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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 | 1990.0054.0001.01 | documents | Collection of bills, receipts and correspondence h | Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Co., __Creator ||Victor Lynn Transportation Co, __Creator ||White, Nelson & Co., __Creator | Range, Exa 01/01/1930 - 01/01/1932 | Collection of bills, receipts and correspondence having to do with the business of William E. Applegarth Jr. General Merchandise, of Golden Hill, MD, 1930-1932. A) Freight bill, Baltimore & Virginia Steamboat Co, 1930. B/C) Delivery Receipt, Victor Lynn Transportation Co., 1932. D/E) Freight bill, Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Co., 1932. F) Letter from White, Nelson & Co., Seafood dealers of Hooperville, MD to Mr. Applegarth. Condition: fair paper is brittle and stained, some have considerable damage from insects. | ![]() | View | ||
| 2 | 0000.0901.1814.00 | negatives | LOOKING DOWN AT SHARPIE "IOWA" UNLOADING; From old | LOOKING DOWN AT SHARPIE "IOWA" UNLOADING; From old Remarks field: SHARPIES SECTION. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SHARPIES; PEOPLE | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 3 | 8888.0156.0000.00 | papers (document genres) | Marine Engine Materials | Marine Engine Materials: Series 1, Gerald Dunn; Series 2, William B. Wimbrow; Series 3 Misc. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 4 | 0000.1290.3450.00 | photographic prints | U.S. floating drydock Dewey with Battleship Iowa | Range, Exa 03/01/1905 - 03/31/1905 | No Address - Calvert - Patuxent River - MD - USA | U.S. floating drydock Dewey with battleship Iowa completely docked; they are in the Patuxent River; vessels seen bow on; many men on the drydock, This was the first trial of the Dewey; note that the battleship is the second Iowa, built 1896; (source: navsource.org/archives/14/0701.htm.;) copy of printed page; "The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back of print. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.2042.0097.00 | postcards | Hutner's Restaurant and Hotel, Aberdeen, Md | Range, Cir 01/01/1915 - 01/01/1930 | No Address - Aberdeen - MD | Black and white image of Hutner's Restaurant and Hotel Hutner, Aberdeen, Md. Text on bottom reads, "Hutner's Restaurant and Hotel-Aberdeen, Md.- Route 40." Back of card contains the text, "Let's Meet and Eat at Hutner's Restaurant. Lunch and Soda Fountain, Rooms for Tourists-Open All Night, Phone Aberdeen 262." Card is divided by the text Beals Litho "Art-Tone." (Lithographed in the U.S.A.). Des Moines, Iowa." | No image URL. | View | ||
| 6 | 1976.0042.0299.01 | ships plans | 18' Ohio River yawl Lady Grace | Chapelle, Howard I __Creator | Range, Cir 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1949 | Multiple plans. In the upper left is the Ohio River yawl 18' Lady Grace built in 1944 at Racine Ohio by Bell Brothers. Boat length is 18' 2". Owned by Fred Wayne. Note by Howard I Chapelle referenced Fig. 31. Lines taken in 1949 at Servickley PA. In the upper right is a plan for a 15' Garvey or fishing skiff taken off Lewes Delaware in 1941. Boat length is 15' 2" with various design details. On the bottom is a river yawl built in 1889 at Iowa River. Drawn from an old drawing from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Howard I Chapelle referenced Fig. 32. Drawing depicts various design details. On the reverse side is a 36' square stern racing sharpie built circa 1884. Redrawn from 1 of 3 Huntington drawings. Plate 1. Material is pencil on manila paper. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 7 | 1985.0005.0001.00 | steering wheels | Wood steering wheel reportedly from the sidewheel | Wood steering wheel reportedly from the sidewheel paddle steamer RIVER QUEEN. The wheel has 10 spokes connected to the metal brass hub. On the outer ring there are 10 inlaid metal stars and 10 inlaid wood diamonds. The RIVER QUEEN was built in 1864 and was used by President Lincoln during the Civil War. Condition: The ends of 3 spokes are loose and had been repaired at an earlier time, heavily varnished & discolored. Material: Oak? with metal hub, brass. | ![]() | View |
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