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View out of plane window, Tangier Island - Transparency, Slide
View out of plane window, Tangier Island
Record Type: Photo
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View out of plane window, Tangier Island - Transparency, Slide
Aerial view of Tangier Island
Record Type: Photo
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View out of plane window, Tangier Island - Transparency, Slide
View out of plane window, Tangier Island
Record Type: Photo
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View out of plane window, Tangier Island - Transparency, Slide
Aerial view of Tangier Island
Record Type: Photo
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View out of plane window, Tangier Island - Transparency, Slide
Aerial view of Tangier Island
Record Type: Photo
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View out of plane window, Tangier Island - Transparency, Slide
Aerial view near Tangier Island
Record Type: Photo
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Wade Murphy at the helm of the Rebecca T. Ruark - Transparency, Slide
Captain Wade Murphy, skipper of the sloop Rebecca T, Ruark, included Larry Chowning in his crew as he headed out from Kent Narrows, Tilghman Island, MD. in February, 1989. The Ruark, built in 1886, is included the fleet of skipjacks allowed to dredge for oysters in Maryland, and on this Monday are allowed use a pushboat according to Maryland law. Murphy carries five types of dredges on his boat, and used a round bar dredge on this trip, dredging ...
Record Type: Photo
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Wade Murphy, Captain of the Rebecca T. Ruark - Transparency, Slide
Captain Wade Murphy, skipper of the sloop Rebecca T, Ruark, included Larry Chowning in his crew as he headed out from Kent Narrows, Tilghman Island, MD. in February, 1989. The Ruark, built in 1886, is included the fleet of skipjacks allowed to dredge for oysters in Maryland, and on this Monday are allowed use a pushboat according to Maryland law. Murphy carries five types of dredges on his boat, and used a round bar dredge on this trip, dredging ...
Record Type: Photo
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Wade Murphy, Captain of the Rebecca T. Ruark - Transparency, Slide
Captain Wade Murphy, skipper of the sloop Rebecca T, Ruark, included Larry Chowning in his crew as he headed out from Kent Narrows, Tilghman Island, MD. in February, 1989. The Ruark, built in 1886, is included the fleet of skipjacks allowed to dredge for oysters in Maryland, and on this Monday are allowed use a pushboat according to Maryland law. Murphy carries five types of dredges on his boat, and used a round bar dredge on this trip, dredging ...
Record Type: Photo
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Wade Murphy, Captain of the Rebecca T. Ruark - Transparency, Slide
Captain Wade Murphy, skipper of the sloop Rebecca T, Ruark, included Larry Chowning in his crew as he headed out from Kent Narrows, Tilghman Island, MD. in February, 1989. The Ruark, built in 1886, is included the fleet of skipjacks allowed to dredge for oysters in Maryland, and on this Monday are allowed use a pushboat according to Maryland law. Murphy carries five types of dredges on his boat, and used a round bar dredge on this trip, dredging ...
Record Type: Photo
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Walboro buildings - Negative, Film
Photos were taken of a dwelling occupied by enslaved African-Americans at Walboro, a farm in Saluda, Virginia. The story by Larry Chowning was published in the Southside Sentinel, February, 25, 1993. Chowning took 26 photos for this assignment.
Record Type: Photo
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Ward Brothers dredging for blue crabs, December, 1985 - 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...
Record Type: Photo
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Ward Brothers dredging for crabs - 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...
Record Type: Photo
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Ward Brothers oyster 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...
Record Type: Photo
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Waterman's truck near Branson Cove and Branson Cove Marina Store - Transparency, Slide
Waterman's truck near Branson Cove and Branson Cove Marina Store. Photos were taken for the story "Waterfront General Stores," by Larry Chowning for a Chesapeake Bay Magazine article, December, 1997, pages 40-43, 74-75.
Record Type: Photo
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Weasel, a crabbing boat owned by Craig Hunt of Poquoson - Negative, Film
Black-and white images from "Virginia waterman gets boat to last a lifetime," a story with photos by Larry Chowning, Field Editor of National Fisherman Magazine. "When crabber Craig Hunt of Poquoson, Va., decided to give up his traditionally built, wooden, 40' Chesapeake Bay deadrise boat and replace it with a larger vessel, he did something unusual for a Virginia fisherman — he had it built strip-planked and sheathed in fiberglass, and he built...
Record Type: Photo
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Wellford Famous Cat - Negative, Film
Larry Chowning's thoughts on Wellford, and the famous cat: "The Wellford photos speak to the way it was along the waterfront in most every waterfront community on the bay at one time or another. - Maryland and Virginia. It just lasted longer in Wellford- long enough in the mid-1990s for me to photograph it. I remember going back at different times to catch people there and then to catch it when people were not around - so I could sneak around. T...
Record Type: Photo
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Wheatland, Essex County to Wilson's Railway, Broad Creek, Deltaville - Negative, Film
Notes from Larry Chowning about these photos. (From email correspondence, August, 2023) I was probably there with Fielding Dickerson from Wheatland in Essex. He would often keep his boat at my dock when fishing was good at Hoghouse Bar and Willis let him keep his boat there when fishing was good on Butler Hole. I would go bottom fishing with Fielding and made the trip once with him from Essex to Willis' Railway. The photo was probably taken on...
Record Type: Photo
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Wheel on the Rebecca T. Ruark - Transparency, Slide
Captain Wade Murphy, skipper of the sloop Rebecca T, Ruark, included Larry Chowning in his crew as he headed out from Kent Narrows, Tilghman Island, MD. in February, 1989. The Ruark, built in 1886, is included the fleet of skipjacks allowed to dredge for oysters in Maryland, and on this Monday are allowed use a pushboat according to Maryland law. Murphy carries five types of dredges on his boat, and used a round bar dredge on this trip, dredging ...
Record Type: Photo
