Maritime America Art and Artifacts From America's Great Nautical Collections

264 Pages·1988·55.24 MB·English

by  Peter Neill

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Maritime America
Art and Artifacts
from America
's
Great Nautical Collections
Edited and Introduced by
Peter Neill
Balsam Press, Inc. in affiliation with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Anysuccessfulmaritimeenterpriseneedstheparticipationof
acommittedandtalentedcrew.Theeditorwishestoexpress
gratefulappreciationtoallthecontributorsfortheir
confidenceinandsupportoftheproject;toJeanHootsand
MelissaPiersonfortheirclosereadingofthecopy; toHarriet
Ripinskyforherproductioncounselandsupervision; to
GreerAllenforhisinspireddesign;toRobertMortonof
HarryN.Abrams,Inc.,forhiswillingnesstotakethisbook
twice;andtoBarbaraKrohnofBalsamPressforher
willingnesstotakeitononceandforall,andthentowork
withsuchdetermination,enthusiasm,andskillon—itsbehalf.
PeterNeill
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Maritimeamerica: artandartifactsfromamerica'sgreat
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Contents
Introduction 9
A Nation Builtby Water
peternehi.President, TheSouthStreetSeaportMuseum, NewYork
1 The PeabodyMuseum ofSalem 30
Salem: TotheFarthestPortoftheRichEast
PaulFORSYTHEJOHNSTON, CuratorofMaritimeHistory, andpeterj.fetchko.Director.
ThePeabodyMuseumofSalem, Salem,Massachusetts
2 TheKendall Whaling Museum 48
"TheHighandMightyBusinessofWhaling":AHandfulofTreasuresfrom
theKendallWhalingMuseum
M
STUART frank,Director, TheKendallWhalingMuseum, Sharon,Massachusetts
3 TheMystic SeaportMuseum 68
MaritimePreservationatMysticSeaport
ANDREWw.German,AssociateEditor, TheMysticSeaportMuseum,Mystic. Connecticut
4 The South Street Seaport Museum 82
TheStreetofShips: ImmigrationandInternationalCommerceinNew York
peternfjjjl, President, TheSouthStreetSeaportMuseum, NewYork
5 TheThousand Islands Shipyard Museum 100
GoldCupRacing, Rumrunning, andtheLoreoftheSt. LawrenceRiver
lauriewatsonrush,AssistantDirector, anddawne.rusho,ResearchAssociate. The
ThousandIslandsShipyardMuseum, Clayton. NewYork
6 ThePhiladelphia Maritime Museum 11
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TheDelawareRiver America'sClyde
PhilipCHAdwickfostersmith,MuseumHistorianandFormerCurator. ThePhiladelphia
MaritimeMuseum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7 The CalvertMarine Museum 132
BugeyesandOysters: TheMaritimeHeritageofSouthernMarylandandthe
PatuxentRiver
RALPHE.eshelman,Director, TheCalvenMarineMuseum, Solomons,Maryland