Centennial
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Bugeye
Year: 1878
Builder:
Location: Crisfield
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| Fetch? | Row ID | Catalog # | Object Name | Title | Artist/Maker | Date Made | Place Made | Description | Full Image | CBMM Cat. Page |
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| 1 | 0000.0811.0001.00 | albumen photoprints | Steamboat W. W. CORCORAN | 01/01/1887 - 12/31/1887 | Steamboat W. W. CORCORAN; albumen print, carte d'visite size. Subject Fields: STEAMBOATS, AT HARBOR OR LANDING |  | View | |||
| 2 | 1989.0001.0001.02 | boxes (containers) | Wooden carrying box of pine for model nailed toget | Exact 01/01/1875 - | Wooden carrying box of pine for model nailed together. Fastened to the lid is a worn label on which is written in pencil: Box 16P, New Centennial Model, F A Fowler, Valve ? . Metal handle on lid. Condition: top of box worn where repeatedly screwed into lid. |  | View | |||
| 3 | 8888.0001.0000.00 | documents | Howard I. Chapelle Papers | Chapelle, Howard I | Exact 01/01/1901 - | The papers of Howard I. Chapelle consist of notes, printed materials, articles by others, some plans and correspondence. Much of the material is not original, but is source material collected by Chapelle.<br /><br />The papers are divided into three basic sections: 1. Correspondence, 2. thematic folders, and 3. whole notebooks by Chapelle. Papers are arranged into the most specific topic heading as possible. However, a researcher would be advised to peruse the subject headings before beginning specific research. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 4 | 8888.0044.0000 | documents | Oystering Ephemera Collection | An artificial manuscript collection of materials relating to the oyster industry in the Chesapeake Bay there are 2 series in this collection from different sources.<br /><br />The Series 1 collection consists mostly of letterheads, billheads, price lists, trade cards, labels, and related items, including correspondence for a large number of oyster and seafood packing houses, some of which also dealt with fruit packing. Many of these companies were based in Baltimore, Maryland, but packers in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are also represented. Other items in the collection include envelopes, checks, mailing tags, receipts, advertisements, recipe booklets, and ledgers.<br /><br />The Series 2 collection includes photographs and stereoviews, oyster advertising material, restaurant menus, trade cards, comics, sheet music, post cards, business receipts, and books/booklets. The collection is organized by category, Chesapeake related, and general oyster material and was collected by Michele and Clifford Krainik. |  | View | ||||
| 5 | 1964.0004.0001.00 | flags | Replica of flag flown by Cdr. Perry at Battle of L | Women's Club of St. Michaels, __Creator | Replica of flag flown by Cdr. Perry at Battle of Lake Erie. Blue and white letters; "Don't Give Up the Ship" Made by Women's Club of St. Michaels. Good quality. Cotton. Condition: good. | No image available | View | |||
| 6 | 8888.0019.0000.00 | ledgers | Baltimore Steam Packet Company Papers (1867-1962). | 01/01/1965 - | This collection begins on CSC 15H6 and continues on 15G1, 15G2, 15G3, 15G4, 15G5, 15G6, 15F1, and 15F2.Baltimore Steam Packet Company Papers (1867-1962). BACKGROUNDAt its end in 1962, the Baltimore Steam Packet Company (Old Bay Line) was the oldest steamboat company operating in the United States.The company was incorporated in December 1839 "for the purpose of employing one or more steamboats to navigate the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary streams for the conveyance of passengers and the transportation of merchandise and other articles." The company started with four vessels purchased secondhand running between Baltimore and Portsmouth.In 1841 the company built the ill-fated MEDORA which blew up and sank on its trial passage. In 1851, to meet competition, OBL bought the majority of stock in the reorganized Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. The same year the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad purchased a controlling interest in OBL. In the ante-bellum period OBL ran a fleet of new steamboats "Second to