Toggle harpoon, made by Luther or Edward Cole, & invented in 1848 by Lewis Temple, an African American blacksmith from New Bedford, MA at Montauk Lighthouse museum. Montauk, NY.
Photo by Jim Steinhart © 2017, all rights reserved. (Ref: NYXHM191)

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