Three Brothers
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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 | 0000.0519.0017.00 | ICEBOAT AND SKATERS Old Subject Fields: RECREATI | ICEBOAT AND SKATERS Old Subject Fields: RECREATIONAL SAIL VESSELS; PEOPLE |  | View | |||||
| 2 | CC23.0000.0073 | artworks (art) | Ghost Forests, Song | Thelma Jarvis Peterson | Artist statement: My ancestors have lived on the Chesapeake Bay for almost four centuries as farmers, watermen, boat builders, seafood merchants, and captains of many vessels, including the Old Bay Line steamboats. Raised with three brothers on these same waters, in wooden boats built by our father and grandfather, our childhood naturally instilled in us a deep respect for the Bay and our heritage. We worked together as a family preparing and harvesting the bounty of the waters from those wooden boats; self-reliance and an independent nature were fused into our character.<br /><br />This family heritage and tradition still exists today along the Chesapeake Bay, despite facing many new challenges. The health of the Bay and rising sea level are impacting vital elements of this community’s way of life. My hope is that these important cultural traditions continue to thrive, and enhance lives for generations to come. <br /><br />Thelma Jarvis Peterson <br />http://thelmapeterson.com/<br />Machipongo, Virginia |  | View | |||
| 3 | 1997.0065.0001.00 | coats | Overcoat of ferry boat captain Daniel Higgins, Sr. | Circa 01/01/1940 - | Overcoat of ferry boat captain Daniel Higgins, Sr., who worked for the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry Co., full length black coat with gold buttons, double breasted, 3 bands of trim at cuffs, label inside reads"A. Jacobs & Son, Baltimore", small chain for hanging sewn in at collar. Condition: Good, needs cleaning, no moth damage. Material: Wool, satin, metal. From original owner's son. |  | View | |||
| 4 | 2003.0040.0009.00 | correspondence | Letter to clients from donor with three subjects: | Conner, Philip __Writer | Circa 01/01/2003 - | Letter to clients from donor with three subjects: the acquisition of Crockett Bros. Boatyard by Hinckley, a change in personnel, and the notice of a safe boat inspection event. Letterhead is white with screened chart for background, logo at top with owner's flag and "Crockett Bros. Boatyard Incorporated, 202 Banks Street, P.O. Box 369, Oxford, Maryland 21654, www.crockettbros.com" on UL and "Philip G. Conner, President, Telephone: 410-226-5113, Fax: 410-226-5602" UR. LL is "Member: American Boatbuilders & Repairers Association, American Boat & Yacht Council, Marine Trades Association of Maryland," and LR is the logo for "Maryland Clean Marina". Subject: Crockett Brothers Inc Boatyard | No image URL. | View | ||
| 5 | 1999.0004.0001.01 | decoy patterns | Cardboard patterns for preening black duck or mallard | Ward, Lemuel T __Creator | Circa 01/01/1984 - | Cardboard patters for preening black duck or Mallard, in three pieces: (A) Head (B) Side of Body (C) Top of Body. By Lemuel Ward, patterns drawn in pencil and black marker pen, labeled in pencil and/or pen; hole poked through each pattern at eye or breast, B and C each marked "one block of wood" and signed "Lem Ward" in pencil; C also bears name and address of Low and Charlene Reinere (Illinois) in blue ink, each numbered by Ward Brotars Legacy on back:(A)241/65 (B)242/65 (C)243/65. Condition: B and C made from acidic cardboard. Framed together. |  | View | ||
| 6 | 8888.0082.0000.00 | documents | Baltimore Steam Packet Company Collection (1920-19 | Range, Cir 01/01/1920 - 12/31/1946 | Baltimore Steam Packet Company Collection (1920-1946):The Baltimore Steam Packet Company collection is composed of sets of letters and telegrams bound in folders by topic, and stamped on the outside with a catalog number. The material spans a twenty-six year period from 1920 through 1946 and deals with the everyday operations of a large ferry service including accidents, repairs, buying and selling equipment and property, complying with government regulations, handling employee requests for raises and passes, and two attempts at being bought out. Additionally, the Great Depression hit the company hard with a loss in freight traffic and mounting maintenance expenses evident throughout the collection. Most of the material is internal correspondence from both within the Baltimore Steam Packet Company and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, its principal owner. The collection is organized chronologically and retains the company's numbering system and folder labels, though not in their original sequence. See also MS 19 - Baltimore Steam Packet Company Records (1867-1962)Background Information (From MS 19)At its end in 1962, the Baltimore Steam Packet Company (Old Bay Line) was the oldest steamboat company operating in the United States. The company was incorporated in December 1839 "for the purpose of employing one or more steamboats to navigate the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary streams for the conveyance of passengers and the transportation of merchandise and other articles." The company started with four vessels purchased secondhand running between Baltimore and Portsmouth. In 1841 the company built the ill-fated Medora which blew up and sank on its trial passage. In 1851, to meet competition, OBL bought the majority of stock in the reorganized Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad. The same year the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad purchased a controlling interest in OBL. In the ante-bellum period OBL ran a fleet of new steamboats "Second to none." During the Civil War the company maintained a service between Baltimore and Old Point Comfort. After the Civil War the carriage of freight became increasingly important. The company started employing freight-only boats. New iron-hulled steamboats with screw propulsion began to replace wooden sidewheelers. In the 1870s the company purchased a controlling interest in the Powhatan Line to meet competition on the York River. Previously, the Leary Line was bought out in 1867. Disasters which befell some of the boats included the burning of the New Jersey in 1870, the Louisiana rammed and sunk in 1874, and the Virginia in collision in 1890 and catching fire in 1919. In 1898 a fire destroyed buildings and freight in Baltimore in addition to early records of the line. Fire caused damage in 1904 and again in 1911. The 1890s were the heyday of OBL, as it was for many steamboat companies. However, in 1900 Seaboard Air Line Railway acquired the entire capital stock of OBL. The company continued to prosper and in 1910 Sunday sailings were added due to the increasing amount of perishable food movements. On January 1, 1918 the U.S. Government took over the management of all railroad and steamboat lines and combined the operation of the Old Bay Line and Chesapeake Steamship Co. under the direction of Kay Compton, president of the latter line. This control lasted until March 1, 