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"From the age of lOor 12, he was always fiddling w ith a knife. It proved to be useful ," says h.is wife Winifred. Crabtree was nearly 20 before he became seriously interested in carving ship model s. The mini atures took 28 years to complete, at whi ch time, rathe r than sell the models, he toured, ho lding exhibitio ns throug hout the country for several years. Thomas N. Hu·nnic utt, trustee and past cha irman and preside nt of the museum board, recalls Mr. Crabtree dri ving up to the museum one day in the 1950s with a panel truck full of models. The mu seum bought th e collection for $75,000, and Crabtree began a career as artist, carver, lecture r and guide for the mu seum . " I remember the first ex hibit, and the models have been a focal point of the museum ever since," says Hunnicutt. Crabtree gave hi s last lecture on the Crabtree Collection of minitature shi ps four years ago. His most recent visi t to The Mariners ' was on 14 August, 1994, for a cele bration of his 89th birthday. M ariners ' Curator Alan Frazer recall ed helping to lift the a iling arti st fro m hi s wheelchair into the car after the party: "Whe n we had go tte n him into the passenger seat, hi s ri g ht hand hung limpl y on the door sill, so I picked it up and laid it in hi s lap. He gave me a little smile and I said, 'Happy Birthday.' Turning away , I felt a mi xture of awe at having held the hand of that great crafts man , and of sorrow that the hands could no longer lift themselves. He w ill be remembe red , of course, for the power and skill that once passed through the m ." THOMAS CROWLEY, SR.
(1915-1994) Thomas B. Crowley, Sr., chainnan of a 400-vessel maritime empire and a fixture on the San Francisco wateifront, died in July at theageof79. He was known as the tugboat king for hi s fleet of Red Stack tugs, and owned the Red and White fleet of 10 s ightsee ing boats and ferries that dominates passenger service on the Bay. Tn 199 1 he closed the last two big shipyards on the Oakland Estuary, maintaining that they were no lo nger profitable and that there were too few tugs and barges to keep the yards o pen. Crowley was the recipient of the National Defense Transpo rtation Award in 1970 and of the Coast Guard Foundation's Disting ui shed SerJ; vice Award early in 1994.
Exhibitions • 7 October- 2 Apri l, John P. Gardner Model Exhibit, featuring more than a dozen of Maine modeler John Gardner's works. (Maine Maritime Museum , 243 Washington Street, Bath ME 04530; 207 443- 1316) • 15 October- 22 March, Nantucket and the China Trade. (South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front Street, New York NY 10038; 212 748-8600) • 19 Nove mber- September, Rhythm of the Oars: Stories of Rowing in America (Mystic Seaport Museum, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic CT 06355; 203 572-07 11) • 18 November- 12 March, Chesapeake Country . A collection of Cibachrome prints hy photographer Lucian Niemeyer, examining the hi story and ecology of the Chesapeake Bay area. (The Mariners' Museum , I 00 Museum Dr., Newport News VA 23606 ; 804 596-2222) • 7 December- April , Moments in History: 200 Years of Coast Guard History and, through September, The America's Cup. (San Diego Maritime Museum, 1306 N. Harbo r Dr., San Di ego CA 92 101 ; 619 234-9 153) • Throug h June, The Civil War and the Texas Coast. (Texas Maritime Museum , PO Box 1836, Rockport TX 78381 ; 512 729-1271)
Conferences • l 0- 11 M arch, Canal History and Technology Symposium. Hugh Moore Hi storical Park and Museums, PO Box 877 , Easton P A l 8044-0877; 6 10 250-6700. • 16-18 March , North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) Annual Meeting on the theme "The South and Maritime Hi story." Contact Dr. Harold D. Langley , Armed Forces Hi story Division, Smithsonian Instituti on, NMAH, Washington DC 20560. • 17-19 March , Yachting History Symposium . Mystic Seaport Museum , 75 Greenmanvi ll e Ave., Mystic CT 063550990 ; 203 572-5350. • 23- 24 March, " The Operational Art," 21st Mi li tary History Symposium at the Royal M ilitaryCol legeofCanada, Kingston, Ontario. Contact Dr. McKercher, Dept. of History, RM CC, Kingston ONT, K7K 5LO Canada; 613 541-6000. • 3 1 March- 2 April , Fourth An tique Motorboating Symposium. The Ma1iners ' Museum , IOOMuseum Dr., Newport News VA 23606 ; 804 596-2222. • 18- 19 M ay , 1995 Council of American Maritiime Museums Annual Meeting at Mysti c ; Seaport Museum. CAMM, cl-President, \Wi sconsin Maritime Museum , 75 Maritinme Dr. , Manitowoc WI 54220.
SEA HUSTORY 72, WINTER 1994-95