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Delius in Danville : in 1959 Averett Baptist College celabrates its centennial and the world of music recalls a year in which the great English composer taught German and violin to planters' daughters.
Two page letter from Danville Leadbetter to Hussey to inform him that he has received complaints from his lighthouse keepers that they have not received adequate supplies in the past. Leadbetter asks that Hussey ensure that they are given the right type and number of supplies this time.
NOTES: Take a look at LP 2825, it is signed 'Quartley Balto. Md.' in the lower right corner. Other than a few stylistic and text changes it is nearly identical. I suspect that the company reused this drawing to create the print with updated vessels. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: BALTIMORE VESSEL TYPE: SCREW SCHOONER VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 1,414 GROSS TONS, 236' X 38' X 21'8" SHIPBUILDER: William E. WOODALL & CO. BUILDER LOCATION: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND SHIP OWNERS: BALTIMORE CHESAPEAKE AND RICHMOND STEAMBOAT COMPANY VESSEL BUILT: 1885 ALL SHIP'S NAMES: (1) BALTIMORE (1885-1911); (2) BEVERLY (1911-1920). VESSEL HISTORY: In 1918, she belonged to Steamship Beverly Ltd. of St. Johns, Newfoundland. VESSEL NAME: DANVILLE VESSEL TYPE: SCREW SCHOONER SHIPBUILDER: William E. WOODALL & CO. BUILDER LOCATION: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND SHIP OWNERS: BALTIMORE CHESAPEAKE AND RICHMOND STEAMBOAT COMPANY VESSEL BUILT: 1882 VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 1,234 GROSS TONS, 210' X 36' X 21'6" VESSEL HISTORY: Became BROCKTON of Colonial Navigation Co. in 1912. Abandoned in 1931. Alternate vessel names: (1) DANVILLE (1882-1911); (2) BROCTON (1912-1931).
PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA; RELATED PLACE: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER
CURATORS NOTES: Reps, John William. Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: lithographs of towns and cities in the United States and Canada, notes on the artists and publishers, and a union catalog of their work: 1825-1925. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1984, p. 488, catalog 3674.
L6013 - Group of unit 2085B are shown in their bunks about the Empress of Scotland. 1-10-44. Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "SECRET Authority WD Cir 346 October 15, 1942 Initials WCS Date 21 JAN 1944" stamped in red ink.
Embarkation (Military science).
Five men are shown lying in the canvas bunks provided on the Empress of Scotland. Coats and helmets hang from the support structures, bags are used as pillows. The 8 x 10 crops out much of the surrounding supports. Its inscription reads "Representative group of Unit 2085-B, 91st Depot Supply Squadron consisting of 6 officers and 116 enlisted men, shown in standees aboard the HMS Empress of Scotland before sailing for overseas service. Top to bottom: Corp Robert L. Frazer, 18114509, Lufkin, Texas; Corps. Robert E. Clark, 35549168, South Bend, Ind.; Corps. Lucien R. Good, 35790876, Danville Ky.; Corp. Herman Hortman, 32735275, Rochester, N. Y."
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Large admiralty pattern anchor with replacement wooden stock and bands. NOTES: Chain not original and of insufficient size. Chain removed 22 Feb 2007. A shackle on the ring could not be removed. The shackle and pin were removed in October 2016 during restoration by Davis Boat Works. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: From The Bee, Danville, Virginia, July 22, 1941: Motor Truck Drops Anchor on Street. Norfolk, VA. July 22. - A truck dropped its anchor - yes, its anchor - on a Norfolk county highway, so traffic went around for a couple of hours until a crane could arrive to put it back on the truck. It was a whopper - with an old-fashioned stock 14 feet across - and it was being carried to the Mariners Museum in Newport News.