1920. Each line kept separate books and accounts. During this time law required that two separate accounts be kept, corporate accounts for use by the company and federal accounts for use by the Federal Auditor. During the remainder of the twentieth century the company's future would continue to decline as passengers and freight business was taken over by the automobile and truck. In 1941 OBL absorbed the Chesapeake Steamship Co., and thereby acquired the steamers City of Norfolk, City of Richmond, and Yorktown. But that same year the War Shipping Administration requisitioned the State of Maryland, State of Virginia, and, in 1942, the Yorktown and President Warfield. President Warfield and Yorktown sailed in convoy to England on September 21, 1942. In 1947 the Warfield was used to run Jewish immigrants to Palestine as the Exodus 1947. By 1957 the Washington - Norfolk route was discontinued and the company was operating the steamers City of Richmond, City of Norfolk, and District of Columbia. During this time the company faced a number of strikes and the loss of some leased pier facilities. Finally on April 13, 1962 there occurred the last sailing and the OBL closed its doors. Vessels mentioned: Alabama (steamer)Alcyone (motor vessel)City of Richmond (steamer)City of Norfolk (steamer)Florida (steamer)Gaston (steamer)Golden Harvest (freighter)Lake Lalvenia / Lake Clarendon (steamer shipwreck)Milton S. Lankford (bugeye)President Warfield (steamer)Raleigh (steamer)State of Maryland (steamer)State of Virginia (steamer)Professional Organizations, Company names, & Newspapers mentioned: Association of Railway ExecutivesAtlantic Coast Railroad, New York, NYBaltimore Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, MDBethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, PABurlington, Veeder, Clark & Hupper law firm, New York, NYButler Brothers Lumber Company, West Palm Beach, FLChesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of VirginiaChesapeake Steamship Company, Baltimore, MDDichmann, Wright & Pugh, steamboat agents and brokers, New York, NYGuaranty Trust Company of New York, New York, NYGulfport Fruit & Steamship Company, Gulfport, MSMaryland Trust Company, Baltimore, MDMetropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NYOld Dominion Steamship Company, Norfolk, VAPhiladelphia & Norfolk Steamship CompanyRadiomarine Corporation of America, New York, NYSaginaw Bay Steamship CompanySeaboard Air Line Railway Company, Norfolk, VASouthern Railway Company, Washington, DCStandard Wholesale Phosphate & Acid Works, Inc., Baltimore, MDTolchester Steamboat Company, Baltimore, MDWestinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PABaltimore News Post, Baltimore, MDBaltimore Evening Sun, Baltimore, MDBaltimore Morning Sun, Baltimore, MDFlorida Times Union, Jacksonville, FLNew York American, New York, NYNew York Evening Journal, New York, NYNew York Times, New York, NYNorfolk Ledger Dispatch, Norfolk, VAPortsmouth Star, Portsmouth, VAThe Sun, Baltimore, MDVirginian Pilot, Norfolk, VA Subject: Old Bay Line | No image URL. | View | |||
| 7 | 8888.0079.0000.00 | documents | The Owens Yacht Company Collection:This collec | Range, Cir 01/01/1925 - 12/31/1965 | Oversize folders 1-6 are in CSC FF 66. The bulk of this collection begins on CSC 15C4 and continues on 15C5<CR><CR>The Owens Yacht Company Collection:This collection is composed of advertisements, catalogs for both parts and accessories for Owens vessels, newspaper articles and other published material relating to the Owens business or family and images and photographs related to the company. Also included are numerous plans for boats, data regarding distribution and equipment as well as brochures and booklets that contain pertinent information for potential sellers of Owens boats. There are also many large boat plans that have been donated to the museum by the Owens brothers and former employees of the Owens Yacht Company. There is detailed information regarding Concorde Yachts (successor to the Owens Yacht Division of Brunswick Corp.) including owners' manuals and test data. Several folders containing information about the Owens Men's Club also are included in the collection.Background Information In 1925, Charlie Owens started a boat building business after resigning from his job at Westinghouse and prepared to move his family to Annapolis to pursue this new endeavor. Charlie's wife, Mary died in 1918 of influenza and he was left to raise his five children: Charles Jr., Norman, John, William, and Molly. Charles and his children began to build boats for the United States Naval Academy to use for training purposes. Business was prospering despite the Depression, however, Charlie Owens died suddenly in 1933 at the age of fifty-eight, leaving the business to his five children. Three of the Owens children quickly took on the bulk of the responsibility and distributed the work among them: Charlie became the marketing manager, Norman the designer, and Jack the treasurer of the Owens Yacht Company (William had no interest in the boating industry and instead became an ophthalmologist). They opened a factory in East Baltimore in 1936 to be able to meet the needs of their growing clientele. Once World War II began, the Owens Company began to produce boats for the United States military. After Pearl Harbor they were asked to begin design on a LVCP or landing craft vehicle personnel to be used for a possible beach invasion. The Owens boats were used in 1944 during the D-Day invasion and by the end of the war they had built 1160 LCVP landing craft and 336 other boats. After the war, the Owens Company returned to building pleasure boats and soon became second in the nation in their production. In 1961, Charles retired after he and his brothers sold the Owens Yacht Company to the Brunswick Corporation. Brunswick began to produce Concorde Yachts. Soon after, the Brunswick Corporation sold Maurice L. Test of Florida the Concorde Yacht Division of the corporation, which became the Test Concorde Inc.; although the Owens name was retained until financial difficulties forced the company to close. In 1972, the IRS foreclosed on Test after discovering he had not filed income taxes. The IRS held an auction to sell all materials, machinery, parts, etc. and all facets of the Owens Yacht Company were officially closed.The Owens Yacht Marquee Club is an Owens association, and some of the collected materials pertain to the club's activities and communications. Information for this background information regarding the Owens Yacht Company was taken directly from the contents of Folder 1 of the collection and Jack Owens' "Owens Brothers-Pioneer Boat Builders" piece that is found in the library vertical file.SubjectsCharles Owens, Sr.Charles Owens, Jr.John "Jack" OwensMary OwensMolly OwensNorman OwensWilliam OwensBrunswick CorporationConcorde YachtsOwens Men's ClubOwens Yacht CompanyOwens Yacht Marquee ClubMaurice L. TestTest Concorde Inc. Subject: Charles Owens Sr. Subject: Charles Owens Jr. Subject: Mr Jack Owens | No image URL. | View | |||
