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1. The launching of the wooden deadrise boat, the Rob Ann Jay - Negative, Film

   The Rob Ann Jay was built by Alvin Sibley. These photos were taken at Norview Marina in Deltaville, Va. on the day she was launched.

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2. The log canoe Holly June under sail near Poquoson, VA, 1989 - Transparency, Slide

   Rollins Boatyard was the focus of a Larry Chowning article for Small Boat Journal. The piece appeared in issue No. 45, pages 37-38, in November, 1985. Williams M. Rollins was bulding an "authentic 26-foot log canoe hewn from the trunks of five yellow pine trees. It was the first vessel of its kind to be built in Poquoson in more than 40 years." This boat became the Holly June, and the story of the construction of this rare canoe is also chronicle...

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3. The old general store at Stormont - Negative, Film

   Photos of the Stormont store.

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4. The pogie boat Carter's Creek at Ampro Shipyard - Transparency, Slide

   Carter's Creek, formerly the Absecon (built in 1950 for the J. Howard Smith Co. of Long Island, NY), at Ampro Shipyard, Weems, Virginia. The 135-foot boat was refitted into a modern day menhaden snapper rig by the owners, Curtis and Jimmy Kellum, with help from Ampro. Photos were taken by Larry Chowning to accompany his article "To fish another day," published in National Fisherman, November, 2005, pages 34-34..

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5. The purse boat: workhorse of the menhaden business - Negative, Film

   Larry Chowning took over 50 photos at the Zapata Haynie boatbuilding factory in Reedville, Virginia. "The purse boat: workhorse of the menhaden business" was published in National Fisherman, August, 1985, pages 52-54. The introduction to the story states that "Zapata Haynie fishes some 54 menhaden steamers and 108 purse boats daily in season. With an operation that size, it’s not surprising that the company keeps spares on hand. Here at the Reedv...

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6. The refitted buyboat Yorktown - Negative, Film

   Photos of the refurbished buyboat Yorktown.

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7. The round stern workboat "Elizabeth Jean" at the Wilson Railway - Negative, Film

   Larry Chowning and Field Dickinson visited the Willis Wilson Railway where Dickinson's boat "Elizabeth Jean" was on the rails being repaired.

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8. The scallop fishery in Core Sound - Negative, Film

   Larry Chowning took over 90 photographs to document the scallop fishery in Core Sound, North Carolina. The story "In North Carolina Bay scalloping fills a niche" was published in National Fisherman in July, 1991, pages 28-29.

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9. The skipjack City of Crisfield pulls ahead - Transparency, Slide

   Nine skipjacks competed in a 1995 Labor Day race near Deal Island, Maryland. Larry Chowning was aboard the Rebecca T. Ruark for this race, and told the story in the article "America's last sailing fishing boats go for the gold," National Fisherman, January, 1996, pages 20-21. "A Chesapeake Bay tradtition of racing sail-driven working skipjacks comes alive three times a year as the captains and crews of the few remaining dredge boas hoist sailes t...

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10. The skipjack City of Crisfield pulls ahead - Transparency, Slide

    Nine skipjacks competed in a 1995 Labor Day race near Deal Island, Maryland. Larry Chowning was aboard the Rebecca T. Ruark for this race, and told the story in the article "America's last sailing fishing boats go for the gold," National Fisherman, January, 1996, pages 20-21. "A Chesapeake Bay tradtition of racing sail-driven working skipjacks comes alive three times a year as the captains and crews of the few remaining dredge boas hoist sailes t...

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11. The skipjack City of Crisfield pulls ahead - Transparency, Slide

    Nine skipjacks competed in a 1995 Labor Day race near Deal Island, Maryland. Larry Chowning was aboard the Rebecca T. Ruark for this race, and told the story in the article "America's last sailing fishing boats go for the gold," National Fisherman, January, 1996, pages 20-21. "A Chesapeake Bay tradtition of racing sail-driven working skipjacks comes alive three times a year as the captains and crews of the few remaining dredge boas hoist sailes t...

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12. The skipjack City of Crisfield won the race, Art Daniels, Captain - Transparency, Slide

    Nine skipjacks competed in a 1995 Labor Day race near Deal Island, Maryland. Larry Chowning was aboard the Rebecca T. Ruark for this race, and told the story in the article "America's last sailing fishing boats go for the gold," National Fisherman, January, 1996, pages 20-21. "A Chesapeake Bay tradtition of racing sail-driven working skipjacks comes alive three times a year as the captains and crews of the few remaining dredge boas hoist sailes t...

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13. The skipjack City of Crisfield won the race, Art Daniels, Captain - Transparency, Slide

    Nine skipjacks competed in a 1995 Labor Day race near Deal Island, Maryland. Larry Chowning was aboard the Rebecca T. Ruark for this race, and told the story in the article "America's last sailing fishing boats go for the gold," National Fisherman, January, 1996, pages 20-21. "A Chesapeake Bay tradtition of racing sail-driven working skipjacks comes alive three times a year as the captains and crews of the few remaining dredge boas hoist sailes t...

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14. The skipjack Martha Lewis races near Deal Island, MD - Transparency, Slide

    Nine skipjacks competed in a 1995 Labor Day race near Deal Island, Maryland. Larry Chowning was aboard the Rebecca T. Ruark for this race, and told the story in the article "America's last sailing fishing boats go for the gold," National Fisherman, January, 1996, pages 20-21. "A Chesapeake Bay tradtition of racing sail-driven working skipjacks comes alive three times a year as the captains and crews of the few remaining dredge boas hoist sailes t...

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15. Thomas Fiberglass Boats - Negative, Film

    Photos of Albert Thomas and boats constructed with the C-Flex System were featured in the story "C-Flex system sparks Md. builders’ shift to fiberglass," National Fisherman, June, 1989, Pgs. 66-69. The article by Larry Chowning reveiews the history of figerglass construction methods for deadrise boats in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Chowning visited selected boatyards in Maryland using C-Flex.

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16. Thomas W. crab dredging - Transparency, Slide

    Larry Chowning boarded the Iva W. at 4 a.m. on December 13, 1985 to accompany Captain Johnny Ward and crew on a blue crab dredging run. The 60' Iva W, named after Capt. Johhny's wife, was built by John Wright of Deltaville, VA in 1928. The crew this day were Floyd Johnson of Newport News and Franklin Forrest of Mathews. The Ward family owned four buy boats at the time of this trip: Ward Brothers, Nora W., Iva W. and the Thomas W. Captain Johnny W...

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17. Thomas' Point Lightstation, Maryland - Print, Photographic

    14 x 11" The Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, located in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Maryland, is a historic and iconic structure. Built in 1875, it is the last remaining screw-pile lighthouse in the United States still situated on its original foundation. Recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1999, the lighthouse continues to serve as an active aid to navigation, operated and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard. The lighthouse is a ...

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18. Throttle controls on the Owens deadrise, Traveler - 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...

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19. Throttle detail - Transparency, Slide

    Throttle detail on Dink Miller's boat Mary Joan. Larry Chowning accompanied Miller on a patent tong run from his mooring on Dividing Creek in Lancaster County. The Mary Joan is a classic forty-two foot wooden deadrise clam boat. Photos from this day are included in Chapter 12 of Chowning's book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools and Traditions, pages 111-119.

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20. Tiffany Yacht - Negative, Film

    Boat under construction at Tiffany Yachts. .

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