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Search mode: Exact Name. Search phrase(s): "Jolly Dolphin". Results returned: 7. Results displayed in this table: 7.
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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 | 0000.1407.0039 | digitized images | The Jolly Dolphin | Michael Matthews | early 1970s | LeCompte Creek, Lloyds, MD | "The Jolly Dolphin, built by Jim [Richardson] in the 1950's sailed by Emil DelCorte, who owned the Dolphin for something like 25 years beginning in the 1970's." Shows her under full sail from the starboard side, in open water. Yawl boat on davits. | ![]() | View | |
| 2 | 0000.1407.0040 | digitized images | The Jolly Dolphin | Michael Matthews | early 1970s | LeCompte Creek, Lloyds, MD | "The Jolly Dolphin, built by Jim [Richardson] in the 1950's sailed by Emil DelCorte, who owned the Dolphin for something like 25 years beginning in the 1970's. A full history of the Dolphin is available on the website www.the jollydolphin.com, maintained by the current owner, Jack Zuraw of Elllicott City, MD." Shows her under full sail from the starboard side, in open water. Yawl boat on davits. | ![]() | View | |
| 3 | 0000.1407.0041 | digitized images | The Jolly Dolphin | Michael Matthews | early 1970s | LeCompte Creek, Lloyds, MD | "The Jolly Dolphin, built by Jim [Richardson] in the 1950's sailed by Emil DelCorte, who owned the Dolphin for something like 25 years beginning in the 1970's." A full history of the Dolphin is available on the website www.thejollydolphin.com, maintained by the current owner, Jack Zuraw of Ellicott KCity, MD." Shows her under full sail from the port side, in open water. Yawl boat on davits. | ![]() | View | |
| 4 | 0000.1407.0042 | digitized images | The Jolly Dolphin | Michael Matthews | early 1970s | LeCompte Creek, Lloyds, MD | "The Jolly Dolphin, built by Jim [Richardson] in the 1950's sailed by Emil DelCorte, who owned the Dolphin for something like 25 years beginning in the l970's. A full history of the Dolphin is available on the website www.thejollydolphin.com, maintained by the current owner, Jack Zuraw of Ellicott City, MD." Shows her under full sail from the starboard quarter. Yawl boat on davits. | ![]() | View | |
| 5 | 0000.1407.0043 | digitized images | The Jolly Dolphin, from the starboard quarter, sails furled | Michael Matthews | c2015 | LeCompte Creek, Lloyds, MD | "The Jolly Dolphin, circa 2015, docked in the Magothy River." Shows her from the starboard quarter, sails furled; good view of rudder. | ![]() | View | |
| 6 | 0000.1407.0044 | digitized images | The Jolly Dolphin under sail | LeCompte Creek, Lloyds, MD | "The Jolly Dolphin, photos supplied by Jack Zuraw, who has spent 12 years (thus far) restoring and sailing her. His website even has excerpts from home movies made in the mid-1950's showing the logs being dragged into place at the yard." She is under sail; photograph made from the bowsprit, looking aft the full length of the vessel, with two persons in the cockpit; Maryland state flag flying from a shroud; spray and a wake. | ![]() | View | |||
| 7 | 0000.1407.0045 | digitized images | The Jolly Dolphin docked | LeCompte Creek, Lloyds, MD | "The Jolly Dolphin, photos supplied by Jack Zuraw, who has spent 12 years (thus far) restoring and sailing her. His website even has excerpts from home movies made in the mid-1950's showing the logs being dragged into place at the yard." She is docked at ???; shown from starboard quarter; sail furled; flags arrayed from forestay and halyard. | ![]() | View |
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