A ship at harbor is in the background. In the middle ground, men are loading hides into a dory. In the foreground, on a hill, two men, one of whom is dressed as a sailor holds a paper and speaks to a gentleman with a vaquero hat. Behind them are two barrels and two crates and the painter's signature. Below them on the beach is a vaquero on a horse with a cart drawn by two bullocks and loaded with hides. To the right are men preparing a boat (?). Title from verso. Additional text reads "The Era of the Boston Ships" Trade of hides and tallow for silk. This is a photographic reproduction of a painting by Carl Oscar Borg.
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