Ruby G. Ford
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1891
Builder: William Smith
Location: Fairmount
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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 | 8888.0175.0000 | documents | MS 175 Ed Thieler Papers | Thieler, Edward R | Collection of materials related to Ed Theiler's model making and nameboard carving. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 2 | 0000.1063.0001.07 | negatives | Close-up of part of port side of skipjack Ruby G. | Hingst, William J. __Photographer | Before 01/01/1988 - | Knapps Narrows - Tilghman - Talbot - Eastern Shore - MD | Close-up of part of port side of skipjack Ruby G. Ford with a deckload of oysters, docked in Knapp's Narrows | No image URL. | View | |
| 3 | 0000.1063.0001.08 | negatives | Close-up view of port side of skipjack Ruby G. For | Hingst, William J. __Photographer | Before 01/01/1988 - | Close-up view of port side of skipjack Ruby G. Ford with a deckload of oysters, docked at Knapps Narrows | No image URL. | View | ||
| 4 | 0000.0182.0001.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Kier, Porter M __Photographer | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.0182.0002.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Kier, Porter M __Photographer | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 6 | 0000.0182.0003.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Kier, Porter M __Photographer | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 7 | 0000.0763.0018.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE, TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 8 | 0000.0763.0019.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE, TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 9 | 0000.0763.0020.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE, TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 10 | 0000.0763.0021.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE, TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 11 | 0000.0763.0022.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE | Dodds, Richard __Photographer | Range,Exac 01/01/1988 - 12/31/1988 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", DERELICT AT SEVERN MARINE, TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 12 | 0000.0182.0004.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/07/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 13 | 0000.0182.0005.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 14 | 0000.0182.0006.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 15 | 0000.0182.0007.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 16 | 0000.0182.0008.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 17 | 0000.0182.0009.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 18 | 0000.0182.0010.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 19 | 0000.0182.0011.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 20 | 0000.0182.0012.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 21 | 0000.0182.0013.00 | negatives | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Sub | Range, Cir 01/06/1977 - 01/09/1977 | SKIPJACK "RUBY G. FORD", TILGHMAN ISLAND Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | |||
| 22 | 0000.0975.0143.06 | negatives | Skipjack Ruby G. Ford oystering under sail | 1970 | Chesapeake Beach - Calvert - Chesapeake Bay - Western Shore - MD | Skipjack Ruby G. Ford oystering under sail; seen from port side; another skipjack in background. Both boats are reefed down. |  | View | ||
| 23 | 0000.1125.0682.00 | negatives | "RUBY G FORD" AND OTHER SKIPJACKS IN ANNAPOLIS HAR | Tucker, Ernest | Range,Exac 01/01/1970 - 01/31/1970 | No Address - Annapolis - Anne Arundel - Western Shore - MD - 21401 - USA | "RUBY G FORD" AND OTHER SKIPJACKS IN ANNAPOLIS HARBOR.; From old Remarks field: HOUSED IN MS18. PARTIALLY VISABLE NAME "____ LEWIS". NOTE ICE IN WATER. Place: ANNAPOLIS, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS |  | View | |
| 24 | 0000.1173.0034.00 | photographic prints | MEN WORKING ON SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD, WITH A SCHO | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | MEN WORKING ON SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD, WITH A SCHOONER BEYOND; BOTH HAULED IN A CRISFIELD BOATYARD; From old Remarks field: PICTURE PASTED ON ALBUM PAGE; APPEARS TO BE A RECORD OF AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP; SOME PAGES DATED 1936 Place: CRISFIELD, MD Old Subject Fields: BOATYRADS; SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 25 | 0000.1173.0040.00 | photographic prints | BOATYARD WORKERS NEAR THE SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD, W | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | BOATYARD WORKERS NEAR THE SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD, WHICH IS HAULED OUT; From old Remarks field: PICTURE PASTED ON ALBUM PAGE; APPEARS TO BE A RECORD OF AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP; SOME PAGES DATED 1936 Place: CRISFIELD, MD Old Subject Fields: BOATYRADS; PEOPLE; VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 26 | 0000.1173.0045.00 | photographic prints | VESSELS HAULED OUT AT A CRISFIELD, MD BOATYARD, IN | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | VESSELS HAULED OUT AT A CRISFIELD, MD BOATYARD, INCLUDING SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD AND A DECK BOAT; ONLY PART OF EACH HULL SHOWS; From old Remarks field: PICTURE PASTED ON ALBUM PAGE; APPEARS TO BE A RECORD OF AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP; SOME PAGES DATED 1936 Place: CRISFIELD, MD Old Subject Fields: BOATYRADS; VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; FREIGHT POWER VESSELS; VESSELS, POWER, DECK & HULL | No image URL. | View | ||
