Bessie May
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1896
Builder:
Location: Sharptown
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| 1 | 0000.0306.0023.00 | HOOPER STRAIT LIGHT HOUSE-FRESHLY PAINTED Old Su | Cockey, Bessie __Photographer | HOOPER STRAIT LIGHT HOUSE-FRESHLY PAINTED Old Subject Fields: HOOPER STRAIGHT LIGHTHOUS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 2 | 8888.0018.0000.00 | documents | Ernest Tucker (1913 - 1981) Papers (1936 - 1979) | Range, Exa 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1979 | Ernest Tucker (1913 - 1981) Papers (1936 - 1979)The collection is comprised of correspondence, newspaper articles, brochures, etc., concerning Ernest Tucker's career as a boat designer and sailor. Also included are photographs of Tucker-designed boats, power and sailing boatsand Chesapeake Bay boatbuilders. The papers were donated to the Museum by his widow, Jane Foster Tucker.Biographical BackgroundErnest Tucker was born on the family estate, Hilton, in Walbrook, a northwestern section of Baltimore. He contracted polio before the age of 2 and was required to wear braces on both legs.Tucker developed a strong interest in boatbuilding and design from an early age. He built his first boat, a 12'5" sailing skiff when only twelve. He attended Johns Hopkins University, School of Mechanical Engineering, 1933-1938.In 1942:, he was employed by the Owens Yacht Co., Dundalk, as project engineer for 36' LCVP's for the Navy. After the war he designed the Owens 40' auxiliary cutter. In 1946 Tucker started at the Annapolis Yacht Yard as draughtsman (which later was sold to John Trumphy and Sons) and worked on many famous boats such as Makarra and Lenore, a famous Presidential yacht.Tucker purchased his beloved double-ended Nassau-built sloop, Half Pint, in 1945, which he used to sail the Bay until the time of his death. In 1958 he became self-employed. His designs included the Dickerson 35, 36, 40 and 41 for the William Dickerson Yard of Fishing Creek (laterTrappe). Always found on the drawings was his trademark, a flying duck. Tucker also made drawings for John Bailey of Tunis Mills, Marine Contractor.After the death of his mother, Ernest Tucker lived on a houseboat in Galesville, Md., was married in 1960, and in 1962 moved to Oxford. The designer was a good friend of C. Lowndes Johnson, noted Talbot County Comet class designer, and his wife Clara. He was a founding member of the Classic Yacht Club of America, member of the Sailing Club of the Chesapeake, and Tred Avon Yacht Club. Ernest Tucker died in August 1981.Scope and ContentThe material is divided into two parts. The first consists of biographical information and information on boats designed by Ernest Tucker. Included in the latter is the well-known series of Dickerson ketches built by DickersonBoatbuilders of Trappe, Maryland. Other designs include deadrise workboats built by Chesapeake Marine Industries of Trappe, and the famous Owens cutters.Ernest Tucker was also a recorder of many varities of sailing and power crafton the Chesapeake through the medium of the camera. Many of these boats no longer exist. Also of value are photographs of many well-known Bay boatbuilders, particularly from Dorchester County. An index of boats is available. The photographs have been divided up into broad subject categories.SubjectsBoatdesigning Boatbuilding Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | |||
| 3 | 8888.0063.0000.00 | documents | Charles J. Hopkins - Kinkora Collection<CR><CR>Backgro | Charles J. Hopkins - Kinkora Collection<CR><CR>Background<CR>This collection consists mainly of an account journal and documents related to the ram schooner Kinkora of which Charles Hopkins was captain, and the bugeyes Blue Wing and Sarah W. Wingate which he owned.Charles J. Hopkins, according to the 1900 census, was born in March 1878 in the Mt. Vernon District of Somerset County, MD, the son of John S. and Julia A. Hopkins. According to the 1930 census he still lived in the Mount Vernon District and had a wife, Nellie, and two sons, Fred E. (actually Edwin Ford), age 16, and Douglas C[harles], age 8. (See folder 7 for a letter from Ford to his father; and folder 9 for a letter from Nellie in which she mentions Douglas.) Charles Hopkins died on 19 August 1957 at age 79 leaving a small estate which included a 26-foot workboat and 16 acres of oyster