SHORT DESCRIPTION: In the center of the obverse three men are depicted in a boat in a heavy sea. One of the men is rowing the boat while another is standing, preparing to throw a line. The third figure is reaching out to help a fourth figure, a mariner in distress, who is clinging to a spar. In the distance to the left is the wreck of a ship. The entire scene is contained within a raised border. In the upper third of this border, and following the contour of the medal, are the words, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA in raised letters; and in the bottom third, the words ACT OF CONGRESS AUGUST 4, 1949. The scene is a symbolic representation of a courageous rescue at sea, which represents the purpose of this medal. In the center of the reverse is an ornate monument. An American eagle with displayed wings is perched atop the monument, and to its left is the figure of a woman holding an oak wreath in her left hand, and with her right hand she is preparing to inscribe the name of the recipient on the monument. To the right of the monument a mast, a yard with a sail, an anchor, a sextant, and a spray of laurel are grouped together. The monument and figures are contained within a raised border which bears the inscription in raised letters, IN TESTAMENT OF HEROIC DEEDS IN SAVING LIFE FROM THE PERILS OF THE SEA. At the bottom of the medal, separating the beginning and ending of the inscription, is a stylized laurel wreath. The medal is inscribed to 'James H. Price, 27 July 1975'. The ribbon has a broad center stripe of gold separated from red edge stripes by narrow pinstripes of white. Part C of this accession is a leather folder containing the citation for the lifesaving medal. It is 8-5/8" (length) x 11" (height) x 5/8" (depth). It bears the inscription: UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 1790 (with seal on front of case) NOTES: Awarded to Mr. Price for a lifesaving action on 27 July 1975 at Jones Marina, Hampton, Virginia, during which he rescued four people from a burning power boat. The Gold Lifesaving Medal is awarded by the Commandant of the Coast Guard to any person who rescues, or endeavors to rescue, any other person from drowning, shipwreck, or other peril of the water. To merit award of the Gold Lifesaving Medal, the rescue must be made at the risk to one's own life and show extreme heroic daring. The rescue or attempted rescue must either take place in waters within the United States or subject to its jurisdiction, or one of the parties must be a citizen of the United States or be from a vessel or aircraft owned or operated by citizens of the United States. The Gold Lifesaving Medal was designed by Hermann Faber and sculpted by Anthony C. Paquet. NOTES: Text of newspaper article (possibly the Daily Press), published sometime in 1973 or 1974: Price Among ‘Select’ With Newest Award, By P. J. Budahn, Military Reporter. The nation’s highest award for lifesaving was presented to a Hampton man Tuesday. James H. Price, 46, was given the Gold Lifesaving Medal for his actions July 27, 1973, when he pulled four people from the waters of Hampton Creek following a cabin cruiser explosion. “You join a select group of people who have demonstrated the ultimate in their service to humanity,” Rear Adm. Ross P. Bullard, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, told Price while presenting the award. Congress established the Gold Lifesaving Medal in 1874 to recognize exceptional courage in rescuing people from drowning, shipwreck and other perils on the sea. The award has been given only 29 times in the past five years and 582 times in its hundred-year history. Price, a tug boat captain, qualified for the award last summer. The cabin cruiser Joi exploded while refueling at a marina in the Hampton River. Price was nearby in a 16-foot motorboat at the time of the explosion. “Disregarding his own personal safety and ignoring the flaming boat just a few feet away, he immediately maneuvered his small boat close (to) the victims in the water,” the citation reads. Price pulled four persons from the inferno. One of them later died; three others were killed by the initial explosion. Among those rescued was a four-month old baby that was not breathing. Price revived the infant by turning him over and spanking him. The local seaman received third degree burns on the face, scalp and arms in the rescue effort. The award citation commends Price’s “extreme and heroic action” which are in keeping with “the highest traditions of humanitarian service.” Price’s heroism has brought him special commendations by the Hampton City Council and the Coast Guard. Text of article appearing in The Danville Register, Saturday, July 28, 1973, page 3: At Hampton, Eight Injured in Boat Explosion, Hampton (AP)—Eight persons were injured, four of them critically, Friday when the 50-foot cabin cruiser Joi exploded moments after it had taken on a supply of gasoline at a Hampton refueling dock. All of the injured suffered burns. Least seriously injured were a 4-month-old baby and a man from a nearby boat who was credited with