Oliver

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Type: Skipjack

Year: 1900

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Location: Crisfield

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Fetch?Row IDCatalog #Object NameTitleArtist/MakerDate MadePlace MadeDescriptionFull ImageCBMM Cat. Page
10000.0025.0001.00"OLIVER'S GIFT", HARRISONS YARD, ST. MICHAELS Ol"OLIVER'S GIFT", HARRISONS YARD, ST. MICHAELS Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; BUILDERS, SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
20000.0797.0001.00COMMODORE OLIVER H PERRY, USN; From old Remarks fiJarvis, J W __ArtistRange,Circ 01/01/1800 - 12/31/1800COMMODORE OLIVER H PERRY, USN; From old Remarks field: PHOTO OF J W JARVIS OIL (1780-1839). PHOTO PRE 1961 Old Subject Fields: PEOPLE; NAVY, U.S.CBMM catalog imageView
30000.0705.0003.00YAWL "JOSPHINE" DURING A REGATTA; From old RemarksSewell, Thomas H __PhotographerYAWL "JOSPHINE" DURING A REGATTA; From old Remarks field: BUILT 1897 BY OLIVER DUKE FROM LOGS Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELNo image URL.View
42013.0014.0001.00correspondenceLetter from John Oliver WeedenExact 12/03/1866 - 12/03/1866Letter from John Oliver Weeden, St. Michaels, dated Dec. 3, 1866. Written in ink on blue paper. Letter glued to a peice of white ledger paper. On the ledger paper is an explanation of the letter, part of which is torn off. The part that is readable says, "written to my cousin Wm. A. Hulse" The rest is visible only in pieces.CBMM catalog imageView
51996.0038.0001.00decoysRUDDY DUCK decoy by Talbot Co carver Oliver H RidgewayRidgeway, O H __CreatorRUDDY DUCK DECOY BY TALBOT COUNTY CARVER OLIVER H. RIDGEWAY (1873-1941), PAINTED BLACK ALL OVER, SMALL LEAD KEEL WEIGHT, FLAT BOTTOM, STAMPED "H.RIDGEWAY, XFORD" ON BACK, SQUARE BROAD TAIL, STAMPED "__RIDGEWA, OXFORD" ON BOTTOM, SMALL NAIL IN BOTTOM O.H. RIDGEWAY WAS AN OXFORD BLACKSMITH Associated Place: TALBOT COUNTY, MD Negative #: N2025, R7CBMM catalog imageView
61997.0004.0001.00decoysCanvasback drake by WARD BROS of CRISFIELD, 1936Ward Bros, __Creator ||Ward Bros, __DesignerRange,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936Crisfield - MDCANVASBACK DRAKE BY THE WARD BROTHERS OF CRISFIELD, 1936 model; PAINTED WHITE, BLACK, & RED, ORIGINAL PAINT, GLASS EYES, LEAD WEIGHT, SOME PAINTED FEATHER DETAILS, FLAT BOTTOM WITH LEATHER PULL TAB, "MADE BY L.T. WARD & BROS. CRISFIELD, MD" STAMPED ON BOTTOM UNDERTAIL, OLIVER'S AUCTION LABEL ON WEIGHT, HEAD SLIGHTLY TURNED Materials: WOOD, PAINT, LEAD, LEATHER, COPPER Colors: BLACK, RED, WHITE Place Made: CRISFIELD, MDCBMM catalog imageView
78888.0016.0000.00documentsAlbert E. Brown and Bro Papers<CR><CR>The collection iBrown, Albert __CreatorExact 02/01/1988 -Albert E. Brown and Bro Papers<CR><CR>The collection is comprised of some of the correspondence and business papers concerning the Brown's Sail Loft in Winona, Maryland. Included are many sail plans for work and recreational boats. These papers were retrieved by museum staff from the derelict sail loft with the permission of the owner. Many are damaged or, deteriorated.Biographical BackgroundAlbert E. Brown and Bro/ sail.1oft~:~was located at Wenona, on the southern tip of the island. The Loft was founded in 1870 by Capt. John Stubbs. In 1890 he was bought out by Henry Brown, born in England, and who served as a seaman in the Royal Navy. He learned the art of sailmaking when he came to the United States during the Civil War and joined the United States Navy.Henry constructed the present building. When he retired in 1919 his son Albert took over the sail loft. Albert's son Henry, in turn, started at the loft when he was 12 years old and took over the business in 1956. Henry G. Brown retired about 1980 and the building has stood empty ever since. In 1986 the old sail loft changed hands.In its heyday, the business was one-of the region's leading sailmakers and had a reputation for old-fashioned, quality workmanship. Orders for sails came from all across the country and from overseas.Scope and ContentThis material represents those papers that were salvagable and that remained in the sail loft after the business had closed. They give considerable insight into the operation of one of the country's most well-known sailmakers.The majority of the papers are correspondence written to the sail loft concerning orders for sails, frequently accompanied by a sail plan and an estimate. Of value are a number of sail plans for the oyster dredging fleet, that the loft kept on file for repeat orders, and letters concerning well-known Bay yachts. Many of these boats have long since disappeared. Sail Loft Amps (1923 - 1974)Brown Papers, p 2An index of boats is available.Correspondence was filed under boat name where it was known, and by correspondent's last name if-no specific boat was mentioned (except for one" design boats which are filed under class name).Other papers include"account books and miscellaneous business papers which provide an overview of 1"the finances of a traditional sailmaking business.Sub'ectsSailmaking Subject: Albert E. Brown and Bro.No image URL.View
