in. in length by 40 ft. in beam and 1634 tons. <I>Berlin</I> was sold to the Alaska Portland Packers Association at an unknown date and was registered out of Portland, Oregon. This company was most active in the early 20th century and operated a salmon fishery out of several small towns on the Alaskan coast. Berlin's final fate is unknown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Maritime
label: See more items in
content: Cigna Maritime Collection
label: See more items in
content: Transportation
label: See more items in
content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.007
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: painting
label: Object Name
content: painting, oil