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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 | 8888.0001.0000.00 | documents | Howard I. Chapelle Papers | Chapelle, Howard I | Exact 01/01/1901 - | The papers of Howard I. Chapelle consist of notes, printed materials, articles by others, some plans and correspondence. Much of the material is not original, but is source material collected by Chapelle.<br /><br />The papers are divided into three basic sections: 1. Correspondence, 2. thematic folders, and 3. whole notebooks by Chapelle. Papers are arranged into the most specific topic heading as possible. However, a researcher would be advised to peruse the subject headings before beginning specific research. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 2 | 1964.0005.0001.00 | models | Rigged model, case and stand. sch USS ENTERPRISE | Gibson, R H __Creator | Exact 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. | ![]() | View | ||
| 3 | 1964.0005.0002.00 | models | Full model, case and stand. schooner USS NAUTILUS. | Gibson, R H __Creator | Exact 01/01/1956 - | Full model, case and stand. USS NAUTILUS. Excellent quality and condition. 3/16" scale model by R. Hammond Gibson. | ![]() | View | ||
| 4 | 1964.0005.0003.00 | models | Full model of the brig JOHN GILPIN | Circa 01/01/1964 - | Full model of the brig JOHN GILPIN. Made of wood. Condition: fair. | ![]() | View | |||
| 5 | 0000.1290.2746.00 | photographic prints | Steamboat Calvert under way in a harbor | Steamboat Calvert under way in a harbor, with inboard motorboat in foreground, also under way; she is seen from starboard side. No date, no place given. Copied from a printed page with caption at bottom: "Steamer "CALVERT," one of the splendid steamers of our Chesapeake Bay fleet." "The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 6 | 0000.1290.3451.00 | photographic prints | Photograph of print showing battle between Monitor | Hampton Roads - Western Shore - VA | Photograph of print showing battle between Monitor and Merrimac "The Splendid Victory of the Ericsson Battery Monitor" lithograph by Hatch and Co., New York. Three other vessels in background. Battle was fought 3/9/1862. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 7 | 1997.0056.0001.00 | watercolors (paintings) | Clipper schooner Young Brutus by Roux | Roux, Antoine __Artist | Circa 1819 | Marseilles - France | Clipper schooner Young Brutus attributed to Antoine Roux Jr., starboard view of ship under sail heading into the port at Marseilles, France, crew visible on deck including several Black men, black and white hulled vessel flying US flag and house flag, black lower border with vessel name and capt name.<br /><br />The Roux family were well known for their ships portraits. Living in Marseilles port district they were able to observe many different ships. | ![]() | View |
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