88888.0018.0000.00documentsErnest Tucker (1913 - 1981) Papers (1936 - 1979)Range, Exa 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1979Ernest Tucker (1913 - 1981) Papers (1936 - 1979)The collection is comprised of correspondence, newspaper articles, brochures, etc., concerning Ernest Tucker's career as a boat designer and sailor. Also included are photographs of Tucker-designed boats, power and sailing boatsand Chesapeake Bay boatbuilders. The papers were donated to the Museum by his widow, Jane Foster Tucker.Biographical BackgroundErnest Tucker was born on the family estate, Hilton, in Walbrook, a northwestern section of Baltimore. He contracted polio before the age of 2 and was required to wear braces on both legs.Tucker developed a strong interest in boatbuilding and design from an early age. He built his first boat, a 12'5" sailing skiff when only twelve. He attended Johns Hopkins University, School of Mechanical Engineering, 1933-1938.In 1942:, he was employed by the Owens Yacht Co., Dundalk, as project engineer for 36' LCVP's for the Navy. After the war he designed the Owens 40' auxiliary cutter. In 1946 Tucker started at the Annapolis Yacht Yard as draughtsman (which later was sold to John Trumphy and Sons) and worked on many famous boats such as Makarra and Lenore, a famous Presidential yacht.Tucker purchased his beloved double-ended Nassau-built sloop, Half Pint, in 1945, which he used to sail the Bay until the time of his death. In 1958 he became self-employed. His designs included the Dickerson 35, 36, 40 and 41 for the William Dickerson Yard of Fishing Creek (laterTrappe). Always found on the drawings was his trademark, a flying duck. Tucker also made drawings for John Bailey of Tunis Mills, Marine Contractor.After the death of his mother, Ernest Tucker lived on a houseboat in Galesville, Md., was married in 1960, and in 1962 moved to Oxford. The designer was a good friend of C. Lowndes Johnson, noted Talbot County Comet class designer, and his wife Clara. He was a founding member of the Classic Yacht Club of America, member of the Sailing Club of the Chesapeake, and Tred Avon Yacht Club. Ernest Tucker died in August 1981.Scope and ContentThe material is divided into two parts. The first consists of biographical information and information on boats designed by Ernest Tucker. Included in the latter is the well-known series of Dickerson ketches built by DickersonBoatbuilders of Trappe, Maryland. Other designs include deadrise workboats built by Chesapeake Marine Industries of Trappe, and the famous Owens cutters.Ernest Tucker was also a recorder of many varities of sailing and power crafton the Chesapeake through the medium of the camera. Many of these boats no longer exist. Also of value are photographs of many well-known Bay boatbuilders, particularly from Dorchester County. An index of boats is available. The photographs have been divided up into broad subject categories.SubjectsBoatdesigning Boatbuilding Subject: Mrs Ernest TuckerNo image URL.View
98888.0071.0000.00documentsJoseph Liener Papers<CR><CR>Background<CR>Joseph LienerRange, Cir 01/01/1909 - 01/01/2002This collection begins on CSC 15C1 and continues on 15C2.Joseph Liener PapersBackgroundJoseph Liener (Sept 1909-Jan 2002) was a long-time, dedicated volunteer at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. He was born in Salem, NJ, and in 1938 married Lillian England, the daughter of a Baptist minister of Alloway, NJ.As a young man Liener worked as an apprentice to several Salem house builders, becoming so proficient as to be entrusted with all their cabinet work. His life-long interest in wooden boats led to his employment before World War II as a civilian at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he ultimately became one of only three rated Senior Supervisors at the yard. He supervised the construction of all wooden boats built at the navy yard including mine sweepers, motor launches, yard boats, captain's gigs, and Naval Academy sloops. As part of this work he sought out special woods, selected specific trees to be cut and taken to lumber yards to be sawed to his specifications for the navy's shop work.In 1942 Liener joined the navy as a Petty Officer First Class. He was assigned to the South Pacific where he supervised the repair of damaged landing craft and assault ships. As the war ended he was stationed at Eniwetok where early atomic bombs were being tested. After the war he returned to the small craft shop at the Philadelphia Navy Yard until his retirement on 31 Oct 1969.As a volunteer at the museum Liener was instrumental in the conservation, restoration, and documentation of vessels in the small boat collection. The museum's catalog of that collection, A Heritage in Wood (St. Michaels: CBMM, 1992) is dedicated to Liener. Lines drawings of historic craft prepared by Liener are in the ships plans collection. During this period Liener became a friend of James Michener and gave him information about the bay and the watermen; Michener asked Liener to comment on a draft of Michener's book Chesapeake for which Liener provided written comments (see Box 7, folder 10).Among Liener's many avocations was making fine furniture for the house he built himself, carving decoys for his own use, playing the piano, organ, and violin, designing, building, painting, and sailing his catboat Buxom Lass. He maintained a longtime interest in catboats and was active in the national catboat association and one of the founders of the Chesapeake Bay Catboat Association. Liener's papers and other material was donated to the museum by Lillian Liener prior to her death in 2003.Scope and ContentA large part of this collection consists of correspondence Liener received from many friends and contacts. Much of the correspondence is personal, but many letters are from individuals who ask for information about all kinds of vessels, especially catboats. Among his correspondents was James Michener who asked for Liener's comments on a draft of his book Chesapeake, naval architects Lowndes Johnson and Edward Brownlee, author John Leavens, editor of The Catboat Book (Camden, ME: International Marine Pub. Co., 1973), and Dave Dillon of the Wooden Boat School and co-author of Boats A Manual for Their Documentation (Nashville: American Association for State and Local History and the Museum Small Craft Association, 1993).Sub'ectsAcademy of Natural Sciences Bermuda Maritime Museum Boston's Museum of Transportation Calvert Marine Museum CatboatsChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Decoy CarversDecoysHistorical Society of Talbot County Morton Smith, naval architect Mystic Seaport Museum Philadelphia Maritime Museum Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Boat Shop Philadelphia Ship Model Society The Apprentice ShopGeneral Correspondence (Filed alphabetically & by date within each name)Acton, Charles L.Adler, Georgia, Historical Society of Talbot County Allen, Roger & MichelleBossett, Robert H., Matawan, Aberdeen Regional School DistrictBrous, N. S.Brinkmann, Sarah W.Carpentier, Ralph, Town Marine Museum Carney, Patrick, Black Bottom Runabouts, Inc. Cole, N. R (Roger)Conboy, Joseph L., Joseph L. Conboy & Associates, Yacht BuildersCooke, William S., & MildredCox, Richard M.Crothers, William L., The Philadelphia Model Ship Society Culver, Rebecca. L.Dery, Julian, Ajusteur D'Assurances Generales, Sherbrooke, QuebecEmmett, Jim, Waterway GuideEtter, Ellen & Dick Feree, RussellFisher, Donald (Doc) E., M.D. Fusco, PatGalvin, Ann & JimGarvie, W. C., Boatbuilder, San Rafael Harbor, CA Geer, Michael, Motor Yacht SarinaGehring, Jim & Millie, worked at Phil. Navy Yard Boat ShopGering, Larry & ArleneGraefe, Doris Gustafson, Albert V.Guthorn, Peter J. (With reply letter by Liener) Hall, ChristopherHarrington, Norman, Historical Society of Talbot County Hartge, DaveHartge, Totch (With memorial notice for Eric Joslyn Steinlein)Heffner (?), DaveHenry, Oliver, Delphi Productions, Ltd. Hewins, Charles E. Higson, James D.Hill, Charles H. Jr.Historical Society of Talbot County (Adler, Georgia, & Harrington, Norman)Homfeld, Max F.Hook, John H.Howard, Marie A. (Liener's sister-in-law) Humphrey, CraigHutchins, Dick Jenkins, W. H. Johnson, Arthur C., Jr.Johnson, C. Lowndes, Naval architect Johnson, Paula J., Calvert Marine Museum Kaighn, SusanKeller, Sherman E., St. Mary's Square Museum Kirch, Fred G.Kobialka, Edward J. Lamanteer, JackieLipke, Paul, Boat Shop Director, Boston's Museum of Transportation (Enclosing letter fromRev. Cannon Robert E. Merry) MacKannan, Charles H. & Doris Maffen, HerbMangum, Michael T., Chief Naturalist, Ocean County, NJ, Dept. of Parks & RecreationMay, George L.Michener, James & MariMills, Clark W., worked in Boat Shop at Phil. Navy Yard Miller, John H., Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Mulford, Wayne D.Nelson, Florence Park, David E. Patterson, Edward F., Jr.Rogers, Martha, House Restoration Coordinator, Pennsville, NJ, Township Historical SocietyPerrella, JohnPfister, George Phelps, Robert BemissPorter, Eugene, from dredgeboat Stanley NormanPostich, Joe & Wendy, Barrington, NH, Boat Shop; Postich letter of 11 Dec 85 followed byLiener letter of 8 Jan 86 attesting to good character of Postich. Rebuilt sloop Chicane inBermuda (see Chicane materiagl in Box 2, folder 6) Poston, Robert, Jr.Prugh, Robert Burton Quimby, Alfred P. Samson, Rene & JoyceSaudergas, Tony & Sherry, Philadelphia Navy Yard Boat ShopSanto, (???)Scofield, John, CBMM Boat Shop Sheehan, KevinSmith, Harry W., Barnstable Originals (Author of Windjammers of the Maine Coast, Camden,ME, 1983; compiler of Workaday Schooners, Camden, 1975)Squibb, JoryStanley, Roman S. Surgent, George Swartz, Bea Temple, Buk Thomas, BarryTomlinson, Fred & Esther, Frederick Tomlinson worked in Boat Shop, Phil. Navy YardTucker, Jane Foster (Mrs. Ernest)Van Meter, Ralph H.Waters, Karen Roy, Research, Wooden Boat magazine Wilson, Jonathan, Traditional Small Craft, and Wooden BoatSpecial CorrespondentsAllen, Mae W.Apprentice Shop, Lance R Lee, Director Brownlee, Edward G. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Dillon, DaveFuller, BenPhiladelphia Maritime Museum Philadelphia Ship Model Society Seidel, CharlesWard, David Subject: Josef W LienerNo image URL.View
101988.0005.0001.00drawingsCompound Engine for Screw Steamer EastonPlans for the Compound Engine for Screw Steamer Easton. Drawing is labeled Easton and 20"x38" piston stroke engine front and side views. Material is black and red ink on linen-backed paperNo image URL.View
111988.0005.0002.00drawingsWalking Beam EnginePlans for a Walking Beam Engine. Material is ink on paperNo image URL.View
121988.0005.0003.00drawingsWalking Beam Engine for the Paddle Steamboat TockwoghPlans for the Walking Beam Engine for the Paddle Steamboat Tockwogh showing side and front views. Drawing is labeled Tockwogh and 40" x 10' (size and throw of the cylinder). The sidewheeler Tockwogh was built by Reeder and Sons in 1889 for the Sassafras River Steamboat Co. and ran on the Sassafrass River until transferred to the Bay-Ridge Clairborne route. Material is black and red ink on linen-backed paper.No image URL.View
131988.0005.0004.00drawingsWalking Beam Engine for a SidewheelerPlans for a Walking Beam Engine for a Sidewheeler showing side and front views. Drawing is labeled 36" x 9' (size and throw of the cyliner). Material is ink on paper.No image URL.View
148888.0180.0000ledgers (account books)MS 180 Skinner (Luber) & Sons Collection1903-1938Baltimore, MarylandFive small manuscript books compiled by Middleton B. Luber and his son, Oliver E. Luber showing blocking diagrams for vessels hauled by the Skinner yard. Two small manuscript books showing vessel names and dates hauled. One small loose leaf printed book with engineering reference material for shipyard workers.CBMM catalog imageView
152003.0013.0001.01log canoes (model)BELLE M. CRANELambdin, Robert D __CreatorCirca 1930Log canoe model of the BELLE M. CRANE, but misspelled on bow "BELL M. CRAIN." Model has white topsides, red bottom, yellow cove stripe and bow sprit braces. Cotton sails, brown with age, two masts, jib boom, gull wing rig fore and main, one hiking board, and an oar, both in boat, cotton string for all lines, rudder, tiller. Interior painted an orange yellow; removeable chocks at both mast partners, centerboard pull, hatch cover over lazarette on skipper's seat. The model was built by Robert D. Lambdin (1849-1938) to represent the then-surviving log canoe, BELLE M. CRANE (built in 1879). Possibly made for owner of the canoe, Ruth Starr Rose, the only log canoe owner and skipper of her day. Model has cradle. Condition: Fair. Sails in disrepair, brown and holes: very fragile. Topside paint chipping. Cotton lines fragile. Sails located in CSA 7A2CBMM catalog imageView
168888.0194manuscript (document genre)Capt. Duke Adams manuscriptAdams, Duke __Author1962Digitized copy of a manuscript (started January 26, 1962) of the life of Captain Duke Adams (1882-1967) written by the captain. Nephew of James Oliver Duke, noted log canoe boatbuilder, Adams assisted with the build of Oliver’s Gift after Duke’s death in 1948 and was its first owner. Captain Adams grew up in St. Michaels.<br />CBMM catalog imageView
171964.0005.0001.00modelsRigged model, case and stand. sch USS ENTERPRISEGibson, R H __CreatorExact 01/01/1956 -Full model, case and stand. USS ENTERPRISE. Excellent quality and condition. Model after Antoine Roux's sketch 1806, and lines of "Vixen" in Chapelle's "Sailing Navy" by R. Hammond Gibson.CBMM catalog imageView
181964.0005.0002.00modelsFull model, case and stand. schooner USS NAUTILUS.Gibson, R H __CreatorExact 01/01/1956 -Full model, case and stand. USS NAUTILUS. Excellent quality and condition. 3/16" scale model by R. Hammond Gibson.CBMM catalog imageView
191964.0005.0003.00modelsFull model of the brig JOHN GILPINCirca 01/01/1964 -Full model of the brig JOHN GILPIN. Made of wood. Condition: fair.CBMM catalog imageView
200000.0015.0008.00negativesFIVE LOG CANOE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY OLIVER DUKEFIVE LOG CANOE UNDER CONSTRUCTION BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELNo image URL.View
210000.0032.0002.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT", RACING AT OXFORD Old Subject Fi"OLIVER'S GIFT", RACING AT OXFORD Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; VESSELS, RECREATIONAL, SAILNo image URL.View
220000.0015.0001.00negativesLOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKEDonald, Davis W __PhotographerRange,Circ 01/01/1903 - 12/31/1903LOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDING Subject: Oliver DukeNo image URL.View
230000.0015.0002.00negativesLOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKEDonald, Davis W __PhotographerRange,Circ 01/01/1903 - 12/31/1903LOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
240000.0015.0003.00negativesLOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKEDonald, Davis W __PhotographerRange,Circ 01/01/1903 - 12/31/1903LOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
250000.0015.0004.00negativesLOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKEDonald, Davis W __PhotographerRange,Circ 01/01/1903 - 12/31/1903LOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
260000.0015.0005.00negativesLOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKEDonald, Davis W __PhotographerRange,Circ 01/01/1903 - 12/31/1903LOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
270000.0015.0006.00negativesLOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKEDonald, Davis W __PhotographerRange,Circ 01/01/1903 - 12/31/1903LOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
280000.0015.0007.00negativesLOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKEDonald, Davis W __PhotographerRange,Circ 01/01/1903 - 12/31/1903LOGS SHAPED AND FITTED FOR CANOE BY OLIVER DUKE Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
290000.0732.0037.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields:Dodds, Richard __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1987 - 12/31/1987"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELNo image URL.View
