Ruth Decker

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Fetch?	Row ID	Catalog #	Object Name	Title	Artist/Maker	Date Made	Place Made	Description	Full Image	CBMM Cat. Page
	1	0000.0495.0008.00		SCHOONER "RUTH DECKER"; From old Remarks field: BU				SCHOONER "RUTH DECKER"; From old Remarks field: BUILT 1876, PORT JEFFERSON, NJ Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS	No image URL.	View
	2	2006.0068.0001.00	figureheads	Eagle figurehead				Yellow-painted eagle head figurehead with partially open beak. Mouth painted red inside with tongue. Eyes black with red pupils. Mounted on varnished wood panel by 2 flathead screws. "Ruth Decker" in graphite on bottom of mounting board. #2 box 1 in Burgess binder.		View
	3	2006.0068.0602.00	jib hanks	Jib hank, "Ruth Decker"				Jib hank from the schooner "Ruth Decker." The ends are barely tapered and have noches.		View
	4	2006.0068.0603.00	jib hanks	Jib hank, "Ruth Decker"				Jib hank from the schooner "Ruth Decker." The ends are barely tapered.		View
	5	0000.1134.0357.00	photographic prints	SCHOONER RUTH DECKER WITH A DECK LOAD OF LUMBER AT		Exact 06/15/1941 - 06/15/1941	Baltimore - MD	SCHOONER RUTH DECKER WITH A DECK LOAD OF LUMBER AT A DOCK IN BALTIMORE, PROBABLY A LUMBER YARD DOCK Place: BALTIMORE, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS	No image URL.	View
	6	0000.1134.0358.00	photographic prints	SCHOONER RUTH DECKER WITH A DECK LOAD OF LUMBER AT		Exact 06/15/1941 - 06/15/1941	Baltimore - MD	SCHOONER RUTH DECKER WITH A DECK LOAD OF LUMBER AT A DOCK, PROBABLY A LUMBER YARD DOCK, IN BALTIMORE, MD Place: BALTIMORE, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS; DOCKS, HARBORS, & PIERS	No image URL.	View
	7	0000.1295.1598.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker anchored				Schooner Ruth Decker anchored "in Virginia waters." No more informaton about place; no date. Sails furled, tender alongside; seen from port quarter. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	8	0000.1295.1599.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker tied up at Gill Lumber Co.		Exact 06/23/1934 -	Gill Lumber Co. - Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker tied up at Gill Lumber Co. Sails furled, seen from port side. . For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	9	0000.1295.1600.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker tied up at at Baltimore pier		Exact 12/05/1933 -	Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker tied up at a Baltimore pier; seen from starboard bow; lumber on deck and on pier; sails furled. Note: Date in scrapbook is 12/5/1933; date penciled on back of print is 12/25/1933. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	10	0000.1295.1601.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker on railway at Smith's		Range, Exa 07/01/1938 - 07/31/1938	Smith's Shipyard - Baltimore - Curtis Creek - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker on railway at Smith's Shipyard, Curtis Creek; seen almost bow on, showing longhead, bowsprit, jib-boom, bobstays, dolphin striker, name board, furled sails, anchor. Very small man on railway. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	11	0000.1295.1602.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker on railway at Smith's Shipyar		Range, Exa 07/01/1938 - 07/31/1938	Smith's Shipyard - Baltimore - Curtis Creek - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker on railway at Smith's Shipyard, Curtis Creek; seen from starboard side; men working on hull; sails furled;. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	12	0000.1295.1603.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, trailboard & figurehead				Schoonr Ruth Decker, port bow, showing trailboard, longhead, bobstays, name board, furled staysails; trailboard is partially concealed by rigging. no date, no place. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	13	0000.1295.1604.00	photographic prints	Men working on schooner Ruth Decker		Range, Exa 07/01/1938 - 07/31/1938	Smith's Shipyard - Baltimore - Curtis Creek - Western Shore - MD	Men working on Schooner Ruth Decker at Smith's Shipyard, Curtis Creek, Baltimore. "Bottom being painted." Shows copper sheathing above waterline. Starboard bow only shown. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	14	0000.1295.1605.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker on railway		Exact 08/07/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker on railway at Chesapeake Marine Railway #1 "for inspection prior to being converted into a power boat...before I had removed trailboards & figurehead." Seen from starboard bow.For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	15	0000.1295.1606.