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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 | No image URL. | Curlew | P0001.011/01-0728 | |||||||
| 2 | DELAWARE BAY BUGEYE CURLEW | CL6633 | ||||||||
| 3 | No image URL. | Curlew (Minesweeper : AM-69). | Contains black and white photographs. | MS0817/01-18.072 | ||||||
| 4 | ![]() | 1937 | Curlew (Schooner : 1883). | Envelope: "Bugeye Curlew. N.J. 1937" Negative: "#384 M.V.B." | Schooners–New Jersey.; Bugeyes (Boats)–New Jersey.; Sailboats–Equipment and supplies. | Shows a starboard side view of the bow and bowsprit of a schooner. There is a boat shed in the background. | MS0063/01-384.1#0384 | |||
| 5 | ![]() | 5/22/1856 | Curlew (Side wheel steamer : 1856). | [Method of Rep]Multiview projection; [Point of View]Side view --Front view | Steam-engines–Designs and plans. | Drawing of a walking beam engine for the side wheel steamer Curlew (1856). The Curlew served as the C.S.S. Curlew in the Confederate States Navy. The C.S.S. Curlew was sunk by gunfire off Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in February of 1862. | MS0573/04-#45 | |||
| 6 | ![]() | 1937 | Curlew (Schooner : 1883). | Envelope: "Bugeye Curlew. N.J. 1937" Negative: "#385 M.V.B." | Schooners–New Jersey.; Bugeyes (Boats)–New Jersey.; Sailboats–Equipment and supplies. | Shows a port side view of the bow and bowsprit of a schooner. There are some saw horses and an anchor in the background. | MS0063/01-385#0385 | |||
| 7 | ![]() | 1937 | Curlew (Schooner : 1883). | Envelope: "Bugeye Curlew. N.J. 1937" Negative: "#386 M.V.B." | Schooners–New Jersey.; Shipyards–New Jersey.; Bugeyes (Boats)–New Jersey.; Sailboats–Equipment and supplies.; Boats and boating–Maintenance and repair. | Shows a port side view of the bow and bowsprit of a schooner. There are some saw horses and an anchor in the background. It appears that the boat is out of the water at a shipyard. | MS0063/01-386.1#0386 | |||
| 8 | ![]() | NOTES: The following is a letter which accompanied the box: Ballot box or Black Balling Chamber. The following particulars re Ballot Box are supplied by Captain H. Wilson of the Curlew Rowing Club, Greenwich. This Ballot-box was presented by a Mr. Joseph Pullen to the Officers Mess on board HM Ship VICTORY in the year 1804(?). During that year, the VICTORY was laying at Woolwich reconditioning and this Mr. Pullen was one of the leading citizens at that time. The box was used by the Officers of the vessel for voting for or against any subject pertaining to the mess room and allowing leading civilians to become temporary members. (The grog in these days being rather good). It was also used in deciding the fate of men collected by the Press Gangs to serve aboard the different ships. during a riot aboard the VICTORY by members of the crew, year unknown, it was with other gear thrown overboard into the Thames. This Ballot box was recovered by a Thomas waterman and returned to Mr. Pullen who presented it to the Curlew Rowing Club. It has been in the Curlew Rowing Club before the oldest existing member who is 84 years (in 1929). | CL4144 | |||||||
| 9 | No image URL. | Seafaring life–Personal narratives. | Curlew's centenary. | LB66983 | ||||||
| 10 | No image URL. | Columbia (Protected cruiser : No. 12).; Newark (Protected cruiser : No. 1).; Florida (Battleship : No. 30).; Pawnee (Section patrol : SP-699).; Prairie (Auxiliary cruiser : 1906).; Curlew (Minesweeper : AM-8).; McCloy (Escort ship : DE-1038). | China–History–Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901. | Medal of Honor. | Of men and ships : __a life of honor | LB102607 | ||||
| 11 | ![]() | (Navy Cross). McCloy, John, Lieutenant, U.S.N. For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service while in command of the U.S.S. CURLEW, duty clearing the North Sea of mines. McCloy, John. Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. Received Navy Cross for distinguished service while in command of the U.S.S. CURLEW, duty clearing the North Sea of mines. | Image of John McCloy in white Navy uniform, with 10 decorations on left breast, including Navy Cross. | P0005/-#U-PP0318 | ||||||
| 12 | ![]() | Before 1992 | Virginia (Ironclad : 1862).; Merrimack (Frigate : 1856-1860).; Richmond (Ironclad : 1862).; Patrick Henry (Side wheel steamer : 1861).; Albemarle (Ironclad : 1864).; Curlew (Side wheel steamer : 1861).; Owl (Side wheel steamer : 1864). | Photocopy from the Register of Officers of the Confederate States Navy, 1861-65. James Crosby Long is listed as being born and in appointed from Tennessee. His service aboard the Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads is noted, along with other vessels. Title devised by Library staff. | MS0164.001/02-003.46#01 | |||||
