William S. White
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1901
Builder:
Location: Deal Island
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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 | 1975.0012.0001.00 | bags | Mementos of Boatswain William E. Davis (father of | Davis, William E __Creator | Mementos of Boatswain William E. Davis (father of donor) who served on Revenue Cutters WINDOM, HAMILTON, and APACHE. Macrame bag made by Mr. Davis, white with blue and red ribbons. |  | View | |||
| 2 | 1980.0011.0001.00 | booklets | BOOKLET: "LAWS GOVERNING STEAMBOAT INSPECTION" 16 | United States Government Printing Office __Creator | Range,Exac 01/01/1933 - 12/31/1933 | BOOKLET: "LAWS GOVERNING STEAMBOAT INSPECTION" 16 NOVEMBER 1933. PUBLISHED BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND BUREAU OF NAVIGATION AND STEAMBOAT INSPECTION. U.S.GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1934. Materials: PAPER,INK Colors: BLACK,WHITE Negative #: N2013 R6 | No image URL. | View | ||
| 3 | 1983.0007.0001.01 | cartridge cases | A) Container. B) Lid. Leather passbox, cartridge | Circa 01/01/1870 - | A) Container. B) Lid. Leather passbox, cartridge carrier, used for transporting powder from ship's magazine to gun. Leather would retard fire. Marked: "BLR"=breech loading rifle, and "3 in" for 3" gun. Breech loading rifles used by the Navy after about 1870. Condition: Good, strap missing. <CR>Material: Leather. |  | View | |||
| 4 | 2001.0018.0001.00 | coats | Neoprene coat with brown corduroy collar. Text in | Sawyer & Son Co., H M __Manufacturer | Range, Exa 01/01/1930 - 01/01/1939 | Neoprene coat with brown corduroy collar. Text in left side opening "Sawyer's Frog Brand Style No. 52-60 Meduim. The neoprene Latex in this garment is specially blended to withstand most oils, grease, and solvents. Clean with ordinary petrol...solvents. The H.M. Sawyer & Son Co., E. Cambridge 41, Mass, made in U.S.A." Two patch pockets with flaps, metal buttons garment stitched with white thread (white shows on inside, blackend on outside), Sou'western style hat, "neoprene" printed in yellow ink on inside brim. Hat has cloth lining with a hole, fabric chin strap to plastic button. Hat and coat look lik the fabric is painted - brush strokes are evident. Bottom edge of coat is cracking to hem stitching, some holes. Bottom edge fragile. Material: Neoprene, metal, cloth. From house of Harry Hopkins. Conditon: Fair. |  | View | ||
| 5 | 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 | |||
| 6 | 1966.0042.0001.00 | deadeyes | Deadeye and chain plate from schooner Robert McCli | Deadeye and chain plate from schooner Robert McClintock. Removed from the boat when she was derigged and converted to power at Whitehaven in 1943. According to research done by family, this is the only extant part of the vessel known. Condition: good. |  | View | ||||
| 7 | 1984.0024.0001.00 | decoys | EIGHT FOLDING GOOSE DECOYS IN CANVAS BAG. METAL ST | Johnson Co, William R __Creator | EIGHT FOLDING GOOSE DECOYS IN CANVAS BAG. METAL STANDS. MARKED "JOHNSON'S FOLDING GOOSE DECOYS" ON BAG. Materials: CARDBOARD,METAL Colors: BLACK,GRAY,WHITE Place Made: SEATTLE, WA Negative #: N2008 R5 | No image URL. | View | |||
| 8 | 1990.0054.0001.01 | documents | Collection of bills, receipts and correspondence h | Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Co., __Creator ||Victor Lynn Transportation Co, __Creator ||White, Nelson & Co., __Creator | Range, Exa 01/01/1930 - 01/01/1932 | Collection of bills, receipts and correspondence having to do with the business of William E. Applegarth Jr. General Merchandise, of Golden Hill, MD, 1930-1932. A) Freight bill, Baltimore & Virginia Steamboat Co, 1930. B/C) Delivery Receipt, Victor Lynn Transportation Co., 1932. D/E) Freight bill, Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Co., 1932. F) Letter from White, Nelson & Co., Seafood dealers of Hooperville, MD to Mr. Applegarth. Condition: fair paper is brittle and stained, some have considerable damage from insects. |  | View | ||
| 9 | 1966.0042.0004.01 | documents | Copies of various enrollments for schooner ROBERT | Copies of various enrollments for schooner ROBERT MC CLINTOCK. A) Dept. of Commerce Enrollment, 1932. B) U.S. Certificate of Enrollment 1906. <CR>C) U.S. certificate of Enrollment, 1893. D)U.S. Certificate of Enrollment, 1891. E) Permanent Enrollment (sic) for WILLIAM F. BURDEN, 1858. <CR>Copies hve been reduced from original size. Ob | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 10 | 8888.0096.0000.00 | documents | Lumber Industry Documents:BackgroundThe mate | Lumber Industry Documents:BackgroundThe material in this collection was acquired by purchase from various sources. It consists of two receipts, a time-keeper's book, a book listing lumber sales and shipments, a ledger of 304 pages, and a sheet found in the time-keepers book listing expenses for trips.Scope and ContentThe two receipts are dated 28 September and 30 November 1829 and refer to the receipt on board the sloops Eagle and True Guide of stated quantities of corded oak wood. In both cases the oak wood is for Justes Lowery, apparently of Hall's Landing. The only information about the vessels and Lowery is that contained in the receipts themselves. The location of Hall's Landing is not known.The book listing lumber sales and shipments by K. C. Rice of Craddockville, VA, dates from August 1916 to April 1918, and describes the transactions in detail. Craddockville is located at the head of Craddock Creek, about four miles west northwest of Belle Haven, VA. Most of the lumber, which largely consisted of 35- to 75-foot pilings or "sticks", was shipped by rail, although some was rafted. There are frequent references to Pennsylvania Railroad "car" numbers. Shipments were mostly from such Eastern Shore of Virginia points as Birds Nest Station, Nassawadox Station, Eastville Station, and Machipongo Station. Destinations included Newark and Harrison, NJ, Boston, MA, Buffalo, NY, and Mahanoy City, PA. Some of the "sticks" were sold under contract to the U. S. Government.The time-keeper's book covers the period from April 1910 through October 1910 and November 1912. It lists K. C. and John W. Rice, as well as a number of other employees. It gives the number of days worked per month. Each month is divided into two parts. Although the printed format contains a column for pay "rate per day", no rates are entered, nor is there an entry in the column for total amounts paid. The name K. C. Rice has been entered on the flyleaf at the back of the book.The ledger, which apparently is from the L. J. Houston & Co. of Stockton, MD, covers the period from January 1902 through December 1907. Stockton lies about eleven miles south of Snow Hill, MD, and about three miles north of the Virginia border. The ledger reflects monetary entries for a number of individuals and organizations whose names are shown in an alphabetical index at the front of the volume. In addition, sections of the ledger at pp. 193-209 and 302-304 list weekly rental income for 1909-1910 and1904-1906 respectively.One BoxFolder 1- Two receipts: (1) dated 28 Sept 1829 for eighteen and one half cords of oak wood received on board the sloop True Guide at Hall's Landing by W. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 11 | 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 | |||