rescuing four of the Joi’s occupants. Flames spreading from the blazing boat partially destroyed the fueling dock, and a 35-foot sailboat suffered damaged estimated at $10,000 when wind blew the cabin cruiser around a corner of the dock. The critically injured were: Burnette Woods, 25; his wife Vivian, 25; and Mrs. Ursula Lester, 47, all of Washington, D.C.. who were taken to the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. Asa Jenerett, 44, of Hampton, who was taken to Norfolk General Hospital. Amos Wynder, 43, of Hampton, was listed in “guarded” condition at the Norfolk hospital. Mrs. Almeda Woods, 47, of Washington, Anthony Woods, the 4-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Burnette Woods, and James Price, 46, of Hampton, were taken to Hampton General Hospital. Mrs. Woods and the baby were listed in satisfactory condition. Price was treated and released. It was Price who went to the rescue of the seven persons aboard the Joi when the cabin cruiser exploded. Police said he pulled four persons from the water, including the baby. Frank Worhsam, an employee at Jones Marina, said he had pumped 40 gallons of gasoline into the Joi and was standing “right by the boat when it exploded” immediately after the ignition key was turned. “It threw me 25 of 30 feet.” Worsham said. He said some of those aboard the cabin cruiser leaped into the water while others scrambled onto the dock with some of their clothing blown off and the rest on fire or smoldering. “They were screaming and hollering, I know they were hurting,” Worsham said. The two-alarm fire was answered by four ambulances, four fire trucks and a utility vehicle. Hampton Fire Chief C. W. Burgess said the alarm was turned in a 6:45 a.m. “When I came out of the Hampton station (about a mile away) I could see the smoke,” Burgess said. “We didn’t need an address. All you needed was to look in the sky.” An early morning breeze blew the flaming cabin cruiser around the corner of the dock near a 35-foot sailboat Calypso, whose owner, David Cooper, estimated damages to the craft at $10,000. “It could be more. I’m surprised it is still afloat,” Cooper said. Later, the Joi was pulled into the King Street dock by firemen and the blaze put out. Other firemen extinguished the blaze on the dock. I.W. Moore, owner of the marina, said he was “completely out of business” for at least a couple of months. “I can’t pump gas, I can’t do nothing,” Moore said. NOTES: It was reported in The Bee (Danville, Virginia) on July 30, 1973, page 14 that Asa C. Jenerett, who had suffered second and third degree burns over 90% of his body died on the 29th. The article also stated that the boat was owned by Samuel Robertson, a Hampton Institute music instructor, who had loaned the boat to the friends for a fishing trip. He was not aboard at the time of the accident. On August 1, 1973 the Danville Register reported that on July 31st Burnett Woods, 25, had died in the burn unit at the Medical College of Virginia. The other five victims remained hospitalized. On August 1, 1973 the Statesville Record & Landmark (Statesville, North Carolina) stated that Ursula Lester, 47, had also died on Tuesday the 31st. An obituary for Amos Wynder stated that he died on August 14, 1973. INVENTORY: case and citation - there are two (2) component parts.
BALTIMORE (SCREW SCHOONER: 1885-1911); ATLANTA (SCREW STEAMSHIP: 1896-1918)
BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES
MARYLAND, BALTIMORE
VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: BALTIMORE VESSEL BUILT: 1885 VESSEL TYPE: SCREW SCHOONER VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 1,414 gross tonnage, 236' x 38' x 21'8" SHIP BUILDER: W. E. WOODALL & CO. SHIP LINE: BALTIMORE CHESAPEAKE AND RICHMOND STEAMBOAT COMPANY VESSEL HISTORY: In 1911 renamed BEVERLY of Colonial Navigation Company. In 1918, she belonged to Steamship Beverly Ltd. of St. Johns, New Foundland. Alternate vessel names: (1) BALTIMORE (1885-1911); (2) BEVERLY (1911-1920). VESSEL NAME: ATLANTA VESSEL TYPE: SCREW STEAMSHIP SHIP BUILDER: W. CRAMP & SONS BUILDER LOCATION: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA SHIP LINE: CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP COMPANY VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 2,094 tons, 225.3 ft length x 42.1' breadth x 14.2' depth Alternate vessel names: (1) ATLANTA (1896-1918); (2) CAMBRIDGE (1919-1949).
State tournament softball game. Pfc. Henry J. Said, Detroit, Michigan, 3783 Trucking Company, HRPE, is safe at 1st on infield hit. Jenkins of Danville covers bag. This was winning run scored on Root's double in 13th inning. HRPE, won 2-1. Photo taken at Byrd Field, Richmond, Va.
Softball–Virginia–Richmond.
Action shot of a softball game in progress, the runner is safe on base.
Lt. Thomas Gibbons, 01304305, Minonk, Ill., HRPE, Softball Team, tags out what would have been winning run coming in from 3rd base on bunt in 12th inning in game against Danville in State Softball tournament. HRPE won game in 13th inning, 2-1. Photo taken at Byrd Field, Richmond, Va.
Softball–Virginia–Richmond.