300000.0732.0038.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields:Dodds, Richard __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1987 - 12/31/1987"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELNo image URL.View
310000.0732.0039.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields:Dodds, Richard __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1987 - 12/31/1987"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELNo image URL.View
320000.0732.0040.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields:Dodds, Richard __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1987 - 12/31/1987"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELNo image URL.View
330000.0735.0007.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields:Dodds, Richard __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1987 - 12/31/1987"OLIVER'S GIFT", MILES RIVER Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELNo image URL.View
340000.0014.0001.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject F"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
350000.0014.0002.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject FCirca 01/01/1925 -"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
360000.0014.0003.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject FCirca 01/01/1925 -"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
370000.0014.0004.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject FCirca 01/01/1925 -"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
380000.0014.0005.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject FCirca 01/01/1925 -"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
390000.0014.0006.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject FCirca 01/01/1925 -"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
400000.0014.0007.00negatives"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject FCirca 01/01/1925 -"OLIVER'S GIFT" UNDER CONSTRUCTION Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; SHIPBUILDINGNo image URL.View
410000.0975.0346.11negativesLog canoe Oliver's Gift from starboard quarterde Gast, RobertLog canoe Oliver's Gift from starboard quarter, showing lower part of sails and crew. See 975.346.03 for source, date, place, etc.No image URL.View
420000.0975.0346.12negativesLog canoe Oliver's Gift under sail, from starboardde Gast, RobertLog canoe Oliver's Gift under sail, from starboard quarter, showing full view of sails. See 975.346.03 for source, date, place, etc.No image URL.View
430000.0975.0346.19negativesLog canoe Oliver's Gift under sail, showing lowerde Gast, RobertLog canoe Oliver's Gift under sail, showing lower part of sails. See 975.346.03 for source, date, place, etc.No image URL.View
440000.0975.0347.02negativesCrew member aloft on foremast of log canoe Oliver'de Gast, RobertRange, Exa 01/01/1978 - 12/31/1978No Address - Talbot - Miles River - Eastern Shore - MDCrew member aloft on foremast of log canoe Oliver's Gift with sail upNo image URL.View
450000.0975.0347.04negativesLog canoe Oliver's gift with man aloft and foresaide Gast, RobertLog canoe Oliver's Gift with man aloft on foremast and foresail doused. See 975.347.02 for source, place, date, etc.No image URL.View
460000.0975.0348.09negativesMan aloft on mast of log canoe Oliver's Giftde Gast, RobertMan aloft on mast of log canoe Oliver's Gift, see 975.347.02. See 975.348.02 for source, date, place, etc.No image URL.View
470000.0975.0348.10negativesMan aloft on mast of log canoe Oliver's Giftde Gast, RobertMan aloft on mast of log canoe Oliver's Gift, see 975.347.02. See 975.348.02 for source, date, place, etc.No image URL.View
480000.0975.0349.02negativesMan aloft on foremast of log canoe Oliver's Giftde Gast, RobertExact 01/01/1975 - 12/31/1975No Address - Talbot - Miles River - Eastern Shore - MDMan aloft on foremast of log canoe Oliver's Gift; foresail is down on deck; boat is out on the Miles River.No image URL.View
490000.0975.0349.11negativesThree log canoes at the start of a race; nun buoyde Gast, RobertThree log canoes at the start of a race; nun No.4, Scotland buoy, probably one end of starting line, in foreground; No. 17, Island Image and No. 10, Oliver's Gift; other boat not identifiable See 975.349.02 for source, date, place, etc.No image URL.View
500000.0927.0277.00negativesLOG CANOE OLIVER'S GIFT OR SILVER HEEL UNDER SAIL;Larrabee, Constance S __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1957 - 12/31/1957LOG CANOE OLIVER'S GIFT OR SILVER HEEL UNDER SAIL; From old Remarks field: 8X10 PRINT OF 927.280; CAPTION IN PHOTOGRAPHER'S HAND SAYS OLIVER'S GIFT; SILVER HEEL Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELCBMM catalog imageView
510000.0927.0278.00negativesLOG CANOE OLIVER'S GIFT OR SILVER HEEL UNDER SAIL;Larrabee, Constance S __PhotographerRange,Exac 01/01/1957 - 12/31/1957LOG CANOE OLIVER'S GIFT OR SILVER HEEL UNDER SAIL; From old Remarks field: 8X10 PRINT OF 927.280; CAPTION IN PHOTOGRAPHER'S HAND SAYS OLIVER'S GIFT; SILVER HEEL Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSELCBMM catalog imageView