| 12 | 8888.0077.0000.00 | documents | John. G. Earle Papers:<CR>The collection is a vertic | Range, Cir 01/01/1894 - 12/31/1991 | This collection begins on CSC 15C3 and continues on CSC 15C4.John. G. Earle Papers:The collection is a vertical file of notes, ship plans, letters, drawings, articles, and photographs assembled by John Earle on varied Chesapeake maritime research topics, and individuals with whom he corresponded. Arranged alphabetically in three large boxes, two are of nautical subjects, and the other, people. Individuals are listed by last name, and vessels by name or type. Chronologically, the collection includes correspondence from the 1910s to the 1980s (not all involving Earle), but including original printed material, the collection dates from 1894 to 1991. Topics that contained no original research by Earle were removed to the library vertical file. Note: All photographs in the collection have been removed to the library photo archive, and are listed under accession number 1176. Photocopies of originals remain in the folders listed below. Biographical Background (from MS 30)Born in Easton, Maryland on March 14, 1901, John Goldsborough Earle expressed a love for and an interest in the vessels of the Chesapeake Bay early in life. It would be this interest that ultimately shaped his professional life, with Earle able to parlay this curiosity into the receipt of a degree in naval architecture and mechanical engineering from Lehigh University upon his graduation in 1926. After working for the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, from 1943-1946 Earle served as the special assistant to the chief engineer at the U.S. Maritime Commission in Washington, D.C. Earle then moved to Moylan, Pennsylvania where he was employed by the New York-based Nordberg Manufacturing Company. During this time Earle pursued the application of the diesel engine to the maritime environment, ultimately serving on the Ships' Machinery Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Earle retired in 1966 and served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and returned to Easton in 1979. A thorough and exhaustive researcher, Earle never ceased in his quest to study and document the indigenous water craft of the Chesapeake Bay. Earle's scholarship put him in contact with many of the twentieth century's foremost maritime historians, including Howard I. Chapelle and Robert H. Burgess, and his work was particularly valuable to Marion V. Brewington in his study of Chesapeake Bay log canoes and bugeyes. Earle also contributed works to Yachting and Chesapeake Bay magazines. Prior to his death on May 21, 1992, Earle was presented with the Historic Preservation Award by the Historic District Commission of Talbot County for his lifelong dedication and devotion to the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay's maritime heritage. Subject: John G Earle | No image URL. | View | |||
| 13 | 8888.0076.0000.00 | documents | Elmer Burrows Statements:The statements are co | Exact 03/16/1965 - | Elmer Burrows Statements:The statements are comprised of five pages of handwritten text clarified and expanded from three pages of interview notes from a conversation on March 16, 1965 between Terrence Burrows (age 68) and his uncle Elmer Burrows (age 89). Pages are stapled together and include a piece of notepaper from the Sheraton-Belvedere in Baltimore. Material was found in the vertical file and was originally given to the museum by Terrance Burrows, who transcribed them. Subjects include steamboats that ran to St. Michaels, boatbuilding and boatbuilders in St. Michaels, vessels owned at St. Michaels and some of their stories, harvesting oysters in the pre-motor days, working in the shipyards, and a list of some of the last vessels built by Thomas Kirby. Biographical BackgroundMr. Elmer Burrows, born 1875/1876, lived on Bodkin Island (3.5 nautical miles north of Claiborne) until he was 6 years old (1882). At this time the family moved to St. Michaels so he could enter school along with his brother Denny. In later years he worked a variety of jobs, including as a waterman dredging and tonging for oysters, as a caulker in Thomas Kirby's boatyard where he learned the trade in addition to sawing timber and other shipyard jobs, and as captain of the bugeye Anna Ellis hauling oysters and grain for owner Crit Harper. Vessels mentioned: Adelaide (log canoe) later Valiant LadyAnna Ellis (bugeye)Belle M. Crane (log canoe)Bohemia (schooner)C. C. Wheeler (schooner)Damascus (schooner)Dorchester (steamboat)Ella Cripps (schooner)Emma Giles (steamboat)Emma K. Reed (steam barge)Ernelia Price (pungy)George S. Cripps (schooner)George W. Lambdin (log canoe)Girty (log canoe)Gypsy (schooner)Harry P. Ford (pungy)John C. White (pungy)"Loon" [?] (ram schooner) Maggie Philips (schooner)Magic (log canoe)Martha Jones (schooner)Nellie White (steamboat)Olive (steamboat)R. A. Dodson (schooner)Sparkling Sea (pungy)St. Michaels (steamboat)Thomas Blades (bugeye)Valiant Lady (log canoe) ex-AdelaideWarden Evans (schooner)Weldon (pungy)Individuals mentioned:Burrows, Edwin (captain and owner of Thomas Blades)Burrows, Elmer (waterman, ship carpenter, captain)Burrows, Girty (wife of Elmer)Burrows, Terrence (deepwater sailor, log canoe owner, nephew of Elmer)Burrows, William (waterman, father of Elmer)Caldwell, Thomas (African-American preacher)Calk, George (oyster packer)Cox, Daniel (boatbuilder)Galloway, ? (captain of Warden Evans)Harper, Crit (owner of Anna Ellis)Johns, Lev (boatbuilder)Jones, Jack (captain)Jones, Ned (owner, captain of Sparkling Sea)Kirby, Thomas (boatbuilder)Lambdin, George W. (boatbuilder, son of Robert)Lambdin, Robert Sr. (boatbuilder)Shanahan, Samuel (owner of Valiant Lady)Shockley, ? (captain and owner of Weldon)Shores, Elmer (captain of Maggie Philips)Spurry, Frank (farmer?)Tarr, Charles (boatbuilder)Tyler, George (captain of Harry P. Ford)Wilson, Robert (owner of Magic in 1965)Coffin, Greenbury (boatbuilder)Blades, Samuel (boatbuilder) Subject: Elmer Burrows | No image URL. | View | |||
| 14 | 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 | |||
