CAM Talk – Gloucester & Essex Shipbuilding Connections, with KD Montgomery
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 27, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
Location
Janet & William Ellery James Center
CAM Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Fees/Admission
CAM Members Free, Non-Members $10
Registration is required as space is limited.
Description
Saturday, September 27, 2025
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Janet & William Ellery James Center
CAM Green, 13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
CAM Members Free, Non-Members $10
Registration is required as space is limited.
Six vessels captured in photographs on view in Down to the Sea, the Photographs of Ernest L. Blatchford were built in nearby Essex. Join Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum Executive Director KD Montgomery for an exploration of Essex’s maritime history and its shipbuilding connections to Gloucester.
Image Credit: Schooners at wharf, including Rita A. Viator and Edith Silveria, and the tugboat Priscilla, 1907, photograph by Ernest L. Blatchford (1868-1947). Gordon W. Thomas Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives, Gloucester, MA. Museum Purchase/Gift [2794].
