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  1. Wilson Rowe preparing pound nets in his back yard - Transparency, Slide

    Wilson Rowe preparing pound nets in his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe preparing pound nets
  2. Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot - Transparency, Slide

    Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot in his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe sitting on cast-iron tar pot
  3. Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot - Transparency, Slide

    Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot in his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe sitting on cast-iron tar pot
  4. Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot - Transparency, Slide

    Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot n his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe sitting on cast-iron tar pot
  5. Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot - Transparency, Slide

    Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot in his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe sitting on cast-iron tar pot
  6. Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot - Transparency, Slide

    Wilson Rowe sitting on a cast-iron tar pot n his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe sitting on cast-iron tar pot
  7. Wilson Rowe sitting on cast-iron tar pot - Transparency, Slide

    Wilson Rowe, age 84, sitting on a cast-iron tar pot in his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe sitting on cast-iron tar pot
  8. Wilson Rowe tying up a pound net - Transparency, Slide

    Photo of Wilson Rowe tying up a pound net in his back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wilson Rowe tying up pound net
  9. Wilson Rowe's farm equipment - Transparency, Slide

    Farm equipment in Wilson Rowe's back yard, Gwynn Island, Mathews County, VA. Photos from this series of slides was used in the 2010 edition of Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions by Larry S. Chowning, Chapter 4 "Tarring Pound Nets," pages 27-36. Wilson Rowe was also the focus of "Pound Netting," Chapter 6 of the 1990 book Harvesting the Chesapeake, Tools & Traditions, by Larry S. Chowning, pages 47-63.

    Record Type: Photo

    Farm equipment
  10. Winch - Transparency, Slide

    Winch used by Francis Haynie. 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.

    Record Type: Photo

    Winch
  11. Winch at the Haynie Boatyard - Transparency, Slide

    Winch at the Haynie Boatyard. 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.

    Record Type: Photo

    Winch at the Haynie Boatyard
  12. Winch used by Francis Haynie - Transparency, Slide

    Winch used by Francis Haynie. 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.

    Record Type: Photo

    Winch used by Francis Haynie.
  13. Winegar's Railway - Negative, Film

    Winegar's Marine Railway was the subject of Chapter 22 in Larry Chowning's book Chesapeake Legacy, Tools & Traditions. The family-owned railway was also covered in four National Fisherman "Boats & Gear, Around the Yards" write-ups: January, 2001; October, 2002; July, 2006; July 2012.

    Record Type: Photo

    Winegar's Marine Railway
  14. Winter oyster dredge boat on the bay - Transparency, Slide

    Photos taken from a deckboat dredging for oysters, March, 1977.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dredge boat captain in the pilot house
  15. Winter oyster dredge boat on the bay - Transparency, Slide

    Photos taken from a deckboat dredging for oysters, March, 1977.

    Record Type: Photo

    Dredge boat, Chesapeake Bay
  16. Winter oyster dredge boat on the bay - Transparency, Slide

    Photos taken from a deckboat dredging for oysters, March, 1977.

    Record Type: Photo

    Winter oyster dredging, Chesapeake Bay
  17. Winter oyster dredge boat on the bay - Transparency, Slide

    Photos taken from a deckboat dredging for oysters, March, 1977.

    Record Type: Photo

    Oyster dredger, Chesapeake Bay
  18. Winter oysters dredge fleet on Jackson Creek, Deltaville, VA - Transparency, Slide

    The Deltaville oyster dredge fleet. March, 1977.

    Record Type: Photo

    Winter oysters dredge fleet on Jackson Creek, Deltaville, VA
  19. Wood cut by Francis Haynie drying in his yard - Transparency, Slide

    Francis Haynie cuts 20,000 board feet of lumber each year. Haynie is one of the last boatbuilders in the bay that cuts and dries his own lumber. 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.

    Record Type: Photo

    Wood cut by Francis Haynie dries in his yard
  20. Wood shavings pile in the Norris boabuilding shop - 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...

    Record Type: Photo

    Wood shavings in the Norris shop

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