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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 | 8888.0044.0000 | documents | Oystering Ephemera Collection | An artificial manuscript collection of materials relating to the oyster industry in the Chesapeake Bay there are 2 series in this collection from different sources.<br /><br />The Series 1 collection consists mostly of letterheads, billheads, price lists, trade cards, labels, and related items, including correspondence for a large number of oyster and seafood packing houses, some of which also dealt with fruit packing. Many of these companies were based in Baltimore, Maryland, but packers in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are also represented. Other items in the collection include envelopes, checks, mailing tags, receipts, advertisements, recipe booklets, and ledgers.<br /><br />The Series 2 collection includes photographs and stereoviews, oyster advertising material, restaurant menus, trade cards, comics, sheet music, post cards, business receipts, and books/booklets. The collection is organized by category, Chesapeake related, and general oyster material and was collected by Michele and Clifford Krainik. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 2 | 8888.0061.0000.00 | documents | Jane Foster Tucker<CR><CR>Bioeraphical Background<CR>Jan | Jane Foster Tucker<CR><CR>Bioeraphical Background<CR>Jane Foster Tucker was born in Sparks, MD and attended Goucher College and George Washington University. She married Ernest Tucker, Jr., boat designer and sailor and moved to Oxford in 1962. She has been active in county organizations such as, the Oxford Museum, Oxford Library, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Historical Society of Talbot County, Easton Memorial Hospital, and other local groups. Mrs. Tucker was given the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Community Service Award by the General Perry Benson Chapter in 1996 and was given the county and state award for "Maryland You Are Beautiful" program in 1993 and the county award again in 2001. Jane Tucker has authored and published, Port of Entry, Oxford Maryland; Perdita; Half Pint; The Oxford Library; Jeremiah Banning, Mariner and Patriot and W. Barry Wood, MD, A Personal Glimpse.Scope and ContentThe following documents were housed in a scrapbook and consists of letters, photocopies of documents, transcriptions of some of these documents, publications, newspaper articles and other assorted items. Most of these documents are related to and are supporting information for the publication A Port of Entry, Oxford, Maryland.SubjectsAmbrose, Stephen E. (historian) Ann ArundellArnett, Earl, Journalist Banning, JeremiahByron, Gilbert, Writer Calvert, CharlesFoster Tucker, Jane (writer, historian) Hingst, William J. (journalist)Litsey, Weldon, American Consul General Maryland GazetteMaryland You Are Beautiful Program Morris, RobertNational Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, General Perry Benson ChapterNational Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Community Service AwardOxford, MDOxford TercentenaryOxford MuseumOxford LibraryPaget-Tomlinson, E. W. PerditaPreston, Dickson J. (writer) Talbot CountyThe BannerJane Foster TuckerThe Star-DemocratThe Church of the Holy Trinity, Oxford, MD Tucker, Ernest Jr. (boat designer and sailor) Valliant, John R. Subject: Jane F Tucker | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 3 | 2002.0040.0647.00 | oyster crate | A wood "JJ Underhill Co" oyster crate. On the two | Underhill Co, J J __Packed by | Range, Cir 01/01/1975 - 12/31/1999 | A wood "JJ Underhill Co" oyster crate. On the two long sides there is an image of a lighthouse and "Signal Brand" stamped in black. "JJ Underhill Co's" is stamped in black and "oysters" is stamped in red. On the left "Have you eaten oysters this week if not why?" is stamped in red. The box is inverted. Two metal clasps hold the top to the side. The orginal shipping tag is still attached. The shipment was sent to Hershey, PA. Condition: fair; cracking and discoloration on all sides, tag is very stained. | ![]() | View | ||
| 4 | 2018.0006.0002.00 | oyster shipping containers | Retail oyster display box | Underhill Co, J J __Packed by | Range, Cir 01/01/1900 - 12/31/1910 | Box, "J.J. Underhill Co's Baltimore Oysters," used for retail display of oysters on ice. Galvanized metal with painted exterior, and glass panel beneath lid. Small drain hole at back. "Signal Brand Oysters" on side. | ![]() | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.1289.0183.00 | photographic prints | Pungy docked next to an enormous pile of oysters | Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer | Pungy docked next to an enormous pile of oysters. May be J. J. Underhill?. See 1289.0184 for probable location. Date unknown.For source, see 1289.0114. | No image URL. | View |
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