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Listen: The World ProgramView of ship's rigging on the main mast of the historic "Western Union" schooner - Key West, Florida
Image Number
DM5513
Photographer
McDonald, Dale M., 1949-2007.
Date
1990 (circa)
Rights
Collection
Dale M McDonald Collection
Geographic Term
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - col. - 35 mm.
General Note
The Western Union was launched in Key West in 1939. It is the last sailing cable ship on earth and the last example of a traditional American coasting schooner made in the U.S.
Biographical Note
In 1984 the Western Union was renamed the New Way until 1997 when the Western Union was designated the flagship of Key West.
View of ship's rigging on the main mast of the historic "Western Union" schooner - Key West, Florida
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