grounds in the Wicomico River..Kinkora, Official No. 126732, was built by J. M. C. Moore in 1891 at Sharptown, MD. Her original gross and net tonnages were 215.50 and 204.73 respectively; her dimensions in feet were 125.2 length, 23.8 breadth, and 8.9 depth. In 1891 she was christened Charles T. Strann; her owner was John H. Marshal and her homeport was Seaford, DE. In 1911 the vessel's name was changed to Charles L. Rohde and her tonnages had changed to 215 gross and 186 net. Her homeport had changed to Washington, DC. By 1925 the vessel's owner was Johnson & Winsatt, 13th and Water Streets, SW, Washington, DC, and her homeport remained Washington. In 1928 her name was changed to Kinkora. By 1930 her dimensions had changed slightly to 229 net and gross tonnage, and 126.0 length, 24.1 breadth, and 8.4 depth. Her owner remained the same and, from the account journal it appears that Charles Hopkins was her captain.By 1935 Johnson & Winsatt still owned the vessel, as well as schooners Josephine Winsatt (92864) and Mabel and Ruth (92691). Hopkins still commanded Kinkora, and did so until 1937. In 1943 the vessel was sold to a buyer in the Dominican Republic and renamed Cuidad Trujillo.Bugeye Sarah W. Wingate, official No. 116787, was built by Joseph Brooks in Madison, MD, in 1897. Her gross and net tonnages were 34; her dimensions in feet were 70.8 length, 19.4 breadth, and 5.2 depth. Her homeport throughout her lifetime was Baltimore. Her early owners are not known, but in 1914 she was purchased from James R. Downy of Rock Hall by Edwin H. Ford, 1/2, Charles J. Hopkins, 1/3, and Oscar L. Ford, 1/6 (see Folder 1). By 1925 she was solely owned by Charles J. Hopkins of Princess Anne, MD. Hopkins continued to own her until 11 April 1935, according to his journal, when she was sold to Harry Dill of Centreville, MD. By 1937 she had been converted to a 36-horsepower gas screw vessel and was owned by Purnell Elbourn, Rock Hall, MD. In 1938 her name had been changed to P. Jay Elbourn. Purnell Elbourn continued to own the vessel until 1952 when Thomas B. Elbourn of Rock Hall became the owner. He remained the owner until 1956 when she was abandoned.Bugeye Blue Wing, official No. 3596, was built in Solomons, MD, in 1893 by M. M. Davis. She was of 19 net and gross tonnage. In feet she was of 62.0 length, 18.0 breadth, and 4.6 depth. In 1894 her homeport was Baltimore, but by 1905 it was Crisfield, MD. By 1910 it was again Baltimore. From 1925 through 1935 she was owned by T. Preston Webster of Tappahannock, VA, but still homeported in Baltimore. In 1936 she was owned by the Salisbury Yacht Building Company and her homeport was Crisfield. From1937 until 1944 she was owned by Charles Hopkins of Princess Anne, MD, and her homeport remained Crisfield. In 1944 and 1945 she was owned by L. L. Gibbs of Columbia, NC, and her homeport was Washington, NC. In 1946 she had been sold to Nellie J. Harrington of Baltimore which was also her homeport. In 1948 her owner was Kenneth J. Harrington, Washington, DC, which was her homeport as well. It is reported that by 1954 she had been abandoned in Canoe Neck Creek, off the Potomac River, inMaryland.References and SourceThe basic reference for all three vessels is Merchant Vessels of the United States. For Kinkora, also see Quentin Snediker & Ann Jensen, Chesapeake Bay Schooners (Centreville, Md: Tidewater Pub., 1992). For photos of Kinkora and Captain Hopkins see CBMM photo collection PF 567.016/017 (Kinkora in Elk River) and PF 756.027/037 (Hopkins and family members aboard Kinkora). Hopkins death date is from the probate of his will and estate on file in the Somerset County courthouse, and from the Salisbury Times of 20 August 1957. His ownership of workboat and oyster grounds was listed in the inventory of the estate. Subject: Charles A Hopkins | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 4 | 2025.0015.0001 | name plates | Bessie Lafeyette Trailboard | c.1881 | Crisfield - MARYLAND | Starboard trailboard for the bugeye Bessie Lafeyette. Built in 1881 in Crisfield, Maryland. Bessie Lafeyette was an oystering bugeye, abandoned in Mallows Bay. |  | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.1125.0055.00 | negatives | ERNIE AND RALPH RUARK AT WHEEL.; From old Remarks | Tucker, Ernest | Exact 08/04/1974 - 08/04/1974 | ERNIE AND RALPH RUARK AT WHEEL.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. SEE BACK OF PRINT. (PROBABLY NOT BOUNDING BESSIE. Old Subject Fields: PEOPLE Subject: Ernie Ruark Subject: Ralph Ruark | No image URL. | View | ||
