Search Term Record
Metadata
Name |
Whaling |
Number of Archive records |
16 |
Number of Library records |
10 |
Number of Photo records |
3 |
Number of Object records |
4 |
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1995.001.001 - Passport
Framed passport is signed by Abraham Lincoln but dated after the death of Lincoln. It was common for the president to sign passports before they were actually issued. This passport grants the Bark Milwood of New Bedford, Isaac Allen, Master, safe passage on the high seas.
Record Type: Archive
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1999.009.001 - The Last American Whale Oil Co.
The history of Nye Lubricants, Inc., Fairhaven, Mass from whaleships to spaceships. This international company started in New Bedford just after the Civil War, developing and producing the highest quality lubricants and optical gels for medical devices, computers, and satelites. Owned and operated by the Mock family siince 1956.
Record Type: Library
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1999.009.002 - The Last American Whale Oil Co.
The history of Nye Lubricants, Inc., Fairhaven, Mass from whaleships to spaceships. This international company started in New Bedford just after the Civil War, developing and producing the highest quality lubricants and optical gels for medical devices, computers, and satelites. Owned and operated by the Mock family siince 1956.
Record Type: Library
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2001.003.001 - History of the American Whale Fishery
History of techniques and ships of whaling, presenting statistical survey of voyages made by American whalers from east coast ports including Marion. Index includes names of vessels sailing from Marion.
Record Type: Library
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2004.017.021 - Print, Photographic
Capt. Bill Hathaway, Marion, Mass. He is showing how a harpoon is thrown on his ship, "The Admiral Blake", lying at Long Wharf about 1884.
Record Type: Photo
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2004.017.023 - Print, Photographic
Capt William Hathaway lifts a harpoon on the Admiral Blake. He made many trips as captain of this famous whaler out of Marion, Mass. He lived on Main Street opposite Hiller apartments. Father of "Billie Pole" (sp?) Hathaway. Furniture in parlor of Sippican Historical Society museum came from his home as gifts from Amory Houghton, Jr. Portrait of this ship is in the office room of the Historical Society.
Record Type: Photo
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2010.004.003 - Children of the Light
A book titled "Children of the Light" by Everett S. Allen in 1973. The subtitle is: The Rise and Fall of New Bedford Whaling and the Death of the Arctic Fleet. Published by Little Brown & Company. It is a softcovered volume 6 1/8" W by 9 1/4" H.
Record Type: Library
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2016.030.006 - Book
A soft covered book titled "A Window Back (Photography in a Whaling Port)" written by Nicholas Whitman in 1994. It is 10.5" wide by 9.5" high and contains 176 pages.
Record Type: Archive
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2016.045.001 - Treasures of the Whaling Museum: Touchstones to the Region's Past
"Treasures of the Whaling Museum", a book published by the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Explores the history of whaling, New Bedford, and the surrounding region through the museum's collections. Includes many photographs and illustrations.
Record Type: Library
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2018.013.001 - 4 Years A-whaling: Charles S. Raleigh, Illustrator
Book containing the seventeen panels of a panorama by Charles S Raleigh called "A Whaling Voyage in the Ship Niger", along with an explanation about each section.
Record Type: Library
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L2013.001.488 - Book
A dark blue hardcover book titled "A Whaling Voyage in the Bark 'Willis' 1849-1850" from the Journal kept by Samuel Millet. It is 6.5" wide by 9.75" high contains 46 pages.
Record Type: Archive
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REF530.001 - Not Just Anywhere - The Story of WHALE and the Rescue of New Bedford's Waterfront Historic District
An oversized soft covered book (10.75" wide by 8.5" high) titled "Not Just Anywhere - The Story of - WHALE and the rescue of New Bedford's Waterfront Historic District" by Marsha McCabe and Joseph D. Thomas. Published by Spinner Publications, Inc. in 1995. It is 128 pages long including the index. It contains many old photographs of the New Bedford Waterfront.
Record Type: Library
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REF530.003 - A Window Back - Photography in a Whaling Port
A hard covered oversized book (10.75" wide by 9.75" high) titled "A Window Back - Photography in a Whaling Port." It was published in 1994.
Record Type: Library
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