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Search mode: Exact Name. Search phrase(s): "Claud W. Somers"; "Claud W Somers". Results returned: 15. Results displayed in this table: 15.
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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 | 1992.0050.0002.00 | figureheads | Small figurehead of eagle, polychrome; yellow body | Small figurehead of eagle, polychrome; yellow body, red eyes, tongue and wings, blue above eyes, evidence of gilding under paint. 1 attachment nail still in place. From the "Claud W. Somers, skipjack. Condition: Attachment area rotted out. Severe paint loss. Cracking of paint and wood. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 2 | 0000.0406.0003.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "CLAUD W. SOMERS", AT SEVERN MARINA, TILG | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 11/01/1985 - 11/30/1985 | SKIPJACK "CLAUD W. SOMERS", AT SEVERN MARINA, TILGHMAN Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 3 | 0000.0763.0016.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK CLAUD W. SOMERS UNDER REPAIR, SEVERN MARI | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 | SKIPJACK CLAUD W. SOMERS UNDER REPAIR, SEVERN MARINE, TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 4 | 0000.0763.0017.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK CLAUD W. SOMERS UNDER REPAIR, SEVERN MARI | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 | SKIPJACK CLAUD W. SOMERS UNDER REPAIR, SEVERN MARINE, TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.0975.0082.22 | negatives | Anchor hanging off the bowsprit of skipjack Claud | Anchor hanging off the bowsprit of skipjack Claud W. Somers. See also frames 23 and 25. See 975.0082.05 for source, date, place, etc. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 6 | 0000.0435.0004.00 | photographic prints | skipjack Claud W Somers at WORKBOAT RACES, CRISFIE | Range, Cir 01/01/1930 - 12/31/1930 | WORKBOAT RACES, CRISFIELD, MD; From old Remarks field: C.C. HARRIS COPY Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 7 | 0000.1295.0434.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Claud W. Somers and others docked at Bal | 11/12/1933 - 11/12/1933 | Long Dock - Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD | Skipjack Claud W. Somers and other skipjacks from the oyster-dredging fleet tied up at Long Dock, Baltimore.. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 8 | 0000.1295.0482.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Gladys at anchor at Wenona, MD, Claude So | Exact 01/29/1949 - 01/29/1949 | Wenona - Somerset - Lower Thorofare - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Gladys at anchor at Wenona, MD. Sails furled; boards in place along rail; yawl boat on davits. Claud W. Somers in background. For source, see 1295.0001 | No image URL. | View | ||
| 9 | 0000.0280.0001.00 | photographs | Skipjacks Claud W Somers # 55 & Amy Mister 46, Che | Elliott, Edward L __Photographer | Range, Cir 01/01/1970 - | Skipjacks Claud W Somers # 55 & Amy Mister 46, Chesapeake Appreciation Days | ![]() | View | ||
| 10 | 0000.0280.0006.00 | photographs | Skipjacks Thomas Clyde # 39, Claud W Somers #55, & | Elliott, Edward L __Photographer | Skipjacks Thomas Clyde # 39, Claud W Somers #55, & Amy Mister # 46 | ![]() | View | |||
| 11 | 1973.0083.0001.00 | trail boards | TRAIL BOARD FROM THE "CLAUD W. SOMERS" BUILT AT YO | Range,Exac 01/01/1911 - 12/31/1911 | TRAIL BOARD FROM THE "CLAUD W. SOMERS" BUILT AT YOUNGS CREEK, VA. SLOOP:42'6" X 14', DRAFT 3'. CREW OF 2. Materials: WOOD,PAINT Colors: BLUE,RED,YELLOW,WHITE Place Made: YOUNGS CREEK, VA Negative #: N2010 R3 | No image URL. | View | |||
| 12 | 1993.0049.0001.00 | trail boards | Bow end fragment to starboard nameboard for "CLAUD | Bow end fragment to starboard nameboard for "CLAUD W. SOMERS". Royal blue base coat w/forest green leaf decoration. White paint that slopped over from painting the boat. Touches of red paint, under coat of gold. Rusted iron nails. 2 patched in wood pieces. Condition: Dry, rusted iron nails staining wood, chips in paint. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 13 | 1992.0050.0001.01 | trail boards | Skipjack Trailboard "Claud W. Somers" blue backgro | Skipjack Trailboard "Claud W. Somers" blue background w/ yellow, red, light blue, green decorative; white edges from boat. Back unpainted, weathered, 9 attachment holes w/ 1 screw in place, evidence of gilding beneath paint. Condition: nail stains, weathered back cracking and slight loss of paint. 92.50.1b is located in CSA 4I2. 92.50.1c is located in CSA 12 FF 66 | ![]() | View | ||||
| 14 | 1992.0050.0001.02 | trail boards | Skipjack Trailboard Claud W Somers. Extension to | Skipjack Trailboard Claud W Somers. Extension to trail board at stern, same colors as A, unpainted back, 3 attachment holes. Condition: attachment hole loss, rest same. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 15 | 1992.0050.0001.03 | trail boards | Skipjack trailboard, Claud W. Somers. Fragment to | Skipjack trailboard, Claud W. Somers. Fragment to tip (towards bow) same colors as A & B. | No image URL. | View |
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