| 6 | 0000.1290.0179.00 | negatives | Hull of the schooner Albert F. Paul on the ways at | Exact 08/02/1917 - 08/02/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Hull of the four-masted schooner Albert F. Paul on the ways at William G. Abbott Shipyard, Milford Delaware. It is seen from astern. Negative and print. Subject: William G. Abbott Shipyard | No image URL. | View | ||
| 7 | 0000.1290.0180.00 | negatives | Albert F. Paul and William G. Abbott at the Abbott | Exact 08/02/1917 - 08/02/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Albert F. Paul (left) and William G. Abbott at the Abbott Shipyard, Milford Delaware. Hull of schooner Albert F.Paul behind them. Probably shot just before she was launched. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 6. Subject: William G Abbott Subject: Albert F. Paul Albert F. Paul and William G. Abbott at the Abbott Shipyard, Milford Delaware. Hull of schooner Albert F.Paul behind them. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 6. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 8 | 0000.1290.0181.00 | negatives | Launching party for the schooner Albert F. Paul | Exact 08/02/1917 - 08/02/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Launching party for the schooner Albert F.Paul. Bessie Paul is holding the bottle with which she will christen the Paul. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 6. Subject: Bessie Paul | No image URL. | View | ||
| 9 | 0000.1290.0182.00 | negatives | Looking aft on the deck of schooner Albert F. Paul | Exact 08/02/1917 - 08/02/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Looking aft on the deck of the schooner Albert F.Paul prior to launching. House flag of C. C. Paul & Co. in foreground. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 7. Subject: William G. Abbott Shipyard | No image URL. | View | ||
| 10 | 0000.1290.0183.00 | negatives | Schooner Albert F.Paul on launching ways | Exact 08/02/1917 - 08/02/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Schooner Albert F.Paul on launching ways, looking toward the bow. Workmen are preparing her for launch. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 8. Subject: William G. Abbott Shipyard | No image URL. | View | ||
| 11 | 0000.1290.0184.00 | negatives | Miss Bessie Paul with champagne bottle at forefoot | Exact 08/02/1917 - 08/02/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Miss Bessie Paul holding champagne bottle at forefoot of schooner Albert F. Paul, just prior to christening her. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 9. Subject: Bessie Paul | No image URL. | View | ||
| 12 | 0000.1290.0185.00 | negatives | Schooner Albert F. Paul just after launching | Exact 08/02/1917 - 08/02/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Schooner Albert F. Paul just after sliding down the ways at Willaim G. Abbott Shipyard; workmen are restraining her with lines.. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 9. Subject: William G. Abbott Shipyard | No image URL. | View | ||
| 13 | 0000.1290.0186.00 | negatives | Albert F. Paul standing in front of the hull of | Exact 08/01/1917 - 08/01/1917 | No Address - Milford - Eastern Shore - DE - USA | Albert F. Paul standing in front of hull of the schooner named for him at Willaim G. Abbott Shipyard; shot just before the launch. See Burgess, "Coasting Schooner: The Albert F. Paul", p. 6. Subject: Albert F. Paul | No image URL. | View | ||
| 14 | 0000.0695.0010.00 | negatives | BESSIE BAKER WHO MARRIED HOWARD CAULK, AND WAS THE | Sewell, Thomas H __Photographer | BESSIE BAKER WHO MARRIED HOWARD CAULK, AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A PREACHER.; From old Remarks field: DAUGHTER STILL LIVING IN MILES RIVER NECK (1987) Old Subject Fields: ST. MICHAELS; PEOPLE<CR><CR>Glass plate located in CSA 12 D 3 | No image URL. | View | |||
