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12723A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
  • Places, Landscape
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
  • 1864
A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864
Item:
  • 12723   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
Date:
  • 1864
Source:
  • Courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina.
12494U.S. Revenue Cutter, Levi Woodbury - Between 1864 and 1900
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1864 c.
Vessel Name – Mahoning – renamed Levi Woodbury “Woodbury” April 1898 – renamed Laksco after 1915 Class – Topsail Schooner / Steamer – Pawtuxet-class tender Hull – wood – oak, locust and white oak w. iron diagonal bracing Masts - 2 Rig – topsail schooner Build date – 1863 Commissioned – July 18, 1864 Built by – J.W. Lynn & Sons Built at – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built for – U.S. Revenue Service Named for – Mahoning creek and valley, Pennsylvania – 1898 for Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Supreme Court Justice Power – steam engine with 2 oscillating cylinders; single 8’ screw Displacement – 350 tons Length – 138’ Beam – 26’6” Draft – 11’ Crew – 7 officers, 34 enlisted Armament – 1 x 30-pound Parrott rifle; 5 x 24-pound howitzers Number – Disposition – By 1913, Woodbury was not only the Coast Guard's oldest cutter, she was the oldest active-duty vessel in U.S. government service, as well as being the only ship to have seen active service in both the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Decommissioned by Coast Guard, July 19, 1915, Portland, Maine. Sold to Thomas Butler & Co., Boston, Massachusetts August 10, 1915. Woodbury's decommission ended 51 years with the Revenue Cutter Service, making her one of the longest serving cutters in the organization's history. After her final decommission in 1915, Levi Woodbury was placed into service as the merchant Laksco. She disappears from shipping records in 1932.
U.S. Revenue Cutter, Levi Woodbury - Between 1864 and 1900
Item:
  • 12494   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1864 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of U.S. Naval Historical Center
Description:
Vessel Name – Mahoning – renamed Levi Woodbury “Woodbury” April 1898 – renamed Laksco after 1915 Class – Topsail Schooner / Steamer – Pawtuxet-class tender Hull – wood – oak, locust and white oak w. iron diagonal bracing Masts - 2 Rig – topsail schooner Build date – 1863 Commissioned – July 18, 1864 Built by – J.W. Lynn & Sons Built at – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built for – U.S. Revenue Service Named for – Mahoning creek and valley, Pennsylvania – 1898 for Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Supreme Court Justice Power – steam engine with 2 oscillating cylinders; single 8’ screw Displacement – 350 tons Length – 138’ Beam – 26’6” Draft – 11’ Crew – 7 officers, 34 enlisted Armament – 1 x 30-pound Parrott rifle; 5 x 24-pound howitzers Number – Disposition – By 1913, Woodbury was not only the Coast Guard's oldest cutter, she was the oldest active-duty vessel in U.S. government service, as well as being the only ship to have seen active service in both the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Decommissioned by Coast Guard, July 19, 1915, Portland, Maine. Sold to Thomas Butler & Co., Boston, Massachusetts August 10, 1915. Woodbury's decommission ended 51 years with the Revenue Cutter Service, making her one of the longest serving cutters in the organization's history. After her final decommission in 1915, Levi Woodbury was placed into service as the merchant Laksco. She disappears from shipping records in 1932. [show more]
12724The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
  • Places, Landscape
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
  • 1864 c.
The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 12724   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
Date:
  • 1864 c.
Source:
  • Courtesyof the National Gallery of Art. Gift of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr. in honor of John Wilmerding.
6738Joanna Whitmore Whittaker, Mrs. Charles Luther Whittaker
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • 1865 c.
Judging from the date of the patent on the photograph envelope, image was probably taken at about the time of her marriage to Charles Luther Wittaker in 1868. The tintype is held by a Potter's Patent Picture-Card frame.
Joanna Whitmore Whittaker, Mrs. Charles Luther Whittaker
Item:
  • 6738   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1865 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Judging from the date of the patent on the photograph envelope, image was probably taken at about the time of her marriage to Charles Luther Wittaker in 1868. The tintype is held by a Potter's Patent Picture-Card frame.
6431Augustus Clark (1846-1938)
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Osgood - Irving Osgood (1845-1914)
  • 1865 c.
Augustus Clark (1846-1938)
Item:
  • 6431   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Osgood - Irving Osgood (1845-1914)
Date:
  • 1865 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
6432Augustus Clark (1846-1938)
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Osgood - Irving Osgood (1845-1914)
  • 1865 c.
Augustus Clark (1846-1938)
Item:
  • 6432   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Osgood - Irving Osgood (1845-1914)
Date:
  • 1865 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
6429Captain B.N. Pepper
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1865 c.
Captain B.N. Pepper
Item:
  • 6429   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1865 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
6737Joanna (Whitmore) Whittaker (1825-1851), Mrs. Charles Luther Whittaker
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • J.M. Peck's Photograph Rooms, Ellsworth, Maine
  • 1868
Joanna's wedding ring is not visible in the photograph, but her fingers look swollen and she seems to be older than her wedding date. Probably after 1868
Joanna (Whitmore) Whittaker (1825-1851), Mrs. Charles Luther Whittaker
Item:
  • 6737   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • J.M. Peck's Photograph Rooms, Ellsworth, Maine
Date:
  • 1868
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family, Courtesy of Frances Eliot Foote Stehman
Description:
Joanna's wedding ring is not visible in the photograph, but her fingers look swollen and she seems to be older than her wedding date. Probably after 1868
6736Charles Luther Whittaker (1820-1847)
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • J.M. Peck's Photograph Rooms, Ellsworth, Maine
  • 1868 after
Charles Luther Whittaker (1820-1847)
Item:
  • 6736   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • J.M. Peck's Photograph Rooms, Ellsworth, Maine
Date:
  • 1868 after
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family, Courtesy of Frances Eliot Foote Stehman