
These records are found in the collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Uncurated search results are presented to give researchers and interested readers an idea of whether CBMM’s archives contain information about this vessel and whether it may be worthwhile to contact CBMM for further investigation. Uncurated results may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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Search mode: Type+Name. Search phrase(s): "Bugeye William H"; "Schooner William H". Results displayed: 29.
| Fetch? | Row ID | Catalog # | Object Name | Title | Artist/Maker | Date Made | Place Made | Description | Full Image | CBMM Cat. Page |
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| 1 | 2006.0068.0339.00 | deadeyes | Deadeye from the "William H. Michael" | Upper deadeye from the schooner "William H. Michael" with some of the serving from the stays still stuck on with tar. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 2 | 2006.0068.0600.00 | jib hanks | Jib hank, "William H. Michael" | Medium jib hank from the schooner "William H. Michael," removed by RH Burgess. The hank has highly tapered ends. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 3 | 2006.0068.0601.00 | jib hanks | Jib hank, "William H. Michael" | Small jib hank from the schooner "William H. Michael," removed by RH Burgess. The hank has highly tapered ends. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 4 | 1994.0016.0018.00 | oil paintings | Schooner CITY OF BALTIMORE | Stubbs, W P __Artist | After 2/1886 | Oil Painting of schooner by W.P. Stubbs "City of Baltimore" heavy plain gilded frame (light carving) painting shows a three masted schooner with other boats in the background. Condition: thin paint, probably no varnish (or light); cracking and crizzling throughout. Painted for Capt. Leonard S. Tawes, master of the City of Baltimore. Artist lived in Boston, so the painting was probably commissioned on one of the two occasions that City of Baltimore called at Boston: 5 Feb 1886 or 31 December 1888. | ![]() | View | ||
| 5 | 0000.1289.0171.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael with deckload of oyste | Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer | Schooner William H. Michael with deckload of oysters at Woodfield Packing Plant, West River, MD. Oysters are being loaded into wheelbarrows and wheeled down the pier; tender and motorized skiff tied to vessel's rail. Date unknown. For source, see 1289.0114. Subject: Woodfield Fish and Oyster Company | No image URL. | View | |||
| 6 | 0000.1295.1685.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael, looking down on cockp | Exact 01/11/1936 - | Port Covington - Locust Point - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD | Schooner William H. Michael, looking down on cockpit, showing wheel, deckhouse with hatch closed, davits for yawl boat, etc. She is at Port Covington grain elevator (not visible in picture.) For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 7 | 0000.1295.1686.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael, foredeck with windlas | Exact 02/22/1936 - | Port Covington - Locust Point - Baltimore - Western Shore - MD | Schooner William H. Michael, foredeck with windlass and anchor chains; part of windlass for donkey engine; anchor resting on rail; she is tied up at Port Covington grain elevator, which is not visible in picture. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 8 | 0000.1295.1687.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael tied up at Long Dock, | Exact 01/01/1942 - 12/31/1941 | Long Dock - Baltimore - Baltimore Harbor - Western Shore - MD | Schooner William H. Michael, tied up at Long Dock, Baltimore, with other oyster dredgers; seen from port side, with part of yawl boat at right; her sails are furled; she has no oyster cargo visible; man standing on deck with pail. "Clark" penciled on back. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 9 | 0000.1295.1688.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael seen bow on | Range, Exa 06/01/1950 - 06/30/1950 | York - Chisman's Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael seen bow on, in Chisman's Creek; no masts, debris on deck, topsides paint worn; man standing on deck; she appears to be derelict. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 10 | 0000.1295.1689.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael "shown sunk in Hampton | Exact 07/25/1946 - | Mathews - Hampton Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael "shown sunk in Hampton Creek, Virginia"; forward part of hull is under water, but the masts are still in place. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 11 | 0000.1295.1690.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael "shown sunk in Hampton | Exact 07/25/1947 - | Mathews - Hampton Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael "shown sunk in Hampton Creek, Virginia"; forward part of hull is partially under water, but the masts are still in place. Vessel is seen from port bow. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 12 | 0000.1295.1691.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael dredging oysters | Schooner William H. Michael dredging oysters under sail; staysail, foresail and main set; yawl boat on davits; seen from port side. Seven men on deck; three dredges over the side. No date, no place. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 13 | 0000.1295.1692.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael "resting on bottom | Range, Exa 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1947 | Mathews - Hampton Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael "resting on the bottom of Hampton Creek, Va., opposite Hampton Yacht Club." After part only, seen from port side; mast and spars in place; no sails; two large, rectangular holes in topsides above deck. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 14 | 0000.1295.1693.