| 15 | 8888.0098.0000.00 | papers | Burgess manuscript collection | This collection is housed in 24 boxes, starting on CSC 15A2 and continuing on to 15A3, 15A4, 16A1, and 16A2<CR><CR>The collection is broad in scope and content. It includes about 100 trailboards and name boards, and many other artifacts obtained from Chesapeake Bay vessels of all kinds; years of correspondence (covered in this finding aid), much of it acquiring background for and arranging the publication of his books, particularly those about the schooners Albert F. Paul and Purnell T. White; many of his photographs; and numerous clippings containing articles by and about Burgess.Among the highlights of the collection are a number of documents from the late 19th century such as invoices, receipts, and note from George P. Bailey, of Kinsale, VA, a dealer in wood, ties, etc., and the canner of the "Pride of Westmoreland" brand tomatoes and commission merchants Courtney & Kennan (see Box 17). Also, the lengthy correspondence (1946-1969) with the Baltimore Sunday Sun about articles Burgess submitted for publication, including the ""I Remember When" series (Boxes 19 & 20) | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 16 | 0000.1125.0002.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER SAILING "BOUNDING BESSIE II" IN NOT | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 | ERNEST TUCKER SAILING "BOUNDING BESSIE II" IN NOT MUCH BREEZE.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 17 | 0000.1125.0003.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER UP MAST OF "BOUNDING BESSIE II" IN C | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 | Mayo - Anne Arundel - Cadle Creek - MD | ERNEST TUCKER UP MAST OF "BOUNDING BESSIE II" IN CADLE CREEK, OFF RHODE RIVER.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Place: CADLE CREEK, MAYO, MD Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | |
| 18 | 0000.1125.0004.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER (AT TILLER) & COUSIN BILLY PURCELL I | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1931 - 12/31/1931 | ERNEST TUCKER (AT TILLER) & COUSIN BILLY PURCELL IN "BOUNDNG BESSIE I"; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; PEOPLE Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker Subject: William Purcell | No image URL. | View | ||
| 19 | 0000.1125.0005.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE I" GETS PAINTED UP FOR ANOTHER YE | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 06/01/1931 - 06/30/1931 | "BOUNDING BESSIE I" GETS PAINTED UP FOR ANOTHER YEAR, JUNE 1931.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 20 | 0000.1125.0007.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER'S FIRST BOAT, "BOUNDING BESSIE I", O | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 10/01/1931 - 10/31/1931 | ERNEST TUCKER'S FIRST BOAT, "BOUNDING BESSIE I", ON SOUTH RIVER, SEPT 1931.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Place: SOUTH RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 21 | 0000.1125.0009.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" UNDER TARP, DURING CONSTRUCTI | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" UNDER TARP, DURING CONSTRUCTION.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; BOATBUILDING | No image URL. | View | ||
| 22 | 0000.1125.0010.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" SAILING WING & WING, ERNEST T | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1938 - 01/31/1938 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" SAILING WING & WING, ERNEST TUCKER AT TILLER.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 23 | 0000.1125.0011.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ON TRUCK, PRIOR TO LAUNCH.; F | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 05/01/1936 - 05/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ON TRUCK, PRIOR TO LAUNCH.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; TRANSPORTATION, TRUCK | No image URL. | View | ||
| 24 | 0000.1125.0012.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" AT ANCHOR, MAST UNSTEPPED, LY | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 12/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" AT ANCHOR, MAST UNSTEPPED, LYING ON CABIN TOP.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 25 | 0000.1125.0013.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" SNOW-COVERED ON BLOCKS.; From | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" SNOW-COVERED ON BLOCKS.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 26 | 0000.1125.0014.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER ADJUSTING 6HP REGAL 1 CYLINDER ENGIN | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1938 - 12/31/1938 | ERNEST TUCKER ADJUSTING 6HP REGAL 1 CYLINDER ENGINE IN "BOUNDING BESSIE II"; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: ENGINES, MARINE; RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 27 | 0000.1125.0015.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ON BLOCKS, SOME BOTTOM AND SI | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ON BLOCKS, SOME BOTTOM AND SIDE PLANKS MISSING, PROBABLY DURING CONSTRUCTION.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; BOATBUILDING | No image URL. | View | ||