| 8 | 8888.0075.0000.00 | documents | Harold B. Kennerly, Jr. Collection:The bulk of | Range, Cir 01/01/1930 - 12/31/1979 | Harold B. Kennerly, Jr. Collection:The bulk of the Kennerly collection is comprised of correspondence concerning efforts to fight a proposed tariff on imported tuna in the early 1950s. Chiefly, they concern the H. B. Kennerly & Son packing company and House of Representatives Bill 5693, which sought to put a 3 cent per pound tax on imported tuna. Kennerly, as head of the Tuna Canners Association, corresponded heavily with members of Congress in 1951 and 1952 against the bill. Following this he opposed restrictions on imported groundfish fillets, and worked for scientific study of the tuna fish. Additional materials in the collection include newspaper and magazine articles about Bill 5693 and H. B. Kennerly & Son, and documents from both H. B. Kennerly & Son and its predecessor, Roaring Point Oyster Company. The collection also includes two miscellaneous items from local Nanticoke history: an article about a steamboat line, and a daybook from a construction company. Biographical BackgroundMr. Harold B. Kennerly, Jr. (born 1914/1915) was an important figure in Maryland's Eastern Shore seafood industry from the 1930s to the 1970s. He was the third generation of Kennerlys to operate oyster houses on the Chesapeake. His father, Harold, Sr., operated the Roaring Point Oyster Company, a seasonal oyster shucking business out of Nanticoke, Maryland. When the son joined the firm circa 1938 the name changed to Harold B. Kennerly & Son. During World War II they canned tomatoes in the summer and fish products starting in the fall that including herring, whitefish, and oysters. In 1945 they became the first tuna canners on the Eastern Shore, first canning albacore tuna caught in the Atlantic, then importing Pacific tuna from Peru, Japan, and elsewhere as production (and demand) increased. By the early 1950s, the company canned tuna, herring, vegetables, blackberries, strawberries, and froze clam chowder, sea clams, clam strips, oysters, oyster stews, and fish sticks. Around 1951 Harold, Jr. joined several other canners in founding the Tuna Canners Association (members in MA, MD, and ME) to fight passage of House of Representatives Bill 5693, legislation that sought to levy a three-cent tax on every pound of "imported" tuna fish. The tariff would have benefited Southern California packing houses that canned tuna caught by American vessels fishing in waters off the coasts of Central and South America. East Coast packers purchased tuna from the same region, though they earned the "import" designation by using local fishermen and transporting the catch to the United States in foreign-owned vessels. Through an intense lobbying effort between the Tuna Canners Association and various Senators, the bill was defeated when finally put to a vote in the U. S. Senate on June 24, 1952. Even after this victory, the correspondence indicates additional hearings, potential restrictions, and tariff negotiations continuing into the mid 1950s, beyond the dates of this collection. When not lobbying for the canning industry, Harold Kennerly, Jr. traveled the United States marketing oysters. The company shipped across the continental United States and Canada, including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Montreal. They canned under many different brands, including Maryland House and Seacrest, and canned for other companies including Campbell's Soup, A & P, Kroeger, and American Stores. Besides their own seed oyster beds in the Nanticoke River, they at various times bought oysters from Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, Oregon, and Washington State. They also had companies in Virginia and Delaware shucking for them. In 1956 H. B. Kennerly & Son was sold to Coldwater Seafood. Harold, Sr. passed away that year during the negotiation process. Following the sale Harold, Jr. bought an oyster house across Nanticoke Harbor and started Nanticoke Seafood Company, formerly the frozen division of H. B. Kennerly & Son. He finally retired from the oyster business around 1979. Subjects:Seafood Industry; Seafood Packing; Oyster Industry; Marine Construction; Nanticoke, MD--HistoryIndividuals mentioned in the Collection:A. W. AndersonHarold BassettVirginia BlandLeon C. BulowJohn M. Butler (Sen., MD)Harry P. Cain (Sen., WA)Homer E. Capehart (Sen., IN)Marvin CoxEverett McKinley Dirksen (Sen., IL)James H. Duff (Sen., PA)Homer Ferguson (Sen., MI)Ralph E. Flanders (Sen., VT)Walter F. George (Sen., GA)Guy M. Gillette (Sen., IA)Betty GuhringJohn HarrisonThomas C. Henning, Jr. (Sen., MO)Clyde R. Hoey (Sen., NC)Spessard L. Holland (Sen., FL)Lester C. Hunt (Sen., WY)Irving M. Ives (Sen., NY)Olin D. Johnston (Sen., SC)Estes Kefauver (Sen., TN)Harold B. Kennerly, Jr.Harold B. Kennerly, Sr.Juan Baptista de Lavalle Herbert H. Lehman (Sen., NY)Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (Sen., MA)Burnet R. Maybank (Sen., SC)Ernest W. McFarland (Sen., AZ)Brian McMahon (Sen., CT)Edward T. Miller (Rep., MD)Mike Monroney (Sen., OK)Felix MorleyHerbert R. O'Conor (Sen., MD)A. Willis Robertson (Sen., VA)Richard B. Russell (Sen., GA)Otto SchoenrichH. Alexander Smith (Sen., NJ)John Sparkman (Sen., AL)Raymond E. SteeleWilliam StumpEdward J. Thye (Sen., MN)John J. Williams (Sen., DE)P. J. WingateArnold VoglVessel(s) mentioned in the Collection: Rumba (refrigerator ship)Congressional Bills mentioned in the Collection:H.R. 5693S. 2802Organizations, Company names, & Newspapers / Periodicals mentioned: American Seafood Distributors AssociationAmerican Tuna Boat Association, CACalifornia Fish Canners AssociationFish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Department of the InteriorH. B. Kennerly & Son, Nanticoke, MDRiviera Packing Company, Eastport, MERoaring Point Oyster Co., Nanticoke, MDTuna Canners Association (TCA), Washington, DCUnited States Tariff Commission (USTC)United States SenateBaltimore Evening SunPathfinder MagazineMaryland Tidewater NewsSun MagazineWashington Star Subject: Harold B Kennerly Jr | No image URL. | View | |||
