2 1/2 PAGE HANDWRITTEN LETTER 8" BY10", SIGNEDby Goddard London, dated November 9, 1849. Lemuel Goddard was an American sperm oil merchant in England and a partner to New Bedford shipowners Swift and Allen...
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WHALING SHIP MODEL OF THE BARK GAY HEAD,NEW BEDFORDFitted on a flat black painted base.
43 x 4 ft. 5 1/5 x 16 in. (overall).
Note: The Gay Head was a whaling bark and many of them set sail in the 19th Century...
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REGINALD NICKERSON O/C PAINTING OF WHALINGSHIP, THE BA...Reginald Eugene Nickerson (American/Massachusetts, 1915-1999) oil on canvas maritime painting depicting the ship "Whaling Bark Wanderer" at sea with full sails,...
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RALPH EUGENE CAHOON, JR. OIL ON MASONITE"PORTRAIT OF T...Ralph Eugene Cahoon Jr. (1910-1982) Oil on Masonite "Portrait of the Whaling Bark 'Ann Alexander' Out of New Bedford, Sunk 1851 by a Whale" , inscribed on...
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TWO 19TH C DOCUMENTS RELATED TO WHALINGTOINCLUDE A CREW LIST FOR THE SHIP CORNELIUS HOWLAND BOUND FOR A WHALING VOYAGE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, NEW BEDFORD 1851, OWNER EDWARD W. HOWLAND. 19" X 11 1/2", SHOWS 6 TEARS...
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ELEVEN 19TH C HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTSRELATEDTO WHALING AND THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY IN NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS. ONE IS FRAMED. FIRST IS A JULY 3, 1877 MANUSCRIPT LIST OF WHALES SEEN AND TAKEN BY THE WHALING...
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4 LETTERS HANDWRITTEN ON BOARD THE WHALESHIPGOSNOLDWHILE ON A WHALING VOYAGE WITH STOPS AT HONOLULU, YOKOHAMA AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE FIRST LETTER IS DATED FEB. 16, 1873. IT IS WRITTEN TO MR. HENRY WILLIS, NEW BEDFORD,...
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ALBUM CONTAINING 24 ITEMS RELATED TOWHALING ANDNew Bedford. To include: 6 rare and colorful Liebig trade cards with whaling scenes, real life photo of whaling captain James Thompson at the New Bedford docks,...
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ALBUM CONTAINING APPROX. 105 VINTAGEPOSTCARDSrelated to: Padanaram, New Bedford Yacht Club, Brooklawn Park, Whaling barks at the docks, steamboats, Fairhaven Bridge, New Bedford Buildings, Fairhaven buildings,...
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COLLECTION OF APPROX. 150 POSTCARDSDEPICTING ANDrelated to New Bedford Whaling vessels, including: bark Canton, Bark Greyhound, the Rousseau, bark Swallow, James Arnold, President, Josephine, the Charles W....
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CHARLES HENRY GIFFORD (MASSACHUSETTS,1839-1904), A WHALESHIP, PROBABLY THE WHALING BARK ALICE KNOWLES, LEAVING NEW BEDFORD HARBOR, OIL ON CANVAS, 25.75" X 41.75". FRAMED 36.5" X 52.5".CHARLES HENRY GIFFORD, ...
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TEMPLE-TYPE TOGGLE HARPOON MID-19THCENTURY LENGTH 35.5".TEMPLE-TYPE TOGGLE HARPOON, Mid-19th Century, Marked on head "Bk. Union" and with a pound sign. The bark Union was a New Bedford whaler from 1855 to...
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DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE NEW BEDFORDWHALING BARK “ANDREW HICKS” CIRCA 1910-1912 WHALING BARK "ANDREW HICKS", Circa 1910-1912, Approx. 150 documents, including letters, billheads, invoices and receipts...
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1863-1866 ACCOUNT BOOK FOR NEW BEDFORDWHALING AGENTS SWIFT & ALLEN 16.75" X 7.25". WHALING AGENTS SWIFT & ALLEN, Includes outfitting and whale oil share distributions for more than 75 New Bedford/Fairhaven vessels....
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HENRY PLAWIN (AMERICA, 1910-1986), “BARKSUNBEAM LEAVING NEW BEDFORD”., OIL ON CANVAS, 18” X 24”. FRAMED 22.5” X 28.5”.HENRY PLAWIN, America, 1910-1986, "Bark Sunbeam Leaving New Bedford". Signed lower...
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TOGGLE-HEAD HARPOON LAST HALF OF THE19TH CENTURY LENGTH 32.75".TOGGLE-HEAD HARPOON, Last Half of the 19th Century, Stamped "JDD" for James D. Driggs of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Marked "BK Rous" for the...
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SCARCE BOOK "BARK KATHLEEN SUNK BY AWHALE" WHALE", Bark Kathleen Sunk by a Whale as Related by the Captain, Thomas H. Jenkins to which is added an account of two like occurrences, the loss of Ships Ann Alexander...