none." During the Civil War the company maintained a service between Baltimore and Old Point Comfort.After the Civil War the carriage of freight became increasingly important. The company started employing purely freight only boats. New iron-hulled steamboats with screw propulsion began to replace wooden sidewheelers. In the 1870s the company purchased a controlling interest in the Powhatan Line to meet competition on the York River. Previously, the Leary Line was bought out in 1867.Disasters which befell some of the boats included the burning ofthe NEW JERSEY in 1870, LOUISIANA rammed and sunk in 1874, VIRGINIA in collision in 1890 and VIRGINIA catching fire in 1919. In 1898 a fire destroyed buildings and freight in Baltimore in addition to early records of the line. Fire caused damage in 1904 and again in 1911.The 1890s were the heyday of OBL, as it was for many steamboat companies. However, in 1900 Seaboard Air Line Railroad acquired the entire capital stock of OBL. The company continued to prosper and in 1910 Sunday sailings were added due to the increasing amount of perishable food movements.On January 1, 1918 the U. S. Government took over the management of all railroad and steamboat lines and combined the operation of the Old Bay Line and Chesapeake Steamship Co. under the direction of Kay Compton, president of the latter line. This control lasted until March 1, 1920. Each line kept separate books and accounts. During this time law required that two separate accounts be kept, Corporate accounts for use by the Company and Federal accounts for use by the Federal Auditor.During the remainder of the 20th century the company's future would continue to decline as passengers and freight business was $ taken over by the automobile and truck.In 1941 OBL absorbed the Chesapeake Steamship Co. and there, by acquired the steamers CITY OF NORFOLK, CITY OF RICHMOND, and YORKTOWN. But the same year the war shipping administrator requisitioned the STATE OF MARYLAND and STATE OF VIRGINIA, and in 1942 the YORKTOWN and PRESIDENT WARFIELD. PRESIDENT WARFIELD and YORKTOWN sailed in convoy to England on September 21, 1942. In 1947 the WARFIELD was used to run Jewish immigrants to Palestine as the EXODUS 1947.By 1957 the Washington - Norfolk route was discontinued and the company was operating the steamers CITY OF RICHMOND, CITY OF NORFOLK and DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. During this time the company faced a number of strikes and the loss of some leased pier facilities. Finally on April 13, 1962 there occurred the last sailing and the OBL closed its doors.REFERENCES:Steamboats Out of Baltimore, R. Burgess and H. Graham Wood, Tidewater Publishers, 1968 xSteam Packets on the Chesapeake, A] ander C. Brown, Cornell Maritime Press, 1961Scope and ContentThe collection consists of the financial records of the Old Bay Line from its earliest years until the end of the company, with large gaps. For the patient researcher the journal entries, journal vouchers, general ledgers and other records provide a picture of the operation of a large steamship company.Information contained in the records include the various expenses incurred in operating steamboats and attendant shore facilities, the interrelationship between OBL and other steamboat and railway companies, and revenues generated from freight and passengers, where relevant. Interesting entries are noted below.Note: Records of OBL are also found in MS 1880 Baltimore Steam Packet Company Records at the Maryland Historical Society. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 7 | 1966.0201.0004.03 | menus | MENU FOR OLD BAY LINE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DINNE | Range,Exac 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | MENU FOR OLD BAY LINE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DINNER HELD ABOARD STEAMBOAT PRESIDENT WARFIELD IN BALTIMORE, MAY 23, 1940. Materials: PAPER,INK Colors: POLYCHROMATIC Associated Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Negative #: N2013 R5 | No image URL. | View | |||