| 9 | 8888.0074.0000.00 | documents | The Tilghman Packing Company/Avalon Island Collect | Exact 01/01/1897 - | The Tilghman Packing Company/Avalon Island Collection:Background:The Tilghman Packing Company was opened in 1897 by two brothers, S. Taylor Harrison and J. Camper Harrison. The construction and operation of the company helped to create Avalon Island, a small parcel of land made entirely from oyster shells. In 1905, the Tilghman Packing Company was officially located on Avalon Island and by 1934 George T. Harrison, the cousin of the abovementioned founders became president of the company for nearly thirty years. The company packed all of Vita Foods fish products for decades and these business proceedings resulted in a strong business relationship between George Harrison and Vita president, Mr. Heller. In 1944, like many other production companies, the Tilghman Packing Company was supporting the war effort through high production of food stuffs. The company was given the "A Award" by the War Food Administration for their continued excellence throughout the war. By 1962, the Tilghman Packing Company was sold by the Harrison family to Richard "Dick" Knapp. In 1968, the packing company was dissolved by Duffy-Mott Inc, becoming the Tilghman Packing Division. The company was officially liquidated by 1975; and by 1976 Duffy-Mott Inc. finally sold Avalon Island which would eventually become Tilghman-On-Chesapeake, a waterfront community and marina.In 2000, Margaret Enloe Vivian wrote her Masters of Arts thesis about the Tilghman Packing Company and the transition of Avalon Island from one of production to one of leisure and recreation. The above information is taken from her thesis, which is catalogued in this collection in its entirety as well as in a condensed article entitled: "Tilghman Packing Company and the Transformation of Landscape on Avalon Island," that was published in the spring 2000 edition of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's former publication The Weather Gauge.Subjects: African Americans on the Chesapeake Bay Avalon Island Duffy-Mott Inc. H. Robins Hollyday Photograph CollectionThe Tilghman Packing Company The Tilghman Packing Division Tilghman Island Cross Burning (1986-1987) Tilghman Island-general information, history Tilghman Island Day (1977)Tilghman-On-Chesapeake community and marina Vita FoodsIndividuals represented in the collection: May BouldenBob CooperElizabeth "Lib" DunleavyMarie Ennells George T. HarrisonJ. Camper Harrison S. Taylor HarrisonGeorge Heller Harrison (son of the Tilghman Packing Company's President George T. Heller)Mr. Heller Phil and Sue Metzler Lillian Mortimer Dan and Edwina Murphy Bill Runyon Jack Stapleton Pete Sweitzer Margaret Enloe VivianNewspapers and Periodicals represented in the collection: Mott off the Press The Banner Newspapers Shore LinesThe Star Democrat The Sunday Sun [Baltimore] The Washington Post The Weather Gauge TOC Happenings Subject: J C Harrison Subject: S T Harrison Subject: Geo T Harrison | No image URL. | View | |||
| 10 | 8888.0010.0000.00 | documents | Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1976) Photo Collection | 1890-1970 | Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1976) Photo Collections (1890s--1970s) Biographical Background: Herman Hollerith, Jr. was born in 1892 at 3112 Q St., Georgetown, District of Columbia to Herman Hollerith, Sr. and Lucia Talcott Hollerith. His father invented the punch-card tabulating machine. He sold his company in 1911 to a firm that later became IBM. Other Hollerith children were Nan, Richard, Charles, Virginia and Lucia. The family lived in Georgetown, Garret Park and Montgomery County. In 1908 they bought a summer home in Mathews County, Virginia named Brighton. They spent their summers at Brighton from 1909. The family had a number of boats which were kept at Brighton: a New England dory named LUVINA; a flat bottomed power workboat named BRIGHTON; a 45 foot, gas powered yacht named REGINA, which was later renamed LUVINA and later still renamed MATOAKA, and an 85 foot vacht named LUVINA. The name Luvina was derived from the three daughter's names, Lucia, Virginia and Nan. Herman Hollerith, Jr. attended Worchester Polytechnic College with his borther, Charles, and received an engineering degree in 1917. He worked at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, and then at the Victor Talking Maching Company, where he was chief engineer and production engineer. During this time he lived in Riverton and Moorestown, New Jersey. He quit the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1928 when it was purchased by RCA. From 1932-1936 Hollerith was president of the Virginia Navigation Company and operated a small passenger steamer under contract to a large corporation. From 1936-39 he did not work during the Depression. In 1939 he moved to Baltimore to work for the Glenn L. Martin Company where he was involved in building airplanes during WWII. Hollerith worked until he was 69 years old. He was married twice. He and Sarah Valentine Fox had four children and were divorced in 1936. In 1938 he married Elisabeth C. Guest. In 1954 he bought a house near Oxford, Maryland and retired there in 1961. Hollerith was active in the early days ofnthe Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and was instrumental in the move of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse to the grounds. Hollerith had a love for boats and owned the ERIC, launched in 1925, until his death. This sailboat was an Atkins design based on a Norwegian ketch. ERIC was the prototype of the Westsai1 32. Hollerith died in 1976. For more information about the Hollerith family researchers should consult: HERMAN HOLLERITH: FORGOTTEN GIANT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING, by Geoffrey D. Austrian; NY: 1982, Columbia University Press. Scope and Content: This collection consists of photos taken or collected by Hollerith. The bulk of photos were taken by Hollerith of scenes from 1915-1940. They feature steamboat and sailboat scenes on the lower Chesapeake. Many of the photos were taken on cruises around Mathews County, Va. Some photos (especially M series negatives) were collected by Hollerith and taken by his father and brothers. The photos depict the agriculture life of the lower western shore and often show the introduction of power. Many of these photos have been published. The water was an important focus for life in Brighton. Mrs. Elisabeth Hollerith supplied a quote from Hollerith about life in Brighton: We did everything by boat, used the daily steamer from Norfolk for transportation to and from Washington and for most supplies including ice. Met the steamer at one of the wharves on the East River each day to pick up mail, visiting friends, etc. The roads were so bad we rarely went inland. Went to church and to visit our friends in a motor boat. In addition to the following subject indices, the researcher should note that Hollerith had his own subject indices. These are available to researchers and especially useful in looking for boat names. They are stored with the negatives. Subjects:Airplanes; Caribbean; C & D Canal; Eastern Shore; Hollerith, Herman, Jr.; Log canoes; Mathews county, Va.; Old Point Comfort, Va.; Sailboats, commercial; Seafood Industry; Steamboats, Chesapeake Bay; Washington, DC; workboats, Chesapeake Bay. Subject: Herman Hollerith Jr |  | View | |||
| 11 | 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 | ||
