Photographs of the Mariners Museum, 1930-1932.

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Photographs of the Mariners Museum, 1930-1932.

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This collection consists of photographs (photographer unknown) of the park land including surveying roads in the park, construction of a bridge over Route 60 (Warwick Blvd.) and a bridge over the dam on Museum Drive, Causey's wooden mill, some local houses (including an early wooden cabin with brick chimney), and aerial views of the construction area. Also, includes photographs of a poem by Archer M. Huntington, sculptures by Anna Hyatt Huntington in New York City, a 1931 map of Warwick County, and a typed extract from an original patent filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia describing a 1624 land grant to Edward Waters of Elizabeth City, Va.

.5 cubic ft. (87 photographic prints) : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

The Mariners' Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7288673

The Mariners' Museum Library

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Mariners' museum Newport News, Va.

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In 2005, the Library created an artificial collection of several David G. Farragut letters owned by the Museum, which had mostly been accessioned prior to 1941. The accession numbers for these individual letters were the following: CA1, CA4, CA5, CA7, CA8, CA25, and CA54. From the description of Collection of David G. Farragut documents, 1861-1864. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 775010556 ...

Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973

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Animal sculptor, Bethel, Conn., b. 1876; d. 1973. From the description of Oral history interview with Anna Hyatt-Huntington, [ca. 1964] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026542 From the description of Anna Hyatt-Huntington interview, [ca. 1964] [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85185377 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. From the description of Anna Hyatt-Huntington papers, 1902-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502404 ...

Huntington, Archer M. (Archer Milton), 1870-1955

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Hispanic scholar; philanthropist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to [George] Kunz, President of the American Scenic and Historical Preservation Society (and expert on gems), 1915 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871082 Poet, editor, Hispanic scholar, art collector. From the description of Archer M. Huntington letter to John O'Hara Cosgrave [manuscript], 1910 August 31. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 754955300 ...

Bailey, C. F. (C. Frank)

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Approximately 900 acres in Warwick County, north of Newport News, Va., were developed into a park in 1930, as part of the terms of the charter of the Mariners Museum. A granite dam was constructed at the mouth of Waters Creek, creating a body of water to be named Lake Maury. From the description of Photographs of the Mariners Museum, 1930-1932. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30694466 ...