Caradora

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Type: Schooner

Year: 1881

Builder: Kirby & Lang

Location: St. Michaels

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Fetch?Row IDCatalog #Object NameTitleArtist/MakerDate MadePlace MadeDescriptionFull ImageCBMM Cat. Page
10000.0040.0001.00negativesSCHOONER "CARADORA", VIEW OF LONGHEAD Old SubjecEarle, John G __PhotographerRange,Exac 07/01/1938 - 07/31/1938SCHOONER "CARADORA", VIEW OF LONGHEAD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
28888.0134.0000.00papers (document genres)John G. Earle Shipbuilding CardfileEarle, John G __CreatorThis collections consists of a series of cardfiles (originally housed in a metal cabinet) created by John G. Earle, indexing a variety of subjects related to shipbuilding in Maryland and Virgnia. Individual sections within the cardfile organized information by vessel type, builders by county/region, and miscellaneous sections focusing on topics related to boats and boatbuilding history.Note: All photographs have been rehoused in mylar sleeves and left within the card file in the order in which they were found. 13 postcard boxesNo image URL.View
30000.1134.0337.00photographic printsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER WAY Place: SHARPS ISLANDRange,Exac 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940SCHOONER CARADORA UNDER WAY Place: SHARPS ISLAND, MD (NEAR) Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
40000.1134.0500.00photographic printsSCHOONER CARADORA ? SAILING DOWN WIND, WING AND WIExact 08/21/1941 - 08/21/1941SCHOONER CARADORA ? SAILING DOWN WIND, WING AND WING, FROM ASTERN; From old Remarks field: LABEL ON BACK OF PRINT SEEMS TO BE IN ERROR; INK SHOWS THROUGH TO FRONT OF PRINT Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
50000.1101.0120Photographic printsJames River schooner at anchorHollerith, Herman Jr. __PhotographerStarboard view of the schooner Caradora of Baltimore. Built 1881 int St. Michaels, Md.CBMM catalog imageView
60000.1290.0649.00photographic printsSchooner Caradora under sailRange, Exa 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936Chesapeake Bay - MDSchooner Caradora under sail, seen from port side; staysail, foresail and main set; yawl boat on davits; "off Sharp's Island , Md 1936" penciled on back. See Snediker, Chesapeake Bay Schooners, pp. 93 and 113.No image URL.View
70000.0923.0081.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL OFF SHARPS ISLAND; FrMoorshead, Frank __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936SCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL OFF SHARPS ISLAND; From old Remarks field: AT ONE TIME CAPT. NORMAN L. RIGGIN OWNED HER Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
80000.0923.0082.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL OFF BALTIMORE LIGHT WMoorshead, Arthur A __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939SCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL OFF BALTIMORE LIGHT WITH DECKLOAD OF LUMBER; From old Remarks field: TWO ANGLES Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
90000.0923.0083.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL OFF BALTIMORE LIGHT WMoorshead, Arthur A __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939SCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL OFF BALTIMORE LIGHT WITH DECKLOAD OF LUMBER; From old Remarks field: TWO ANGLES Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
100000.0925.0055.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VMoorshead, Frank __PhotographerExact 06/29/1940 - 06/29/1940SCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VIEWS, INCLUDING WING AND WING; From old Remarks field: SHOT OFF SHARP'S ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
110000.0925.0056.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VMoorshead, Frank __PhotographerExact 06/29/1940 - 06/29/1940SCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VIEWS, INCLUDING WING AND WING; From old Remarks field: SHOT OFF SHARP'S ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
120000.0925.0057.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VIEWS, INCLUDING WING AND WING; From old Remarks field: SHOT OFF SHARP'S ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
130000.0925.0058.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VIEWS, INCLUDING WING AND WING; From old Remarks field: SHOT OFF SHARP'S ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
140000.0925.0059.00photographsSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VSCHOONER CARADORA UNDER SAIL ON THE BAY, SEVERAL VIEWS, INCLUDING WING AND WING; From old Remarks field: SHOT OFF SHARP'S ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERSNo image URL.View
151979.0022.0002.00schooners (model)Schooner model CARADORA by J. F. Douty, Jr. c.194Douty, J F __CreatorCirca 01/01/1940 -Schooner model CARADORA by J. F. Douty, Jr. c.1940. Restored by J. Frederick Douty, III c.1962. Balsa planked model. Removable hatch covers centerboard trunk with crank inside boat. Painted white with red rails and bottom paint. No spars or rigging. Paper tag indicates should be pushboat, not with model. Condition: Good, but paper sign with makers, etc. glued to bottom of model. No spars or rigging. Material: Wood, balsa. Size: LOA: 27", Beam: 5.75".No image URL.View

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