| 12 | 8888.0044.0000 | documents | Oystering Ephemera Collection | An artificial manuscript collection of materials relating to the oyster industry in the Chesapeake Bay there are 2 series in this collection from different sources.<br /><br />The Series 1 collection consists mostly of letterheads, billheads, price lists, trade cards, labels, and related items, including correspondence for a large number of oyster and seafood packing houses, some of which also dealt with fruit packing. Many of these companies were based in Baltimore, Maryland, but packers in Virginia, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are also represented. Other items in the collection include envelopes, checks, mailing tags, receipts, advertisements, recipe booklets, and ledgers.<br /><br />The Series 2 collection includes photographs and stereoviews, oyster advertising material, restaurant menus, trade cards, comics, sheet music, post cards, business receipts, and books/booklets. The collection is organized by category, Chesapeake related, and general oyster material and was collected by Michele and Clifford Krainik. |  | View | ||||
| 13 | 8888.0059.0000.00 | documents | Captain Irvin S. Wheatley Ship's Papers<CR><CR>Backgro | Range, Cir 01/01/1885 - 12/31/1894 | This collection begins on CSC 15D1 and continues onto 15D2.Captain Irvin S. Wheatley Ship's PapersBackgroundA large number of documents were donated to the museum by Karen Potter a descendent of the Wheatleys through her paternal grandmother's family. The papers consist of bills, receipts, invoices, and business and personal papers, mostly related to the activities of the two-masted trading schooner Edward L. Martin during the last two decades of the 19'h century.What is known about Captain Irvin Steven Ralph Wheatley (January 19, 1860-March 14, 1941) can be gleaned from the papers in this collection, U.S. Census records, and an internet genealogy. Born January 19, 1860, he was from a large family of Galestown, Dorchester County, Maryland, about twelve miles from Seaford, Delaware. He was captain of the schooner Hattie C. Wheatley for some time before becoming captain of the Martin from about 1885 until 1894. He owned shares in the Martin varying from one-third to one-eighth at different times during those years. Subsequently he was captain of the schooner John Q. Ferguson from January 1895 until at least December 1896. Irvin Wheatley had five brothers, two of whom died as children. The survivors were: Luther Elijah (June 1858-December 1931); George Edward (November 1856-July 1927); and Albert Ellis (September 1873-February 1955), and Frederick Seth (August 1858-August 1874). Of these, Luther figures most prominently in this collection. From personal letters (Box 7), it appears that while Irvin Wheatley was busy as captain of various ships, Luther managed a farm Irvin owned near Galestown. Irvin Wheatley apparently retired from the sea about 1897 and also took up farming. In 1930 both Irvin and his wife, Effie L. (October 1, 1866-August 11, 1935), still resided near Galestown.The schooner Edward L. Martin's official No. was 135629. She was built by Stephen (?) W. Kinsey in Sussex County, Delaware in 1882. She was of 84.95 gross, and 80.70 net tonnage. Her dimensions in feet were 87.2 length, 23.6 breadth, and 6.8 depth. About 1942, after running through numerous owners, she was bought by John B. Conway, converted to power, renamed Honey B, and put into the "dude" boat trade. In 1953 she was bought by Hugh B. Emmons and was destroyed the same year by fire near Oxford, Maryland.Scope and ContentThe core of this collection is an extremely comprehensive set of commercial shipping documents covering the period from 1885 to 1894. These include shipping instructions from the consignee of cargo, charter parties (contracts between shippers and vessel owners, shipping articles (agreements between ship owners and crews), and numerous other papers relating to the shipping business. Of special interest in this collection are the papers related to two trips made by the Edward L. Martin to the Bahamas to pick up loads of pineapples. These papers include instructions, charter parties, articles, as well as the many customs forms, clearances, quarantine receipts, and health certificates required at U. S. ports and from Bahamian authorities. (At the time the Bahamas were part of the British West Indies.)Sub'ectsMembers of Wheatley family: Effie L., wife of IrvinAddie E., and Roxie E., daughters of Irvin Luther E., brotherPhenie, wife of Luther Albert E., brother George E. H., brotherStella (Estelle S.) sister.Owners of schooner Edward L. Martin (during Wheatley's tenure) Josephus CollinsWm. T. MooreWm. EllisGeorge EllisE. J. EllisIrvin S. Wheatley. Subject: Capt. Irvin S. Weatley | No image URL. | View | |||
| 14 | 8888.0087.0000.00 | documents | H. M. Rowe & Co., Oyster Packers:BackgroundI | Range, Cir 03/01/1882 - 07/31/1887 | H. M. Rowe & Co., Oyster Packers:BackgroundIn 2001 the museum purchased four large, leatherbound books consisting of volumes labeled "Ledger", "Journal", "Cash", and "H. M. Rowe & Co." The latter contained no readable entries. The Journal contained entries from 1 March 1882 through 31 August 1885; Cash had entries from 1 September 1885 through 16 July 1887; and the Ledger covered the period from 1884 through July 1887.Wood's Baltimore City Directory, 1874 (Baltimore: John W. Woods), at p. 492, lists "Rowe, H. M. & Co (H. M. & W. H. Rowe) oyster packers, 68 Boston". Also, H. M. Rowe is listed at "393 e Pratt", and Wm. H. Rowe is listed at "395 e Pratt". Finally, James B. Rowe, bookkeeper, is listed at "393 e Pratt". From this it is evident that the Rowe company was in the oyster packing business as early as 1874. Information contained in the three volumes suggests that the company ended its business in July 1887. Polk's Baltimore City Directory, 1902, has no listing for the company.In 1882 Joseph W. Brooks (1832-1915) built a schooner named H. M Rowe at his yard in Dorchester County, MD. (See Pete Lesher, "The Industrious Shipbuilder: Joseph W. Brooks" (The Weather Gauge, v. 36, No. 1, Spring 2001, pp. 3-11 and 33). A photo at p. 7 shows the Rowe with her homeport as Deals Island. The vessel's first owner was Caleb J. Moore whose connection with the Rowes is not known. As shown below, however, the Rowe company purchased oysters from the vessel over several years.Scope and ContentThe Journal and Cash volumes reflect receipts and disbursements over a five-year period. Many of the disbursements were small amounts to the three Rowes; many others were to named recipients or for such expenses as stamps, labels, etc.The Journal (pp. 1-239) is of interest because it shows on a day-by-day basis all receipts and disbursements from 1 March 1882 through 31 August 1885. Disbursements cover everything from postage stamps, newspaper purchases (New York Herald, Baltimore American), payments to the Rowes and their employees, to payments for oysters delivered by ships. Among many vessels to which payments were made were the sloop Morning Light, and schooners Sea Belle, Sharps Island, Nautilus, Exchange, H. P. Barnes, Maid of Erin, Ann Virginia, Two Brothers, and Lewis Taulane. Of special are payments to the schooner H. M Rowe. These began on 6 October 1882 with the entry (p. 45) showing a payment of $50.00, and the entry "name & colors". Subsequent entries show payments to the vessel throughout the years 1882 until 19 January 1885. Most payments were for relatively large amounts apparently for cargos of oysters: examples are payments of $315.00 on 8 December 1882 (p. 61), $511.56 on 27 December 1882, and $455.05 on 11 January 1883.However, the key portion of the collection is contained in the Ledger. Between pages 70 and 261 the entries show shipments of oysters to numerous buyers in a variety of states and Ontario, Canada. Each entry shows the date of shipment, the quantity shipped (barrels, half-barrels, kegs, tubs), the grade of the shipment(standards, selects), the price of the shipment, and the payment dates and amounts, almost always in cash. The Ledger also shows that each of the Rowes owned one-third of the value of the assets of the company (pp. 4-5), but that H.M. Rowe held the most capital (pp. 30-43). Although the Rowes were all partners in the firm, we do not know what their relationship was to each other.A second important part of the Ledger reflects payments for merchandise to numerous individuals and companies (pp. 301-329).In short, although this company was only one of many oyster packers and shippers in Baltimore during the period covered by these volumes, clearly its business was widespread and apparently lucrative: when the company apparently wound up its business on 16 July 1887, the total capital split among the Rowes was about $21,665, a fair amount for the time. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 15 | 8888.0065.0000.00 | documents | JOSEPH ROBINSON COLLECTION<CR>CHESAPEAKE BAY IN THE | Part of this collection is on CSC 16B1 his collection starts on 15D6 and continues to 16C1.JOSEPH ROBINSON COLLECTIONCHESAPEAKE BAY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONBackgroundIn 1981 Tidewater Publishers of Centreville, MD, published a major work, Chesapeake Bay in the American Revolution. This volume was a project funded by the Maryland Bicentennial Commission, and was directed and edited by Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller, a former Director of Naval History for the U.S. Navy. Although the project was begun at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, it soon became apparent that it was more then the museum could handle, and Washington College at Chestertown, MD, became the headquarters for the project. The book consists of 14 chapters, each prepared by a different historian, covering a wide range of subjects dealing primarily with naval aspects of the revolution. Of particular importance to this collection are chapters 6 and 10. Chapter 6, by Myron J. Smith, Jr. (Dir. Of Libraries, Assoc. Prof. of History, Salem College, WV), and John Earle (naval architect and marine engineer), dealt with the Maryland State Navy; and chapter 10, by Joseph A. Robinson (1909-1998) (Research Fellow & Instructor, English History, U. of PA), discussed the British invasion of the Chesapeake. In the course of preparing these chapters, a large volume of historical material was collected by Robinson and Earle.In 2000 Joseph Robinson's widow, Madeline L. Robinson, donated the bulk of the material in the collection. Additional material from John Earle was donated in 2005.Scope and ContentMaterial in the collection covers the full period of the project, from the initial stages of the establishment of the project, through the research for the subjects of the two chapters mentioned above, to the preparation and publication of the chapters themselves. Both the Robinson and Earle material also includes comments and suggestions for other chapters in the book, especially chapter 3, by Arthur Pierce Middleton (former Dir. Of Research, Colonial Williamsburg), on ships and shipbuilding in the bay and its rivers. The collection contains numerous letters between Robinson, Eller, and Earle concerning the research and editing of the chapters. Earle in particular made many recommendations for additions and improvements in the text of each chapter, most of which were accepted by the editor and included in the final draft.Sub'ectsVessels:Galleys: Annapolis, Baltimore, Chester, Conqueror, Independence, Johnson, Snow. Ships: Chase, Defence (formerly Sydney), Lydia, Virginia, Delaware, Hancock, HMS Vigilant, HMS PerseusSchooners: Dolphin, Jenifer, Ninety-Two, Plater, Resolution, Three Brothers Sloops: Molly, Porpoise, HMS OtterBarges: Fearnaught, Intrepid, Protector, Revenge, Terrible, Langodoc, Reformation, Resolution, Wye River, Experiment, Defence, IndependencePeople: Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller; John G. Earle; Joseph A. Robinson; Myron J. Smith, Jr.; Arthur Pierce Middleton; Samuel Purviance, Jr. (Baltimore Committeeof Observation); Jesse Hollingsworth (Naval agent, Baltimore); Thomas Johnson (MD Governor); James Nicholson (captain of ship Defence); Lord George Germain (British Colonial Secretary); Sir Henry Clinton (British commander in North America); Matthew Squire (captain of HMS Otter).Note: Names of officers and crewmen of the galleys and barges are in App. C, chapter 6 (pp. 256-260); names of shipbuilders for these vessels are in Card File Boxes 1 & 2 and chapter 6, App. A (p. 247). Subject: Joseph Robinson | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 16 | 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 | ||||
| 17 | 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 | |||
| 18 | 8888.0181.0000 | documents, electronic | The Delmarva Fox Squirrel in Dorchester County by Guy Willey | Willey, Guy ||Therres, Glenn | 2002 | Report by Guy Willey, biological technician at Blackwater NWR beginning in 1949, 2002, discussing the ecology of the Refuge area, hunting and trapping, his memories of changes to the forest and marsh and his role in the recovery of the endangered Delmarva Fox Squirrel. Edited by Glenn Therres, biologist, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Services (retired).<br />Photo by Guy Willey |  | View | ||
| 19 | 2003.0018.0005.00 | fishing reels | Fishing reel by Winchester, "Winchester Trade Mark | Winchester Repeating Arms Co., __Manufacturer | Before 01/01/1950 - | Fishing reel by Winchester, "Winchester Trade Mark Made in U.S.A.", all metal reel with wooden handle. Has three posts. Name plate attached to other side with owner's name, "George Reiger." No other markings. Purchased by the donor's father. |  | View | ||
| 20 | 2003.0018.0006.00 | fishing reels | Fishing reel, black hard rubber, unmarked with lea | Before 01/01/1950 - | Fishing reel, black hard rubber, unmarked with lead core line called "Bay Red". There is a silver metal star shaped cap at the midpoint on the plate without the handle and gear. It has three posts. Purchased by donor's father. |  | View | |||
| 21 | 2003.0018.0011.00 | lures | Fishing lure: Wood, faded metallic white and red | Range, Cir 01/01/1899 - 12/31/1949 | Fishing lure: Wood, faded metallic white and red paint plug, in two parts connected by two small eye hooks, allowing for flexibility. Red paint at head with two balls applied for eyes. It had three triple hooks. Purchased by donor's father. |  | View | |||