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker at Smith's Shipyard		Exact 05/13/1945 -	Smith's Shipyard - Baltimore - Curtis Creek - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker at Smith's Shipyard, Curtis Creek. "...with the cap of her foremast broken off. This was the beginning of the end for her." Seen from port side. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	16	0000.1295.1607.00	photographic prints	Hull of schooner Ruth Decker at Ches. Marine Railw		Exact 08/07/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	:Hull of schooner Ruth Decker at Chesapeake Marine Railway #2 "after having her masts and bowsprit taken out. To be converted into a power boat." She is in the water, seen from starboard side. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	17	0000.1295.1608.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, looking forward on deck		Exact 08/07/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker looking forward on deck "of dismantled hulk at Chesapeake Marine Railway," Deckhouse removed, spars on deck. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	18	0000.1295.1609.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, as a hulk, looking aft on de		Exact 08/07/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker looking aft on deck "of dismantled hulk at Chesapeake Marine Railway," spars on deck, pile of liferafts? amidships. She is in the water, tied to a bulkhead. Tugboat Ashland in background .For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	19	0000.1295.1610.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, looking aft in hold		Exact 08/07/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker looking aft in hold, showing knees, centerboard box, deck beams, etc. .For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	20	0000.1295.1611.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, port quarter		Exact 08/07/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker, port quarter,showing quarter board. She is at a dock at Chesapeake Marine Railway Co. before being converted to power. "Chas. Fleury on deck." .For source, see 1295.0001. Subject: Charles Fleury	No image URL.	View
	21	0000.1295.1612.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, bow, with trailboard &		Exact 08/07/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker, port bow, showing trailboard and small figurehead. "I removed these and the quarterboards when she was put on the railway at the #1 Yard" at Chesapeake Marine Railway Co. before being converted to power. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	22	0000.1295.1613.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, from astern, on railway		Exact 08/08/1946 -	Chesapeake Marine Railway - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker, from astern, on railway at Chesapeake Marine Railway Co. "for inspection for conversion into a power boat. Shown before I had removed quarter-boards." Workmen on dock nearby. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	23	0000.1291.1614.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker at Pier 6, Baltimore		Range, Cir 01/01/1942 - 12/31/1942	Pier 6 - Pratt Street - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker at pier 6, Balltimore, seen from starboard side; sails furled; deckload of lumber, more lumber on pier. Cranes and upper parts of freighters visible in background. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	24	0000.1295.1615.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker at a pier				Schooner Ruth Decker at a pier, probably in Balltimore, but no place or date is given. She is seen from astern with a man on deck, and the yawl boat in the water. Piles of lumber on pier in background. More information on mounted large print: She is in Baltimore in 1936; schooner Australia at right (cropped out of smaller print) Stored in oversize file. For source, see 1295.0001.	No image URL.	View
	25	0000.1289.0345.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, starboard bow close-up	Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer	Range, Exa 01/01/1946 - 12/31/1946	Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker, starboard bow close-up, showing bobstays, longhead with trailboard and eagle head, part of bowsprit, part of name board and beautiful reflections. For sourrce, see 1289.0001.	No image URL.	View
	26	0000.1230.0327.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail from port bow		Range, Cir 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939	Patapsco River - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail with deck cargo of lumber; seen from port bow; on Patapsco River with Fort Carroll in background. For source, see 1290.0001.	No image URL.	View
