Geneva May
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1908
Builder:
Location: Wenona
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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 | 0000.0670.0001.00 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Sub | Liener, Josef W __Photographer | Range,Exac 11/01/1981 - 11/30/1981 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS |  | View | |||
| 2 | 0000.0670.0002.00 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Sub | Liener, Josef W __Photographer | Range,Exac 11/01/1981 - 11/30/1981 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS |  | View | |||
| 3 | 0000.0670.0003.00 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Sub | Liener, Josef W __Photographer | Range,Exac 11/01/1981 - 11/30/1981 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS |  | View | |||
| 4 | 0000.0670.0004.00 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Sub | Liener, Josef W __Photographer | Range,Exac 11/01/1981 - 11/30/1981 | SKIPJACK "GENEVA MAY", DYING AT TILGHMAN Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS |  | View | |||
| 5 | 0000.0975.0282.21 | negatives | Skipjack Geneva May under sail, probably in conne | de Gast, Robert | Skipjack Geneva May under sail, probably in connection with skipjack races. Close-in view from starboard bow. See 0975.0282.05 for source, date, etc. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 6 | 0000.0975.0017.21 | negatives | Skipjack Geneva May under sail from starboard bow | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | Skipjack Geneva May under sail from starboard bow, close-in view, probably during Sandy Point races for Chesapeake Appreciation Days.. See 975.17.05 for source, date, place, etc. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 7 | 0000.0975.0037.20 | negatives | Skipjack Geneva May under way, pushed by yawl boat | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | Skipjack Geneva May under way, pushed by yawl boat; other skipjacks in background.. Name of vessel is a guess. See 975.0037.02 for source, date, etc. See 975.0037.15 for place. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 8 | 0000.0975.0073.09 | negatives | Men repairing bowsprit of skipjack Geneva May | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | Men repairing bowsprit of skipjack Geneva May. See also frames 10 -- 12. See 975.0073.02 for source, date, place, etc. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 9 | 0000.0975.0073.13 | negatives | Trailboard of skipjack Geneva May. | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | Trailboard of skipjack Geneva May sitting on beams and a barrel in a shipyard on Deal Island . See 975.0073.02 for source, date, place, etc. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 10 | 0000.0975.0073.20 | negatives | Men repairing bowsprit, probably on Geneva May | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | Men repairing (scraping?) bowsprit, probably on skipjack Geneva May; in a small shipyard at Deal Island. See also frames 21 -- 23. See 975.0073.02 for source, date, place, etc. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 11 | 0000.0975.0098.33 | negatives | Longhead and trailboard of Geneva May | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | Longhead and trailboard of skipjack Geneva May, with reflection in the water; reflection of another skipjack's bow in background. See 975.0098.03 for source, date, place, etc. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 12 | 0000.0975.0143.05 | negatives | Skipjack Geneva May oystering under reefed main, n | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | 1970 | Chesapeake Beach - Calvert - Chesapeake Bay - Western Shore - MD | Skipjack Geneva May oystering under reefed main, no jib; seen from starboard bow; another skipjack in background. |  | View | |
| 13 | 0000.1290.0007.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Geneva May docked, with sails up, at Poto | Braun, B. L. __Photographer | Potomac Park - Washington - Potomac River - Western Shore - D.C. | Skipjack Geneva May docked, with sails up, in West Potomac Park, near the Mall in Washington, as part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, July 1, 1972. Note on back says Capt. Paul Benton is aboard, but he is not visible. See 1090.0002 for source, date and place. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 14 | 0000.1290.0010.00 | photographic prints | Ben Evans, left, Robert H. Burgess, center, and Ca | Braun, B. L. __Photographer ||Braun, B. L. __Photographer | Ben Evans, left, Robert H. Burgess, center, and Capt. Paul Benton of the skipjack Geneva May at the Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife. See 1090.0002 for source, date and place. Subject: Robert H Burgess Subject: Ben Evans Subject: Capt. Paul Benton | No image URL. | View | |||
| 15 | 0000.1290.0011.00 | photographic prints | Ben Evans, left, Robert H. Burgess, center, and Ca | Braun, B. L. __Photographer | Ben Evans, left, Robert H. Burgess, center, and Capt. Paul Benton of the skipjack Geneva May at the Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife. See 1090.0002 for source, date and place. Subject: Robert H Burgess Subject: Ben Evans Subject: Capt. Paul Benton | No image URL. | View | |||
| 16 | 0000.1295.0485.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Geneva May seen from astern | Exact 09/09/1949 - 09/09/1949 | Cambridge - Dorchester - Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Geneva May seen from astern, showing rudder, deck, boom, no sails; she is tied up at Cambridge. For source, see 1295.0001 | No image URL. | View | ||
| 17 | 0000.1289.0307.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Geneva May oystering under sail in Chopta | Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer | Exact 11/02/1947 - 11/02/1947 | Cambridge - Dorchester - Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Geneva May oystering under sail in the Choptank River; shot from port side; dredge is under water; three men visible; main and jib reefed; . For source, see 1289.0001 | No image URL. | View | |
| 18 | 0000.1295.0579.00 | photographic prints | Unidentified man scraping finish off mast of skipj | Unidentified man scraping finish off mast of skipjack Geneva May. Place and date unknown. For source, see 1295.0001 | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 19 | 0000.1295.0580.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Geneva May heading toward workboat race | Chesapeake Bay - Western Shore - MD | Skipjack Geneva May heading toward the starting line of the annual Chesapeake Bay workboat race; large crowd aboard; she is under full sail. Date unknown. For source, see 1295.0001 | No image URL. | View | |||
| 20 | 0000.1414.0006 | Photographic prints | Skipjack Geneva May on a close reach | Bob Grieser | Chesapeake Bay | Skipjack Geneva May on a close reach with 12 persons on board. Seen from port bow with spray coming up toward deck; she is racing in Appreciation Days Regatta, north of the Bay Bridges. Mounted. Grieser's autograph in upper corner. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 21 | 0000.0975.0173.23 | photographic prints | Bow of skipjack Geneva May with reflections. | de Gast, Robert __Photographer | Bow of skipjack Geneva May with reflections; shows bowsprit and trailboard. Place unknown. See 173.02 for source and date. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 22 | 0000.0918.0031.00 | photographs | SKIPJACK GENEVA MAY AT DOCK WITH OTHER VESSELS, SH | SKIPJACK GENEVA MAY AT DOCK WITH OTHER VESSELS, SHOWING HER CENTERBOARD ALONGSIDE; From old Remarks field: EMULSION CRACKED. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 23 | 1980.0005.0004.00 | skipjack (model) | Rigged model of skipjack Geneva May | Newcomb, Charles J __Creator | Range,Exac 01/01/1970 - 12/31/1980 | Trappe - MD | A model of skipjack Geneva May made by Charles Newcomb of Trappe, Maryland. It is painted white, red, and black. Negative #: N1069 R1 | No image URL. | View | |
| 24 | 1969.0030.0002.00 | oil paintings | STARBOARD VIEW OF SCHOONER GENEVA A.KIRWAN UNDER S | Feuchter, Louis J __Creator | Range,Exac 01/01/1934 - 12/31/1934 | STARBOARD VIEW OF SCHOONER GENEVA A.KIRWAN UNDER SAIL IN CHOPPY OPEN WATER, CLEAR HORIZON; SIGNED AND DATED. FRAMED. The pungy Geneva A. Kirwan was built in 1882 by Joseph W. Brooks in Madison Maryland. Materials: OIL,CANVAS Colors: POLYCHROMATIC Associated Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Negative #: N1062, R01 |  | View |
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