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WOODEN CHART CASE FROM THE BARK GLOBEWHICHsailed out of New Bedford in 1840. Its master was Captain Slocum. Wonderful old painted finish. 10" high, 40" wide, 11" deep. Shows age appropriate wear. Found along...
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CHARLES SIDNEY RALEIGH (1830-1925, WAREHAM,MA)ship's portrait of the steam whaler bark, Belvedere. Oil painting on canvas signed lower left, dated 1880. The painting depicts the Belvedere under sail and steam exiting...
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THE BARK CATALPA OF NEW BEDFORD, DATED1876.Framed and glazed lithograph. By Forbes Litho Manufacturing Co., Boston. The bark Catalpa was involved in the rescue of the Fenians from Australia. The print shows the...
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WHALING SHIP MODEL, CA. 1900. WhalingBark "Helen Snow", New Bedford, built in a rather crude manner, but by the Captain of the ship, (as described below). Having the hunting and rendering details of whaling gear...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE BARK "PRESIDENT"OF NEW BEDFORD 13.75" X 8.5". OF NEW BEDFORD, For a voyage that commenced May 27, 1867 and ended September 4, 1868, captained by James Soule. Contains 162 written pages...
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WHALING JOURNAL AND DOCUMENTS OF NEWBEDFORD INTEREST BEDFORD INTEREST, Whaling journal from the ship Chris Mitchell of New Bedford for a voyage that commenced August 16, 1856 and ended May 17, 1860, captained...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE BARK "CAMILLA"OF NEW BEDFORD 16.75" X 7.25". OF NEW BEDFORD, For a voyage that commenced July 16, 1867 and ended July 5, 1871, captained by Benjamin F. Jones. Consists of 106 pages (approximately...
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HARPOON GUN CARTRIDGE BLOCK 19TH/EARLY20TH CENTURY HEIGHT 2.5”. LENGTH 9.5”. WIDTH 2”.HARPOON GUN CARTRIDGE BLOCK, 19th/Early 20th Century, Old paper tag marked "Darting Gun Harpoon From Bark Sea Breeze...
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LOT OF 8 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATEDTO WHALESAND NEW BEDFORD TO INCLUDE (1) AN 1858 COPY OF "THE HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD" BY DANIEL RICKETSON, CLOTH BOUND, 412 PAGES, GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR FOXING; (2) PAPER...
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SEVEN PIECE EPHEMERA LOT RELATED TOWHALING. TOINCLUDE: 1) CLOTH BOUND BOOK TITLED “BIRTH OF A WHALE SHIP” BY REGINALD B HEGARTY. PUBLISHED BY NEW BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1964. COVER DESIGNED BY MILTON...
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3 PIECE JENNEY FAMILY WHALING LOT TOINCLUDE A19TH CENTURY SCRIMSHAW WHALING CANE THAT BELONGED TO CAPTAIN JENNEY, MASTER OF THE BARK GAY HEAD. 37" LONG WITH ELABORATE CARVED SHAFT WITH SPIRAL TURNING AND CROSS...
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FRAMED 19TH CENTURY SHIP’S PASSPORTSIGNED BYPRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE, FOR THE BARK GYPSY. 4-LANGUAGE PASSPORT: ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, AND DUTCH. SAILED FROM NEW BEDFORD. PRESIDENTIAL SEAL. ALSO SIGNED BY...
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EARLY 20TH C. MONOCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'STOOTH,double sided, depicting a port view of the bark Sunbeam, and on the verso is a stern view of the Sunbeam under sail. The bark Sunbeam was a whaleship out of the port...
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NANTUCKET WHALING JOURNAL OR LOGBOOK,1869.Journal is 8 volumes with 30 leaves leather bound diary type binding with brass clasp. Part of clasp is missing as well as some pages missing from the beginning of the...
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MACY HARPOON/TOGGLE IRON, CA. 1870,NEW BEDFORD.From the bark Mary Frazier, a New Bedford whaler. Signed MF. Wrought iron. Original wooden sheath. The Mary Frazier made 14 whaling voyages between 1842 and 1889....
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JOE HUNT (20TH CENTURY, AMERICAN) PAIROF OIL ONboard whaling paintings. Smaller painting features a bark out of New Bedford hunting a right whale in the Greenland fishery, sight size 6 1/2" x 4 1/2", overall with...
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(SET OF 12) WHALING PRINTS, BY GEORGEGALE (RI, 1893-1951), FRAMED All etching with printed titles and signatures, including: "Bertha, full and by"; "The 'Live' Iron"; "Top high water"; "Sea Clowns"; "Bertha on...
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Maritime painting, titled verso "TheBark W.L. Morgan; Josha [sic] Nye. Master", signed lower left "Y. Parker", oil on plywood, late 20th/early 21st century, 11-7/8 x 16 in.; 20th century gilt wood frame. Good...
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HALF MODEL OF THE NEW BEDFORD WHALESHIPJAMES ALLEN20th CenturyBackboard painted Whaling Bark - James Allen'' above model ''Built at Fairhaven 1844'' below and ''Maiden Voyage Oct. 1844 to May 1848...'' at side.''...
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