Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Is this the Aurora?

Schooner, possibly The Aurora, off the coast of Texas circa 1900.
Is this the schooner, Aurora?  In "Port Lavaca Notes", May 9th, 1895, the Galveston Daily News reported:

“Port Lavaca, Calhoun Co., Texas, May 8. – The schooner Aurora, a new vessel, has been placed in the Matagorda bay trade.  She will ply between Port Lavaca and Olivia and Galveston. She was built and is owned by the Olivia Swedish settlement.”  
UPDATE: August 19, 2013.
        YES, this is the Aurora.

Identifiers:
Glass Plate Negative #: Paulson005 (The original 1200 bpi tiff scan was downsized to 400 bpi jpeg for this post.)
Place:  Probably near Olivia, Calhoun County, Texas.
Date: Circa 1900.

Sources:
"Port Lavaca Notes" The Galveston Daily News. 9 May 1895, page 6. (Accessed through newspapers.com)

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