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Howard I. Chapelle
The National Watercraft Collection
/ United States National Museum
/ Bulletin 219
/ Smithsonian Institution
Govt. Printing Office;
Washington DC;
1961 Edition;
327 pages
Near Fine Hardback in Original Covers
Issued without jacket.
Catalog of builders' half-models
held in the collection,
from the early Colonial days
of the 1700s into the 20th Century.
Each is based on a specific vessel,
fully described in the history.
Includes:
Merchant sail
(colonial craft, Baltimore clippers,
north Atlantic packets, clipper ships,
coasters, ocean freighters, barks, brigs,
brigantines, two-masted schooners,
three-masted schooners, pilot schooners,
pilot sloops, yachts).
Merchant Steam
(steamboats, inland & coastal steamers,
freighters, ore carriers, liners,
tug boats, lighthouse tenders,
lightships, launches, yachts,
small craft)
Fishing Craft
(colonial, sharpshooter & clipper fisherman,
steam trawlers, whalers & sealers,
oyster boats, schooners, etc)
Many are illustrated,
with archival, model photos
and/or technical drawings.
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tos-FCur  03/11/2014