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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 | 2018.0017.0001 | bell (aerophone component) | John M. Dennis Bell | Clairborne-Annapolis Ferry Company, | Bell, from the ferry John M. Dennis, given to the donor’s mother Mary Virginia Harrington after disembarking on the last run of the ferry at Matapeake, following the opening of the new Bay Bridge in 1952. Mary Harrington Truitt—daughter of Governor Emerson C. Harrington (later President of the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Corporation) had christened John M. Dennis and the ferry Governor Albert C. Ritchie. A burgee from John M. Dennis was previously donated to CBMM (1966.60.1). The John M. Dennis ran the Claiborne- Annapolis line. Bell and mounting bracket, condition excellent. | ![]() | View | |||
| 2 | 8888.0046.0000.00 | documents | Cambridge, Maryland Custom Bureau Enrollment and L | Exact 02/01/1988 - | Cambridge, Maryland Custom Bureau Enrollment and License Certificates (1923 - 1958)The collection is comprised of 377 vessel enrollment records for Cambridge, Maryland dating between 1923 and 1958.BackgroundAlthough it is unclear who saved the Cambridge enrollment records, they were donated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum by Mr. Russ Rippell in 1993.SubjectsChesapeake Bay vessels, 1920s-1950s; Maryland Custom Bureau Records; Vessel Enrollment Records; Cambridge, MD--History; Maryland--HistoryCambridge, Maryland Enrollment Records:Please see attached spreadsheet for a specific listing by Doc. #. The enrollment records were arranged chronologically | No image URL. | 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 | 8888.0149.0000.00 | magazine (periodical) | "The Skipper" Magazine, Owen Davis | Davis, Owen | Circa 1945 01/01/1954-1957 | The collection consists of issues of The Skipper magazine with articles, advertisements and columns featuring S. Owen Davis’s illustrations. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.0901.1210.00 | negatives | MAST TOPS OF "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD"; From old Remar | MAST TOPS OF "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD"; From old Remarks field: RIGGING DETAILS SECTION. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 6 | 8888.0115.0000.00 | papers | Papers of John Moll | John Moll Collection<CR><CR>This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, notes, articles, newsletters, drawings, and correspondence by and relating to John Moll<CR><CR>Background:<CR>This collection was donated by Deborah Moll from the collection of her father, John Moll, Eastern Shore artist.Biographical Background:Mr. Moll did oils and watercolors of Chesapeake Bay scenes, often including carefully detailed skipjacks and log canoes. He also made lithographs, doing the work himself on the printing stone.Mr. Moll lived in Oxford since 1946 and was a former senior warden of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity and a charter member of the Academy of the Arts in Easton and of the Rehoboth, Del., Art league.In 1976, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Salisbury State College.A native of Reading, Pa., he was educated there and at the School of Industrial Arts in Philadelphia and the Wilmington Academy of Art in Wilmington, Del.He was an instructor at the Wilmington school until World War II, when he worked as a draftsman for a Wilmington shipbuilding company, the Dravo Corp. He retired in 1986.He died in February, 1991. He was 81.[Edited from the Baltimore Sun obituary for John Moll, Feb. 21, 1991]Scope and content:The materials are concerned with the work and publicity of John Moll. Subjects:Chesapeake and Watermen, by James MichenerEastern ShoreHeraldryArt | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 7 | 0000.1295.0481.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Gertrude at anchor near Wenona MD | Exact 01/29/1949 - 01/29/1949 | Wenona - Somerset - Lower Thorofare - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Gertrude at anchor at Wenona, MD. Sails furled; boards in place along rail; yawl boat on davits. Name board says "Gertrude." Trailboard says "J. L. Lawrence." For source, see 1295.0001 | No image URL. | View | ||
| 8 | 0000.1328.0336.00 | photographic prints | Stern of sailing vessel Gertrude Wands | Moll, John B __Photographer | B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Stern of sailing vessel Gertrude Wands including transom, rudder, push boat and sail. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 9 | 0000.1290.0300.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Gertrude Wands anchored | Range, Cir 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939 | Skipjack Gertrude Wands anchored in open water; seen from port bow;sails furled; no one visible. No place. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 10 | 0000.1290.0301.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Gertrude Wands anchored in open water; se | Range, Cir 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939 | Skipjack Gertrude Wands, forward part only; she is anchored near a wooded shoreline; seen from port bow; sails furled; no one visible. No place. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 11 | 0000.1290.0620.00 | photographic prints | Schooner Gertrude A. Somerville | Schooner Gertride A Somerville. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 12 | 0000.1290.0816.00 | photographic prints | Schooner Gertrude Parsons | Schooner Edna A. Pogue dockedat Elizabeth City, NC. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 13 | 0000.1290.2240.00 | photographic prints | Half models of skipjack and bugeyes at The Mariner | Range, Exa 10/01/1954 - 10/31/1954 | The Mariners' Museum - Newport News - James River - Western Shore - VA | Half models of skipjack Gertrude Wands, Bugeye Thelma Roberts and Bugeye Norah E Lawson at The Mariners' Museum. Models show spars, deck houses, rudders, trailboards etal. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 14 | 0000.0901.1221.00 | photographs | "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD" AT PIER.; From old Remarks f | Range,Exac 01/01/1930 - 12/31/1930 | "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD" AT PIER.; From old Remarks field: RIGGING DETAILS SECTION. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 15 | 0000.0901.1226.00 | photographs | MAIN MAST TOP AND SAILS OF "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; | MAIN MAST TOP AND SAILS OF "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: RIGGING DETAILS SECTION. SEE 901.1278-80, .1295, .1301-09, & .1363. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 16 | 0000.0901.1363.00 | photographs | SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD" AT DOCK.; From old | SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD" AT DOCK.; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. SEE 901.1226, .1278-80, 1295, & .1301-09. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; PEOPLE | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 17 | 0000.0901.1398.00 | photographs | DECK VIEW OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From | DECK VIEW OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 18 | 0000.0901.1301.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 19 | 0000.0901.1302.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 20 | 0000.0901.1303.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 21 | 0000.0901.1304.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 22 | 0000.0901.1305.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 23 | 0000.0901.1460.00 | photographs | SCHOOONER "GERTRUDE L THEBAUD" IN DOCK WITH STAGIN | SCHOOONER "GERTRUDE L THEBAUD" IN DOCK WITH STAGING RIGGED UNDER STERN.; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. SEE BACK OF PRINT. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 24 | 0000.0901.1478.00 | photographs | DECK VIEW OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD" ON WAY | DECK VIEW OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD" ON WAYS; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 25 | 0000.0901.0700.00 | photographs | GERTRUDE DE COSTA AT NEW BEDFORD; From old Remarks | Range,Circ 01/01/1920 - 12/31/1920 | No Address - New Bedford - MA | GERTRUDE DE COSTA AT NEW BEDFORD; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. SEE BACK OF PRINT FOR DETAILS Place: NEW BEDFORD, MA Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 26 | 0000.0901.1306.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 27 | 0000.0901.1307.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 28 | 0000.0901.1308.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 29 | 0000.0901.1309.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 30 | 0000.0901.1391.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 31 | 0000.0901.1392.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 32 | 0000.0901.1393.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 33 | 0000.0901.1394.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 34 | 0000.0901.1395.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 35 | 0000.0901.1396.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 36 | 0000.0901.1397.00 | photographs | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. TH | DECK AND RIGGING VIEWS OF SCHOONER "GERTRUDE L. THEBAUD".; From old Remarks field: SCHOONERS SECTION. NOTES ON BACK OF SOME PRINTS. Old Subject Fields: VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; VESSELS, SAIL, RIGGING | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 37 | 0000.2033.0043.00 | postcards | "Greetings from Owings Mills, Md." Embossed rose design with blue and gold background. | Range, Cir 03/01/1907 - 09/10/1909 | "Greetings from Owings Mills, Md." Embossed rose design with blue and gold background. Divided back. Postmarked September 10, 1909. From Gertrude to Mrs. Cathryne Moore. No message written. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 38 | 0000.2042.0054.00 | postcards | Greetings with pink flowers | Range, Cir 01/01/1907 - | Greeting with pink flowers. Off white background. Text ahdnwritten in red *Greetings from Perryman Md.* at bottom right printed in blue ink *Copyright 1907 by the rose company* Verso at top center printed in black ink *post card. stamped at left edge in black ink *United View Co., Neward, DEL. Black line dividing center. at bottom edge emblem in black *TRC* Handwritten in black ink *To Lillian From her loving school mate Gertrude L.* At right in black ink handwritten *Miss Lillian Cottle Belcamp, MD.* Handwritten in graphite *harford* | No image URL. | View | |||
| 39 | 8888.0191.0000 | research (document genres) | "Notebook on Shipwrecks" research, Moale | Moale, H. Richard | circa 2000s | Research compiled by author Richard Moale while writing "Notebook on Shipwrecks" publishe din 2010. Includes, documentation of vessels, letters, and other data that did not go into the book. | ![]() | View | ||
| 40 | 1994.0027.0048.00 | ships plans | 42' Skipjack two sail bateau Gertrude Wands | Plan for the Skipjack (two sail bateau) Gertrude Wands. Drawing depicts hull lines, profile, and notes. Illustration for Chapelle Booklet "Skipjack" Original in Smithsonian. Boat length overall is 42' 9". Blueline Print. Includes a good blackline print suitable for reproduction. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 41 | 1995.0011.0139.01 | ships plans | 60' Houseboat Gretchen III | John Trumpy & Sons Yacht Yard, __Builder | 1/17/1947 | Annapolis, MD | Plans for Trumpy Yacht Design, Contract #331. No Drawing #. Built in 1947 for Roland H. and Gertrude Zinn. Titled General Arrangements, Cabin and Deck Plan. One drawing depicts the cabin layout and internal arrangements. A second drawing is a partial of the deck plan (the drawing is cutoff at the top). Material is a photostat copy of the original, which explains how the deck plan image was cut off at the top. | No image URL. | View | |
| 42 | 2018.0001.0014.00 | watercolor paintings | Watercolor, two skipjacks on Chesapeake by Owen Davis | Davis, S. Owen __Artist | Range, Exa 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | Watercolor, two skipjacks on Chesapeake Bay in winter by Owen Davis, 1940. | ![]() | View | ||
| 43 | 2018.0001.0015.00 | watercolor paintings | Watercolor, skipjack Gertrude Wands by Owen Davis | Davis, S. Owen __Artist | Range, Exa 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939 | Watercolor, skipjack Gertrude Wands, crossing the bay to Cambridge, by Owen Davis, 1940. | ![]() | View |
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