| 28 | 0000.1125.0016.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ASHORE ON BLOCKS; From old Re | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ASHORE ON BLOCKS; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; BOATBUILDING | No image URL. | View | ||
| 29 | 0000.1125.0017.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ON TRUCK PRIOR TO LAUNCH.; Fr | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ON TRUCK PRIOR TO LAUNCH.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; TRANSPORTATION, TRUCK | No image URL. | View | ||
| 30 | 0000.1125.0018.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" DURING CONSTRUCTION.; From ol | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" DURING CONSTRUCTION.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; BOATBUILDING | No image URL. | View | ||
| 31 | 0000.1125.0019.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" DURING CONSTRUCTION.; From ol | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" DURING CONSTRUCTION.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; BOATBUILDING | No image URL. | View | ||
| 32 | 0000.1125.0020.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER BUILDING "BOUNDING BESSIE I", AT HIL | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1935 - 12/31/1935 | Baltimore - MD | ERNEST TUCKER BUILDING "BOUNDING BESSIE I", AT HILTON (BALTIMORE).; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. SEE BACK OF PRINT. Place: BALTIMORE, MD Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; BOATBUILDING Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | |
| 33 | 0000.1125.0021.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" UNDER CONSTRUCTION.; From old | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" UNDER CONSTRUCTION.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. PRINT CREASED. Old Subject Fields: BOATBUILDING; RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 34 | 0000.1125.0022.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER IN "BOUNDING BESSIE II" OFF BLOODY P | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 | ERNEST TUCKER IN "BOUNDING BESSIE II" OFF BLOODY POINT IN N'EASTER.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. Place: BLOODY POINT, MD (NEAR) Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 35 | 0000.1125.0023.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" UNDER CONSTRUCTION.; From old | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1935 - 12/31/1935 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" UNDER CONSTRUCTION.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: BOATBUILDING; RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 36 | 0000.1125.0024.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER ON "BOUNDING BESSIE II"; From old Re | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 | ERNEST TUCKER ON "BOUNDING BESSIE II"; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; PEOPLE Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 37 | 0000.1125.0025.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER BUILDING "BOUNDING BESSIE II".; From | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | ERNEST TUCKER BUILDING "BOUNDING BESSIE II".; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: BOATBUILDING; RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 38 | 0000.1125.0026.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER, PENNY (PENELOPE PURCELL) AND RANDY | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1930 - 12/31/1930 | ERNEST TUCKER, PENNY (PENELOPE PURCELL) AND RANDY (BROTHER RANDOLPH) ON "BOUNDING BESSIE I" SAILING ON SOUTH RIVER.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. SEE BACK OF PRINT. Place: SOUTH RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker Subject: Randolph Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 39 | 0000.1125.0038.