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Speaking Trumpet

Document Type: Artifact
Geographic Location: Massachusetts
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
ID Number: 0494
Keywords: Life at Sea, Communications, 0494


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Description:
Speaking trumpet, 22 inches long, inscribed "From pilot boat Effort , New Bedford, Mass. to Pilot Boat Clarence Barclay of Salem."The 325 ton Clarence Barclay was built in Salem in 1856; this speaking trumpet was likely a gift in recognition for some help given to the New Bedford boat, but that story along with how it got to the museum is lost.


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