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael "resting on the bottom | Range, Exa 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1947 | Mathews - Hampton Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict, looking forward on deck, showing masts, boom and gaff tied together; no sails; hatch, debris on deck; she is "resting on the bottom of Hampton Creek, Va., opposite Hampton Yacht Club." For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 15 | 0000.1295.1694.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict, looking | Range, Exa 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1947 | Mathews - Hampton Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict, looking forward on deck, showing foremast; no sails; forward hatch, anchor windlass; she is "resting on the bottom of Hampton Creek, Va., opposite Hampton Yacht Club." For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 16 | 0000.1295.1695.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict, looking | Range, Exa 01/01/1947 - 12/31/1947 | Mathews - Hampton Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict, seen from starboard side; water almost up to the rail amidship; masts, booms and gaffs in place. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 17 | 0000.1295.1696.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict, seen fr | Range, Exa 06/01/1950 - 06/30/1950 | York - Chisman's Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict in Chisman's Creek; seen from starboard side; marine growth on topsides; one mast? lying on deck; she is probably sitting on the bottom. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 18 | 0000.1295.1697.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict in Chism | Range, Exa 06/01/1950 - 06/30/1950 | York - Chisman's Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael as a derelict in Chisman's Creek; seen from starboard quarter; marine growth on topsides and rudder; one mast? lying on deck; davits in place but no yawl boat; she is probably sitting on the bottom. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 19 | 0000.1295.1698.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael on bottom in Chisman's | Range, Exa 07/01/1949 - 07/31/1947 | York - Chisman's Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael on the bottom in Chisman's Creek; she is seen from port quarter; marine growth on topsides and rudder; masts and main boom and gaff in place; no sails. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 20 | 0000.1295.1699.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael tied up at Deal Island | Range, Exa 06/21/1941 - | Deal Island - Deal Island - Somerset - Tangier Sound - Eastern Shore - MD | Schooner William H. Michael tied up at Deal Island, seen from port quarter; sails furled; yawl boat on davits; another schooner beyond her and a power boat in between. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 21 | 0000.1295.1700.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael "as a hulk in Chisman | Exact 11/01/1959 - | York County - Chisman Creek - Western Shore - VA | Schooner William H. Michael "as a hulk in Chisman Creek;" most of the hull is under water, but the port forward topsides and the top of the rudder are visible; deck is a shambles. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 22 | 0000.1289.0346.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael pushing and sailing | Bodine, A. Aubrey __Photographer | Exact 12/18/1942 - | Chesapeake Bay - Western Shore - MD | Schooner William H. Michael pushing and sailing; "serving as oyster dredger off Chesapeake Beach, MD;" dredge not visible; seen from starboard quarter. For source, see 1289.0001. | No image URL. | View | |
| 23 | 0000.1290.1036.00 | photographic prints | 4-masted schooner William H. Harriman docked | 4-masted schooner William H. Harriman. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 24 | 0000.1295.1684.00 | photographic prints | Schooner William H. Michael tied up at Cambridge | Exact 05/30/1934 - | Schooner William H. Michael tied up at Cambridge, MD with warehouses in background; staysail and foresail furled, main boom and gaff are bare; seen from port side. For source, see 1295.0001. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 25 | 1993.0001.0104.00 | ships plans | Pungy Schooner William H. Taylor | Brownlee, Edward G __Designer | Plans for the Pungy Schooner William H. Taylor. Vessel dimensions are 65' x 21' x 6'. Plan is incomplete. Drawing depicts the sail plan with dimensions, but without a hull rendering. Material is pencil on tracing paper. | ![]() | View | |||
| 26 | 2006.0068.0484.00 | signs | Sign from Wm. H. Michael "Certified to accomodate" | Sign from forepeak of the schooner "William H. Michael" reading "Certified to Accommodate 6 Seamen 5.10 Tons." The sign is carved into a carlin or hatch coaming. The sides of the piece are beveled away from the sign. The upper edge of the sign is wider because of two pieces meant to join the piece to the ship. There is a lighter piece of wood nailed to the top. Traces of cream-colored paint and a fragment of oakum are still attached. A pencil note from Burgess is on the back. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 27 | 2006.0068.0515.00 | spectacle irons | Spectacle iron from schooner "William H. Michael" | Spectacle iron (clew iron) from the schooner "Charles H. MacDowell," salvaged by Burgess from the hulk of the schooner. The ring has two thimbles; one is larger than the other. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 28 | 2006.0068.0516.00 | staunchion | Metal fitting from schooner "William H. Michael" | Iron fitting from the schooner "William H. Michael." May have been a through-deck fitting designed to catch a turn of rope. A six-inch narrow section with abruptly wide parts on either end suggests placement in the deck. The top is a post with a U-shaped piece of iron curving down from it. | ![]() | View | ||||
| 29 | 2006.0068.0619.00 | thimbles | Thimble, "William H. Michael" | Small, round, galvanized thimble, likely from the schooner "William H. Michael." | ![]() | View |
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