| 15 | 8888.0052.0000.00 | documents | CAPTAIN LEONARD S. TAWES MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION | CAPTAIN LEONARD S. TAWES - MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION<CR><CR>Biographical Background<CR> Captain Leonard S. Tawes was born in Accomack County, Virginia, on October 2, 1853. He died in Crisfield, Maryland, on December 6, 1932. He went to sea at an early age, worked his way up to master of sailing vessels, and continued actively to captain sailing vessels until 1922 when he retired from the sea to devote himself to oyster farming in the area around Crisfield. In his retirement, using his logs and other records, Tawes composed a series of journals covering his life and recounting his maritime experiences in detail. The journals, edited by Robert H. Burgess, called Coasting Captain, were published as a book by The Mariners Museum in 1967. This volume is an excellent companion to the manuscript collection and permits clarification of many of the entries found in the manuscripts themselves. In 1884 Captain Tawes took command of, and part ownership in the three-masted, 138-foot schooner City of Baltimore. The 356-gross ton schooner was built by Goss, Sawyer & Packard of Bath, Maine, and was launched on February 2, 1884. Tawes captained the City of Baltimore until 1904 when she was sold in Tampa, Florida (Coasting Captain, 146, 445-6). Most of the material in the manuscript collection relates to the period during which Tawes sailed the City of Baltimore.Scope and Content The collection consists of seven bound booklets and ledgers, and one folder containing various documents which were found in the ledgers when they were accessioned. Most of the material is financial and other operating records from the schooner City of Baltimore. Subject: Captain Leonard S Tawes | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 16 | 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 | ||
| 17 | 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 | ||
| 18 | 8888.0018.0000.00 | documents | Ernest Tucker (1913 - 1981) Papers (1936 - 1979) | Range, Exa 01/01/1936 - 12/31/1979 | Ernest Tucker (1913 - 1981) Papers (1936 - 1979)The collection is comprised of correspondence, newspaper articles, brochures, etc., concerning Ernest Tucker's career as a boat designer and sailor. Also included are photographs of Tucker-designed boats, power and sailing boatsand Chesapeake Bay boatbuilders. The papers were donated to the Museum by his widow, Jane Foster Tucker.Biographical BackgroundErnest Tucker was born on the family estate, Hilton, in Walbrook, a northwestern section of Baltimore. He contracted polio before the age of 2 and was required to wear braces on both legs.Tucker developed a strong interest in boatbuilding and design from an early age. He built his first boat, a 12'5" sailing skiff when only twelve. He attended Johns Hopkins University, School of Mechanical Engineering, 1933-1938.In 1942:, he was employed by the Owens Yacht Co., Dundalk, as project engineer for 36' LCVP's for the Navy. After the war he designed the Owens 40' auxiliary cutter. In 1946 Tucker started at the Annapolis Yacht Yard as draughtsman (which later was sold to John Trumphy and Sons) and worked on many famous boats such as Makarra and Lenore, a famous Presidential yacht.Tucker purchased his beloved double-ended Nassau-built sloop, Half Pint, in 1945, which he used to sail the Bay until the time of his death. In 1958 he became self-employed. His designs included the Dickerson 35, 36, 40 and 41 for the William Dickerson Yard of Fishing Creek (laterTrappe). Always found on the drawings was his trademark, a flying duck. Tucker also made drawings for John Bailey of Tunis Mills, Marine Contractor.After the death of his mother, Ernest Tucker lived on a houseboat in Galesville, Md., was married in 1960, and in 1962 moved to Oxford. The designer was a good friend of C. Lowndes Johnson, noted Talbot County Comet class designer, and his wife Clara. He was a founding member of the Classic Yacht Club of America, member of the Sailing Club of the Chesapeake, and Tred Avon Yacht Club. Ernest Tucker died in August 1981.Scope and ContentThe material is divided into two parts. The first consists of biographical information and information on boats designed by Ernest Tucker. Included in the latter is the well-known series of Dickerson ketches built by DickersonBoatbuilders of Trappe, Maryland. Other designs include deadrise workboats built by Chesapeake Marine Industries of Trappe, and the famous Owens cutters.Ernest Tucker was also a recorder of many varities of sailing and power crafton the Chesapeake through the medium of the camera. Many of these boats no longer exist. Also of value are photographs of many well-known Bay boatbuilders, particularly from Dorchester County. An index of boats is available. The photographs have been divided up into broad subject categories.SubjectsBoatdesigning Boatbuilding Subject: Mrs Ernest Tucker | No image URL. | View | |||
| 19 | 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 | ||||
| 20 | 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 | |||
| 21 | 8888.0182.0000 | documents | Captain Joseph M. white and schooner Robert McClintock | 1966 | Joseph McCurley White (1865-1943) was the owner and master of the schooner Robert McClintock. Born in Somerset County, Maryland at Dames Quarters, Whites family had been in the Bay since 1682 when John White migrated from Virginia. Joseph M. White became captain of the two-masted schooner in 1888 when he and his family moved to Baltimore. Becoming master and owner of the vessel in 1906 he commanded the vessel for 36 years. White retired from the helm in 1941 when illness overtook his ability to captain the vessel. <br /><br />This binder of research contains written histories of Captain Joseph M. White and the schooner Robert McClintock, exhibit labels as well as photocopies of primary source documents regarding the vessel and captain | No image URL. | View | |||
| 22 | 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 | |||
| 23 | 8888.0030.0000.00 | documents | John G. Earle Collection 1891-1987 | Range, Exa 01/01/1891 - 12/31/1987 | John G. Earle Collection 1891-1987<br />This collection is predominantly comprised of ships plans, including original designs and drafts made from existing ships by John G. Earle and his brother-in-law C. Lowndes Johnson. The collection also includes works by various naval architects and designers working throughout the early and middle twentieth century. In addition, the collection includes three scrapbooks comprised of newspaper clippings and other references to the architectural history of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.Biographical Background:Born in Easton, Maryland on March 14, 1901, John Goldsborough Earle expressed a love for and an interest in the vessels of the Chesapeake Bay early in life. It would be this interest that ultimately shaped his professional life, with Earle able to parlay this curiosity into the receipt of a degree in naval architecture and mechanical engineering from Lehigh University upon his graduation in 1926. After working for the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, from 1943-1946 Earle served as the special assistant to the chief engineer at the U.S. Maritime Commission in Washington D.C. Earle then moved to Moylan, Pennsylvania were he was employed by the New York based Nordberg Manufacturing Company. During this time Earle pursued the application of the diesel engine to the maritime environment, ultimately serving on the Ships' Machinery Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Earle retired in 1966 and served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and returned to Easton in 1979. A thorough and exhaustive researcher, Earle never ceased in his quest to study and document the indigenous water craft of the Chesapeake Bay. Earle's