| 22 | 8888.0062.0000.00 | manuscript | Maryland Crabmeat Company Collection | Range, Exa 01/01/1939 - 12/31/1946 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | This collection consists of documentation from the Milboume Oyster Company and the Maryland Crabmeat Company. The Milbourne documents came from a plant in Stockton, MD. The material dates from 1939 to 1946 and is contained in Archival Box 1. The documents are arranged as follows: orders and statements for oysters, clams and crabs; receipts, statements and bills from local supply companies; tax receipts; license information and a list of checks paid out.Maryland Crabmeat Company documents date from 1981 to 1992 and are contained in Banker Boxes 1 through 10. The documents are arranged as follows: sales and inventory of products, bills of lading, taxes and income statements, suppliers and vendors, accounting records, and payroll records. |  | View | ||
| 23 | 0000.0845.0005.00 | negatives | THREE STEAM MENHADEN TRAWLERS OF L.E.P. DENNIS &SO | Range,Exac 01/01/1932 - 12/31/1932 | No Address - Crisfield - Somerset - Eastern Shore - MD - 21316 - USA | THREE STEAM MENHADEN TRAWLERS OF L.E.P. DENNIS &SONS OF CRISFIELD, MD. LYING AT WHARF; L TO R: E. BENSON DENNIS, LUCE BROTHERS, AMAGANSETT, MENHADEN Place: CRISFIELD, MD Old Subject Fields: COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, VESSSELS; FISHING; CRISFIELD | No image URL. | View | ||
| 24 | 0000.0975.0113.10 | negatives | Overall view of patent-tonging boat Three Brother | Overall view of patent-tonging boat Three Brothers, from bow. Tongs are overboard.. Place unknown. See 975.113.03 for source and date. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 25 | 0000.0975.0113.11 | negatives | Patent-tonging boat Thrree Brothers lifts her tong | Patent-tonging boat Three Brothers lifts her tongs; view from astern. Place unknown. See 975.113.03 for source and date. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 26 | 0000.0975.0113.12 | negatives | Patent-tonging boat Three Brothers lifts her tongs | Patent-tonging boat Three Brothers lifts her tongs; view from astern. Place unknown. See 975.113.03 for source and date. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 27 | 2002.0040.0460.00 | oyster cans | Off-white background with navy lettering & graphic | Continental Can Co., __Manufacturer ||Ballard Bros. Fish Co, __Packed by | Range, Cir 01/01/1935 - 01/01/1963 | Off-white background with navy lettering & graphics; 5/8" navy stripe at can bottom followed by three narrower stripes. Front: "Virginia Seaside Oysters, Packed by Ballard Brothers Fish Co., Willis Wharf, Virginia"; on right front, "Oysters Inst. Of N.A. Member, Copyright 1935", trident logo. Left Back: "VA. 171,...grown...private grounds...personal supervision...shucked & packed in a modern plant...sanitary conditions". Right Back: Same. Lid: Rusty silver-tone with "Selects", embossed; "C" inside diamond embossed on can bottom. Condition: Excellent. Material: Steel, tin, paint. |  | View | ||
| 28 | 2002.0040.0210.00 | oyster cans | Gallon oyster tin, Ballard Brothers, Willis Wharf | Range, Cir 01/01/1935 - 01/01/1963 | Cream background with navy lettering, 1.5" stripe at bottom and drawing of oyster. Front: "Packed by Ballard Brother's Fish Company In,c. Willis Wharf, VA.", "Since 1900 Packers and Growers of Fancy Salt Water Oysters from our Private Beds", "Shipping Point Exmore, Virginia" Back: Same Side: "VA. 171"; "Oyster Institute of North America Member" (trident symbol copyright 1935) Lid: Once gold now rusted greenish brown; "Oysters Standards" embossed. Condition: Good/fair, stained yellow, some scratches, large scratch front LL, three dents back below top rim. Material: Steel, tin, paint. |  | View | |||
| 29 | 8888.0145.0000.00 | papers (document genres) | F & H Benning Oyster Company records | Materials pertaining to the F & H Oyster Company. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 30 | 8888.0156.0000.00 | papers (document genres) | Marine Engine Materials | Marine Engine Materials: Series 1, Gerald Dunn; Series 2, William B. Wimbrow; Series 3 Misc. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 31 | 0000.1289.0297.00 | photographic prints | Three vessels tied up in Cambridge, seen from aste | Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer | Cambridge - Dorchester - Choptank River - Eastern Shore - MD | Three vessels tied up to a dock in Cambridge, seen from astern; from left, bugeye Agnes C. Leonard, skipjacks Andrews Brothers and Robert L. Webster. No date. For source, see 1289.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 32 | 0000.0901.0483.00 | photographs | PAINTING OF CLIPPER SHIP "THREE BROTHERS".; From o | PAINTING OF CLIPPER SHIP "THREE BROTHERS".; From old Remarks field: CLIPPER SHIP SECTION. Old Subject Fields: SAIL VESSELS, SQUARE RIGG | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 33 | 0000.1100 | photographs | Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1976) Photo Collection | 1890-1970 | This is a collection of many photographs, which have not been cataloged individually. Please review the attachments for specific information on the images. <br /><br />Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1976) Photo Collections (1890s--1970s) Biographical Background: Herman Hollerith, Jr. was born in 1892 at 3112 Q St., Georgetown, District of Columbia to Herman Hollerith, Sr. and Lucia Talcott Hollerith. His father invented the punch-card tabulating machine. He sold his company in 1911 to a firm that later became IBM. Other Hollerith children were Nan, Richard, Charles, Virginia and Lucia. The family lived in Georgetown, Garret Park and Montgomery County. In 1908 they bought a summer home in Mathews County, Virginia named Brighton. They spent their summers at Brighton from 1909. The family had a number of boats which were kept at Brighton: a New England dory named LUVINA; a flat bottomed power workboat named BRIGHTON; a 45 foot, gas powered yacht named REGINA, which was later renamed LUVINA and later still renamed MATOAKA, and an 85 foot vacht named LUVINA. The name Luvina was derived from the three daughter's names, Lucia, Virginia and Nan. Herman Hollerith, Jr. attended Worchester Polytechnic College with his borther, Charles, and received an engineering degree in 1917. He worked at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, and then at the Victor Talking Maching Company, where he was chief engineer and production engineer. During this time he lived in Riverton and Moorestown, New Jersey. He quit the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1928 when it was purchased by RCA. From 1932-1936 Hollerith was president of the Virginia Navigation Company and operated a small passenger steamer under contract to a large corporation. From 1936-39 he did not work during the Depression. In 1939 he moved to Baltimore to work for the Glenn L. Martin Company where he was involved in building airplanes during WWII. Hollerith worked until he was 69 years old. He was married twice. He and Sarah Valentine Fox had four children and were divorced in 1936. In 1938 he married Elisabeth C. Guest. In 1954 he bought a house near