	27	0000.1290.0324.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker, sails set in light wind		Range, Cir 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939	Chesapeake Bay - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker, sails set in light wind; seen from starboard bow; shown off Patapsco River.	No image URL.	View
	28	0000.1290.0325.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail with deck cargo		Range, Cir 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939	Patapsco River - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail in light wind; yawl boat on davits; deck cargo of lumber; shown from port quarter; in Patapsco River.	No image URL.	View
	29	0000.1290.0326.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail, close-in view		Range, Cir 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939	Patapsco River - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail, close-in view from starboard quarter; yawl boat on davits; deck cargo of lumber; in Patapsco River with Sparrows Point in far distance; excellent image to show shipping of lumber. Two prints with two different crops.	No image URL.	View
	30	0000.1290.0328.00	photographic prints	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail, forward part only		Range, Cir 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1939	Patapsco River - Western Shore - MD	Schooner Ruth Decker under sail, forward part only, seen from port bow, showing bowsprit, jib boom, dolphin striker, bobstays, etc.; deck cargo of lumber; shown in Patapsco River with Sparrows Point in far distance.	No image URL.	View
	31	0000.1290.0377.00	photographic prints	Schooner "Ruth Decker"				Schooner "Ruth Decker anchored off Annapolis, MD c. 1938 . Photo by Mooreshead.	No image URL.	View
	32	0000.1290.3410.00	photographic prints	Robert H. Burgess holding billet head before displ		Exact 11/01/1950 - 11/30/1950	1406 Gatewood Road - Newport News - Western Shore - VA	Robert H. Burgess holding billet head before display of ship's steering wheel and two trailboards from A. J. Lawson and Ruth Decker.	No image URL.	View
	33	0000.1290.3411.00	photographic prints	Robert H. Burgess holding billet head before displ		Exact 11/01/1950 - 11/30/1950	1406 Gatewood Road - Newport News - Western Shore - VA	Robert H. Burgess holding billet head before display of ship's steering wheel and two trailboards from A. J. Lawson and Ruth Decker.	No image URL.	View
	34	0000.1290.4230.00	photographic prints	Schooner under sail in Norfolk Harbor			Norfolk Harbor, James Riv - Western Shore - VA	Schooner under sail in Norfolk Harbor; "Probably Ruth Decker" City of Norfolk docked in background.	No image URL.	View
	35	0000.1290.4394.00	photographic prints	Robert H. Burgess standing near display of nautica		Range, Exa 07/01/1953 - 07/31/1953		Robert H. Burgess standing near display of nautical art; shown are billet heads, name boards and trailboards for vessels Harvey H.Conway, Elvira C., The Bangor Ship Bldg Corp, Mystic, Vaughan, Ruth Decker, Mamie A. Mister, Purnell T. White, Apolla, and Chas. G Joyce and a photograph of the Baltimore waterfront. " The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back.	No image URL.	View
	36	0000.0854.0035.00	photographs	SCHOONER "RUTH DECKER" LYING AT WHARF.; From old R	Kaiser, Frederick F __Photographer			SCHOONER "RUTH DECKER" LYING AT WHARF.; From old Remarks field: LARGE SHIPS AND A 3-MASTER IN BACKGROUND. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SCHOONERS	No image URL.	View
	37	0000.0854.0036.00	photographs	SCHOONER,3-MASTED,"LEVIN J. MARVIL" AT WHARF. TAK	Kaiser, Frederick F __Photographer			SCHOONER,3-MASTED,"LEVIN J. MARVIL" AT WHARF. TAKEN FROM DECK OF "RUTH DECKER."; From old Remarks field: LARGE SHIPS IN BACKGROUND. Old Subject Fields: RAM, SAIL VESSELS	No image URL.	View
	38	2006.0068.0248.00	quarter boards	Quarter board from RUTH DECKER				Quarter board from RUTH DECKER. White with black letters. Black design on either end of name. Ends carved.		View
	39	8888.0191.0000	research (document genres)	"Notebook on Shipwrecks" research, Moale	Moale, H. Richard	circa 2000s		Research compiled by author Richard Moale while writing "Notebook on Shipwrecks" publishe din 2010. Includes, documentation of vessels, letters, and other data that did not go into the book.		View
	40	2006.0068.0249.00	trail boards	Port trail board from RUTH DECKER				Port trail board from RUTH DECKER. Black with red letters. Red design on left.		View