Lee and Karen Duquette and Ilse
Blahak
at Olde Mistick Village and Mystic Seaport Museum
55 Coogan Boulevard
Mystic, CT 06355
July 11, 2024
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Below: Lee and Karen Duquette strolled
through a family and pet friendly open air village of unique shops,
eateries and souvenirs in 2024.
They were also at Mystic Seaport in 1976
and 2008, and links there will bring you back here, so it is HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED that you go there first before returning here because of
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Below: The museum was established in 1929 as the "Marine Historical
Association". Its fame came with the acquisition of the Charles
W. Morgan in 1941, the only surviving wooden whaling ship. The Seaport
was one of the first living history museums in the United States,
with a collection of buildings and craftsmen to show how people lived;
it now receives about 250,000 visitors each year.
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Below: Meet TANGO, a recently donated pedal
boat to the Museum. It holds the record for the fastest human-powered
transatlantic crossing. In 1992, Dwight Collins completed the near-2,000
mile trip in 41 days. |
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Below: Nudibranch II sculpture - an early
indicator of climate change that fell victim to the harm of coral reef
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Below: Karen Duquette and Ilse Blahak |
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Below: Several photos for
"Mystic Blue" - first an informative piece, the Gallery
Quadrangle poster, and then two photos taken by Karen Duquette |
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Below: Asherah was the first commercially built American research
submersible, owned by the University of Pennsylvania and used by archaeologist
George F. Bass to examine underwater sites.] It was named after Asherah,
an ancient Semitic goddess known as "she who treads on the
sea". It
is a two-person submarine used to search for and map wrecks.
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Below: A hands-on roping exercise |
Below: old equipment |
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Below: Was there
really a winged dinosaur near Lee Duquette or did the photographer have
too much ale ???? |
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Below: Charles W. Morgan was a 1841 whaleship
which was active for 80 years. She is the only surviving wooden whaler
from 2,700 ships that operated in the United States whaling fleet. On
her deck are huge try pots used to render blubber into whale oil. She
came to Mystic Seaport in 1941 and was designated a National Historic
Landmark in 1966. |
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Below: One thing that changed
since Karen and Lee Duquette were here in 1976 with their son Brian
Duquette (the below photo on the left ) was the front of the lighthouse
replica. The doorway was painted and a ramp was added. For other photos
here from 1976, click here
(they were also here in 2008) but be sure to return to this page. Everything
was very different in 1976 and 2008. |
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Below: Karen Duquette really
wanted to go inside the Seahorse Exhibition Building because she loves
seahorses, but it was closed on this date. |
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Below: This bronze statue of 1957 Boston Marathon winner John Kelly
is life-sized and he is mid-stride with his dog Brutus running next
to him. It has a small round granite plinth and the figures are standing
on a slightly smaller round bronze disc with the name John Kelly on
the front of it. John is wearing running clothes. For
more information on John Kelley, click here. but be sure to return
to this page to continue navigation of this very large website.
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