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" SAILING DOWNWIND, WING & WING | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" SAILING DOWNWIND, WING & WING.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 40 | 0000.1125.0041.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER SITTING ON "HALF PINT" TIED TO FLOAT | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 08/01/1946 - 08/31/1946 | Walnut Point - VA | ERNEST TUCKER SITTING ON "HALF PINT" TIED TO FLOAT, PROBABLY AT WALNUT PT., COAN RIVER, VA.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. LEGEND ON BACK SAYS "BOUNDING BESSIE", BUT VESSEL IN "HALF PINT". Place: WALNUT POINT, VA Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | |
| 41 | 0000.1125.0058.00 | photographic prints | ERNEST TUCKER ON "BOUNDING BESSIE II".; From old R | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 | ERNEST TUCKER ON "BOUNDING BESSIE II".; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: PEOPLE Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||
| 42 | 0000.1125.0128.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE" AT WHARF ON SLAUGHTER CREEK, TAY | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 09/01/1936 - 09/30/1936 | No Address - Taylors Island - Dorchester - Eastern Shore - MD | "BOUNDING BESSIE" AT WHARF ON SLAUGHTER CREEK, TAYLOR ISLAND.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Place: TAYLOR ISLAND, MD Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS | No image URL. | View | |
| 43 | 0000.1125.0137.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" AT DRAWBRIDGE CROSSING MILL R | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1937 - 12/31/1937 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" AT DRAWBRIDGE CROSSING MILL RACE AT TURKEY POINT, ANN ARUNDEL COUNTY.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. HASS GREEN #11 ON EDGE. IMAGE OK. Place: TURKEY POINT, ANNE ARUNDEL CO., MD Old Subject Fields: BRIDGES; RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 44 | 0000.1125.0138.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" AT APPLEGARTH'S STORE, HOOPER | Tucker, Ernest | Exact 07/20/1942 - 07/20/1942 | No Address - Hooper Island - Dorchester - Eastern Shore - MD - USA | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" AT APPLEGARTH'S STORE, HOOPER ISLAND, MD; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. Place: HOOPER ISLAND, MD Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; BRIDGES | No image URL. | View | |
| 45 | 0000.1125.0163.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" TIED UP, PROBABLY SELBY BAY.; | Tucker, Ernest | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" TIED UP, PROBABLY SELBY BAY.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18 Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 46 | 0000.1125.0172.00 | photographic prints | WHITE FLASHING MARKER IN TAR BAY, FROM BOW OF "BOU | Tucker, Ernest | WHITE FLASHING MARKER IN TAR BAY, FROM BOW OF "BOUNDING BESSIE II".; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. Place: TAR BAY, MD Old Subject Fields: AIDS, NAVIGATIONAL Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | |||
| 47 | 0000.1125.0173.00 | photographic prints | POINT LOOKOUT FROM FAR OUT IN THE BAY. BOW OF "BOU | Tucker, Ernest | Exact 07/22/1942 - 07/22/1942 | No Address - Point Lookout - MD | POINT LOOKOUT FROM FAR OUT IN THE BAY. BOW OF "BOUNDING BESSIE II".; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. Place: POINT LOOKOUT, MD Old Subject Fields: LANDSCAPE; SEASCAPE | No image URL. | View | |
| 48 | 0000.1125.0176.00 | photographic prints | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ALMOST BECALMED.; From old Re | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 10/01/1938 - 10/31/1938 | "BOUNDING BESSIE II" ALMOST BECALMED.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. TINY PRINT. Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 49 | 0000.1134.0335.00 | photographic prints | DECK BOAT BESSIE M. LEWIS UNDER WAY WITH A DECK LO | Range,Exac 09/01/1940 - 09/30/1940 | Gosport Navy Yard - Portsmouth - VA | DECK BOAT BESSIE M. LEWIS UNDER WAY WITH A DECK LOAD OF LUMBER; From old Remarks field: DIRTY PRINT; SEE ATTACHED CARD CITING EFFIE M. LEWIS; BESSIE IS LISTED IN MVUS, BUT EFFIE IS NOT Place: CHOPTANK RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: FREIGHT POWER VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 50 | 0000.1295.3240.00 | photographic prints | "Burgess Chesapeake Bay relics & Feuchter water.." | Exact 12/24/1960 - | Colonial Williamsburg - Williamsburg - Western Shore - VA | "Burgess Chesapeake Bay relics & Feuchter watercolors at Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Va 12/24/60" Shows three nameboards: Sandy Hook, Harvey Conway and Bessie Lee. Watercolors show various vessels under sail. For source, see 1290.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 51 | 0000.1290.0408.00 | photographic prints | Schooner Albert F. Paul. | Abbott, William G __Builder | Schooner Albert F. Paul. Hull of the schooner Albert F. Paul poised on the ways at the William G. Abbott Shipyard, Milford, DE August 2, 1917 (Courtesy Mrs. Bessie Paul Bacon. Published in "Coasting Schooner" p. 5 Photo print and negative. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 52 | 0000.1290.0422.00 | photographic prints | Schooner Albert F. Paul | Schooner Albert F. Paul is restrained after sliding down the ways into the Mispillion River (Courtesy Mrs. Bessie Paul Bacon) Photo is published on p. 9 "Coasting Schooner") . | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 53 | 0000.1290.3645.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye Bessie Lafayette anchored in tree-lined cre | Range, Exa 01/01/1933 - 12/31/1933 | Charles - Mallows Bay on the Potoma - Western Shore - MD | Bugeye Bessie Lafayette anchored in tree-lined creek, Mallows Bay, MD. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 54 | 0000.1295.1294.00 | photographic prints | Schooner J Edwin Kirwan under sail | Schooner J Edwin Kirwan under sail in light breeze. Vessel originially named "Ruby and Bessie". For source, see 1295.0001 |  | View | ||||
| 55 | 0000.1295.1295.00 | photographic prints | Schooner J Edwin Kirwan under sail in light breeze | Schooner J Edwin Kirwan under sail in light breeze, with an unidentifed vessel in front of her. Note man on bowsprit. Vessel originally named "Ruby and Bessie". For source, see 1295.0001 |  | View | ||||
| 56 | 0000.1290.3644.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye Bessie Lafayette anchored | Tilp, Frederick __Photographer | Range, Exa 01/01/1933 - 12/31/1933 | Charles - Mallows Bay on the Potoma - Western Shore - MD | Bugeye Bessie Lafayette anchored in tree-lined creek, Mallows Bay, MD. |  | View | |
| 57 | 0000.2042.0035.00 | postcards | Easter Card | Range, Cir 04/16/1917 - | White background with pink border. White rabbit at left sitting on grass with stemp of purple flowers surrounding it. Text at right printed in black ink: *An Easter Wish* Text at right under "Easter Wish" printed in purple ink *THese chicks and bunnies I'm sending your way. Hoping they'll brighten your day.* At bottom right is chick that has just hatched from shell pictured. At bottom left is text printed in blue ink *S.Bergman N.Y. 1916* with copyright sign. Text printed at bottom right corner in blue ink *4003* Verso: At top text printed in black ink *Post Card* Black border under "postcard" Black line to divide post card. At right printe din black ink *Correspondence. Message handwritten in black ink. At top handwritten in black ink *Bel Air R.F.D. (illegible letter). APril 6, 1917.* At right printed in black ink *Address* Handwritten in black ink *Miss Bessie Brandenburg Myersville Frederick Co. Maryland.* At top right handwritten in graphite Dp 10 cents. Harford* Post mark *Churchville Apr 6 11AM 1917 MD.* Stamp of George Washington at top right. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 58 | 0000.2044.0018.00 | postcards | Ferry in Tolchester | Range, Cir 01/01/1907 - 12/31/1914 | Kent - MD - USA | There is a painting of a gold ferry on a body of water. The water is a deep blue color. There is green grass and vegetation on both sides of the water. To the left of the ferry is a large tree with a brown trunk and green leaves. The sky in the background is purplish pink. The vegetation, the ferry, and the tree all stick out of the post card slightly. In the upper right corner there is a purple stamp that reads "Tolchester, Md." VERSO: In the upper left corner there is black printed text that reads "Space For Writing Messages." Below this is a message that was hadwritten in pencil. The message is written diagonally