Martin Digital History

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  • Waterway with an open drawbridge in the near distance. Several buildings line the waterway on both sides. Photo published in the February 1923 issue of Power Boating magazine (volume XXV, No. 2). Edythe Willoughby contributed an article to this issue of the magazine, titled “Cruising Northward in the Spring” about traveling in their houseboat named “Dorothy” from Miami, Florida to Newport, Rhode Island. Photo captioned in the article as “Lift bridge on the Coinjock canal.”
  • View of a thatched roof hut with stilts on a waterway. A man and a dog stand on the platform outside of the hut. Poor copy.
  • Several people seated in different boats all moored next to each other.
  • Young man stands with a fishing pole next to a shark hung from a display on a pier.
  • Several men push or pull a cart with several ice blocks placed upon it down a long pier. A man with an ice hook or tongs follows along with the cart.
  • View down a pier with a yacht or houseboat parked on each side. Two men and a boy stand on the pier and an arched bridge is visible in the background. Copy held by Debra Frieden marked "“Dorothy and Altamaha at Long Key FL April 1923”. “Mr. Whitman and Billy" marked on bottom by Edythe Willoughby.
  • Two houseboats tied to a dock. Edythe Willoughby stands on the yacht in the foreground. Photo published in the February 1923 issue of Power Boating magazine (volume XXV, No. 2). Edythe Willoughby contributed an article to this issue of the magazine, titled “Cruising Northward in the Spring” about traveling in their houseboat named “Dorothy” from Miami, Florida to Newport, Rhode Island. Photo captioned in article as “Dorothy and Friend Houseboat lock through together.”
  • Crowd of men are gathered in a marina or ship yard area. A building and a large sailing ship are in view behind the men. Poor copy.
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  • Man moves a wooden barrel across a dock towards the open door of a building and a man stands next to him with barrel hoops in his hand. A third man stands at the end of the dock holding the dock line of the yacht behind him.
  • Crew of men stand next to the railing of a sailing vessel. A few of the men work together to hoist another boat or dinghy.
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