{"id":1618,"date":"2015-10-22T19:21:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T19:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2015-10-22T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T19:21:56","slug":"a-lovely-little-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2015\/10\/22\/a-lovely-little-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"A lovely little launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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George Shiverick aboard “Alice,” his personal launch named for his wife, date unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yes, the Local History Room is full of old stuff, but sometimes we get new old stuff, new to us anyway. \u00a0One of our recent accessions is a small trove of photographs, most not well identified, of boats built by George W. Shiverick in his shop on the Jones River. This unique collection was donated by Shiverick’s grand-daughter.<\/p>\n

This particular snapshot stands out because it’s labeled in the hand of former Frederic C. Adams Librarian Ethel J. Shiverick (George’s daughter-in-law, in case you didn’t know) as follows:<\/p>\n

Geo. W. Shiverick aboard “Alice,” personal boat, named for wife. EJS<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We have so few paper fragments of this legendary boat-builder’s life and work, that a photo of him in\u00a0his very own boat is just special.<\/p>\n

Source: George W. Shiverick Collection AC8<\/em><\/p>\n

For more, visit the Kingston Public Library<\/a>, and the Local History Room<\/a>, and the full blog at piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, the Local History Room is full of old stuff, but sometimes we get new old stuff, new to us anyway. \u00a0One of our recent accessions is a small trove of photographs, most not well identified, of boats built by George W. Shiverick in his shop on the Jones River. This unique collection was donated … <\/p>\n

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