Cape Ann Museum Portuguese American Photograph Collection [1882-1970]
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Title
Cape Ann Museum Portuguese American Photograph Collection [1882-1970]
Date
1882-1970
Description
This collection of photographs highlights the seafaring lifestyle of the Portuguese community in Gloucester, MA. In the 1800s, many Portuguese people (largely from the Azores) immigrated to Gloucester to work in the town's active fishing industry. By the 1880s, Gloucester housed the largest Portuguese population on the east coast.
At this time, most Portuguese men worked within the fishing industry as crewmen, food processers, or ship captains. One prominent ship captain, Joseph P. Mesquita, is well known for beginning the "Blessing of the Crown" tradition at Our Lady of Good Voyage parish after his ship (the Mary P. Mesquita) was sunk in 1900. He was so grateful that all but one crewmen survived that he sent for a blessed crown to be delivered from Portugal.
Ships represented in this collection include the Jorgina, Harriett, Elsie G. Silva, Gil Eannes, Natalie Hammond, Mary F. Sears, Flora L. Oliver, Leonora Silveira, Edith Silveira, Adeline, Evelyn M. Goulart, Clara G. Silva, Emily Brown, Our Lady of Good Voyage, and Our Lady of Fatima.
At this time, most Portuguese men worked within the fishing industry as crewmen, food processers, or ship captains. One prominent ship captain, Joseph P. Mesquita, is well known for beginning the "Blessing of the Crown" tradition at Our Lady of Good Voyage parish after his ship (the Mary P. Mesquita) was sunk in 1900. He was so grateful that all but one crewmen survived that he sent for a blessed crown to be delivered from Portugal.
Ships represented in this collection include the Jorgina, Harriett, Elsie G. Silva, Gil Eannes, Natalie Hammond, Mary F. Sears, Flora L. Oliver, Leonora Silveira, Edith Silveira, Adeline, Evelyn M. Goulart, Clara G. Silva, Emily Brown, Our Lady of Good Voyage, and Our Lady of Fatima.
Subject
Altars
Azorean Americans
Catholic Church--Dioceses
Children of immigrants
Dogs
Fasts and Feasts
Fisheries
Fishers
Grocer
Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Musicians
Portuguese American women
Processions, Religious--Catholic Church
Priests
Seafaring life
Ship captains
Statues
Schooners
Vessels (ships)
Wedding photography
Coverage
Gloucester (Mass.)
Source
Items in this collection are pulled from the Cape Ann Museum's digital collections.
The Cape Ann Museum (CAM) tells multiple stories, all relating to a single remarkable place. From its earliest days as a fishing and shipping port to its mid-19th century role in the granite industry, to its singular charms of light and sea that have attracted countless artists from the 19th century to the present, Cape Ann boasts a rich and varied culture of nationally significant historical, industrial, and artistic achievement. CAM's Library & Archives is a major resource for the study of the industrial, social, maritime and art history of Cape Ann. Its collections have been available to serious researchers and curious browsers alike since 1875.
The Cape Ann Museum (CAM) tells multiple stories, all relating to a single remarkable place. From its earliest days as a fishing and shipping port to its mid-19th century role in the granite industry, to its singular charms of light and sea that have attracted countless artists from the 19th century to the present, Cape Ann boasts a rich and varied culture of nationally significant historical, industrial, and artistic achievement. CAM's Library & Archives is a major resource for the study of the industrial, social, maritime and art history of Cape Ann. Its collections have been available to serious researchers and curious browsers alike since 1875.
Publisher
Cape Ann Museum
Rights
Please contact the Cape Ann Museum directly for more information on reproductions and copyright.
Format
PNG
Type
Image
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