Gypsy
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Bugeye
Year: 1885
Builder: G. & R. Lambdin
Location: St. Michaels
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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 | 0000.0737.0001.00 | BUGEYE "GYPSY"; From old Remarks field: FORMERLY T | Sniffen, H __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1938 - 12/31/1938 | BUGEYE "GYPSY"; From old Remarks field: FORMERLY THE MAGGIE SMITH, LATER GIVEN TO THE MARINERS' MUSEUM Old Subject Fields: BROGAN OR BUGEYE, SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 2 | 0000.0737.0002.00 | BUGEYE "GYPSY", NORTH CAROLINA, DECK VIEW; From ol | Hewins, Charles E __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1938 - 12/31/1938 | BUGEYE "GYPSY", NORTH CAROLINA, DECK VIEW; From old Remarks field: FORMERLY THE MAGGIE SMITH.0 Old Subject Fields: BROGAN OR BUGEYE, SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 3 | 8888.0076.0000.00 | documents | Elmer Burrows Statements:The statements are co | Exact 03/16/1965 - | Elmer Burrows Statements:The statements are comprised of five pages of handwritten text clarified and expanded from three pages of interview notes from a conversation on March 16, 1965 between Terrence Burrows (age 68) and his uncle Elmer Burrows (age 89). Pages are stapled together and include a piece of notepaper from the Sheraton-Belvedere in Baltimore. Material was found in the vertical file and was originally given to the museum by Terrance Burrows, who transcribed them. Subjects include steamboats that ran to St. Michaels, boatbuilding and boatbuilders in St. Michaels, vessels owned at St. Michaels and some of their stories, harvesting oysters in the pre-motor days, working in the shipyards, and a list of some of the last vessels built by Thomas Kirby. Biographical BackgroundMr. Elmer Burrows, born 1875/1876, lived on Bodkin Island (3.5 nautical miles north of Claiborne) until he was 6 years old (1882). At this time the family moved to St. Michaels so he could enter school along with his brother Denny. In later years he worked a variety of jobs, including as a waterman dredging and tonging for oysters, as a caulker in Thomas Kirby's boatyard where he learned the trade in addition to sawing timber and other shipyard jobs, and as captain of the bugeye Anna Ellis hauling oysters and grain for owner Crit Harper. Vessels mentioned: Adelaide (log canoe) later Valiant LadyAnna Ellis (bugeye)Belle M. Crane (log canoe)Bohemia (schooner)C. C. Wheeler (schooner)Damascus (schooner)Dorchester (steamboat)Ella Cripps (schooner)Emma Giles (steamboat)Emma K. Reed (steam barge)Ernelia Price (pungy)George S. Cripps (schooner)George W. Lambdin (log canoe)Girty (log canoe)Gypsy (schooner)Harry P. Ford (pungy)John C. White (pungy)"Loon" [?] (ram schooner) Maggie Philips (schooner)Magic (log canoe)Martha Jones (schooner)Nellie White (steamboat)Olive (steamboat)R. A. Dodson (schooner)Sparkling Sea (pungy)St. Michaels (steamboat)Thomas Blades (bugeye)Valiant Lady (log canoe) ex-AdelaideWarden Evans (schooner)Weldon (pungy)Individuals mentioned:Burrows, Edwin (captain and owner of Thomas Blades)Burrows, Elmer (waterman, ship carpenter, captain)Burrows, Girty (wife of Elmer)Burrows, Terrence (deepwater sailor, log canoe owner, nephew of Elmer)Burrows, William (waterman, father of Elmer)Caldwell, Thomas (African-American preacher)Calk, George (oyster packer)Cox, Daniel (boatbuilder)Galloway, ? (captain of Warden Evans)Harper, Crit (owner of Anna Ellis)Johns, Lev (boatbuilder)Jones, Jack (captain)Jones, Ned (owner, captain of Sparkling Sea)Kirby, Thomas (boatbuilder)Lambdin, George W. (boatbuilder, son of Robert)Lambdin, Robert Sr. (boatbuilder)Shanahan, Samuel (owner of Valiant Lady)Shockley, ? (captain and owner of Weldon)Shores, Elmer (captain of Maggie Philips)Spurry, Frank (farmer?)Tarr, Charles (boatbuilder)Tyler, George (captain of Harry P. Ford)Wilson, Robert (owner of Magic in 1965)Coffin, Greenbury (boatbuilder)Blades, Samuel (boatbuilder) Subject: Elmer Burrows | No image URL. | View | |||
| 4 | 8888.0181.0000 | documents, electronic | The Delmarva Fox Squirrel in Dorchester County by Guy Willey | Willey, Guy ||Therres, Glenn | 2002 | Report by Guy Willey, biological technician at Blackwater NWR beginning in 1949, 2002, discussing the ecology of the Refuge area, hunting and trapping, his memories of changes to the forest and marsh and his role in the recovery of the endangered Delmarva Fox Squirrel. Edited by Glenn Therres, biologist, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Services (retired).<br />Photo by Guy Willey |  | View | ||
| 5 | 2004.0038.0043.00 | lures | Gypsy King #1 red and white, marked on underside, | Gypsy King #1 red and white, marked on underside, #1246, with one treble tail hook. The back is red with a white stripe across length. Condition: Good. Material: Metal. |  | View | ||||
| 6 | 0000.0975.0145.04 | negatives | Hand-tonging boat Gypsy Girl making her way throu | Hand-tonging boat Gypsy Girl making her way through a channel in the ice, probably in Knapps Narrows. See also frame 5. See 975.0145.02 for date, place, source, etc. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 7 | 0000.0975.0137.30 | photographic prints | Tonging skiff GYPSY GIRLl moving through ice | de Gast, Robert | 1970 -1970 | Talbot - Knapps Narrows - Eastern Shore - MD | Tonging skiff GYPSY GIRL moving through channel in ice which has been cleared by a Coast Guard ice breaker (not shown). Oysterman Ben Gowe standing on deck, tongs on top of cabin. Shot at entrance to Knapps Narrows near Tilghman Island. This picture was lead in the CBMM oystering exhibit. Subject: Ben Gowe |  | View | |