| 8 | 1966.0201.0004.04 | menus | CENTENNIAL MENU FOR THE OLD BAY LINES SH | CENTENNIAL MENU FOR THE OLD BAY LINES SHIPS. Materials: PAPER,INK Colors: POLYCHROMATIC Negative #: N2013 R5 | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 9 | 1989.0001.0001.01 | models | Full working model of boat equipped with the F. G. | Exact 01/01/1875 - | Full working model of boat equipped with the F. G. Fowler Steering Propellor which was made in 1875 to exhibit at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, PA in 1876. The model was displayed in a tank in one of the industrial buildings and actual demonstrations of the propellor were given by the steam yacht Bonita on the Schuylkill River. The model has a clockwork mechanism inside accessible by removing the deck, which is wound with a key. Condition: mechanism inoperative, paint chipped, piece of taffrail losse. |  | View | |||
| 10 | 8888.0102.0000.00 | papers | Papers of John Frazer, Jr. | Background<CR>The material in this collection was acquired in a donation from Mr. John Frazer Jr. It consists of a petition, May 1803, Elizabeth Smith to Talbot County, to keep the Oxford Ferry; letter dated June 7, 1822 from S. Harrison to Wm. W. Moore re: selling a 39 foot scow; materials relating to Maryland Nautical Academy; Correspondence to O. Tilghman relating to establishment of a steamboat line, 1903; shipping receipts to O. Tilghman; and shipping receipts to Dr. S. A. Harrison.Scope and ContentThe items in this collection are contained in one manuscript box with 8 file folders, and one oversized folder. The box is in Misc. Manuscripts and the large folder (#9) is in CSA 12 FF20. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 11 | 0000.1081.0009.00 | photographic prints | COSTUMED GUESTS AND OFFICERS LINED THE DECKS OF PR | Marx, Hans __Photographer | Exact 05/24/1940 - 05/24/1940 | No Address - Old Point Comfort - Hampton Roads - VA | COSTUMED GUESTS AND OFFICERS LINED THE DECKS OF PRESIDENT WARFIELD TO CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL OF OLD BAY LINE; From old Remarks field: SHOWS EXTERIOR OF VESSEL FROM PORT SIDE Place: OLD POINT COMFORT, VA Old Subject Fields: EVENTS; PEOPLE; BALTIMORE, STEAMBOATS, VESSELS |  | View | |
| 12 | 0000.1081.0010.00 | photographic prints | CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION FOR OLD BAY LINE ABOARD PRE | Marx, Hans __Photographer | Exact 05/23/1940 - 05/23/1940 | CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION FOR OLD BAY LINE ABOARD PRESIDENT WARFIELD, SHOWING COSTUMED GUESTS ON STAIRS; From old Remarks field: SEE PHOTO FILE 1081 FOR MORE INFORMATION Old Subject Fields: EVENTS; PEOPLE; BALTIMORE, STEAMBOATS, VESSELS Subject: Pierce Davenport |  | View | ||
| 13 | 0000.1081.0011.00 | photographic prints | PASSENGERS IN SALOON OF PRESIDENT WARFIELD WATCHIN | Marx, Hans __Photographer | Exact 05/23/1940 - 05/23/1940 | PASSENGERS IN SALOON OF PRESIDENT WARFIELD WATCHING CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION; From old Remarks field: SEE PHOTO FILE 1081 FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ID'S; TWO PRINTS OF SAME SUBJECT Old Subject Fields: EVENTS; PEOPLE; BALTIMORE, STEAMBOATS, VESSELS Subject: R E Dunn Subject: Lillian Jones |  | View | ||
| 14 | 0000.1081.0013.00 | photographic prints | COSTUMED SOCIAL DIRECTRESS OF OLD BAY LINE SEATED | Marx, Hans __Photographer | Exact 05/23/1940 - 05/23/1940 | Baltimore - MD | COSTUMED SOCIAL DIRECTRESS OF OLD BAY LINE SEATED IN ROOM AT PIER 10 BEFORE MODELS OF STEAMBOATS LOUISIANA AND PRESIDENT WARFIELD; From old Remarks field: PART OF CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Place: BALTIMORE, MD Old Subject Fields: PEOPLE; EVENTS; FULL MODELS, VESSELS; BALTIMORE, STEAMBOATS, VESSELS |  | View | |
| 15 | 0000.1081.0016.00 | photographic prints | OVERHEAD VIEW OF OLD BAY LINE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATI | Marx, Hans __Photographer | Exact 05/23/1940 - 05/23/1940 | Baltimore - MD | OVERHEAD VIEW OF OLD BAY LINE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT LIGHT ST. PIER 10 WITH HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES, CROWDS AND CARS Place: BALTIMORE, MD Old Subject Fields: EVENTS; LANDINGS, STEAMBOAT; ROADS & STREETS |  | View | |