scholarship put him in contact with many of the twentieth century's foremost maritime historians, including Howard I. Chapelle, and Robert H. Burgess, and his work was particularly valuable to Marion V. Brewington in his study of Chesapeake Bay log canoes and bugeyes. Earle also contributed works to Yachting and Chesapeake Bay magazines. Prior to his death on May 21, 1992, Earle was presented with the Historic Preservation Award by the Historic District Commission of Talbot County for his lifelong dedication and devotion to the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay's maritime heritage.Scope and Content:The collection, spanning close to one hundred years of maritime history, is definable by two large and predominant sections and is primarily composed of 245 ships plans. Specifically, the works of C. Lowndes Johnson and those done by Earle himself highlight the collection and are accented by the accumulated works of navalarchitects in contact with both Johnson and Earle throughout the twentieth century. Both Johnson and Earle engaged in taking lines off existing vessels and in the drafting of original designs, however, the majority of Johnson's works are original in nature and include the plans for the Comet Class sailboat. Whereas the works of Earle are largely composed of tracings and sketches of the Chesapeake's indigenous watercraft, both collections present a balance between the working vessels commonly associated with the Chesapeake(bugeyes, pungys. schooners, etc.) and the lesser known sailing yachts and skiffs which also made the Chesapeake's maritime landscape distinct. The accumulated works by other designers serve to broaden the range of the collection beyond the Chesapeake and include the works of naval architects such as William P. Gardner and Owen P. Merrill who worked in New York City. The collection also contains sailmaker's plans, although mostly unidentified and unlabeled, along with scrapbooks detailing the architectural history of the Eastern Shore and a small number of governmental documents concerning Chesapeake Bay vessels which serve to enhance the ships plans portion of the collection in terms of the overall maritime heritage of the region. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 24 | 1974.0028.0001.00 | drawings | PEN AND INK DRAWING. SHOWS STEAMBOAT "EMMA GILES" | Stanton, Samuel W __Creator ||Stanton, Samuel W __Designer | Range,Circ 01/01/1895 - 12/31/1895 | PEN AND INK DRAWING. SHOWS STEAMBOAT "EMMA GILES" UNDER WAY; DONE FOR "AMERICAN STEAM VESSELS", PUBLISHED 1895. PASTED ON PAPER WITH LEGEND ABOUT THE VESSEL, WHICH WAS BUILT IN BALTIMORE IN 1887. Materials: INK,PAPER Colors: BLACK,WHITE Associated Place: CHESAPEAKE BAY Negative #: N1025 Reproduction on CSC 32. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 25 | 2006.0025.0001.00 | essays | Plans for Dog House 20' sailing cruiser | Sands, William H __Creator | Plans for Dog House 20' sailing cruiser designed by William H. Sands. Folder includes 3 sheets of blueprints, labeled "Sheet 1," "Sheet 2," and "Sheet 3;" handwritten sheet of yellow lined paper in ink; 4 copies of a typed, photocopied, 3-page essay titled: "One Man's Retirement Boat - The "Dog House" with 2 photocopied sheets of plans for the Dog House; 2 extra colpies of page 2 of essay; 1 extra copy of first page of plans and copy master of plans; yellow lined paper handwritten in pencil, titled: "Cruising Starfire;" scrap of white paper, handwritten in pencil with notes on Dog House; yellow lined legal paper handwritten in pencil with ad for sale of a Sharpie camper; |  | View | |||
| 26 | 1997.0018.0002.00 | half-hulls (model) | Builder's half model of WILLIAM HAYWARD from KIRBY | Kirby and Sons, Thomas __Creator ||Kirby and Sons, Thomas __Designer | Range,Exac 01/01/1871 - 12/31/1871 | St. Michaels - MARYLAND | WORKING HALF MODEL FROM KIRBY & SONS SHIPYARD, ST. MICHAELS, MODEL #6 OF 2 SCHOONERS, 1/2" SCALE, 5 LIFTS, PENCIL NOTATIONS ON STATIONS VISIBLE Associated Place: ST. MICHAELS, MD Negative #: N2026, R4 |  | View | |
| 27 | 1994.0016.0001.00 | kitchen safes | Pie safe with schooners | 1830-1870 | Pie safe with schooner images punched into tin panels. 2 front doors, each with 3 vertical panels. Patina on all panels. Crisfield. Said to have come from an African-American household. Condition: good, wood worn on edges, LR two tin panels damaged. |  | View | |||
| 28 | 1967.0063.0002.00 | lithographs | OVERHEAD VIEW OF ANNAPOLIS WITH SHIPS IN HARBOR, P | Magnus, C __Creator | Range,Circ 01/01/1860 - 12/31/1860 | OVERHEAD VIEW OF ANNAPOLIS WITH SHIPS IN HARBOR, PAPER VERY ACIDIFIED. PRINTED ON LINED PAPER. Title: ANNAPOLIS, MD. Materials: INK,PAPER Colors: BLACK,WHITE Associated Place: ANNAPOLIS, MD Negative #: N2008 R03 |  | View | ||
| 29 | 1973.0027.0001.00 | log canoes | POQUOSON-STYLE LOG CANOE, BUILT IN DELTAVILLE,VA., | Range,Exac 01/01/1870 - 12/31/1870 | POQUOSON-STYLE LOG CANOE, BUILT IN DELTAVILLE,VA., C.1870. BOAT'S ENGINE AND CABIN WERE REMOVED BY MUSEUM. BOAT HAD BEEN RESTORED BY WILLIAM ALLEN JOHNS JR., AND WAS GIVEN IN HIS MEMORY. Materials: WOOD Colors: WHITE,RED Place Made: DELTAVILLE, VA Negative #: N1087 R1. Deaccessioned and Transfered to the Deltaville Maritime Museum, Deltaville, VA. Museum suffered a fire which cost the museum this collection item. This object no longer exsists. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 30 | 2003.0013.0001.01 | log canoes (model) | BELLE M. CRANE | Lambdin, Robert D __Creator | Circa 1930 | Log canoe model of the BELLE M. CRANE, but misspelled on bow "BELL M. CRAIN." Model has white topsides, red bottom, yellow cove stripe and bow sprit braces. Cotton sails, brown with age, two masts, jib boom, gull wing rig fore and main, one hiking board, and an oar, both in boat, cotton string for all lines, rudder, tiller. Interior painted an orange yellow; removeable chocks at both mast partners, centerboard pull, hatch cover over lazarette on skipper's seat. The model was built by Robert D. Lambdin (1849-1938) to represent the then-surviving log canoe, BELLE M. CRANE (built in 1879). Possibly made for owner of the canoe, Ruth Starr Rose, the only log canoe owner and skipper of her day. Model has cradle. Condition: Fair. Sails in disrepair, brown and holes: very fragile. Topside paint chipping. Cotton lines fragile. Sails located in CSA 7A2 |  | View | ||
| 31 | 8888.0099.0000.00 | manuscript | William H. Sands (xxxx-xxxx) Papers | Sands, William H __Creator | William H. Sands (xxxx-xxxx) Papers<CR>1 box containing 7 legal-sized folders<CR><CR>This collection is comprised of design drawings, sales receipts, training lesson plans, newsletters, correspondence, and notes drawn and written by William H. Sands.Background:This collection was donated by John Sands from the collection of his father, William H. Sands, who designed the We-Sort sailing dinghy, Dog House sailing Cruiser, and Wigwam sharpie camper. Biographical Background:Scope and content:The materials are concerned with the design of the We-Sort sailing dinghy, the Dog House sailing cruiser, and the Wigwam sharpie camper. There are also lesson plans and materials for training people how to sail these vessels, as well as materials related to various clubs and organizations for sailors. These papers are of use to researchers in boat design and to trainers and teachers. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 32 | 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 | ||
