[Launching of the Doris Hamlin, Harrington, Maine 1919] Negative

Can Descriptions16mm b&w reduction negative made at John E. Allen, Inc. // Preservation paid for by Meserve and White. // Footage of the four-masted schooner Doris Hamlin being launched at the Frye-Flynn boatyard in Harrington. The ship is eased into the water from a ramp at the boatyard. Scenes of the crew on board the ship and a man climbing the rigging and closeups of the boat's sponsor, Doris Hamlin, along with her husband and the boat's owner and operator. The boatyard's manager and owner, E.M. Frye is also shown in closeup with his son George W. Frye, 'the youngest shipbuilder in the world.' Opening intertitle reads: 'The beautiful four master Doris Hamlin makes a pretty ship at the Frye-Flynn yard, Harrington, Me.'