| 16 | 0000.0901.1084.00 | photographs | PAINTING OF NY PILOT BOAT #7, "CENTENNIAL"; From o | PAINTING OF NY PILOT BOAT #7, "CENTENNIAL"; From old Remarks field: PILOT BOATS SECTION. ONE SMALL, ONE LARGE PRINT. SEE 901.1113 Old Subject Fields: PILOT BOAT, SAIL VESSEL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 17 | 0000.0901.1113.00 | photographs | PILOT BOAT #7, "CENTENNIAL"; From old Remarks fiel | PILOT BOAT #7, "CENTENNIAL"; From old Remarks field: PILOT BOATS SECTION. SEE 901.1084 Old Subject Fields: PILOT BOAT, SAIL VESSEL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 18 | 0000.0901.1120.00 | photographs | PAINTING OF PILOT BOAT #7, SCHOONER "CENTENNIAL", | Bryant, H A __Photographer | PAINTING OF PILOT BOAT #7, SCHOONER "CENTENNIAL", MAYBE.; From old Remarks field: PILOT BAOTS SECTION. MOUNTED ON POSTERBOARD. Old Subject Fields: PILOT BOAT, SAIL VESSEL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 19 | 1965.0045.0005.00 | plates (dishes) | Centennial Plate of the Old Bay Line, 1840-1940, w | Lamberton & Scammel, __Manufacturer | Circa 01/01/1940 - | Centennial Plate of the Old Bay Line, 1840-1940, with color illustrations of steamers. China 10" diam. Plate made for Baltimore Steam Packet Co., by Lamberton and Scammel of Trenton NJ. Description of steamer on back of plate. Map of Chesapeake Bay, border is stemboats. Condition: excellent. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 20 | 2013.0017.0001.00 | plates (dishes) | Old Bay Line centennial commemorative plate | Old Bay Line centennial commemorative plate. Decorative plate with map of Chesapeake Bay and notable landmarks. Old Bay Line ships around rim. "Old Bay Line Baltimore Steam Packet Company 1840-1940 The Oldest Steamboat Company in the Untied States" at bottom on rim. VERSO: "For six generations its graceful steamers plying the Baltimore-Norfolk run epitomized life on the Chesapeake. In 1940, the Baltimore Steam Packet Co. celebrated five of its ships and its links with the region in this delightful souvenir plate. After the Company's demise in 1961, the plates became treasured heirlooms. This exclusive reproduction is limited to an edition of 10,000. No. 360 Nostalgia Station Woodmere China USA" |  | View | ||||
| 21 | 1967.0052.0004.00 | plates (dishes) | CHINA PLATE MADE FOR THE CENTENNIAL OF THGE OLD BA | Range,Exac 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | CHINA PLATE MADE FOR THE CENTENNIAL OF THGE OLD BAY LINE, 1940. DEPICTS MAP OF CHESAPEAKE BAY. Materials: PORCELAIN Colors: POLYCHROMATIC Negative #: N2006 R4 | No image URL. | View | |||
| 22 | 0000.2032.0031.00 | postcards | Centennial Fountain, Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD | Range, Exa 01/01/1901 - 12/31/1907 | No Address - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD - USA | Centennial Fountain, Eutaw Place, Baltimore, MD, undivided back |  | View | ||
| 23 | 0000.2032.0160.00 | postcards | Old Frigate Constellation, Banner Centennial, MD | Range, Exa 01/01/1914 - 12/31/1914 | No Address - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD - USA | Old Frigate Constellation, Star Spangled Banner Centennial, 1914, Baltimore, MD, divided back |  | View | ||
| 24 | 0000.2042.0008.00 | postcards | Images of Flag and Crest with text | Range, Exa 07/30/1930 - | On the top left is an image of a flag. On the bottom right corner is an image of a crest with the same flag in the center, 2 men and a text printed *volvntatis. tvae. coronasti. nos. 1632. scvto. bone.* There is additional text from top to bottom of card. It reads * #7--8-20-1632- This date, at Westmintster, London, CHarles Ist (Protestant King) did grant to "Oaecilius Calvert- the Catholic Baron of Baltimore, Ireland, & desirous for extending..Revolution-restored in Centennial, 1878.* Text in white, background in black. VERSO: Large triangular stamp in blue ink on left side. At the center are ships in the water. Around the triangle is text *Charter Granted 6-20-1632. Colonists Sailed 11-22-1633. "Ark" and "Dove" landed 3-25-1634.* Below the triangle is text *1932 - Maryland Tercentenary - 1934 Three Hundred Years of History*. On the right side *Miss Gretchen Roese 1250 Sunset View Drive Akron Ohio* is printed in black ink by a typewriter. There is a post office stamp in black ink at the top center *LONDON S.W.I. JUL 20 6 15 PM 193(# IS ILLEGIBLE)* There is a THREE HALF PENCE postage stamp of George Washington on the top right corner. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 25 | 0000.2040.0163 | postcards | Centennial invitation to school | c.1909 | Small image of St. Joseph's College and Academy with an invitation to centennial celebration printed beneath it; picture shows a long road leading up to building; invitation and verse printed beneath it. |  | View | |||
