Ruth
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1906
Builder:
Location: Deep Creek
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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 | 0000.1134.0092.00 | photographic prints | SKIPJACK RUTH DOCKED AT OXFORD, MD Place: OXFORD | Exact 05/18/1941 - 05/18/1941 | 27815 Southside Island Cr - Trappe - Talbot - Eastern Shore - MD - 21673 - USA | SKIPJACK RUTH DOCKED AT OXFORD, MD Place: OXFORD, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 2 | 0000.1134.0094.00 | photographic prints | SKIPJACK RUTH AT A DOCK, FROM PORT QUARTER Old S | Exact 05/18/1941 - 05/18/1941 | SKIPJACK RUTH AT A DOCK, FROM PORT QUARTER Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; VESSELS, SAIL, DECK & HULL | No image URL. | View | |||
| 3 | 0000.1134.0321.00 | photographic prints | BILLETHEAD ON SKIPJACK RUTH Place: OXFORD, MD | Range,Exac 01/01/1941 - 12/31/1941 | 27815 Southside Island Cr - Trappe - Talbot - Eastern Shore - MD - 21673 - USA | BILLETHEAD ON SKIPJACK RUTH Place: OXFORD, MD Old Subject Fields: CARVINGS, DECORATIVE; SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 4 | 0000.0977.0143.00 | photographic prints | SKIPJACK RUTH A. THOMAS SAILING OUT OF PATAPSCO RI | Burgess, Robert H __Photographer | Range,Exac 04/01/1936 - 04/30/1936 | SKIPJACK RUTH A. THOMAS SAILING OUT OF PATAPSCO RIVER, MD, WITH BLACK MEN AT WHEEL AND ON BOW; From old Remarks field: SEE 1999.010 LOUIS FEUCHTER ART ET AL. CAPTIONS BASED ON INFORMATION ON BACKS OF PRINTS AND BOOK LOUIS FEUCHTER BY ROBERT H. BURGESS; SEE MS 60 Place: PATAPSCO RIVER, MD Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; BLACK PEOPLE | No image URL. | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.1295.0664.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Ruth anchored near Wenona, MD | Wenona - Somerset - Lower Thorofare - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Ruth anchored near Wenona, MD; sails furled; yawl boat on davits. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 6 | 0000.1295.0667.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Ruth ted up at Oxford, MD | Range, Cir 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | Oxford - Talbot - Town Creek - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Ruth tied up at Oxford, MD; No sails, no yawl boat visible. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 7 | 0000.1205.0667.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Ruth tied up at Oxford, MD; No sails, no | Range, Cir 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | Oxford - Talbot - Town Creek - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Ruth tied up at Oxford, MD; no sails, no yawl boat visible; seen from port quarter; Crockett's Boatyard shed (?) in background; may be tied up at Crockett's. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 8 | 0000.1295.0668.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Ruth tied up at Oxford, MD; No sails, no | Range, Cir 01/01/1940 - 12/31/1940 | Oxford - Talbot - Town Creek - Eastern Shore - MD | Skipjack Ruth tied up at Oxford, MD; No sails, no yawl boat visible;seen from port quarter; Crockett Bros. shed (?) in background, so may be at Crocket boatyard. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 9 | 0000.1295.0673.00 | photographic prints | Photograph of watercolor of skipjack Ruth A. Thoma | Photograph of watercolor by Lewis Feuchter of skipjack Ruth A. Thomas under sail, from starboard quarter. Property of The Mariners' Museum. Place unknown. Painting dated 1951. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 10 | 0000.1295.0674.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Ruth A. Thomas tied up at Montford Yard | Montford Yard - Boston St. - Baltimore - Baltimore - Patapsco River - Western Shore - MD - USA | Skipjack Ruth A. Thomas tied up at Montford Yard. Main furled; she needs a coat of paint. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 11 | 0000.1289.0321.00 | photographic prints | Oystering fleet on Choptank, Ruth in foreground | Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer | Exact 11/02/1947 - | Choptank River - MD | Oystering fleet in the Choptank River, with skipjack Ruth in foreground, seen from port side; five or six men on deck; dredge not visible; all six vessels are reefed down and seen in silhouette against sky. For source, see 1289.0001 | No image URL. | View | |
| 12 | 0000.0925.0081.00 | photographs | SKIPJACK RUTH A. THOMAS DREDGING FOR OYSTERS UNDER | Moorshead, Frank __Photographer | Exact 11/27/1941 - 11/27/1941 | SKIPJACK RUTH A. THOMAS DREDGING FOR OYSTERS UNDER SAIL; From old Remarks field: LONGHEAD CROPPED; DATE VERIFIED BY DONOR 3/10/98 Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; DREDGING, OYSTER | No image URL. | View | ||
| 13 | 0000.0925.0087.00 | photographs | SQUARE-RIGGED BUGEYE ELLA F. CRIPPS AND SKIPJACK R | Moorshead, Frank __Photographer | Exact 11/27/1941 - 11/27/1941 | SQUARE-RIGGED BUGEYE ELLA F. CRIPPS AND SKIPJACK RUTH A. THOMAS UNDER SAIL WITH ANOTHER BUGEYE IN BACKGROUND; From old Remarks field: NOT SHARP; PARTS OF VESSELS CROPPED OUT Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; BROGAN OR BUGEYE, SAIL VESSELS | No image URL. | View | ||
| 14 | 0000.0925.0099.00 | photographs | SKIPJACK RUTH A. THOMAS UNDER SAIL WITH OTHER VESS | Moorshead, Frank __Photographer | Exact 11/27/1941 - 11/27/1941 | SKIPJACK RUTH A. THOMAS UNDER SAIL WITH OTHER VESSELS IN BACKGROUND; From old Remarks field: OYSTERING Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SKIPJACKS; DREDGING, OYSTER | No image URL. | View | ||
| 15 | 2000.0020.0001.00 | reports | Two-page "Preliminary Survey of the 41 foot skipja | Exact 06/25/1967 - | Two-page "Preliminary Survey of the 41 foot skipjack "RUTH" by Richardson's Boat shops; gives measurements of the boat and condition of the elements from mast to hull plus yawl boat, on June 12, 1967 while half sunk; includes note signed by James B. Richardson; typed on boat shop letterhead; stapled. Condition: excellent. Note: small label with handwritten info. from vertical file affixed to upper right corner. | No image available | View |
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