Age: c. 1930
Size: largest 9 x 9.5"
Weight: 4 ounces
Maker: Unknown
Frame/Mat Size: N/A
Frame Description: None
Provenance: Ny estate
Description: (10) good images of the last sailing ship to fly the American flag. Two images depict the ship under full sail, while four are at anchor and still four others at doc in New York.
Condition: See images.
History: The Ship TUSITALA, last full-rigged merchant ship to fly American flag, was built in 1883. In 1923, the ship became private yacht of U.S. Steel president James A. Farrell in 1923. It became a training ship for merchant seamen in 1939.The Tusitala, an iron-hulled sailing ship of 1684 tons, was named after Robert Louis Stevenson, who was called "Tusitala," meaning "storyteller," by the Samoans.