Loid Vernon Briggs Boston 1890

Three-masted sailing ship appears to be a late 19th-century barque with yards furled and a pronounced clipper-style bow, moored at a timbered Boston waterfront pier in 1890 from the Briggs Collection. A small steam tug or tender sits alongside the hull, likely steam-driven given its low profile and funnel-like silhouette. Wharf buildings are wooden industrial sheds and a tall hoist or coal elevator appears on the quay, typical of Victorian port infrastructure. A few dockhands in period work clothes, caps and long coats consistent with 1890s labor dress, are visible on deck and the pier, indicating active commercial handling.