down and reads "From a new Friend C. A. Carroll # 73 Franklin St." Below this is "C" written in pencil upside down. To the right of this is a vertical black line that runs the entire height of the post card. On the top of the left side of this line the word "POST CARD" is printed in black, fancy text. Above this text "#108 3.00" is handwritten in pencil. Below the text "POST CARD" the address is hadnwritten in pencil. It reads, "Miss. Bessie Laroley. #412 N. 11th St. Lebanon Pa". Below the address is black printed text that reads "This side for the Address only." In the upper right corner is a black box with black text inside that reads "Place Stamp Here Domestic Once cent Foreign Two cents". Below this is black print written sideways that says "Made in Germany". | No image URL. | View | ||
| 59 | 0000.2050.0437 | postcards | Tennis Doubles | Easton, MD | Men and women playing doubles; two women and two men watching; Mansion House and laundry hanging out to dry in background; tree trunk at left. "Tennis Court at the Pines Mrs. T. J. Claggett (Bessie Tyler on bench)" lettered on back. |  | View | |||
| 60 | 2006.0068.0172.00 | quarter boards | Name board from BESSIE LEE | Name Board from BESSIE LEE. Blue background with yellow lettering. Top and bottom edges are carved in a diamond pattern. Each end carved. |  | View | ||||
| 61 | 1982.0014.0001.01 | seaside bateaus | SEASIDE BATEAU "BESSIE LEE" by John Hanson Downes | Downes, John H __Creator | Range,Circ 01/01/1920 - 12/31/1920 | SEASIDE BATEAU (ALSO CHINCOTEAQUE SKIFF OR SINEPUXENT BAY SKIFF), "BESSIE LEE," BUILT BY HANSON DOWNES C.1920 AT CAPEVILLE,VA. DONOR PURCHASED THE BOAT IN 1934 FROM CHARLES WYATT. TYPE OF SKIFF VERY RARE.DRAWINGS: A1982.014.001B/C. Materials: WOOD Colors: WHITE,YELLOW,RED Place Made: CAPEVILLE, VA Negative #: N1092 R2 |  | View | ||
| 62 | 1982.0014.0001.02 | ships plans | Seaside bateau Bessie Lee | Chincoteague skiff Bessie Lee. See 82.14.01A. For boat in CBMM Collection. Plan B is a sail and rigging plan with center'board. Plan C has lines and offsets with construction information. There are 3 sets of Plans B-C. |  | View | ||||
| 63 | 1977.0019.0001.00 | ships plans | Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans | Marshall and Godfry, __Designer | Pratt St - Baltimore - MD | Compilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation is comprised of a canvas cover (stored in a separate folder) and 11 sheets. Compilation includes sail plans for the Schooner Oakland, Sloop Albatros, Three Masted Schooner Ella Barnes, Two Masted Schooner King George, Schooner Salisbury, Pungy Exchange, Topsail Schooner Ellie, Schooner Anna Belle, Schooner Queen Anne, Schooner Hester Ann, Schooner Commerce, Two Masted Schooner Pensacola, Two Masted Schooner Sea Bird, Two Masted Schooner Caledonia, Schooner Golden Rule, Schooner American Coaster, Schooner Edward Bennet, Schooner Florence Lee, Pungy William H. Vickery, Schooner Three Brothers, Pungy Mary Anna, Schooner Onward, Schooner Three Sisters, Yacht Mischief, Sloop Treasure, Schooner Anna G. Gale, Schooner Chesterfield. See 1977.0019.0002.00 for four additional sail plans belonging to this compilation. Material is canvas cover and paper. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 64 | 1977.0019.0002.00 | ships plans | Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans | Marshall and Godfry, __Designer | Pratt St - Baltimore - MD | Compilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation has four sheets and includes sail plans for the Sloop Barbarana, Sloop Eva, Schooner Harry Moore, Sloop Kent Island, Two Masted Schooner North Carolina, Sloop Alexander McCullough, Schooner Thomas B Taylor, Schooner Bohemia, Schooner Alice, and Schooner Willie J. Gibson. See 1977.0019.0001.00 for canvas cover and remaining sail plans. Material is paper. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 65 | 0000.1351.0006.00 | transparency (photographic) | Unidentified person on boat Bessie L, trailboard v | Unidentified person on boat Bessie L, trailboard visible. "Read" handwritten on the back of the slide. slide by David Q. Scott |  | View | ||||
| 66 | 0000.1351.0110.00 | transparency (photographic) | Bessie L seen from stern, docked in marina. Slide | Bessie L seen from stern, docked in marina. Slide by David Q. Scott. |  | View |
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