Costigan Wharf [1917]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.1977.27d
Description
Modern photo from an original negative/photo at the Northeast Archives for Folklore and Oral History (now part of Special Collections at Fogler Library) depicting a running crew at the Costigan Wharf. Also depicted in Ives' Argyle Boom, p.71. The original in NAFOH is a little wider and has a clearer view of the three steamers in the background. According to information on at least two other copies of the same photo, the shot was taken in 1917 and depicts Isaiah ("Ide") W. Buzzell (1852-1935) and his crew. The man appearing in charge certainly resembles known depictions of Buzzell, but seems to be somewhat younger than Buzzell would have been in 1917.