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The oldest-looking boy is standing behind him, holding a pack of newspapers with a strap around it and his shoulder, obviously to sell the papers to travelers.
Behind him there is another boy only partly visible.
In the distance beyond these boys, you can see a building, and sticking up beyond that, there are 2 ships smokestacks visible.
Sitting onboard directly beside the gangplank, is a man wearing a light-colored suit and a scally cap (golf cap), and reading a newspaper.
Most of the men are wearing derbys, but a few have straw hats and a couple of fedoras are visible, too.
Coats and ties for all, and I don't see any women.
Looking across the deck to the opposite bank, there is a sign on the building that reads, "??? rich Company" - maybe "Woolrich"? (partially blocked by a pole).
Next to that is a sign that reads, "WATTS CO???" (partially blocked by one of the ships mast support cables),
and to the right of that one is a very faint sign that partially reads (and I'm really guessing here), "Wentworth & ????".
Here are some pix I found while Googling for info. I don't think these pix depict the same "build" as my pic, but close enough.
First, the King Philip is docked beside a building that has many signs on it - "Sailmaker - Halifax, N.S. - Olde Brass Lantern Tea Room".
So, Googling "Olde Brass Lantern Tea Room" only led me to find the title of an old auction - "YE OLDE BRASS LANTERN TEA ROOM & GIFT SHOP - T WHARF - BOSTON MA", so I guess this image was taken at T-Wharf, Boston!
This pic is possibly in Provincetown, MA, judging from the sign on the building on the right, beside the larger "Dorothy Bradford" out of Boston.
The King Philip is the central boat on the left of the slip.
I can't read the names of the other boats there, sorry.
However, the boat that is horizontal at the bottom of the pic looks like it might be the "Neptune"
This pic looks to be at the same location as the previous one, as the buildings look about the same.
The "Dorothy Bradford" is heading in, and the "King Philip" is already docked, and has a small boat along side her/him/??
(still don't know what to call a ship with a man's name!)
Here is some interesting info I found while Googling:
The steamboat King Philip, named after the famous Indian Sachem of the Pocasset tribe, runs regularly, and in the summer, daily, between this port (Fall River) and Providence, RI.
From The Nautical Magazine, Volume No. 1 - 1832 Journal of Papers:
The Boston Daily Advertiser states, that the King Philip steamer, with 90 passengers, from Newport for Providence, was set on fire by the deck on which the boiler stood giving way, and the fire falling into the hold. The Benjamin Franklin being in sight, gave immediate assistance, and the fire was got under without loss of life.
from Journal of the New England Water Works Asssociation. March, 1904:
Mr. Maybury of the Committee on June Excursion reported that the Steamboat King Philip be chartered for the day for two hundred dollars ($200) and that dinneer could be secured at the Nantasket Point Hotel at seventy-five (75) cents per plate. Whereupon it was - Voted: That the date of the excursion be fixedd at June 22, (1904) and that the steamboat King Philip be chartered, and arrangements made with the Nantasket Point Hotel for dinner on that date.
...and lastly:
*oopsie*
So, this happened in 1935 at T-Wharf, Boston:
These next pix are all from the collection of Leslie Jones: The Camera Man - Boston Herald Traveler: 1917 - 1956:
"SS King Philip goes over at T-wharf" - 1935:
"SS King Philip back above water
with help of floating crane" - 1935:
"SS King Phillip Fire - ruins." - 1917-1934 - approximate:
