Rew Brothers
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1907
Builder:
Location: Justisville
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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 | 8888.0016.0000.00 | documents | Albert E. Brown and Bro Papers<CR><CR>The collection i | Brown, Albert __Creator | Exact 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 | ||
| 2 | 8888.0070.0000.00 | documents | Joanne S. Scott Poems and Skipjack Sketches<CR><CR>Bac | Joanne S. Scott Poems and Skipjack Sketches<CR><CR>Background<CR>Joanne S. Scott is an artist who lives in Chestertown, Maryland, and has a studio on Monhegan Island, Maine. She works in oil and other mediums. About 1963 she and her husband David Q. Scott (1928-1979) purchased the skipjack Rew Bothers which they sailed on the bay for a number of years until it was stolen by drunks from a dock in Annapolis and sailed down the bay until it sank as a result of leakage.Scope and ContentThe collection consists of two poems by Joanne S. Scott, and three original sketches of skipjacks by David Scott, as well as four xerox copies of sketches by Mr. Scott. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 3 | 8888.0112.0000.00 | manuscript | Joanne S. Scott Collection | This archival material has been collected since 1956, when David Q. Scott and Joanne S. Scott bought the Rew Brothers, a 56' skipjack, renamed the Nancy, (stolen one night off the main dock in Annapolis and sunk off Solomons) which they kept for 6 years at their home in Mill Creek, Annapolis. All photos, not indicated otherwise, are David's. Some are de Gast.The photos are in PF#1322 | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 4 | 0000.1134.0015.00 | photographic prints | SKIPJACK REW BROTHERS AT DOCK WITH STERN OF SKIPJA | SKIPJACK REW BROTHERS AT DOCK WITH STERN OF SKIPJACK ROBERT L. TAWES AT RIGHT AND SHED IN BACKGROUND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 5 | 0000.0854.0093.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack "REW BROTHERS" in harbor. Stern quarter | Kaiser, Frederick F __Photographer | SKIPKJACK "REW BROTHERS" IN HARBOR.STERN QUARTER VIEW. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 6 | 0000.1295.0675.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Rew Brothers tied up at Deal Island | Exact 06/21/1941 - 06/21/1941 | Deal Island - Deal Island - Somerset - Tangier Sound - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Rew Brothers tied up at Deal island next to a shed. No sails, but yawl boat is on davits. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 7 | 0000.1295.0714.00 | photographic prints | Dredging fleet tied up at Cambridge | Exact 02/21/1948 - | Dredging fleet tied up at Cambridge; foreground: Preston Lewis; center: skipjacks Rew Brothers, Myrtle, and Clarence Crockett; rear: skipjack Ethel Lewis, and bugeyes Richard Smith and Sallie Bramble and skipjack Henry W. Ruark. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 8 | 0000.1289.0368.00 | photographic prints | Workboat races with schoooners and skipjack | Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer | Range, Cir 01/01/1929 - 12/31/1929 | Workboat races with skipjack Rew Brothers, center, schooner Maud Thomas, upper left, bow of schooner Wm. H. Michael, lower left, schooner H. M. Rowe right; all seen from starboard side; skipjack has main and jib set; schooners have no staysails set; stern of unidentified bugeye? in background. No place given. For source, see 1289.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 9 | 0000.1328.0387.00 | photographic prints | Skipjacks, Henry W Ruark and Rew Brothers tied up | Moll, John B __Photographer | B&W reference photograph taken by John Moll for his art. Skipjacks, Henry W. Ruark and Rew Brothers, tied up at dock. | No image URL. | View |
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