520000.0927.1426.00negativesLog canoe Oliver's Gift under sailLarrabee, Constance S __PhotographerRange, Exa 01/01/1962 - 12/31/1962No Address - Talbot - Miles River - Eastern Shore - MDLog canoe Oliver's Gift under sail in St. Michaels harbor; see back of contact sheet for alternative dateCBMM catalog imageView
530000.1125.0551.00negativesLOG CANOE "OLIVER'S GIFT" AT JACK HIGGINS BOATYARDTucker, ErnestRange,Exac 06/01/1975 - 06/30/197527815 Southside Island Cr - Trappe - Talbot - Eastern Shore - MD - 21673 - USALOG CANOE "OLIVER'S GIFT" AT JACK HIGGINS BOATYARD.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. Place: OXFORD, MD Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; BOATYRADSCBMM catalog imageView
540000.1125.0587.00negativesCAPT. LOWNDES JOHNSON & OLIVER LUSBY AT DOWELL (SOTucker, ErnestExact 01/09/1964 - 01/09/1964No Address - Dowell - MDCAPT. LOWNDES JOHNSON & OLIVER LUSBY AT DOWELL (SOLOMONS) MD.; From old Remarks field: MS18 Place: DOWELL, MD Old Subject Fields: PEOPLE Subject: C. Lowndes Johnson Subject: Oliver LusbyCBMM catalog imageView
550000.1125.0748.00negativesELMER WARD'S "THOMAS L. WARD" ON OLIVER LUSBY'S RATucker, ErnestRange,Exac 06/01/1962 - 06/30/1962No Address - Solomons - Calvert - Patuxent River - Western Shore - MD - USAELMER WARD'S "THOMAS L. WARD" ON OLIVER LUSBY'S RAILWAY.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. OTHER DESCRIPTION ON BACK CROSSED OUT, ASSUMED INCORRECT. Place: SOLOMONS, MD Old Subject Fields: POWER RECREATIONAL VESSEL; BOATYRADSCBMM catalog imageView
561994.0016.0018.00oil paintingsSchooner CITY OF BALTIMOREStubbs, W P __ArtistAfter 2/1886Oil Painting of schooner by W.P. Stubbs "City of Baltimore" heavy plain gilded frame (light carving) painting shows a three masted schooner with other boats in the background. Condition: thin paint, probably no varnish (or light); cracking and crizzling throughout. Painted for Capt. Leonard S. Tawes, master of the City of Baltimore. Artist lived in Boston, so the painting was probably commissioned on one of the two occasions that City of Baltimore called at Boston: 5 Feb 1886 or 31 December 1888.CBMM catalog imageView
578888.0098.0000.00papersBurgess manuscript collectionThis collection is housed in 24 boxes, starting on CSC 15A2 and continuing on to 15A3, 15A4, 16A1, and 16A2<CR><CR>The collection is broad in scope and content. It includes about 100 trailboards and name boards, and many other artifacts obtained from Chesapeake Bay vessels of all kinds; years of correspondence (covered in this finding aid), much of it acquiring background for and arranging the publication of his books, particularly those about the schooners Albert F. Paul and Purnell T. White; many of his photographs; and numerous clippings containing articles by and about Burgess.Among the highlights of the collection are a number of documents from the late 19th century such as invoices, receipts, and note from George P. Bailey, of Kinsale, VA, a dealer in wood, ties, etc., and the canner of the "Pride of Westmoreland" brand tomatoes and commission merchants Courtney & Kennan (see Box 17). Also, the lengthy correspondence (1946-1969) with the Baltimore Sunday Sun about articles Burgess submitted for publication, including the ""I Remember When" series (Boxes 19 & 20)No image URL.View
588888.0143.0000.00papers (document genres)Miles River Yacht Club papersMaterials pertaining to the Miles River Yacht Club.No image URL.View
590000.0975.0345.02photographic printsLog Canoes Oliver's Gift (left) and Mysteryde Gast, RobertRange, Cir 01/01/1970 - 12/31/1970Annapolis - Spa Creek - Western Shore - MDLog Canoes Oliver's Gift (left) and Mystery under sail in Spa Creek, Annapolis, with Maryland State Capitol dome in the background. (Note: We have no negative or contact sheet for this print, and it was made probably five years before the other log canoe pictures in this file.)No image URL.View
600000.0975.0373.00photographic printsLog canoes Oliver's Gift, left, and Mystery sailinAnnapolis - Anne Arundel - Harbor (Ego Alley) - Western Shore - MDLog canoes Oliver's Gift, left, and Mystery sailing in Annapolis harbor (Ego Alley), with State House dome in background. Crew on hiking boards aboard Mystery. Copyright 1970; may have been shot earlier.No image URL.View
610000.1328.0083.00photographic printsLog canoe OliversgiftMoll, John B __Photographer-B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Log canoe Oliver's gift docked at bulkhead.No image URL.View
620000.1328.0092.00photographic printsLog canoe Oliver's GiftMoll, John B __Photographer-B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Log canoe Oliver's Gift under sail with crew.No image URL.View
630000.1328.0095.00photographic printsLog canoe Oliver's GiftMoll, John B __Photographer-B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Log canoe Oliver's Gift under sail.No image URL.View
640000.1328.0647.00photographic printsTwo log canoes racingMoll, John B __PhotographerColor reference photograph taken by John Moll for use in his work. Two log canoes racing. The one in front is Oliver's Gift.No image URL.View
650000.1376.0005Photographic printsLog canoe Oliver's Gift on starboard tackLog canoe Oliver's Gift on starboard tack, seen from port quarter; five or six men on board, two of them on hiking boards.No image URL.View
660000.1376.0006Photographic printsLog canoe Oliver's Gift sailingLog canoe Oliver's Gift sailing down wind from port side; eight men on boardNo image URL.View
