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The Schooner Marjorie

6/6/2016

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The Schooner Marjorie photo restoration with before and after

THE SCHOONER MARJORIE

The Marjorie was a four-masted schooner, is a fine example of the great tall ships that graced the world's oceans in the time before steam. Built in 1890 in Camden, Maine by Holly M. Bean, The Marjorie was 216 ft. and was registered out of Dennis, MA. She was wrecked on Timbalier Island, LA on February 15, 1899.
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Edwin H. Edwards was the Master of The Marjorie at its launch in 1890. The photograph was brought to Picture Renewal by his great-grandson Mark Edwards owner of C.G. Edwards Co, Inc. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, C.G. Edwards Co, Inc. was founded by Mark's grandfather and passed down to him by his father, continuing a long and fine maritime tradition.

The Restoration:

The original is a 16"X20" mounted albumen print. c1890.
Albumen printing was popular from 1855-1920. The paper is made using egg whites as a binder to hold the light sensitive silver salts.

The print was extremely faded, stained, dirty and scratched.
The digital restoration required a high resolution scan.
I removed dirt and damage speck by speck, scratch by scratch, and then had to add back in missing head and fore stays (ropes) and painted in some hull planks where necessary.
Thanks to the Mystic Seaport for assistance in finding more information about the Schooner Marjorie
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Stephen G . Smith link
7/18/2017 02:41:53 am

Thanks for your information shearing,it is a very good information to help me!!!!

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