| 8 | 0000.1295.0255.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye Maggie E. Smith under sail, as yacht | Baltimore - MD | Bugeye Maggie E. Smith under sail, after being converted to a yacht and named Gypsy. She is sailing in Hampton Roads. Negative was flopped before making this print. No date. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 9 | 0000.1295.0532.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard qu | Exact 07/11/1948 - 07/11/1948 | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard quarter; five men aboard. Place unknown. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 10 | 0000.1295.0533.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard bo | Range, Exa 01/01/1948 - | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard bow; five men aboard. Place unknown. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 11 | 0000.1295.0534.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard si | Exact 07/11/1948 - 07/11/1948 | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard side four men visible. Place unknown. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 12 | 0000.1295.0535.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard si | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from starboard side four men visible. Place and date not noted on print, but probably 7/11/48. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 13 | 0000.1295.0536.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from port quarter | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from port quarter; six men visible. Place and date not noted on print, but probably 7/11/48. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 14 | 0000.1295.0537.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from port side | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from port side; five men visible. Place and date not noted on print, but probably 7/11/48. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 15 | 0000.1295.0538.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from port quarter | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II under sail from port quarter; four men visible. Place and date not noted on print, but probably 7/11/48. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 16 | 0000.1295.0539.00 | photographic prints | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II docked with sails furled | Bugeye yacht Gypsy II docked with sails furled; boy sitting on cabin trunk; other boats docked and anchored nearby. Place and date unknown. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 17 | 0000.1295.0540.00 | photographic prints | Man at helm of unidentified boat, probably Gypsy | Man at helm of unidentified boat, probably Gypsy II; see 1295.0532--1295.0539. Another man lying on deck; main reefed. Place and date unknown. For Source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 18 | 0000.1403.0031 | photographic prints | "Crew of Water Gypsy, with Bill McMillan at the helm and famous yachting writer Sam Wetherill (in light shirt) and Bally Bailliere on his left. | "Crew of Water Gypsy, with Bill McMillan at the helm and famous yachting writer Sam Wetherill (in light shirt) and Bally Bailliere on his left. Second from the right is regular crew member C. T. Williams"; no date, no place. See p. 34, "Chesapeake Sails." |  | View | ||||
| 19 | 0000.1290.0353.00 | photographic prints | Bateau Gypsy II | Bateau Gypsy II (3 sail bateau) photographer unknown. 2 copies of photograph. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 20 | 0000.1290.0354.00 | photographic prints | Bateau Gypsy II (3 sail bateau) photographer unkno | Bateau Gypsy II (3 sail bateau) photographer unknown. 2 copies of photograph. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 21 | 0000.1290.0418.00 | photographic prints | Schooner Albert F. Paul | Schooner Albert F. Paul - The cook, Fred, standing on deck with pie and food basket, 1935 (Courtesy Mrs. Robert O. Jones) The dog in the background is Gypsy. Photo published on p. 32 "Coasting Schooner." | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 22 | 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 | ||
| 23 | 8888.0157.0000.00 | serials (publications) | Boat Manufactureer Collections | Boat manufacturer catalogs, flyers, brochures, price sheets, photographs, operating manuals, and related magazine articles, donated by various individuals. <br />Series 1 William Gross<br />Series 2 Misc. <br />Series 3 Chris Craft Sailboat Division<br />Series 4 John C. Horner (in progress) | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 24 | 2013.0016.0002.00 | wood blocks | Woodcut: "Sea Gypsy 7/25" | McMartin, Philip __Artist | Woodcut: "Sea Gypsy 7/25" Tall vertical woodcut print on canvas. People sailing tall ship. Tan wash background. Wood frame. Name in lower left, signed by artist "Philip McMartin" in lower right. Maryland artis McMartin made these woodcut prints, probably in the 1970s. |  | View |
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