| 33 | 1999.0002.0001.00 | models | Builder's half model of Quadrant class sloop, moun | Hartge, Laurence W __Creator | Range, Exa 01/01/1952 - 01/01/1953 | Hartge Yacht Yard - Galesville - MD | Builder's half model of Quadrant class sloop, mounted with two screws onto masonite back board; hull painted red and white, grey sails and red keel and rudder paitned onto backboard; in pencil "ORIGINAL/ QUADRANT/ MODEL/ WINTER/ 1952-53/ 1ST QUADRANT BUILT 1953/ L HARTGE/ 1952"; 3 holes for mounting to wall. Laurence Hartge was known for conceiving "economy yacht" style vessels to make these vessels more easily available to sailors. The Quadrant Class sloops were deemed to be Condition: Paint worn in places, surface dirt, corners of backboard chipped. Material: Wood (pine?), masonite, paint, screws. Made by donor-designer of Quadrant class sloop built by Hartge Yacht Yard. |  | View | |
| 34 | 2002.0040.0364.00 | oyster cans | Yellow off-white background; green lettering & shi | Independent Can Co., __Manufacturer ||Durm & CO, William B __Packed by | Range, Cir 01/01/1929 - 01/01/1950 | Yellow off-white background; green lettering & shield shape topped by keystone. Front: "Nature at it's Best" inside keystone; "Keystone Brand Durm's Baltimore raw Oysters" inside shield; Packed by Wm B. Durm & Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD." below. Back: "Recipes form Durm's Baltimore Oysters"; Maryland Oyster Stew, Panned Oysters, Fried Oysters, Oyster Dressing for Turkey. "...fresh shucked raw oysters...sanitary conditions...no preservatives...kept iced..." "Packed by" as above. Side: "Health Dept. Permit MD. 61" Condition: Very good, lid missing, several scratches. <CR>Material: Steel, tin, paint. |  | View | ||
| 35 | 2002.0040.0315.00 | oyster cans | Off-white background with green lettering, green k | Independent Can Co., __Manufacturer ||Durm & CO, William B __Packed by | Circa 01/01/1929 - 01/01/1949 | Off-white background with green lettering, green keystone at top of green shield shape. Front: "Nature at it's Best" inside keystone; "Keystone Brand, Durm's Baltimore Raw Oysters" inside green shield shape. Back: "Recipes for Durm's Baltimore Oysters: Maryland Oyster Stew, Panned Oysters, Fried Oysters & Oyster Dressing for Turkey"; sanitary guarantee; "Packed by Wm. B. durm & co., Inkc., Baltimore, MD., Health Dept. Permit MD.61" Side: "Contents One Quart" on left; "Keep Iced" on right. Rusty silver-tone, "Special Pack, Extra Selects" painted. Condition: Good, bottom missing, some rust, dents mid front and upper back. Material: Steel, tin, paint. Can was treated with a wax coat on 1/18/2012 |  | View | ||
| 36 | 2002.0040.0193.00 | oyster cans | Gallon oyster tin, Wm. C. Bunting Tom's Cove | Steel & Tin Products Co., __Manufacturer ||Bunting, William C __Packed by | Range, Cir 01/01/1932 - 01/01/1963 | White background, blue lettering & stripe around each rim, drawing of hand shucking an oyster. Front: "Wm. C. Bunting, Established 1855, 'Tom's Cove Oysters' In the Shell and Fresh Shucked", "Owned and Operated by william V. Birch Packed by Wm. C. Bunting Chincoteague, VA. VA.437" Back: Same Side: "Perishable", "1 U.S. Gallon or 5/6 Imperial Gallon" Lid: Painted red with "Oysters Selects" in silver and arced in circle. Condition: Good, scratches, mostly vertically on back top and middle; dent back bottom left-middle. Material: Steel, tin, paint. |  | View | ||
| 37 | 2002.0040.0030.00 | oyster cans | Gallon oyster tin with bale, Heyser's red/white | Heyser Co., William __Packed by ||C C Co., __Manufacturer | Range, Cir 01/01/1880 - 12/31/1940 | One gallon tin with bale, orange red with cream lettering. Front and back: elaborate "H" in oyster shell surrounded by vines and two flowers in rectangular label, "Heyser's Oysters, packed by the Wm. Heyser Co. Baltimore, MD." sanitary guarantee - Puer food regualtions. Side: "MD.58" Lid: embossed, "Heyser's Extra Selects." Can: C.C. Co. Inc, Baltimore. Condition: excellent. |  | View | ||
| 38 | 8888.0104.0000.00 | papers | Louise Hayman papers on skipjack restoration | Papers of Ms. Louise L. Hayman<CR><CR>Background<CR>This collection concerns the Maryland skipjack fleet, including documents from the Maryland 2000 Save Our Skipjacks Task Force meeting notes, correspondence regarding the fleet's registration as one of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, information concerning the fleet's condition, correspondence with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, various articles and publications, etc. Also in this collection are two copies of The Maryland Skipjack Fleet: A Model Preservation Plan and a VHS recording of the CBS Morning News broadcast on fishing vessels from Oct. 19, 2001. <CR>In November 1999, the Maryland Commission for Celebration 2000 formed the Save Our Skipjacks Task Force. The Task Force considered ways to increase safety and minimize weather-related risks for commercial vessels. The Task Force also addressed the repair and maintenance of the fleet, and the availability of insurance coverage for the vessels and their crews. <CR>Initial recommendations were made by the Task Force on April 17, 2000. Those recommendations brought relaxation of Department of Natural Resources regulations on the use of power for dredging; establishment of a loan program to repair and equip skipjacks (administered by the Maryland Historical Trust); and formation of a skipjack restoration center and educational program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels (funded in part by the Maryland Historical Trust). The Task Force is still considering matters relating to the availability of affordable hull and liability insurance; sustained funding for the Museum restoration program; formal incorporation of the skipjack fleet into the State's tourism industry; and greater access to oysters for the skipjacks. <CR>The Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet has been recognized as a national treasure in danger of extinction. On June 6, 2002, the Fleet was named to the 2002 list of America's Eleven Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. <CR>The Task Force has been inactive since September 2003. <CR>Scope and Content<CR>The items in this collection are contained in one manuscript box with 5 file folders and 1 comb-bound book. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 39 | 8888.0115.0000.00 | papers | Papers of John Moll | John Moll Collection<CR><CR>This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings, notes, articles, newsletters, drawings, and correspondence by and relating to John Moll<CR><CR>Background:<CR>This collection was donated by Deborah Moll from the collection of her father, John Moll, Eastern Shore artist.Biographical Background:Mr. Moll did oils and watercolors of Chesapeake Bay scenes, often including carefully detailed skipjacks and log canoes. He also made lithographs, doing the work himself on the printing stone.Mr. Moll lived in Oxford since 1946 and was a former senior warden of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity and a charter member of the Academy of the Arts in Easton and of the Rehoboth, Del., Art league.In 1976, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Salisbury State College.A native of Reading, Pa., he was educated there and at the School of Industrial Arts in Philadelphia and the Wilmington Academy of Art in Wilmington, Del.He was an instructor at the Wilmington school until World War II, when he worked as a draftsman for a Wilmington shipbuilding company, the Dravo Corp. He retired in 1986.He died in February, 1991. He was 81.[Edited from the Baltimore Sun obituary for John Moll, Feb. 21, 1991]Scope and content:The materials are concerned with the work and publicity of John Moll. Subjects:Chesapeake and Watermen, by James MichenerEastern ShoreHeraldryArt | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 40 | 8888.0098.0000.00 | papers | Burgess manuscript collection | This collection is housed in 24 boxes, starting on CSC 15A2 and continuing on to 15A3, 15A4, 16A1, and 16A2<CR><CR>The collection is broad in scope and content. It includes about 100 trailboards and name boards, and many other artifacts obtained from Chesapeake Bay vessels of all kinds; years of correspondence (covered in this finding aid), much of it acquiring background for and arranging the publication of his books, particularly those about the schooners Albert F. Paul and Purnell T. White; many of his photographs; and numerous clippings containing articles by and about Burgess.Among the highlights of the collection are a number of documents from the late 19th century such as invoices, receipts, and note from George P. Bailey, of Kinsale, VA, a dealer in wood, ties, etc., and the canner of the "Pride of Westmoreland" brand tomatoes and commission merchants Courtney & Kennan (see Box 17). Also, the lengthy correspondence (1946-1969) with the Baltimore Sunday Sun about articles Burgess submitted for publication, including the ""I Remember When" series (Boxes 19 & 20) | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 41 | 8888.0144.0000.00 | papers (document genres) | Schooner Kate Darlington and Captain Jacob Calloway papers | Records pertaining toe the Schooner Kate Darlington and the Calloway family. | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 42 | 8888.0183.0000 | papers (document genres) | MS 183 Chesapeake Bay Yacht Clubs | 1890-2013 | An artificial collection of materials realted to yacht clubs in the Chesapeake Bay. Items have come from various sources and are organized into series based on the yacht club they relate to. As of March 2024 there are three series. <br /><br />Series 1: Baltimore Corinthian Yacht Club materials gathered by Harry Wilson Meredith ranging from 1890-1952.<br />Series 2: Cruising Sailors of St. Michaels materials gathered by Charles "Barry" Albert ranging from 1999-2013.<br />Series 3: Herring Island Sailing Fleet materials gathered by Charles "Barry" Albert ranging from 1998-2002.<br />Series 4: Misc. (Miles River Yacht Club guest pass, 1938 William R. Shockley-Mary Rider)<br /> | No image URL. | View | |||
| 43 | 2000.0007.0006.00 | pass (ticket | Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad Company pass No | Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad Compa __Creator | Exact 01/01/1928 - | Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad Company pass No. 55, 1890; printed in brown ink on cream paper; issued to "GH Moorehouse Asst Supt / Adam's Express Co.: signed by president, Jospeh B. Seth; conditions printed on reverse; "Good over Wicomico and Pocomoke Division." Condition: good-minor surface dirt. | No image available | View | ||
| 44 | 0000.1290.3403.00 | photographic prints | Robert H. Burgess holding trailboard before exhibi | The Mariners' Museum - Newport News - James River - Western Shore - VA | Robert H. Burgess holding trailboard and standing before an exhibit of nameboards and trailboards at The Mariners Museum. Shown are pilot house nameboard from Calvert, trailboard from Mattie F. Dean, quarterboard from Purnell T. White, trailboard from Anna & Helen and oak builder's plate from steamer Talbot; all items are from his personal collection. "The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 45 | 0000.1290.3405.00 | photographic prints | Robert H. Burgess holding trailboard and standing | The Mariners' Museum - Newport News - James River - Western Shore - VA | Robert H. Burgess holding trailboard and standing before an exhibit of nameboards and trailboards at The Mariners Museum. Shown are pilot house nameboard from Calvert, trailboard from Mattie F. Dean, quarterboard from Purnell T. White, trailboard from Anna & Helen and oak builder's plate from steamer Talbot; all items are from his personal collection. "The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back. Subject: Robert H Burgess | No image URL. | View | |||
| 46 | 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 | |||
| 47 | 1968.0097.0001.00 | photostats | Phootstat of pilot's notes on Chesapeake Bay, comp | Phootstat of pilot's notes on Chesapeake Bay, complied by donor 19 pages (note: pages 6 x 7 copied on 8.5 x 10 white paper) | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 48 | 0000.2033.0113.00 | postcards | Black and white photograph of St. Timothy's Church Catonsville, MD. | Range, Cir 03/01/1907 - 11/21/1912 | Black and white photograph of St. Timothy's Church Catonsville, MD. From C.M.H. to Mr William C Iere?. Postmarked 11/21/1912. Text reads: "If a body write a body+a body don't reply-Should a body write a body+ask the reason why? CMH". Divided back. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 49 | 0000.2042.0013.00 | postcards | Black and white postcard with image of house | Before 07/06/1933 - | Black and white image at top right of a house with barren tres on the left side. Text throughout rest of postcard printed in black reads * #12--7-6-1696-- This building completed in 1701, is the original home of "King WIlliam's School", Ammapolis, founded this date, by act of Legislature, with a appropriations from the colony and generous gifts of land, money, & tobaccofrom Govenor, Assemblymen, & citizens....the schools of that day, according to their own records.* VERSO: Large triangular stamp in blue ink on left side. At the center are ships in the water. Around the triangle is text *Charter Granted 6-20-1632. Colonists Sailed 11-22-1633. "Ark" and "Dove" landed 3-25-1634.* Below the triangle is text *1932 - Maryland Tercentenary - 1934 Three Hundred Years of History*. On the right side *Miss Gretchen Roese 1250 Sunset View Drive Akron Ohio* is printed in black ink by a typewriter. There is a post office stamp in black ink at the top center *ANNAPOLIS JUL 6 9 PM 1933 MD.* There is a one cent postage stamp of George Washington at top right corner. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 50 | 0000.2042.0019.00 | postcards | postcard with images of books and a library | Range, Exa 01/01/1933 - 09/24/1933 | Black and white image of three books in top left corner. Bottom right roner has image of a library building withh trees and a fence in font. Surrounding the image is white text on a ablack background. *This date Maryland Assembly established by law America's first "Publik Library for the people" (independent of Parishes), its 1095 volume housed in k. William's School (card#12)* *Lower photo shows entrance to America's latest most up to date public library - enoch Pratt opened, 1933. during Marylands tercentenary period, housing 702555 volumes.* VERSO: Large triangular stamp in blue ink on left side. At the center are ships in the water. Around the triangle is text *Charter Granted 6-20-1632. Colonists Sailed 11-22-1633. "Ark" and "Dove" landed 3-25-1634.* Below the triangle is text *1932 - Maryland Tercentenary - 1934 Three Hundred Years of History*. On the right side *Miss Gretchen Roese 1250 Sunset View Drive Akron Ohio* is printed in black ink by a typewriter. There is a post office stamp in black ink at the top right *Annapolis Maryland Sep 24 10am 1933*. There is a one cent postage stamp of Benjamin Franklin at top right corner. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 51 | 0000.2044.0009.00 | postcards | Flower Postcard | Kent - MD - USA | There is a painted picture of a pinkish white rose. The flower is a mix of pink, white, and yellow coloring while the stem and leaves are green The thorns have a redish pink tint to them. Below the flower are the words "Greetings from" printed in pink. Below that "Blacks Md" is handwritten in red ink. The background is white. VERSO: In the top middle of the post card, the word post card is printed in green in several different languages. It reads "Postkarte - Carte postale - Weltpostverein Union postale universelle - Post card - Corresponderekarte - [uncopyable] Karta korespondencyjna - [uncopyable] - Briefkaart - [illegible] Cartolina postale - Brevkort - [uncopyable] - Brefkort - Tarjeta postal." Below that is a horizontal green line and then a vertical green line. on the right side of the horizontal line is the postage mark. It is a black circle that was stamped on with "BLACKS AUG 4 1908 A.M. M D." printed in it and with four horizontal lines with a two in the middle overlapping the postage stamp. The postage stamp is in the upper right corner and is a green one cent stamp with Benjamin Franklin's face in the middle. It is upside down. To the upper left of the postage stamp is "25" written in pencil and just below the postage stamp is "C" written in pencil. On the left side of the card is a message handwritten in pencil that reads "Dear Sister I gess [sic] you will be surprised to get this from here I came to day [sic] to stay till saturday [sic] will write letter next Sun. J.M." On the right side of the card is the address handwritten in pencil. It reads "Mrs William [illegible] Staford [illegible]". | No image URL. | View | |||
| 52 | 0000.2042.0268.00 | postcards | Hotel Smithson, Forest Hill, MD. | Recto contains full size black and white image of a house, partly covered by trees, with a fence and yard that is covered in a dandelion-looking plant. Title and location of the building are in typed black lettering in the top right corner of the image. Verso contains postage, date Aug 25 1910, and message that reads "Dear Aunt Georgia, we are going to pick peaches to day would like for you to come after them price $1.00 [ill]. Tony S Ward." To "Mrs. William Michael, Forest Hill, Md." | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 53 | 1967.0063.0001.00 | prints | 20TH-CENTURY IMAGE OF BALTIMORE C1785. Title: BA | Tunis, Edwin __Designer | Range,Circ 01/01/1910 - 12/31/1965 | 20TH-CENTURY IMAGE OF BALTIMORE C1785. Title: BALTIMORE TOWN Materials: INK,PAPER Colors: BLACK,WHITE Associated Place: BALTIMORE, MD Negative #: N2008 R03 | No image URL. | View | ||
| 54 | 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 | |||
| 55 | 1986.0060.0001.00 | schooners (model) | Pilot schooner model by Billy Brewster, carved sai | Brewster, William __Creator | Full schooner model made by Capt. Billy Brewster. Black hull, white painted carved wooden sails. Schooner's name is Hope #4, of NY. Condition: fair, considerable damage to rigging. Model was dirty, repainted sails. Deck and fittings are of varnished wood. |  | View | |||
| 56 | 8888.0155.0000.00 | serials (publications) | Fishing and Hunting catalogs | Walters, Keith | 1911-1973 | Various catalogs, magazines, and publications collected by Keith Walters. Walters was a photographer, writer and columnist. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 57 | 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 | ||||
| 58 | 1997.0046.0001.00 | ships logs | Log book of Albemarle | Forbes, William __Writer | Log book of the Navassa Phosphate Company's Chesapeake Bay sailing vessel (bark) Albemarle of Baltimore documenting voyages between Baltimore and Navassa Island for guano. 70 pages, stiff board covers with decorative paper in blue and brown. Smaller loose pages in back. Material: Paper, cotton binding, cardboard, ink. Presumably kept by Capt Wm Forbes, found in grandmothers attic (Glenda Harris) |  | View | |||
| 59 | 1976.0042.0001.00 | ships plans | 20' Catboat | Kleinschmidt, J __Creator | Circa 01/01/1959 - | Plan for a 20' catboat by Charles Ferguon of Groton CT. Drawn by J. Kleinschmidt from Mystic half model. Blueline copy. Collected by Chapelle |  | View | ||
| 60 | 1976.0042.0116.00 | ships plans | U.S. Revenue Cutter | Chapelle, Howard I __Creator ||Doughty, Wm. __Creator | Circa 01/01/1934 - | Plans for a U.S. Revenue Cutter, 31 3/95 tons and 1 gun, schooner. On the reverse is a plan for another U.S. Revenue Cutter, 77 64-95 tons. Originals by William Doughty, 1815. Material is i on manila drawing paper. 1/4" scale. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 61 | 2000.0033.0006.00 | ships plans | Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn | Doughtery, James E. & George L __Creator | Exact 01/01/1995 - | Crisfield - MD | Plans for the Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn, built in 1901 at Crisfield MD by James E. and George L. Doughtery. She was first owned by William E. Doughtery and was named after his youngest daughter. She was completely overhauled in 1954. This sheet is marked as 6 of 8 and shows sections at frame set 4 - to bow, section at frame set 5 - aft to bBulkhead, structural conception frame sets 13 - 16, starboard. She was built of white oak, pine, and fir. It is a recording project undertaken by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), a division of the National Park Service, to document America's engineering, industrial and maritime heritage. This sheet has the offical description of the vessel and shows a line drawing of the vessel and a map of the Chesapeake Bay. This sheet is marked as HAER Records MD-117 - Kathryn Recording Project, National Parks Service, United States Department of the Interior. Delineated by Brian Kimura. | No image available | View | |
