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  1. "Steamboat Recollections" - Negative, Film

    Mrs. Cody Dowell had stories to tell in the chapter "Steamboat Recollections," Chapter 26 in Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Tradtions by Larry Chowning.

    Record Type: Photo

    Mrs. Cody Dowell at home with a photo montage, 1993
  2. "Swimsuits Prohibited on Street, sign on Tangier Island - Transparency, Slide

    "Swimsuits Prohibited on Street, weathered sign on Tangier Island

    Record Type: Photo

    "Swimsuits Prohibited on Street, sign on Tangier Island
  3. "Tethys, A Very Special Garvey" - Negative, Film

    Larry Chowning's article "Tethys, A Very Special Garvey" was published in Small Boat Journal, No. 25, Pg. 61a, July 1982. The boat was designed and built by Hulls Unlimited of Deltaville.

    Record Type: Photo

    Tethys, a garvey built by Hulls Unlimited of Deltaville
  4. "Trapping remains popular among some county sportsmen." - Negative, Film

    Larry Chowning took over sixty photographs for the story "Trapping remains popular among some county sportsmen." The article was published in the Southside Sentinel, January, 24, 1985. Larry visited J.D, Davis of Locust Hill, Virginia and accompanied him on a hunt. Davis was an experienced trapper of red and gray fox, otter, raccoon, muskrat and beaver.

    Record Type: Photo

    J.D. Davis checks a trap in icy creek waters
  5. "With a cat-quick stroke, Tucker lands a big jimmy in his dip net that is knitted from twine." - Transparency, Slide

    Bobby Lee using a twine dip net to harvest blue crabs from his trotline This image was used on page 208 of Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions. 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. B...

    Record Type: Photo

    "With a cat-quick stroke, Tucker lands a big jimmy in his twine dip net"
  6. 09/24/2007 DMM Members Meeting - Disc, Compact (CD)

    A CD-R containing 45 images of the 09/24/2007 DMM Members Meeting and a HIGHMAT folder with several files including 6 older HMT image files also of the same members meeting.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photos of DMM Members Meeting of 09/24/2007
  7. 100th Birthday celebration for the F.D. Crockett - Photograph, Digital

    A USB drive containing 438 images in three folders taken on June 15, 2024 at the 100th Birthday celebration for the F.D. Crockett at the DMM.

    Record Type: Photo

    USB Drive wtih Crockett 100th Celebration Images
  8. 1940 Photos of Deltaville in snow. - Picture

    Record Type: Photo

    1940 Photos of Deltaville in snow.
  9. 1964 Framed Map of Deltaville - Map

    1964 Framed Map of Deltaville Division of Mineral Resources

    Record Type: Photo

    1964 Framed Map of Deltaville
  10. 225 hp John Deere diesel engine - Transparency, Slide

    A 225 hp John Deere diesel engine powers the Iris Marie, a 39'-6" deadrise gillnetting and commercial rod-and-reel boat built by George Butler for Hudnell H. Haynie, Jr. Photos were taken to accompany the story "The belle of the bay," a busy yard turns out a classy wooden boat for a Chesapeake Bay gillnetter and rod-and-reel fisherman, by Larry S. Chowning. The article was published in National Fisherman, April, 2003, pages 46-47.

    Record Type: Photo

    A 225 hp John Deere diesel engine powers the Iris Marie
  11. 25 crab pots are ready to be reset - Transparency, Slide

    Larry Chowning took photos and wrote the story "Chesapeake crabbers challenge the conventional," for National Fisherman Magazine, January, 1993, pages 39-41. This material also developed into Chapter 19 of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools and Traditions, "Bottom-line crab potting." Don Hubbard and his sons, Chris and Jeff, of Chase, Maryland pioneered a technique of fishing a 25 pot "bottom line" to catch blue crabs. Their boat, Defiance III, was custom ...

    Record Type: Photo

    25 crab pots are ready to be reset
  12. 25 crab pots are set at one time - Transparency, Slide

    Larry Chowning took photos and wrote the story "Chesapeake crabbers challenge the conventional," for National Fisherman Magazine, January, 1993, pages 39-41. This material also developed into Chapter 19 of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools and Traditions, "Bottom-line crab potting." Don Hubbard and his sons, Chris and Jeff, of Chase, Maryland pioneered a technique of fishing a 25 pot "bottom line" to catch blue crabs. Their boat, Defiance III, was custom ...