| 27 | 0000.1173.0046.00 | photographic prints | TWO MEN REPAIRING SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD AT A CRISF | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | TWO MEN REPAIRING SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD AT A CRISFIELD BOAT YARD; From old Remarks field: PICTURE PASTED ON ALBUM PAGE; APPEARS TO BE A RECORD OF AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP; SOME PAGES DATED 1936 Place: CRISFIELD, MD Old Subject Fields: BOATYRADS; SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; PEOPLE | No image URL. | View | ||
| 28 | 0000.1173.0049.00 | photographic prints | SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD ON BLOCKS AT CRISFIELD, MD, | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD ON BLOCKS AT CRISFIELD, MD, BOATYARD, WITH TWO MEN WORKING IN FOREGROUND; From old Remarks field: PICTURE PASTED ON ALBUM PAGE; APPEARS TO BE A RECORD OF AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP; SOME PAGES DATED 1936 Place: CRISFIELD, MD Old Subject Fields: BOATYRADS; VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; PEOPLE | No image URL. | View | ||
| 29 | 0000.1173.0050.00 | photographic prints | FORWARD PART OF SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD ON BLOCKS AT | Range,Circ 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1936 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | FORWARD PART OF SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD ON BLOCKS AT BOATYARD IN CRISFIELD, MD; From old Remarks field: PICTURE PASTED ON ALBUM PAGE; APPEARS TO BE A RECORD OF AN AUTOMOBILE TRIP; SOME PAGES DATED 1936 Place: CRISFIELD, MD Old Subject Fields: BOATYRADS; VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL; SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 30 | 0000.1295.0568.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Ruby G. Ford docked at Reedville, VA | Range, Exa 11/01/1954 - 11/30/1954 | No Address - Reedville - Northumberland - Cockrell Creek - Western Shore - VA | Skipjack Ruby G. Ford docked at Reedville, VA. Sails are furled; large piece of wood hanging overboard; may be a support to keep oysters from spilling overboard. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 31 | 0000.1295.0605.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Ruby G. Ford dredging under sail | Skipjack Ruby G. Ford dredging for oysters under sail. No place, no date. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 32 | 0000.1295.1907.00 | photographic prints | Trailboard of skipjack Ruby G. Ford, with longhead | Trailbboard of skipjack Ruby G. Ford with longhead and bowsprit. No date, no place. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 33 | 0000.0901.0369.00 | photographs | SKIPJACK Ruby G. Ford UNDER SAIL, DREDGING | Range,Exac 01/01/1912 - 12/31/1913 | SKIPJACK UNDER SAIL, DREDGING; From old Remarks field: CHESAPEAKE BAY SECTION Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; DREDGING, OYSTER | No image URL. | View | |||
| 34 | 1996.0055.0001.00 | prints | John Barber print "CHESAPEAKE MORNING" 58/145 | Barber, John M __Creator | Range,Exac 01/01/1985 - 12/31/1985 | "CHESAPEAKE MORNING" FRAMED PRINT, 58/145, SHOWS SKIPJACK RUBY G. FORD DREDGING NEAR THOMAS POINT SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE WITH ANOTHER SKIPJACK IN THE BACKGROUND, ARTISTS PROOF-SIGNED IN PENCIL, LR Title: CHESAPEAKE MORNING Materials: PAPER, INK Colors: POLYCHROME Negative #: N2025, R9 | No image URL. | View | ||
| 35 | 2000.0049.0001.00 | sculpture (visual work) | Painted wooden silhouette of man skulling crabbing | Evans, Waverly __Creator | Circa 01/01/2000 - | Painted wooden silhouette of man skulling crabbing skiff with oar, dip net made from wire and plastic netting stowed under thwart, boat painted; red hull, white sides, turquoise interior, made by Waverly Evans Condition: excellent. |  | View | ||
| 36 | 0000.1421.0263 | slides, color | Inside cabin of skipjack Ruby G. Ford | J. Thomas Requard | 1975 | Inside cabin of skipjack Ruby G. Ford; part of galley at left; walls painted Chesapeake Green; Ford was the oldest skipjack. |  | View | ||
| 37 | 0000.1421.0264 | slides, color | Netting gear strewn on deck of skipjack Ruby G. Ford | J. Thomas Requard | 1975 | Dredge netting gear strewn on deck of skipjack Ruby G. Ford; some has been partially re-tied; Ford was the oldest skipjack. |  | View | ||
| 38 | 0000.1421.0265 | slides, color | Dredge nets atop hatch of skipjack Ruby G. Ford | J. Thomas Requard | 1975 | Dredge nets atop hatch of skipjack Ruby G. Ford; Ford was the oldest skipjack |  | View | ||
| 39 | 0000.1421.0266 | slides, color | Skipjack Ruby G Ford docked with main up | J. Thomas Requard | 1975 | Looking forward on skipjack docked with main up, oystering nets on deck; probably Ruby G. Ford, the oldest skipjack |  | View | ||
| 40 | 0000.1421.0267 | slides, color | Skipjack Ruby G. Ford docked, looking aft | J. Thomas Requard | 1975 | Looking aft on skipjack docked, showing after deck, wheel and dinghy astern; probably Ruby G. Ford, the oldest skipjack |  | View | ||
| 41 | 0000.1421.0268 | slides, color | Skipjack Ruby G Ford docked with sails up | J. Thomas Requard | 1975 | Skipjack docked with sails up nearby sign says "Welcome Aboard Ruby G. Ford Built 1891 Admission $100;" picnic tables in foreground. |  | View | ||
| 42 | 2004.0063.0003 | spar (watercraft component) | Spar from Skipjack Ruby G. Ford | A spar/jib club from the skipjack Ruby G. Ford. It is made of wood and has a single block with beckit and some rope reminants attached. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 43 | 0000.1351.0155.00 | transparency (photographic) | Deck of white skipjack named "Ruby G Ford". Slide | Deck of white skipjack named "Ruby G Ford". Slide by David Q. Scott |  | View |
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