At lower right, the remains of the ships hull emerges from the mud at low tide, framing fishing boats moored in Concarneau’s harbor, seen in background.

Concarneau (Breton: Konk-Kerne, meaning “Bay of Cornouaille“) is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in Northwestern France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt.

The city has two distinct areas: the modern town on the mainland and the medieval Ville Close, a walled town on a long island in the centre of the harbour. Historically, the old town was a centre of shipbuilding; its ramparts date from the 14th century. The Ville Close is now devoted to tourism with many restaurants and shops aimed at tourists. However restraint has been shown in resisting the excesses of souvenir shops. Also in the Ville Close is the fishing museum. The Ville Close is connected to the town by a bridge and at the other end a ferry to the village of Lanriec on the other side of the harbour. – Wikipedia (2024)

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Mr. Schaaf was well known for his photography. His home-oil pictures hang in salons all over the world. Recently the Smithsonian Institution requested some of his old pictures. Two sons survive. – The New York Times– obituary excerpt, June 9, 1950

Albert Ernest Schaaf: 1866-1950

Amateur photographer and Cleveland industrialist Albert E. Schaaf, a business executive in bicycle and automobile manufacturing in his early career, became the founder and eventual chairman of the board of the Air-Maze Corporation in 1925, a manufacturer of air and liquid filters that became a pioneer in their development across a wide range of uses. Vintage Works, LTD. website states: “Schaaf became photographically active in the teens and 1920s. He was known to work in alternative processes, including gum prints, oil prints, bromoils and bromoil transfers.”