670000.1376.0007Photographic printsLog canoe Oliver's Gift sailing wing and wingLog canoe Oliver's Gift sailing wing and wing, seen from port quarter; about eight men on boardNo image URL.View
680000.1376.0008Photographic printsLog canoe Oliver's Gift racing off St. Michaels, 19481948Tred Avon River"Log canoe Oliver's Gift racing off St. Michaels, 1948" (inked on print); eight men on board, three of whom are on hiking boards; vessel seen from starboard side.No image URL.View
690000.1376.0009Photographic printsOliver's Gift crossing finish line St. Michaels - 19481948St. Michaels, MD"Oliver's Gift crossing finish line St. Michaels - 1948." inked on print margin; boat is in the distance, crowd of people standing on shore and dock in foreground.No image URL.View
700000.1376.0011Photographic printsThe last log canoe race of the millennium Photo of Oliver's Gift Sept. 19991999"The last log canoe race of the millennium Photo of Oliver's Gift Sept. 1999" inked on envelope containing the print.No image URL.View
710000.1376.0012Photographic printsOliver Duke shaping toolsOliver Duke shaping tools; he is sitting on the bow of a half-built log canoe; three axes leaning against it; another in his hands; loblolly pine and other trees in backgroundNo image URL.View
720000.1376.0013Photographic printsOliver DukeOliver Duke, formal head and shoulders portraitNo image URL.View
730000.1376.0014Photographic printsMr. and Mrs. Oliver Duke with their daughter in her wedding dressMr. and Mrs. Oliver Duke with their daughter in her wedding dress; full-length formal portrait shot outdoorsNo image URL.View
740000.0483.0001.00photographic printsBANK DIRECTORS, ST. MICHAELS; From old Remarks fieRange, Cir 01/01/1900 - 12/31/1920BANK DIRECTORS, ST. MICHAELS; From old Remarks field: PICTURE TAKEN AT FAIRVIEW, 12 MEN, ALL BUT ONE INDENTIFIED Old Subject Fields: ST. MICHAELS. Print on cardboard. Two copies. Copy negative. Subject: Thomas H Sewell Subject: Walter Sewell Subject: Oliver T Fairbank Subject: William Rowleson Subject: Thomas Cooper Subject: Perry Benson Subject: John S Hambleton Subject: Harper BensonNo image URL.View
750000.1290.4278.00photographic printsSteamboat Emma Giles at Milton WharfMilton Wharf - Woolford - Dorchester - Church Creek - Eastern Shore - MD"The Emma Giles at Milton Wharf, Dorchester, Co, Md" Copy of dirty print which has the information lettered on it. Capt. Lee B. Woolford and his brother Oliver Woolford standing in left foreground; bugeye beyond them; many people on wharf and steamboat. Photo courtesy: Capt. Lee B. Woolford's daughter, Mrs. William G. Linthicum" but it is not clear if she shot the picture or not. Information on paper folded around the print: "Capt. Lee B. Woolford born May 25, 1862, died Dec. 26, 1933. During his entire steamboating days he resided at Woolford only a few hundred feet from Milton Wharf (house still standing and in fine condition.) Captain of the Emma Giles, the Annapolis; sometimes the Susquehanna and others..." This information came from Mrs. Linthicum. "The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back. of print. Subject: Capt Lee B. WoolfordNo image URL.View
760000.1287.0981.00photographic printsOLIVER'S GIFT racing in the Miles RiverRange, Exa 01/01/1995 - 12/31/1995OLIVER'S GIFT racing in the Miles RiverCBMM catalog imageView
770000.0897.0007.00photographsLog canoe, possibly OLIVER'S GIFT (evidence the doThomas, Fred __PhotographerLog canoe, possibly OLIVER'S GIFT (evidence the double bowsprit), under sail, from astern, probably racing. From old Remarks field: DAMAGED PRINT; WAS MOUNTED ON ALBUM PAGE IN DOWNES CURTIS LOFT Old Subject Fields: LOG CANOE, SAIL VESSEL; RACING RECREATIONAL VESSELSNo image URL.View
780000.2044.0027.00postcardsEricsson and Tolchester PiersBetterton - Kent - Sassafras River - Eastern Shore - MD - USAThis is a color painting of the pier at Betterton. It has a long brown dock in the center with a white and brown roofed building to the right. To the left is a green and white building with a brown roof and an American flag on top. Behind it is a second brown dock with a yellow and brown roofed building at the end. At the bottom there are people in the water. The water is blue and the sky is a little lighter blue. There are white clouds in the sky and the sun is yellow and in the middle. Above the first dock is a small white boat adn below it is a small blue and black boat. At the top "View of Harbor Showing Ericsson and Tolchester Piers; Betterton, Md." printed in red. In teh lower rgiht corner "1557" is printed in light blue. VERSO: On the left side of the the card, "Pub. by Chessler Co., Baltimore, Md." is printed sideways in green. At the top, "POST CARD" is printed in large, green text. Below this is a vertical green line. To the left of the lines, "For Correspondence" is printed in green text and to the right of the line "For address only" is printed in green. On the left side there is a message handwritten in pencil. It reads "7-26-18 We made it today - Left 7 AM arrived 6 30 PM [illegible] -4 -1". On the right side the address in handwritten in pencil. It reads "Oliver [illegible] 230 [illegible] Av Westmont Camden County NJ". In the upper right corner there is a red, two-cent postage stamp with George Washington's profile on it. Over this there is a postage mark which is a black circle with "BETTERTON JUL 27 1 PM 1918 MD." printed in black within it. Above the postage stamp "B" is handwritten in pencil. In the upper left corner, "10" is handwritten in pencil and above the text "CARD", "40" is handwritten in pencil.No image URL.View
