Browse Exhibits (2 total)

New London to New York by Night Boat: Ellery Thompson Recalls the Golden Age of Steamboats on Long Island Sound

An exhibit about the vanished era of steamboat travel between New York City and Boston and the intermediate ports of New London, Norwich, Stonington, and Fall River.

Curated by Brian Rogers - Online Exhibits Librarian, New London Maritime Society

Chester W. Chapin steamboat, City of Lowell steamboat, Ellery Thompson, Fulton Fish Market, New England Steamship Company, New London Line, Norwich Line, Priscilla steamboat, steamboats, Stonington Line

Remembering Ellery Thompson: Fisherman, Writer, Artist, Free Spirit

An exhibition of the life and times of Ellery Franklin Thompson (1899-1986), whose writings, published and unpublished, provide first-hand glimpses into the maritime history of southeastern Connecticut.

Brian Rogers, Online Exhibitions Librarian, April, 2020

Chapters about publication of Draggerman's Haul updated in 2023 to reflect correspondence donated by the Calhoun family.

Arethusa, Bernard Gordon, Block Island, Book & Tackle Shop, Come Aboard the Draggers, Custom House Maritime Museum, Daniel Merriman, Draggerman's Haul, Draggerman's Loot, Ellery Thompson, Ellery Thompson New Yorker magazine, fisherman, Fishers Island, Fort Rachel, Groton Connecticut, John Cleary, Joseph Mitchell, L. A. Dunton schooner, Larchmont steamboat, Long Island Sound, Morgan McGinley, Mystic Connecticut, Mystic Seaport, New London Connecticut, paintings, Prohibition, Stephen Jones, Stonington Connecticut, Thames River New London, The Day New London, Trawling, William McCoy, Yale fishery biologists