Oxford, Maryland and retired there in 1961. Hollerith was active in the early days ofnthe Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and was instrumental in the move of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse to the grounds. Hollerith had a love for boats and owned the ERIC, launched in 1925, until his death. This sailboat was an Atkins design based on a Norwegian ketch. ERIC was the prototype of the Westsai1 32. Hollerith died in 1976. For more information about the Hollerith family researchers should consult: HERMAN HOLLERITH: FORGOTTEN GIANT OF INFORMATION PROCESSING, by Geoffrey D. Austrian; NY: 1982, Columbia University Press. Scope and Content: This collection consists of photos taken or collected by Hollerith. The bulk of photos were taken by Hollerith of scenes from 1915-1940. They feature steamboat and sailboat scenes on the lower Chesapeake. Many of the photos were taken on cruises around Mathews County, Va. Some photos (especially M series negatives) were collected by Hollerith and taken by his father and brothers. The photos depict the agriculture life of the lower western shore and often show the introduction of power. Many of these photos have been published. The water was an important focus for life in Brighton. Mrs. Elisabeth Hollerith supplied a quote from Hollerith about life in Brighton: We did everything by boat, used the daily steamer from Norfolk for transportation to and from Washington and for most supplies including ice. Met the steamer at one of the wharves on the East River each day to pick up mail, visiting friends, etc. The roads were so bad we rarely went inland. Went to church and to visit our friends in a motor boat. In addition to the following subject indices, the researcher should note that Hollerith had his own subject indices. These are available to researchers and especially useful in looking for boat names. They are stored with the negatives. Subjects:Airplanes; Caribbean; C & D Canal; Eastern Shore; Hollerith, Herman, Jr.; Log canoes; Mathews county, Va.; Old Point Comfort, Va.; Sailboats, commercial; Seafood Industry; Steamboats, Chesapeake Bay; Washington, DC; workboats, Chesapeake Bay. Subject: Herman Hollerith Jr |  | View | |||
| 34 | 0000.2050.0019 | postcards | Packing houses and W. H. Valliant | Bellevue, MD | Three small pictures: portrait of W. H. Valliant; W. H. Valliant & Brother Oyster house, with pile of oyster shell and railway tracks; W. H. Valliant & Brothers Summer View of Packing House in Bellevue, MD |  | View | |||
| 35 | 8888.0105.0000.00 | reports | Scrapbook of sailboat racing records, Gibson Is. | Exact 01/01/1935 - 12/31/1939 | Scrapbook of sailboat racing records from Gibson Island, etc. 1935-1939<CR><CR>Background<CR>This material was purchased from Eric Steinlein.Scope and ContentCollection consists of a 1 scrapbook and 1 folder.Scrapbook contains adhered newspaper clippings and copies of race results. Binder is bound with string. 56 pages.Loose papers:Front cover-p. 1: Cedar Point Race Gibson Island Yacht Squadron September 2 & 3, 1939 and Results Poplar Island Racep. 4-5: Annual Cedar Point Race Gibson Island yacht Squadronp. 53-54: Newspaper clipping from the Baltimore Sun, May 24, 1937 with article, "George A Whitting's White Cloud Finishes First"p. 55-56: Gibson Island Yacht Squadron Handicaps Poplar Island Race July 30, 1939 | No image URL. | View | |||
| 36 | 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 | ||
| 37 | 8888.0157.0000.00 | serials (publications) | Boat Manufactureer Collections | Boat manufacturer catalogs, flyers, brochures, price sheets, photographs, operating manuals, and related magazine articles, donated by various individuals. <br />Series 1 William Gross<br />Series 2 Misc. <br />Series 3 Chris Craft Sailboat Division<br />Series 4 John C. Horner (in progress) | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 38 | 1977.0019.0001.00 | ships plans | Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans | Marshall and Godfry, __Designer | Pratt St - Baltimore - MD | Compilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation is comprised of a canvas cover (stored in a separate folder) and 11 sheets. Compilation includes sail plans for the Schooner Oakland, Sloop Albatros, Three Masted Schooner Ella Barnes, Two Masted Schooner King George, Schooner Salisbury, Pungy Exchange, Topsail Schooner Ellie, Schooner Anna Belle, Schooner Queen Anne, Schooner Hester Ann, Schooner Commerce, Two Masted Schooner Pensacola, Two Masted Schooner Sea Bird, Two Masted Schooner Caledonia, Schooner Golden Rule, Schooner American Coaster, Schooner Edward Bennet, Schooner Florence Lee, Pungy William H. Vickery, Schooner Three Brothers, Pungy Mary Anna, Schooner Onward, Schooner Three Sisters, Yacht Mischief, Sloop Treasure, Schooner Anna G. Gale, Schooner Chesterfield. See 1977.0019.0002.00 for four additional sail plans belonging to this compilation. Material is canvas cover and paper. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 39 | 1977.0019.0002.00 | ships plans | Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans | Marshall and Godfry, __Designer | Pratt St - Baltimore - MD | Compilation of Sailmaker Marshall and Godfry Sail Plans for various vessels. Marshall and Godfry were from Pratt St. Baltimore MD. Received by donor in 1936. Compilation has four sheets and includes sail plans for the Sloop Barbarana, Sloop Eva, Schooner Harry Moore, Sloop Kent Island, Two Masted Schooner North Carolina, Sloop Alexander McCullough, Schooner Thomas B Taylor, Schooner Bohemia, Schooner Alice, and Schooner Willie J. Gibson. See 1977.0019.0001.00 for canvas cover and remaining sail plans. Material is paper. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 40 | 2002.0018.0001.00 | watercolor paintings | Ship Katherine Jackson of Baltimore | Thomas, M A __Artist | 1844 | Watercolor portrait of ship Katherine Jackson of Baltimore, signed by M.A.Thomas dated 1844 LR. Reverse painted on glass "Catharine Jackson. Baltimore, John Myers, Commander, 1843." Ship was built in 1833. Beginning in 1842, it was owned and commanded by John Myers of Baltimore, whose name appears in gold, reverse painted on the border of the glass in which the portrait is framed. <br /><br />The Katherine Jackson has been discoverd as operating as a slave ship. From a CBMM feature about the hidden history of the ship, "In 2015, the Georgetown University 'Working Group on Slavery, Memory, & Reconciliation' brought the ship’s disreputable activity during that interim period to light—it had been contracted to carry 272 enslaved people sold south by the leadership of the educational institution. The manifest listing enslaved persons aged two months to 70 years was matter-of-factly stated as 'Examined and found corrected' on December 6, 1838, in New Orleans."<br />Watercolor heightened with white on paper. See file for ship details. Condition: good, some fading. |  | View | ||
| 41 | 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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