Ada May

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Type: Skipjack

Year: 1897

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Location: Pocomoke City

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Fetch?	Row ID	Catalog #	Object Name	Title	Artist/Maker	Date Made	Place Made	Description	Full Image	CBMM Cat. Page
	1	2005.0050.0001.00	crates (wooden boxes)	Deed of sale for 3 fish traps, 1 boat, 3 skiffs				Deed of sale, February 11, 1935 for 3 fish traps, 1 fish boat, and three skiffs from Mrs. Ada L. Dungan. Written in ink on a piece of lined notepaper. Witnessed by R.W. Bailey, Jr.		View
	2	8888.0016.0000.00	documents	Albert E. Brown and Bro Papers<CR><CR>The collection i	Brown, Albert __Creator	Exact 02/01/1988 -		Albert E. Brown and Bro Papers<CR><CR>The collection is comprised of some of the correspondence and business papers concerning the Brown's Sail Loft in Winona, Maryland. Included are many sail plans for work and recreational boats. These papers were retrieved by museum staff from the derelict sail loft with the permission of the owner. Many are damaged or, deteriorated.Biographical BackgroundAlbert E. Brown and Bro/ sail.1oft~:~was located at Wenona, on the southern tip of the island. The Loft was founded in 1870 by Capt. John Stubbs. In 1890 he was bought out by Henry Brown, born in England, and who served as a seaman in the Royal Navy. He learned the art of sailmaking when he came to the United States during the Civil War and joined the United States Navy.Henry constructed the present building. When he retired in 1919 his son Albert took over the sail loft. Albert's son Henry, in turn, started at the loft when he was 12 years old and took over the business in 1956. Henry G. Brown retired about 1980 and the building has stood empty ever since. In 1986 the old sail loft changed hands.In its heyday, the business was one-of the region's leading sailmakers and had a reputation for old-fashioned, quality workmanship. Orders for sails came from all across the country and from overseas.Scope and ContentThis material represents those papers that were salvagable and that remained in the sail loft after the business had closed. They give considerable insight into the operation of one of the country's most well-known sailmakers.The majority of the papers are correspondence written to the sail loft concerning orders for sails, frequently accompanied by a sail plan and an estimate. Of value are a number of sail plans for the oyster dredging fleet, that the loft kept on file for repeat orders, and letters concerning well-known Bay yachts. Many of these boats have long since disappeared. Sail Loft Amps (1923 - 1974)Brown Papers, p 2An index of boats is available.Correspondence was filed under boat name where it was known, and by correspondent's last name if-no specific boat was mentioned (except for one" design boats which are filed under class name).Other papers include"account books and miscellaneous business papers which provide an overview of 1"the finances of a traditional sailmaking business.Sub'ectsSailmaking Subject: Albert E. Brown and Bro.	No image URL.	View
	3	1990.0024.0004.00	handbills	ISSUED BY SHOW BOAT PLAYERS, OFFSHOOT OF JAMES ADA	Curtiss Printing & Publishing, __Creator	Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1939		ISSUED BY SHOW BOAT PLAYERS, OFFSHOOT OF JAMES ADAMS FLOATING THEATER. SHOWS PHOTOGRAPHS OF PLAYERS, NAMES OF PLAYS, CITES EDNA FERBER PIECE ON SHOWBOAT. DONOR WROTE BOOK ON JAMES ADAMS ORIGINAL FLOATING THEATER. Title: SHOWBOAT PLAYERS Materials: PAPER Place Made: CONTINENTAL, OH Associated Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Negative #: N2019 R05		View
	4	0000.1125.0818.00	negatives	NAT BOH (NATIONAL BOHEMIAN) SKIPJACK "CHESTER PEAK	Tucker, Ernest	Range,Exac 08/01/1967 - 08/31/1967	27815 Southside Island Cr - Trappe - Talbot - Eastern Shore - MD - 21673 - USA	NAT BOH (NATIONAL BOHEMIAN) SKIPJACK "CHESTER PEAKE", OXFORD, 1966; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. FORMERLY "ADA MAE" Place: OXFORD, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS		View
	5	0000.2033.0034.00	postcards	"Arrived safe in Long Green, Md..."		Range, Cir 03/01/1907 - 07/17/1915		"Arrived safe in Long Green, Md. and immediately got busy." Black and white image shows couple in garden with colored flag above. Divided back. Postmarked July 17, 1915. From Ada to Miss Vallie Shorb.	No image URL.	View
	6	1997.0046.0001.00	ships logs	Log book of Albemarle	Forbes, William __Writer			Log book of the Navassa Phosphate Company's Chesapeake Bay sailing vessel (bark) Albemarle of Baltimore documenting voyages between Baltimore and Navassa Island for guano. 70 pages, stiff board covers with decorative paper in blue and brown. Smaller loose pages in back. Material: Paper, cotton binding, cardboard, ink. Presumably kept by Capt Wm Forbes, found in grandmothers attic (Glenda Harris)		View