Caption: "Original Chamberlain Photograph of the Log Raft / Vineyard Haven Harbor, August, 1888"

Handwritten Notes: "Message on back of photo reads: 592 feet long, 55 feet wide, hasd a total depth of 37 feet, draws 22 feet of water, contains 24,000 logs, displaces 20,000 tons of water and contains 5,000,000 feet of timber. It is 100 feet longer than the one last..."

photo missing.

Can you identify any people, things, places, or events in this photograph? How about the time period? Or do you know where this photo came from? Email me at cbaer@vineyard.net.

Date: 1888
Location: Vineyard Haven - -
Keywords: ships, rafts, Seary raft, steam tugs, tugboats, Under Writer, Ocean King, Nova Scotia