792004.0060.0005.00printsColor print of "Commodore Oliver hazard Perry's ViCirca 01/01/1988 -Color print of "Commodore Oliver hazard Perry's Victorious Flagship "NIAGARA", Battle of Lake Erie 1813". Text along the bottom gives dimensions, other ships in fleet, and a quote from Perry, "We have met the enemy and they are ours..two ships, two brigs, one schooner and a sloop." International Historical Watercraft Society in text along top. From an original gouache watercolor by Melbourne Smith. Condition: Good. Material: Paper, ink.CBMM catalog imageView
801977.0019.0001.00ships plansSailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail PlansMarshall and Godfry, __DesignerPratt St - Baltimore - MDCompilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation is comprised of a canvas cover (stored in a separate folder) and 11 sheets. Compilation includes sail plans for the Schooner Oakland, Sloop Albatros, Three Masted Schooner Ella Barnes, Two Masted Schooner King George, Schooner Salisbury, Pungy Exchange, Topsail Schooner Ellie, Schooner Anna Belle, Schooner Queen Anne, Schooner Hester Ann, Schooner Commerce, Two Masted Schooner Pensacola, Two Masted Schooner Sea Bird, Two Masted Schooner Caledonia, Schooner Golden Rule, Schooner American Coaster, Schooner Edward Bennet, Schooner Florence Lee, Pungy William H. Vickery, Schooner Three Brothers, Pungy Mary Anna, Schooner Onward, Schooner Three Sisters, Yacht Mischief, Sloop Treasure, Schooner Anna G. Gale, Schooner Chesterfield. See 1977.0019.0002.00 for four additional sail plans belonging to this compilation. Material is canvas cover and paper.No image URL.View
811977.0019.0002.00ships plansSailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail PlansMarshall and Godfry, __DesignerPratt St - Baltimore - MDCompilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation has four sheets and includes sail plans for the Sloop Barbarana, Sloop Eva, Schooner Harry Moore, Sloop Kent Island, Two Masted Schooner North Carolina, Sloop Alexander McCullough, Schooner Thomas B Taylor, Schooner Bohemia, Schooner Alice, and Schooner Willie J. Gibson. See 1977.0019.0001.00 for canvas cover and remaining sail plans. Material is paper.No image URL.View
820000.1421.0672slides, colorTwo log canoes racingJ. Thomas RequardOctober 1996Miles RiverTwo log canoes racing; Oliver's Gift, left, and Mystery, right; power boats and another log canoe with no sail set in left background; "Log canoes racing same time as skipjacks" penciled on mount.CBMM catalog imageView
830000.1421.0673slides, colorTwo log canoes racingJ. Thomas RequardOctober 1996Miles RiverTwo log canoes racing; "Billie P. Hall, left, and Oliver's Gift, right; "Log canoes" penciled on mount.CBMM catalog imageView
840000.1421.0677slides, colorLog canoe Oliver's Gift racingJ. Thomas RequardOctober 1996Miles RiverLog Canoe Oliver's Gift racing; shroud of another boat in foreground; "Log canoe" penciled on mount.CBMM catalog imageView
850000.1421.0678slides, colorLog canoe Mystery racingJ. Thomas RequardOctober 1996Miles RiverLog canoe Mystery racing, with log canoe Oliver's Gift in background, in the lead; stern of a skipjack at rightCBMM catalog imageView
861969.0050.0001.00swan decoysTundra swan decoyBarnes, Samuel T __Creator ||Holly, James T __CreatorCirca 1890Tundra Swan decoy, by Sam Barnes or James Holly of Havre de Grace. Number one of a small series of swan decoys by this maker; number three of this series is in collection of the Shelburne Museum; the second is in a private collection. Condition: Fair, repair work to neck, paint chipped from tail, crack in back repaired w/wood putty. See Decoy Magazine (March/April 2007), pp. 42-3; also Decoy Magazine (March/April 1993) pp. 9-10 for discussion of the maker of this decoy.CBMM catalog imageView
871968.0090.0001.00trophiesTrophy cup made by Kirk of Baltimore. Awarded to CKirk of baltimore, __ManufacturerExact 01/01/1859 -Trophy cup made by Kirk of Baltimore. Awarded to Captain Greenbury Marshall (donor's maternal grandfather) for winning first offical log canoe race on the Miles River, 1859. Canoe owned by Thomas Oliver of Fairview. Repusse floral design, with blank space for engraving, no notation. Condition: good.CBMM catalog imageView
882017.0024.0001trophies (objects)Silver trophy bowlSilver trophy bowl with foot engraved "The Governor's Cup- Albert C. Ritchie- A Perpetual Trophy- Chesapeake Bay Sailing Canoes- 1927 Regatta- Miles River Yacht Club- St. Michaels Maryland" with image of a log canoe under sail on front and "won by Noddy- Oliver Duke- 1937" on back.CBMM catalog imageView
892000.0055.0002.00watercolor paintingsSchooner OLIVER H. BOOTHJames, Edward __Artist1862-1869Watercolor painting by Edward James, "Schooner Oliver H. Booth, Capt. Oliver Burger, running the Rebel Batteries on the Potomac, Feb. 15th, 1862 ". Initialed in monogram. Condition: some foxing, some acidification in right top corner and level.CBMM catalog imageView

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