
These records are found in the online catalog of The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. Uncurated search results are presented to give researchers and interested readers an idea of whether the museum’s archives contain information about this vessel and whether it may be worthwhile to visit the museum’s catalog search page for further investigation. Uncurated results may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 | ![]() | 1/9/1938 | Franklin Baker 2nd (Motor vessel : 1927). | Motor vessel "Franklin Baker, 2nd" 1925, ex OL.S. "M. Ruth Conway"; Franklin Baker Shipping Co. (Del.), (Jan 9, 1938) | Steamer Franklin Baker 2nd tied down at dock. | MS0091/03.01-21#096 | ||||
| 2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Circa 1933-1980 | Virginia Institute of Marine Science–Photographs.; Reedville Oil & Guano Co. Photographs.; Glebe Point Boat Company, Inc. Photographs. | Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Coan River (Va.)–Photographs.; Tangier Island (Va.)–Photographs.; Cove Point (Md.)–Photographs.; Smith Island (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Reedville (Va.)–Photographs. | Work boats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Fishing boats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Yachts–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Canoes and canoeing–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Lobster boats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Menhaden industry–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Herring industry–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Boatbuilding–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Boatyards–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Marine railways–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Marinas–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of workboats, yachts, fishing boats, lobster boats, Miller's marine railway, boat owner Joe Christmas, the boat "Friendship", the boat "David Scott", the boat "Annapolis", the boat "Captain Thomas", Fairport docks, the boat "Doralana II", Tangier Island, the boat "Galadriel", Glebe Point Boat Company, Coan river marina in Fairport, the boat "Kung Fu Tse", menhaden, herring and herring roe, Johns Hopkins research boat, tugboats, the boat "Allen W. Haynie", houseboats, the boat "Mary Hickman", the boat "Miss Ann", the boat "John Bradford", Deagle's shipyard, Deagle's boatyard, grain boats, boat christening, log canoes, Cove Point, shrimp boats, the boat "Ruth Conway" at drydock, cargo boats, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Smith Island boats, and Reedville Oil and Guano Company. | MS0199/02-16 | |||
| 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Circa 1960-1970 | Standard Products Company, Inc. Photographs.; Seacoast Products, Inc. Photographs.; McNeal Co. Inc. Photographs. | Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Port Monmouth (N.J.)–Photographs.; Louisiana–Photographs.; Rappahannock River (Va.)–Photographs. | Menhaden industry–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Menhaden industry–Louisiana–Photographs.; Menhaden industry–New Jersey–Photographs.; Fishing boats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Work boats–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Transports–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Fishers–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Fish trade–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Docks–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Marine railways–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Boatbuilding–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs.; Human beings–Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)–Photographs. | Contains photographic negatives of the boat "Dempster", menhaden, the boat "John D. Diehl", Captain Leland Robinson and other fishing boat captains, fishing boats, fishermen, watermen, the ship "Atlantic Queen", Bellows' and Squire's fish factory, P.S. Green, Joseph S. Bellows, Captain Lacey Rose, Rappahannock river, purse nets and purse net repair, purse boats, Standard Products company, the boat "Lilly Mae", menhaden plant polution control, menhaden fishing, Standard Products plant, menhaden fishing fleets, Seacoast Menhaden Plant in Cameron, Louisiana, fish factory in Empire, Louisiana, Seacoast Products in Port Monmouth, New Jersey, Taft fish factory, McNeal Menhaden Plant in Fairport, Virginia, Dougle's fish factory, menhaden products and production, 2H Labs at Reedville, Virginia, trial run of the boat "Allen W. Haynie", the boat "North State", the boat "Hugh Haynie", Humphrey's marine railway, the boat "Mary S. Lewis", the boat "Ruth Conway", the boat "C. W. Curlett", the boat "Carol Ann", the ship "USS Grafton", the boat "Jim-O" at drydock, menhaden kelley boat "Marie", Cockrell's Creek, boat repair, Carter's Creek, and Captain Wallace E. Lewis. | MS0199/02-18 |
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