Clipper, Brigantine, Corvette, and Schooner are?
Clipper represented the first pronounced use of color in American advertising art. Relatively few (perhaps 3,500) cards survive today. With their stunning appearance, rarity, and importance as artifacts of nautical, Western, and printing history, clipper cards are highly prized by both private collectors and institutions. Clipper A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century. Developed from a type of schooner known as Baltimore clippers, clipper ships had three masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th century standards, could carry limited bulk freight, and had
Clipper City (schooner) Clipper City (schooner) Clipper City is a modern replica of a nineteenth-century cargo schooner. The first "Clipper City" was a cargo clipper schooner built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1854. Manitowoc soon became known for its shipbuilding industry, and "Clipper City" was adopted as a nickname for the town itself. A replica cross section of the "Clipper City" is on permanent display at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum. In 1984, the plans for the original "Clipper City" were purchased from the Smithsonian Institution, and naval architects DeJong & Lebet, Inc. were hired to adapt the design to meet modern safety requirements. The