Action shot of a softball game in progress, the catcher is tagging out a runner at the home plate.
RELATED PLACE: NEW JERSEY, WEST HOBOKEN, 31 PALISADE AVENUE
NOTES: Sketchbook No. 70 of pencil drawings created by Antonio Jacobsen from 1878 to 1918 for his artworks. VESSELS LISTED IN SKETCHBOOK NO. 70, DATED 1906-07 ATLANTA DANVILLE (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1882-1931) AUGUSTA (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1900-1928) BALTIMORE (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1885-1918) DELAWARE (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1902-1935) CATHERINE M. MONAHAN (Schooner, 4) (Service Dates 1904-1910) C.W. MORSE (Paddle Wheel Steamship) (Service Dates 1903-1935) SATILLA (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1906) GEORGIA (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1887-1939) ALABAMA (Screw Steamship) JAMESTOWN VIRGINIA (Screw Steamship) COLUMBIA (Steamboat) HENRY WEILER (Schooner,3) (Vessel Built 1900) N.Y.P. & N. NO. 5 (Barge) (Service Dates 1897-) PENNSYLVANIA (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1900-1940) HAMPTON ROAD (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1896) POCAHONTAS JEFFERSON (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1899-1932) HAMILTON (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1899-1932) MOBJACK (Paddle Wheel Steamship) (Service Dates 1899-1951) HAMPTON (Paddle Wheel Steamship) (Service Dates 1901-1947) BRUNSWICK (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1877-1925) SUSIE P. OLIVER (Schooner, 3) (Vessel Built 1882) ELSIE A. BALES (Schooner,3) (Vessel Built 1883) ELIZABETH GILBERT (Schooner,3) (Service Dates 1884-1915) GRACEBELL TAYLOR (Schooner,3) (Vessel Built 1894) CATHERINE M. MONAHAN (Schooner,4) (Service Dates 1904-1910) LABEL COPY: STEAMBOAT HAMPTON (1901-1909) Hampton, Virginia Sketch, 1907 Gift of Mrs. Helen Jacobsen Chapin Sketchbook Number 70, 93.42.63 During his stay in Hampton Roads, Jacobsen captured details of the Old Dominion Line's local steamer HAMPTON for a later painting. (Jacobsen Exhibit: "Painted Ships on Painted Oceans" 10/24/1994 Gallery 15, Section 623A) VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: HAMPTON VESSEL TYPE: PADDLEWHEEL STEAMSHIP SERVICE DATES: 1901- SHIPBUILDER: LEWIS NIXON BUILDER LOCATION: Elizabeth, New Jersey SHIP OWNER: OLD DOMINION S.S. CO. HOMEPORT: NEW YORK, NEW YORK VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 181.7 x 29.5 x 10.1; gross tons 580 LABEL COPY: Car Ferry at Norfolk Pier Norfolk, Virginia Sketch, 1907 Gift of Mrs. Helen Jacobsen Chapin Sketchbook No. 70, 93.42.63 N.Y.P. & N. No. 5 was a so-called "Bay barge." Towed by New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad tugs, these big carfloats carried rail cars between Norfolk and Cape Charles Virginia. Jacobsen's sketch captured details of the superstructure, which spanned the three tracks. (Jacobsen Exhibit: "Painted Ships on Painted Oceans" 10/24/1994 Gallery 15, Section 623A) VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: N.Y.P. & N. NO. 5 VESSEL TYPE: BARGE VESSEL BUILT: 1897 BUILDER LOCATION: ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY SHIP OWNER: N.Y.P. & N.R.R. CO. HOMEPORT: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 1671 gross tons
A group from the Merrill's Marauders that embarked 26 July 1943 from SFPE. They were in the 5307th Composite Unit, 43rd Division, at Arendal Island, and they volunteered for service in the Marauders (suicide outfit). They went to New Caledonia, to Australia, to Bombay, India, arriving in Indian 9 October 1943. There were three battalions of Marauders (Commanding Officer: Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill); fought in Burma in February 1944. Left to right Pvt. Frank L. Pruitt, 34319922, Danville, Va.; Pvt. Patrick J. Muraco, 16092487, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Pfc. Angelo O. Pomotto, 33294662, Vandergrift, Pa.; standing left to right: Pvt. Fred E. Nalley, 14125208, Greenville, South Carolina; Pfc. Joseph J. Calaci, 31191397, Hartford, Conn.; Pvt. Samel J. Rayner, 12136461, Union City, New Jersey, members of 2nd Battalion, Merrill's Marauders, Burma-India-China Theater of War. Photo taken at Pier 6, HRPE, Newport News, Va.
