(WHALING) Photo scrapbook of the great New Bedford whaling f

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(WHALING.) Photo scrapbook of the great New Bedford whaling firm J. & W.R. Wing. 165 photographs (various sizes) on 50 neatly captioned leaves, plus 27 loose photographs which have been detached from the volume. Small folio, 11 x 14 inches, original with cover title "The Wing Fleet" and small painting of the company flag; minor wear, first photograph stained; caption on inner cover reading "A collection of photographs covering fifty years activities of the vessels owned by J. & W.R. Wing, with a few old time whaling scenes from P.B. Gifford's collection of whaling negatives." New Bedford, MA, compiled 1935

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J. & W.R. Wing was one of the largest whaling firms in the United States, and one of the last ones standing when they sent out their final ship in 1917. This volume, consisting mostly of 1930s copy prints, documents many of the firm's officers, captains, sailors, and ships. Captain Valentine Rose (see illustration) was a Cape Verdean who later bought his own ship, which was lost at sea with all hands en route to Cape Verde in 1915.