Collection includes negatives and prints from U. S. Coast Guard Cutter KANKAKEE files (ca. 1921), showing the stern wheel paddle steamer S. J. PHILLIPS, of New Bern, North Carolina, and two sailing vessels, CONSTITUTION of Manteo, NC, and the ETNER, of New Bern, NC. Also included are photographs and 1 negative of the tanker OVERSEAS CHICAGO (1977), the Merchant Marine ship PENN CHAMPION at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard (1969), the cargo ship SS SANTA MERCEDES (1964) and the Greek cruise ship OLYMPIA.
Administrative information
Custodial History
June 21, 2005, (unprocessed) 4 items, 0.001 cubic feet; Collection (ca. 1921) of negatives from U. S. Coast Guard Cutter KANKAKEE files, showing the stern wheel paddle steamer S. J. PHILLIPS, of New Bern, North Carolina and two sailing vessels, CONSTITUTION of Manteo, NC and the ETNER, of New Bern, NC; prints of negatives. Photographic negatives & prints. Black & white. 3.5" x 5". Donor: Jeffrey L. Bowdoin
November 5, 2012, (unprocessed addition 1) 7 items, 0.007 cubic feet; Addition consists of six photographs and one negative including the Tanker Overseas Chicago approaching an oil terminal at Valdez, Alaska (1977), the Merchant Marine ship Penn Champion at Bethlehem—Sparrows Point Shipyard (1969) in Baltimore, MD, the U.S. Coast Guard inspection of the New Grace Line passenger and cargo ship SS Santa Mercedes also at the Bethlehem Steel Sparrow's Point Shipyard (1964), and the Greek Cruise ship Olympia (built 1953, retired 2010). Donor: Robert M. Browning, Jr.
Source of acquisition
Gift of Jeffrey L. Bowdoin, U.S. Coast Guard
Gift of Robert M. Browning, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard
Processing information
Encoded by Lindsay Flood, March 28, 2008
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