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The Calvert Marine Museum of Solomons, Maryland, has acquired the bugeye Wm. B. Tennison. Built in 1899 at Crabb Island, she was co nst ruct ed from nine logs. She engaged in the oyster indu stry and coasting trade und er sa il until 1911 when, after conversion to power and addition of a large after cabinhouse, she was used solely as a buy boat. Traveling a bout the oyster fl eet, the buy boat collected the catch and delivered it to market , allowing the fleet to continue its fi shing but also causing the oysterman to receive a lower price for hi s catch. The Tennison is in excellent condition. Certified by the Coast Guard to carry 49 passengers in 1976, she is the oldest Coast Guard approved passenger vessel in Chesapeake waters. The Mu seum plans to use her for one and three hour river ·cruises on the Patuxent R iver and St. Leonards Creek. Charters and educational cruises are also being scheduled. Calvert Marine Museum, PO Box 97, Solomons MD 20688 (301 / 326-3719)
WEST COAST The Golden Hinde If, replica of Drak e's most famous vessel, set sail at the end of April from its hom e port of San Francisco on a two-month voyage to Japan. There she will be used in filming the movie "S hogun," from the popular novel about Portugese sa ilors in 16th-ce ntury Japan . Shooting is sc heduled to take 35 days after which she will return to San Francisco.
A collection of important harbor and river views during the heyday of the merchant sailing ship by the renowned marine artist
JOHN STOBART PITTSBURGH IN 1900 (shown above) • MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK •WAYNE CITY LANDING• VALLEHO WHARF, SAN FRANCISCO• START OF THE SANTA FE TRAIL
Published as signed, limited edition collector's prints, prices are $200 signed and $400 remarqued, except for "Start of the Santa Fe Tra il" which is $300 signed, $600 remarqued . Other prints are also available. All prices are subject to change by availability and the dictates of the collector's market. Through the generosity of the artist, half the cost of each print will go to benefit the work of the NMHS, and is therefore, tax-deductible. This offer is available to NMHS membets only. For more information please contact:
NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY 2 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: 212-858-1348
SEA HISTORY PRINTS Announces a limited-edition of signed and numbered full-color lithographic art prints of the great sidewheel excursion steamboat Grand Republic from a painting by the noted marine artist
WILLIAM G. MULLER
The steam whistle of San Francisco's Bay ferry Eureka sounded for the first time in 20 years on March I, while the 89-year-old ferry was in drydock for a n ex tensive $100,000 overhaul at Todd Shipyard in Alameda. Harry Drin g, supervi so r of maint enance at th e National Maritime Museum, pulled the co rd on th e hi storic event. Upon completion of overhaul, Eureka will return to her berth a t the Hyde Street Pier. National Maritime Museum at San Francisco, Fort Ma son, San Francisco CA 94104 The State of Alaska's Office of Hi st 0 ry and Archaeology is spon soring a conference, "The Sea in Alaska's Past," September 7-8, 1979. Topics include native peopl e's use of the sea, maritime exploration, waterfront in dustries, commercial shipping, coastal settlement s . Proposals for papers to be presented should be submitted by July I. Offic e of Hi story and Archaeology, State of Alaska, 619 Warehou se Ave., Suite 210, Anchorage AL 99501
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SEA HISTORY, SUMMER 1979
Built in 1879 with a capacity for 4,000 passengers, the majestic Grand Republic was the largest steamboat ever constructed exclusively for excursion service in the Port of New York. She is shown rounding Dunderberg Mountain while heading south through the Hudson River Highlands in 1918 under ownership of the McAllister Steamboat Company. Print image size 16 3/•" x 25" . Signed print, $30. Signed and remarqued print, $85. Order from:
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