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1. Memory Stick

   History and photos of the refit of the Skipjack E. C. Collier and multiple photos of Eastern Shore boats by Marjorie Goettle on memory stick.

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2. "A Day in the Life" - Negative, Film

   Larry Chowning featured Jonesy Payne and his crab harvesting operation in the 1989 National Fisherman Yearbook, October, 1996.

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3. "A Day in the Life" - Negative, Film

   Twenty photos of a commercial shrimp fishery in Beaufort, NC.

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4. "A Woman's Perspective" - Negative, Film

   Mrs. Dorothy Norris related experiences from her life married to Captain Hugh Norris in Chapter 27, "A Woman's Perspective" in Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Tradtions by Larry Chowning.

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5. "Automobile starters, like the one above, are often used to anchor a trotline" - Transparency, Slide

   Close-up of cotten line. Photos were taken by Larry Chowning for his article "Working a trotline on the Chesapeake" published in National Fisherman Magazine, March, 1988, pgs. 37-40. Larry accompanied trotliner Bobby Tucker Lee of Kent Narrows, MD, for a day of crabbing just northwest of Kent Island near Love Point. Bobby "Tucker" Lee was also the focus of "Trotlining for Chesapeake Blue Crabs," Chapter 21 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapea...

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6. "Building a crab pot" - Negative, Film

   Ed Payne building crab pots. The article "Invention of the crab pot changed the Chesapeake forever," story and photos by Larry S. Chowning, Field Editor, appeared in NATONAL FISHERMAN, MARCH, 1989 Pgs. 48-51. "As Virginia crabber Ed Payne pulls a pot to the surface with an electric hauler, the structural importance of the re-bar frame along the lower edge of the pot becomes obvious. The weight of the frame is also critical in keeping the ...

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7. "Chesapeake Builder Looks to Aluminum" - Negative, Film

   Larry Chowning's article "Chesapeake Builder Looks to Aluminum" was published in National Fisherman, March, 1992. The text begins with this description: "There may not be many aluminum work boats on Chesapeake Bay right now, but the two partners who make up Brown & Charles Marine Construction plan to change that, starting with this 42’ combination vessel they are building on speculation. The single-chined, moderate- to deep-V hull has 3/16" side ...

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8. "Christ Church man harvests fruits of earlier labors" - Negative, Film

   Sherman Holmes was the subject of the Southside Sentinel series "Vintage Profile" in an article that was published on February 20, 1992. Larry Chowning visited Mr. Holmes at his home place near Christ Church where he has an apple orchard on part of his 40 acres.

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9. "Cooking Muskrat" - Negative, Film

   Maxwell Chandler of Revis, Virginia was 87 when Larry Chowning visited his home in 1994 to talk about muskrat cuisine. Photos were inlcuded in Chapter 29 of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Tradtions, "Cooking Muskrat." Chandler had been eating and preparing muskrat since 1917.

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10. "Davidson Marine Keeps the Cost of the Aluminum Boat Down" - Negative, Film

    Larry Chowning's article "Davidson Marine Keeps the Cost of the Aluminum Boat Down" was published in National Fisherman, April, 1983. The text begins with this description: "The use of aluminum alloy in the boatbuilding industry on the Chesapeake is becoming more prevalent, and Davidson Marine Services Inc. of Port Haywood, Va., is contributing greatly to this trend. The company recently completed a 31’ utility vessel for the firm Seamen of Norw...

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11. "Deagle's Gives facelift to wooden beauty" - Negative, Film

    Principia, a classic yacht built 1928 in Seattle, Washington, was on the railway at Deagle's Boatyard, June, 1995. The boat was built for L.A. Macomber, President of Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. The story by Larry Chowning "Deagle's Gives facelift to wooden beauty" appeared in the Southside Sentinel, June 8, 1995, pages one and ten.

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12. "Deltaville Dolly" for hauling boats next to the Norris boatshop - Transparency, Slide

    Larry Chowning took photos of Willard Norris building a 22' wooden skiff at his shop on Lovers Lane in Deltaville, VA. Norris was 78 at the time of this article. Pictures were included in Larry's story "A wooden boat holdout," National Fisherman, July, 2005, pages 32-33. Chowning quotes Norris about this boatbulding community in Deltaville: "I can take you right down the street," he says. "Lad Wright, Tom Wright, Rob Dudley, John Wright, Lewis Wr...

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13. "Deltaville Dolly" for hauling boats next to the Norris boatshop - Transparency, Slide

    Larry Chowning took photos of Willard Norris building a 22' wooden skiff at his shop on Lovers Lane in Deltaville, VA. Norris was 78 at the time of this article. Pictures were included in Larry's story "A wooden boat holdout," National Fisherman, July, 2005, pages 32-33. Chowning quotes Norris about this boatbulding community in Deltaville: "I can take you right down the street," he says. "Lad Wright, Tom Wright, Rob Dudley, John Wright, Lewis Wr...

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14. "Dragging for conch in the dead of night" - Negative, Film

    Larry Chowning's story "Dragging for conch in the dead of night" was published in National Fisherman, February, 1988, pages 24-26. This unusual Chesapeake Bay fishery was also featured in Chapter 18 of Chesapeake Legacy-Tools & Traditions. Captain Leon King and his mate Billy Kellum work all night to harvest bay conch.

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15. "Easy-to -clean pen boards from recycled plastic," - Negative, Film

    The story "Easy- to -clean pen boards from recycled plastic," by Larry S. Chowning, Field Editor, appeared in NATIONAL FISHERMAN, JULY, 1992, Pgs. 41, 50. Larry took 30 photos for the story. "Robert A. Fisher, a commercial fisheries specialist with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has introduced a recycled product to Virginia’s offshore scallop fleet that may well be applicable to the industry as a whole."

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16. "Francis C" boat at the Robert O. Norris, Jr. bridge - Print, Photographic

    A 14" X 11" unframed photographic print of the "Francis C" boat at the Robert O. Norris, Jr. bridge while it was being constructed in the early 1950s.

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17. "Historic buy boat gets overhaul at Deltaville boatyard." - Negative, Film

    The 72' buy boat Coastal Queen was on the railway at Deagle's Boatyard in 1996 for major repairs. "Built in 1928 on the bank of Hudson Creek on the Little Choptank River in Maryland, Coastal Queen was originally named A.G. Price in recognition of the man who built her." The three owners of the boat have converted her into a luxury cruiser. Larry Chowning's story about the boat was published in the Southside Sentinel on August 15, 1996: "Historic ...

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18. "Nora W" and the "Thomas W" - Print, Photographic

    Framed 20" X 16" photograph of the "Nora W" and the "Thomas W", 2 of the Ward deadrise boats, date unknown.

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19. "Planting Seed Oysters" - Negative, Film

    Larry Chowning was aboard the 1926 buyboat Nelllie Crockett in 1985 on an oyster planting contract not far from Urbanna. The skipper was Captain James H. Ward, Sr. "On one of his October trips, after loading 1,822 bushels onto the Nellie Crockett from Deep Creek, James arrived at 1:00 A.M. on a Friday in Urbanna to pick up a crew of six men and wait for high tide. The load was to be delivered to grounds near Punchbowl Point on the Rappahannock. T...

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20. "Salt Herring" - Negative, Film

    Mrs. Louise Gray had stories to tell about the preparation of salt herring while being raised on a farm in Middlesex County. See Chapter 3, "Salt Herring," Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Tradtions by Larry Chowning.

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