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1. Trotliner near Kent Island, MD - Transparency, Slide

   Trotliner near Kent Island, MD. 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...

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2. Truddie Rollins, wife of skipper David Rollins, on the East Hampton - Transparency, Slide

   Truddie Rollins on the East Hampton, a 60' buyboat built in 1924.

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3. Tue Marshes Light Station - Photograph

   Tue Marshes Light, originally spelled "Too Marshes," was a screw-pile lighthouse erected in 1875 at the mouth of the York River in the Chesapeake Bay, north of Tue Point. The square cottage-style house sat atop cast-iron/wood piles and featured distinctive gingerbread trim. It housed a sixth-order Fresnel lens, flashing every 6 seconds with an 8-mile range, including a red sector to warn of shoals. The structure was dismantled in 1960; a steel sk...

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4. Two boats and a railway on Urbanna Creek near Oakes Landing - Negative, Film

   Two wooden boats moored near a railway on Urbanna Creek. This photo was included in the story "From drake tails to potpie sterns: Chesapeake watermen appreciate a nicely shaped rear end," story and photos by Larry S. Chowning published in National Fisherman in the 1985 Yearbook.

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5. Two boats built by Joe Conboy - Negative, Film

   Two Conboy boats

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6. Two bunks in the fo'c'sle - Transparency, Slide

   Two bunks in the fo'c'sle of the Francis L. Photos were taken to accompany the story "The deck boat revisited," a wooden 42-footer proves a worthy namesake of longtime Chesapeake Bay boatbuilder Francis Lee Haynie, by Larry S. Chowning. The article was published in National Fisherman, November, 2004, pages 40-41.

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7. Two deadrise boats built by Robert W. Green - Negative, Film

   Two Robert Green boats were highlighted in National Fisherman, August, 1981, Pgs. 80-81. "Deltaville Boatbuilder Specializes In Strip-Planked Deadrise Boats." Caption text from the story is as follows:"The 42* Miss Diane is the builder’s own boat. She was built last year for oyster tonging and running eel pots as a sideline to Green’s boatbuilding business. This 34’ scow features a blunted bow, self-draining cockpit and a full-length keel...

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8. Two dredges are used to night fish for conch - Transparency, Slide

   Larry Chowning accompanied watermen Leon King and Billy Kellum to the lower Chesapeake Bay for conch fishing. Photos appeared in the article "Dragging for conch in the dead of night," National Fisherman, February, 1988, pages 24-26. Crab dredge equipment used in the winter crab-dredging fishery are also used to harvest conch in the summer, and the catch is better at night. They fish from King's 42' deadrise workboat with two dredges mounted on th...

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9. Two dredges on the stern of the workboat Kelly Marie - Transparency, Slide

   Larry Chowning accompanied watermen Leon King and Billy Kellum to the lower Chesapeake Bay for conch fishing. Photos appeared in the article "Dragging for conch in the dead of night," National Fisherman, February, 1988, pages 24-26. Crab dredge equipment used in the winter crab-dredging fishery are also used to harvest conch in the summer, and the catch is better at night. They fish from King's 42' deadrise workboat with two dredges mounted on th...

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10. Two ducks on the bulkhead, Chester River, Maryland - Transparency, Slide

    In September, 1989, Larry Chowning was aboard the catfishing boat Stepaside II on the Sassafras River near Chesterrtown Maryland. Skipper Buffalo Strong along with crewmember Mark Elbum were fishing for catfilsh with hoopnets, Stepaside II is a Garvey style boat built by Hulls Unlimited of Deltaville, VA and on this day the watermen expected to catch 2,000 pounds of catfish. The live fish can be sold to stock "pay lakes" in the mid-west, or the f...

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11. Two-masted schooner on the bay - Transparency, Slide

    Photo taken of a schooner during a journalistic trip on the bay. 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...

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12. U.S. Congress Representative Joann Davis' visit to DMM on 10-31-2006 - Disc, Compact (CD)

    A CD-ROM containing 84 images from U.S. Congress Representative Joann Davis' visit to DMM on 10-31-2006

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13. Unknown woooden boat under construction - Negative, Film

    Unknown woooden boat under construction

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14. Unkown metal boat under construction - Negative, Film

    Unkown metal boat under construction

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15. Unloading conch from the dredge - Transparency, Slide

    Larry Chowning accompanied watermen Leon King and Billy Kellum to the lower Chesapeake Bay for conch fishing. Photos appeared in the article "Dragging for conch in the dead of night," National Fisherman, February, 1988, pages 24-26. Crab dredge equipment used in the winter crab-dredging fishery are also used to harvest conch in the summer, and the catch is better at night. They fish from King's 42' deadrise workboat with two dredges mounted on th...

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16. Unloading conch from the dredge - Transparency, Slide

    Larry Chowning accompanied watermen Leon King and Billy Kellum to the lower Chesapeake Bay for conch fishing. Photos appeared in the article "Dragging for conch in the dead of night," National Fisherman, February, 1988, pages 24-26. Crab dredge equipment used in the winter crab-dredging fishery are also used to harvest conch in the summer, and the catch is better at night. They fish from King's 42' deadrise workboat with two dredges mounted on th...

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17. Urbanna Creek Marina - Negative, Film

    Marina on Urbanna Creek.

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18. Urbanna Creek Winter Scenes - Negative, Film

    Nine photos of scenes on Urbanna Creek.

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19. Urbanna Snowstorm - Negative, Film

    Seven photos taken during the snowstorm of 1982.

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20. Urbanna Waterfront - Negative, Film

    Five photos of the Urbanna waterfront in 1981.

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