| 26 | 2006.0068.0433.00 | posters | Poster for launching at Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News Shipping and Dry Dock Compa __Distributor | Range, Cir 01/01/1986 - 03/15/1986 | Commemorative poster celebrating the launching of submarine SSN750 at the Newport News Shipbuilding Company in 1986, the company's centennial year. The main picture on the poster shows the bunting-covered bow of the submarine being launched, surrounded by red, white and blue balloons, all seen through the city of Newport News's WWI Victory Arch. |  | View | ||
| 27 | 1976.0045.0001.00 | posters | POSTER, THE ANNAPOLIS TEA BURNING, PRODUCED FOR TH | Range,Exac 01/01/1874 - 12/31/1874 | POSTER, THE ANNAPOLIS TEA BURNING, PRODUCED FOR THE CENTENNIAL IN 1874 AND REPRINTING OBITUARY OF DR. CHARLES ALEXANDER WARFIELD PUBLISHED IN THE BALTIMORE PATRIOT IN 1813, WITH PORTRAIT OF WARFIELD. Title: ANNAPOLIS TEA BURNING Materials: INK,PAPER Colors: BLACK,WHITE Associated Place: BALTIMORE, MD Negative #: N2013 R06 |  | View | |||
| 28 | 2004.0050.0006.01 | razors | Straight razor, "Red Man (chief logo), Made in Ger | Straight razor, "Red Man (chief logo), Made in Germany." It has a leather slip case. Razor has silver/brass decorative tips on handles with reddish bark type handles. Condition: Good. Slip case poor; hole at one end. Material: Metal, early celluloid bark pattern. |  | View | ||||
| 29 | 2004.0050.0007.01 | razors | Straight razor marked "Gebr. Becker, Solinger, Ger | Straight razor marked "Gebr. Becker, Solinger, Germany". It has silver steel, bark type handles, original case. The case is yellow card board with simulated leather covering. Condition: Good. Material: Steel, Celluloid (?). |  | View | ||||
| 30 | 1965.0115.0002.00 | steamboats (model) | Model of iron sidewheeler THOMAS A. MORGAN | Range,Exac 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | Model of iron sidewheel steamboat "THOMAS A. MORGAN" OF THE OLD BAY LINE. MODEL BUILT FOR THE COMPANY'S CENTENNIAL IN 1940 by Lief Erickson, student at Baltiomore Polytechnic. VESSEL BUILT IN 1854. Colors: POLYCHROMATIC Negative #: N2005 R1 |  | View | |||
| 31 | 1965.0115.0001.00 | steamboats (model) | Full model of Old Bay Line Steamer the "Georgia" b | Exact 01/01/1940 - | Full model of Old Bay Line Steamer the "Georgia" built in 1836, model built for "Centennial" of Old Bay Line in 1940. Condition: good. |  | View | |||
| 32 | 1965.0115.0005.00 | steamboats (model) | Full model of the steamer "President Warfiled" of | Exact 01/01/1940 - | Full model of the steamer "President Warfiled" of Old Bay Lines, model built for the Centennial on 1940. The Steamer was built in 1928. Condition: good. |  | View | |||
| 33 | 1965.0115.0004.00 | steamboats (model) | FULL MODEL OF THE OLD BAY LINES STEAMBOAT "FLORIDA | Range,Exac 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | FULL MODEL OF THE OLD BAY LINES STEAMBOAT "FLORIDA." MODEL BUILT FOR THE COMPANY'S CENTENNIAL IN 1940. VESSEL BUILT IN 1876. Materials: WOOD,PAINT,METAL Colors: POLYCHROMATIC Negative #: N2005 R1 |  | View | |||
| 34 | 1965.0115.0003.00 | steamboats (model) | FULL MODEL OF THE OLD BAY LINES STEAMER "LOUISIANA | Range,Exac 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | FULL MODEL OF THE OLD BAY LINES STEAMER "LOUISIANA." MODEL BUILT FOR THE COMPANY'S CENTENNIAL IN 1940. VESSEL BUILT IN 1854. Materials: WOOD,PAINT,METAL Colors: POLYCHROMATIC Negative #: N2005 R1 |  | View | |||
| 35 | 0000.0901.2052.00 | transparency (photographic) | STERN VIEW OFMODEL "CENTENNIAL, NEWPORT, RI"; From | STERN VIEW OFMODEL "CENTENNIAL, NEWPORT, RI"; From old Remarks field: UNIDENTIFIED AND MISC. SLIDES SECTION. Old Subject Fields: FULL MODELS, VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 36 | 0000.1204.0174.00 | transparency (photographic) | Sloop with Centennial Flag; | Devins, Bernard P __Photographer | Exact 07/16/1977 - | Sloop with Centennial Flag; Fishing Bay, Piankatank. Photograph by Bernard P. Devins of Wilmington, DE. | No image URL. | View |
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