| 13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | NOTES: Sketchbook No. 31 of pencil drawings created by Antonio Jacobsen from 1878 to 1918 for his artworks. VESSELS LISTED IN SKETCHBOOK NO. 31, 1889 ALICE BRADSHAW (Half Brig) (Vessel Built 1875) ALERT (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1884) CITY OF MONTICELLO (Steam Paddle Wheel) (Service Dates 1866-1900) VICTORIA (Screw Steamship) ANJER HEAD (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1881) SARAH A. JENKS (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1885-1949) SEA BIRD HARRY & AUBREY (Half Brig) (Vessel Built 1864) GLENMORVEN (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1882) SAGINAW (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1883) CEARENSE (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1869) CURLEW (Screw Steamship) CRAIGSIDE (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1887) | CL28300 | |||||||
| 14 | 1944/04/04 | AZTEC (STEAMSHIP: 1929), PETER LASSEN, BUILT 1929 AT GLASGOW, BY BARCLAY, CURLEW & COMPANY. OWNED BY MAYAN SS CORPORATION. (UNITED FRUIT COMPANY MGRS.) 5,383 T , 388.8 X 53.2 X 31.2 | Ship at anchor. | P0001.003/01-#PB6315 | ||||||
| 15 | ![]() ![]() | 01/28/1987 | Merrimack (Frigate : 1856-1860).; Virginia (Ironclad : 1862).; Monitor (Ironclad : 1862).; Curlew (Side wheel steamer : 1861).; Richmond (Ironclad : 1862).; Savannah (Ironclad ram : 1863).; Albemarle (Ironclad : 1864).; Owl (Side wheel steamer : 1864).; Patrick Henry (Side wheel steamer : 1861). | Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862.; Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862–Anniversaries, etc.; Reunions. | One page letter from James Cole to Irwin Berent expressing Mr. Cole's regret at being unable to attend the 125th anniversary commemoration and reunion. Enclosed with the letter are a short typescript biography of James Cozby Long, and an article written by Marcus B. Long for the Chattanooga Sunday Times on December 14, 1913 titled "Some Reminiscences of Confederate Navy School." It is based on letters written by James Cozby Brown in late 1863 while on the Patrick Henry, which served as a school ship for the Confederate States Navy. | MS0164.001/06-006.05#05 | ||||
| 16 | 1942 | WRITTEN ON VERSO: FORMERLY KINGSTON BUILT 1939 AT GLASGOW BY BARCLAY, CURLEW & COMPANY LIMITED. OWNED BY TANKERS LIMITED, 10,000T , 501.7 X 66.7 35.6 | Tankers | Portside view entering harbor, assisted by tug. | P0001.003/01-#PB6265 | |||||
| 17 | 1956/02/26 | USA; MARYLAND; BALTIMORE | AZTEC (STEAMSHIP: 1929), PETER LASSEN, BUILT 1929 AT GLASGOW, BY BARCLAY, CURLEW & COMPANY. OWNED BY MAYAN SS CORPORATION. (UNITED FRUIT COMPANY MGRS.) 5,383 T , 388.8 X 53.2 X 31.2 | AZTEC (STEAMSHIP: 1929) | P0001.003/01-#PB26929 | |||||
| 18 | 1944/09/17 | AZTEC (STEAMSHIP: 1929), PETER LASSEN, BUILT 1929 AT GLASGOW, BY BARCLAY, CURLEW & COMPANY. OWNED BY MAYAN SS CORPORATION. (UNITED FRUIT COMPANY MGRS.) 5,383 T , 388.8 X 53.2 X 31.2 | Ship at anchor. | P0001.003/01-#PB6314 | ||||||
| 19 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Circa 1920 | Larchmont Yacht Club (Larchmont, N.Y.)–Photographs.; International Star Class Yacht Racing Association–Photographs. | Larchmont (N.Y.)–Photographs.; Block Island (R.I. : Island)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Regattas–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Yawls–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the Larchmont Yacht Club and the Larchmont Regatta, the power yacht Shelter, the yacht Katoura, the yacht Indian, the runabout Lets Go, the yacht Lightning, the yacht Fawn, the yacht Sailo, the yacht Curlew, unidentified auxiliary schooners, unidentified power yachts, the yacht Seawane, the tanker Veedol, the yacht Scout VI, the yacht Gay Head, the yacht Djinn, the yacht Goose, unidentified auxiliary ketches, the yacht Roon II, the International class vessel Jick, the International class vessel Ariel, the runabout Mirage, the Star class vessel Stella Polaris, various unidentified sailing and power yachts, and the beginning of the Handicap class race at Block Island. | P0002.001/50-063 | |||
