Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Bugeye
Year: 1904
Builder: Frank Cantwell
Location: Cambridge
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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
Edward G. Brownlee Collection (1934-1946)Biographical-Background- -Edward Brownlee worked closely with Marion Brewington and other contemporaries in recording the vanishing maritime scene in the mid-Atlantic region. Around 1940, Brownlee drew many of the drawings that appear in Marion Brewington's Chesapeake Bay Loq Canoes and Buqeyes.Scope and ContentThis material falls into two types: plant that were drawn by Brownlee and photographs and papers that pertain to specific boats. Some of the photographs were taken by Brewington and given to Brownlee. The subject matter is Chesapeake sailing craft which range from schooners to skiffs.Subjects:Chesapeake sailing craft Subject: Edward G Brownlee
John G. Earle Collection 1891-1987<br />This collection is predominantly comprised of ships plans, including original designs and drafts made from existing ships by John G. Earle and his brother-in-law C. Lowndes Johnson. The collection also includes works by various naval architects and designers working throughout the early and middle twentieth century. In addition, the collection includes three scrapbooks comprised of newspaper clippings and other references to the architectural history of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.Biographical Background:Born in Easton, Maryland on March 14, 1901, John Goldsborough Earle expressed a love for and an interest in the vessels of the Chesapeake Bay early in life. It would be this interest that ultimately shaped his professional life, with Earle able to parlay this curiosity into the receipt of a degree in naval architecture and mechanical engineering from Lehigh University upon his graduation in 1926. After working for the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, from 1943-1946 Earle served as the special assistant to the chief engineer at the U.S. Maritime Commission in Washington D.C. Earle then moved to Moylan, Pennsylvania were he was employed by the New York based Nordberg Manufacturing Company. During this time Earle pursued the application of the diesel engine to the maritime environment, ultimately serving on the Ships' Machinery Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Earle retired in 1966 and served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and returned to Easton in 1979. A thorough and exhaustive researcher, Earle never ceased in his quest to study and document the indigenous water craft of the Chesapeake Bay. Earle's scholarship put him in contact with many of the twentieth century's foremost maritime historians, including Howard I. Chapelle, and Robert H. Burgess, and his work was particularly valuable to Marion V. Brewington in his study of Chesapeake Bay log canoes and bugeyes. Earle also contributed works to Yachting and Chesapeake Bay magazines. Prior to his death on May 21, 1992, Earle was presented with the Historic Preservation Award by the Historic District Commission of Talbot County for his lifelong dedication and devotion to the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay's maritime heritage.Scope and Content:The collection, spanning close to one hundred years of maritime history, is definable by two large and predominant sections and is primarily composed of 245 ships plans. Specifically, the works of C. Lowndes Johnson and those done by Earle himself highlight the collection and are accented by the accumulated works of navalarchitects in contact with both Johnson and Earle throughout the twentieth century. Both Johnson and Earle engaged in taking lines off existing vessels and in the drafting of original designs, however, the majority of Johnson's works are original in nature and include the plans for the Comet Class sailboat. Whereas the works of Earle are largely composed of tracings and sketches of the Chesapeake's indigenous watercraft, both collections present a balance between the working vessels commonly associated with the Chesapeake(bugeyes, pungys. schooners, etc.) and the lesser known sailing yachts and skiffs which also made the Chesapeake's maritime landscape distinct. The accumulated works by other designers serve to broaden the range of the collection beyond the Chesapeake and include the works of naval architects such as William P. Gardner and Owen P. Merrill who worked in New York City. The collection also contains sailmaker's plans, although mostly unidentified and unlabeled, along with scrapbooks detailing the architectural history of the Eastern Shore and a small number of governmental documents concerning Chesapeake Bay vessels which serve to enhance the ships plans portion of the collection in terms of the overall maritime heritage of the region.
Bugeye Mollie V. Leonard "motoring into the Chopta
__ __ __ __Choptank River __Eastern Shore __MD
Bugeye Mollie V. Leonard "motoring into the Choptank River"; all sails up; no wind; no yawl boat in action. Good reflection.. No date. For source, see 1295.0001.
Bugeye Mollie V. Leonard "at Webster's." Her sails are furled and she is tied to a dock with a warehouse on it. Bow of power boat Rena B. Callow (ex bugeye) at left. For source, see 1295.0001.
Bugeye Mollie V. Leonard becalmed with sails up. Good reflection. See 1295.0269, which is probably the same picture with shoreline visible in background. For source, see 1295.0001.
Bugeye Mollie V Leonard becalmed at mouth of Choptank River; good reflections; seen from port side; information taken from cardboard next to print; Burgess's name penciled on back of print, with date