    Record Type: Photo

    25 crab pots are set at one time
  13. 27' skiff built by Deltaville boatbuilder Robert Green - Negative, Film

    Series of 43 photos of a working 27' skiff built by Robert Green.

    Record Type: Photo

    Green skiff moored on Broad Creek
  14. 42' Owens deadrise, Traveler, ready to be launched - Transparency, Slide

    Deltaville boatbuilder Grover Lee Owens completed the 42' wooden boat "Traveler" in February, 1992 for waterman John Orme of Mayo, Maryland. Photos and details are included in the article "Long wait for new boat pays off," National Fisherman, December, 1992, pages 57-59. Orme planned to use the boat for crabbing. The story "Virginia Builder Still Turning Out Wooden Work Boats" also highlighted the quality of Owen's boats in a National Fisherman a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Traveler ready to be launched
  15. 42' Owens deadrise, Traveler, ready to be launched - Transparency, Slide

    Deltaville boatbuilder Grover Lee Owens completed the 42' wooden boat "Traveler" in February, 1992 for waterman John Orme of Mayo, Maryland. Photos and details are included in the article "Long wait for new boat pays off," National Fisherman, December, 1992, pages 57-59. Orme planned to use the boat for crabbing. The story "Virginia Builder Still Turning Out Wooden Work Boats" also highlighted the quality of Owen's boats in a National Fisherman a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Traveler ready to be launched
  16. 42' Owens deadrise, Traveler, ready to be launched - Transparency, Slide

    Deltaville boatbuilder Grover Lee Owens completed the 42' wooden boat "Traveler" in February, 1992 for waterman John Orme of Mayo, Maryland. Photos and details are included in the article "Long wait for new boat pays off," National Fisherman, December, 1992, pages 57-59. Orme planned to use the boat for crabbing. The story "Virginia Builder Still Turning Out Wooden Work Boats" also highlighted the quality of Owen's boats in a National Fisherman a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Traveler ready to be launched
  17. 42' Owens deadrise, Traveler, ready to be launched - Transparency, Slide

    Deltaville boatbuilder Grover Lee Owens completed the 42' wooden boat "Traveler" in February, 1992 for waterman John Orme of Mayo, Maryland. Photos and details are included in the article "Long wait for new boat pays off," National Fisherman, December, 1992, pages 57-59. Orme planned to use the boat for crabbing. The story "Virginia Builder Still Turning Out Wooden Work Boats" also highlighted the quality of Owen's boats in a National Fisherman a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Traveler ready for launch
  18. 42' Owens deadrise, Traveler, ready to be launched - Transparency, Slide

    Deltaville boatbuilder Grover Lee Owens completed the 42' wooden boat "Traveler" in February, 1992 for waterman John Orme of Mayo, Maryland. Photos and details are included in the article "Long wait for new boat pays off," National Fisherman, December, 1992, pages 57-59. Orme planned to use the boat for crabbing. The story "Virginia Builder Still Turning Out Wooden Work Boats" also highlighted the quality of Owen's boats in a National Fisherman a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Traveler on the lift
  19. 42' Owens deadrise, Traveler, ready to be launched - Transparency, Slide

    Deltaville boatbuilder Grover Lee Owens completed the 42' wooden boat "Traveler" in February, 1992 for waterman John Orme of Mayo, Maryland. Photos and details are included in the article "Long wait for new boat pays off," National Fisherman, December, 1992, pages 57-59. Orme planned to use the boat for crabbing. The story "Virginia Builder Still Turning Out Wooden Work Boats" also highlighted the quality of Owen's boats in a National Fisherman a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Traveler ready for launch
  20. 42' Owens deadrise, Traveler, ready to be launched - Transparency, Slide

    Deltaville boatbuilder Grover Lee Owens completed the 42' wooden boat "Traveler" in February, 1992 for waterman John Orme of Mayo, Maryland. Photos and details are included in the article "Long wait for new boat pays off," National Fisherman, December, 1992, pages 57-59. Orme planned to use the boat for crabbing. The story "Virginia Builder Still Turning Out Wooden Work Boats" also highlighted the quality of Owen's boats in a National Fisherman a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Grover Lee Ownes on the just completed deadrise, Travleler, Deltaville, VA,

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