Shows six men recently debarked, three are kneeling and three are standing. The story of Merril's Marauders was dramatized in a Warner Bros. motion picture in 1962. The caption on the 8x10 print identifies the vessel the men arrived on as the West Point.
F-11075 - Asst. HRPE Fire Chief Mr. R. W. Horton of Newport News, Va., who has been in the fire dept. for 16 years and in HRPE Fire Dept. for 19 months, is shown using CO2, to put out gasoline fire on a reconstructed portion of a make believe pier. This was a demonstration put on for the benefit of C&O railroad officials on the qualifications and throoughness of the HRPE Fire Dept. in compating pier fires. Holding other end of extinguisher is Joseph Gwynn, whose home is Danville, Va. He has been in HRPE Fire Dept. for 8 months. Photo taken at Pier 9, HRPE, Newport News, Va. 11-22-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va.
Fire fighters–Virginia–Newport News.; Fire extinction–Exhibitions–Virginia–Newport News.
One man in the center holds a hose that sprays white gas onto a burning pier segment. More men look on on the far right side of the image.
F-11076 - Asst. HRPE Fire Chief Mr. R. W. Horton of Newport News, Va., who has been in the fire dept. for 16 years and in HRPE Fire Dept. for 19 months, is shown using CO2, to put out gasoline fire on a reconstructed portion of a make believe pier. This was a demonstration put on for the benefit of C&O railroad officials on the qualifications and thoroughness of the HRPE Fire Dept. in combating pier fires. Note fire is thoroughly extinguished. Holding other end of extinguisher is Joseph Gwynn, whose home is Danville, Va. He has been in HRPE Fire Dept. for 8 months. Photo taken at Pier 9, HRPE, Newport News, Va. 11-22-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va.
Fire fighters–Virginia–Newport News.; Fire extinction–Exhibitions–Virginia–Newport News.
One man in the center holds a hose over a burned pier segment. More men look on on the far right side of the image.
United States–History–Veterans. Civil War, 1861-1865
This collection consists of Thomas Kevill's certificate of charter membership to the Pickett-Buchanan Camp Confederate Veterans in Norfolk, Virginia. Thomas Kevill was born in Sligo, Ireland on April 5, 1826. He later emigrated to Canada and then to Boston, Massachusetts. By 1848 Kevill was living in Norfolk, Virginia, where he worked as a haberdasher. In 1850, he married Augustine L. Shield. Kevill formed and headed Norfolk's United Volunteer Fire Co. in 1860. Before the firing on Fort Sumter, Kevill organized the United Artillery, a militia unit composed of firemen. After Virginia seceded, Kevill enlisted in the Confederate army as captain in the United Artillery (1st Co. E, 41st Virginia Infantry). During the war's first year, Kevill's unit occupied Fort Norfolk on the Elizabeth River. In March 1862, Kevill volunteered to serve aboard the newly christened ironclad CSS Virginia, where he commanded #9 broadside gun during the Battle of Hampton Roads. Soon thereafter, Kevill returned to his old unit, which became Co. C, 19th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery. During the evacuation of Norfolk, Kevill manned an entrenched heavy battery. In the Battle of Savage Station, Kevill commanded a railroad artillery piece. For much of the rest of the war, Kevill was stationed at Drewry's Bluff. Kevill surrendered with Robert E. Lee's forces at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. After the war, Kevill returned to Norfolk and resumed his occupation as a haberdasher. He also organized and served as chief of Norfolk's first professional fire department. In 1883, he became one of the founding members of the Pickett-Buchanan Camp Confederate Veterans, which was part of the larger state-wide organization Grand Camp Confederate Veterans. Kevill died in 1896 and is buried at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Norfolk. The certificate in this collection provides a description of Kevill's service as a Confederate service member during the Civil War, including his service on the CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads.
MS0095-0435
MS0095-0437
MS0095-0436
MS0091-03-02-0901
mr154a
MS0354-001-16-01_01
qw430
lp2806
P0003-01 - L-6013
da63b
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1944.0165.000001
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E15293
E15292SOFTBALL
P0003-01 - L-11465
P0003-01 - F-11075
P0003-01 - F-11076