| 62 | 2000.0033.0007.00 | ships plans | Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn | Doughtery, James E. & George L __Creator | Exact 01/01/1995 - | Crisfield - MD | Plans for the Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn, built in 1901 at Crisfield MD by James E. and George L. Doughtery. She was first owned by William E. Doughtery and was named after his youngest daughter. She was completely overhauled in 1954. This sheet is marked as 7 of 8 and shows section at frame set 13 - aft to cabin bulkhead and section at cabin hatch forward to cabin bulkhead, winder detail, and dredge basket. She was built of white oak, pine, and fir. It is a recording project undertaken by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), a division of the National Park Service, to document America's engineering, industrial and maritime heritage. This sheet has the offical description of the vessel and shows a line drawing of the vessel and a map of the Chesapeake Bay. This sheet is marked as HAER Records MD-117 - Kathryn Recording Project, National Parks Service, United States Department of the Interior. Delineated by Brian Kimura. | No image available | View | |
| 63 | 2000.0033.0008.00 | ships plans | Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn | Doughtery, James E. & George L __Builder | Exact 01/01/1995 - | Crisfield - MD | Plans for the Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn, built in 1901 at Crisfield MD by James E. and George L. Doughtery. She was first owned by William E. Doughtery and was named after his youngest daughter. She was completely overhauled in 1954. This sheet is marked as 8 of 8 and shows the main sail and jib sail plans; the sails are made of Dacron with nylon stitching. She was built of white oak, pine, and fir. It is a recording project undertaken by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), a division of the National Park Service, to document America's engineering, industrial and maritime heritage. This sheet has the offical description of the vessel and shows a line drawing of the vessel and a map of the Chesapeake Bay. This sheet is marked as HAER Records MD-117 - Kathryn Recording Project, National Parks Service, United States Department of the Interior. Delineated by Brian Kimura. | No image available | View | |
| 64 | 2000.0033.0009.00 | ships plans | Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn | Doughtery, James E. & George L __Builder | Exact 01/01/1995 - | Crisfield - MD | Plans for the Two Sail Bateau Skipjack Kathryn, built in 1901 at Crisfield MD by James E. and George L. Doughtery. She was first owned by William E. Doughtery and was named after his youngest daughter. She was completely overhauled in 1954. This sheet shows the Chesapeke Bay Yawl Pushboat of the Skipjack Kathryn and depicts the deck plan, frame plan, half-breadth, outboard profile, inboard profile, sheer plan, sails up, and sails down. She was built of white oak, pine, and fir. It is a recording project undertaken by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), a division of the National Park Service, to document America's engineering, industrial and maritime heritage. This sheet has the offical description of the vessel and shows a line drawing of the vessel and a map of the Chesapeake Bay. This sheet is marked as HAER Records MD-117 - Kathryn Recording Project, National Parks Service, United States Department of the Interior. Delineated by Brian Kimura. | No image available | View | |
| 65 | 2020.0013.0001 | skiffs, crabbing | Crab Skiff | Parks, Charles H. | circa 1928 | Fishing Creek - MD | Crab skiff built by Charles H. Parks and used to harvest peeler crabs out of Hooper Island. Charles H. Parks opperated a seafood packing house till the 1960s. |  | View | |
| 66 | 2003.0038.0001.00 | soap (organic material) | A bar of Colgate's Octagon all purpose soap, net w | Colgate-Palmolive Company, __Manufacturer | Range, Cir 01/01/1945 - 01/01/1946 | A bar of Colgate's Octagon all purpose soap, net wt. 7 oz. (198g), made by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY 10022, Made in U.S.A. Soap is from the Center Market in Cambridge, Maryland, the type that the donor sold to skipjack crews in the 1930's and 1940's. This one is post 1964 and is marked .79. The package is white with red stripes and black text. |  | View | ||
| 67 | 1985.0005.0001.00 | steering wheels | Wood steering wheel reportedly from the sidewheel | Wood steering wheel reportedly from the sidewheel paddle steamer RIVER QUEEN. The wheel has 10 spokes connected to the metal brass hub. On the outer ring there are 10 inlaid metal stars and 10 inlaid wood diamonds. The RIVER QUEEN was built in 1864 and was used by President Lincoln during the Civil War. Condition: The ends of 3 spokes are loose and had been repaired at an earlier time, heavily varnished & discolored. Material: Oak? with metal hub, brass. |  | View | ||||
| 68 | 1969.0050.0001.00 | swan decoys | Tundra swan decoy | Barnes, Samuel T __Creator ||Holly, James T __Creator | Circa 1890 | Tundra Swan decoy, by Sam Barnes or James Holly of Havre de Grace. Number one of a small series of swan decoys by this maker; number three of this series is in collection of the Shelburne Museum; the second is in a private collection. Condition: Fair, repair work to neck, paint chipped from tail, crack in back repaired w/wood putty. See Decoy Magazine (March/April 2007), pp. 42-3; also Decoy Magazine (March/April 1993) pp. 9-10 for discussion of the maker of this decoy. |  | View | ||
| 69 | 0000.1157.0812.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 70 | 0000.1157.0814.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 71 | 0000.1157.0815.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 72 | 0000.1157.0816.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 73 | 0000.1157.0817.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 74 | 0000.1157.0818.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 75 | 0000.1157.0819.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 76 | 0000.1157.0820.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 77 | 0000.1157.0821.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 78 | 0000.1157.0822.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 79 | 0000.1157.0823.00 | transparency (photographic) | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat | Grieser, Robert H __Photographer | Range, Exa 06/01/2003 - 09/30/2003 | No Address - Onancock - VA - 23417 - USA | Capt. Will Laaksonen's boat, Onancock, VA<CR> Subject: Capt William Laaksonen | No image URL. | View | |
| 80 | 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 | ||
| 81 | 2011.0002.0001.00 | watercolor paintings | Watercolor of PRIDE OF BALTIMORE | Gilkerson, William __Creator | Watercolor of PRIDE OF BALTIMORE and three other schooners by William Gilkerson; this painting was reproduced on the dust jacket of Gillmer's Book, "PRIDE OF BALTIMORE: The Story of the Baltimore Clippers".Silver Frame, white and blue matting. Paper backing. |  | View |
Created 2026 by Don Barker, CBMM volunteer, for the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project. shipbuilding@sailingworkboats.es