The packet Lottie Beard is shown at its waterfront berth between trips to St. Helena and other points

Packet ship Lottie Beard docked in New Bedford, with boy (Edward W. Baylies) standing in foreground. The ship traveled between "St. Helena and other points where it contracted New Bedford whalers and furnished them with supplies. On its return trips it brought whale oil."
Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library