| 20 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Circa 1920 | Block Island (R.I. : Island)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Regattas–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Yawls–Photographs.; Ketches–Photographs.; Sloops–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the Bayside Block Island Race, the yacht Trivet, the yacht Albacore, the yacht Adventurer, the yacht Blitzen, the yacht South Wind, the yacht Curlew, the yacht Coaster, unidentified CC class vessels, unidentified yawl kayaks, unidentified auxiliary sloops and auxiliary ketches, the yacht Madcap III, the yacht Qui Vive, the yacht Silvana, the ketch Soerbajo, and the yacht Sailo. | P0002.001/50-064 | ||||
| 21 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Circa 1930 | City Island Yacht Club (N.Y.)–Photographs. | City Island (New York, N.Y.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Yawls–Photographs.; Ketches–Photographs.; Cutters–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the City Island Yacht Club and the City Island Yacht Club Race, the six meter yacht Goose, the six meter yacht Arabella, unidentified auxiliary ketches, the yacht Bellatrix, the yacht Curlew, the yacht Duster, unidentified auxiliary cutters, the yacht Flying Cloud III, the yacht Gitana, unidentified axiliary yawls, the yacht Golden Eye, the yacht Ingegerd, the auxiliary yawl Lucia, the yacht Le Renard, the yacht Tinnio, the yacht Mistral, and various unidentified sailing and power yachts at the City Island Yacht Club Race. | P0002.001/50-077 | |||
| 22 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Circa 1920 | New York Yacht Club–Photographs.; Priscilla (Steamship : 1922)–Photographs. | Newport (R.I.)–Photographs.; Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Steamboats–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of sailing yachts, schooners and power schooners, power yachts, steamboats, the Bermuda Yacht Race, the yacht Tradewind, the yacht Countess, the auxiliary schooner Inanda II, the yacht Malabar III, the yacht Primrose III, the yacht Beatrice, the yacht Fontinalis, the sea sled Runabout, the power yacht Corisande, the Harvard-Yale Regatta, the yacht Aaronella, the yahct Adroit II, the yacht Aloha, the yacht Bee, the yacht Bienestar, the yacht Cachalot, the yacht Caritas, the yacht Chin Chin, the yacht Coquette, the yacht Daphne, the yacht Dixie, the yacht Donnygill, the yacht Eagle, the yacht Early Bird, the yacht Elida II, the yacht Frances III, the yacht Felisi, the yacht Francelia, the yacht Gulf Stream, the yacht Hilaria, the yacht Heather, the yacht Hussar, the yacht Indian, the yacht Juanita, the yacht Laura, the yacht Moana, the yacht Meglidis, the yacht Maunda Loa II, the yacht Muskeeta, the yacht Miramar, unloading of the runabout Lady Jane, the steamboat Priscilla, the New York Yacht Club, the New York Yacht Club cruise, the cruise yacht Lynx VI, the cruise yacht Adventurer, schooner races, the cruise yacht Amorilla, the auxiliary schooner Curlew, the cruise yacht Fei Seen, the cruise yacht Mistral, the cruise yacht Marjee, the cruise yacht Malabar VII, the cruise yacht Resolute, the cruise yacht Sealove, the cruise yacht Alta, the power yacht Alpha, the auxiliary schooner Vagrant, and the power yacht Taormina. | P0002.001/50-004 | |||
| 23 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 1938-1939 | Indian Harbor Yacht Club–Photographs.; New York Yacht Club–Photographs. | Newport (R.I.)–Photographs.; New York (N.Y.)–Photographs. | Yachts–Photographs.; Yachting–Photographs.; Yacht clubs–Photographs.; Yacht racing–Photographs.; Sailboats–Photographs.; Motorboats–Photographs.; Schooners–Photographs.; Sloops–Photographs.; Yawls–Photographs.; Ketches–Photographs.; Cutters–Photographs.; Regattas–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the Indian Harbor Yacht CLub and the Indian Harbor Yacht Club Regatta, the auxiliary sloop Alphisle, the auxiliary yawl Avanti, the yacht Blackfish, the yacht Bobbill, the yacht Chantey, the yacht Cutless, unidentified sailing and power vessels at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club, the yacht Flood Tide, the yacht Golden Eye, the yacht Kraken, the yacht Nahma, the yacht Nor Easter, the yacht Nornan, the yacht Northern Light, the yacht Polly, the auxiliary schooner Starling, the yacht Vela, the yacht Vision, the power yacht Alcedo, the power yacht Hiram II, the power yacht Little Tyrant, the auxiliary ketch Curlew, the auxiliary yawl Flying Spray, the auxiliary yawl Meridian, the auxiliary sloop Mint, the auxiliary cutter Mutiny, the auxiliary sloop Polly, the auxiliary ketch Pustacaun, the auxiliary sloop Qui Vive, the auxiliary yawl Aries, the auxiliary schooner Wendameen, the yacht Seven Seas, the yacht Night Wind, and the yacht Nyala. | P0002.001/50-113 |
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