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  1. 2001-61-1 - Board, Name

    nameboard from the MADISON hull #227 built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company for the Grand Trunk Railroad; painted blue with white letters and trim around edge

    Record Type: Object

    Board, Name
  2. 2002-58-1 - Box, Storage

    Tool box: used on submarine USS POGY. Metal painted yellow. Stenciled on front: "USS POGY SS-266, For Ship, Case No. 15, No. of Cases 22." Listing of items to be stored inside stenciled below includes bolts, clamps, gaskets, washers, nuts, wrenches, and their quantities. Same list is on a sheet of paper on the inside of the lid, which also includes official ordering numbers. Box empty inside.

    Record Type: Object

    Box, Storage
  3. 2003-33-12 - Painting

    Framed acrylic watercolor painting of EDMUND FITZGERALD wreck on the bottom of Lake Superior by USCG artist Richard W. Sullivan. Middle port quarter view of upside-down stern section of wreck, debris in foreground and middle right. Double matted, glazed, and mounted in museum quality black and gold frame.

    Record Type: Object

    Painting
  4. 2003-33-13 - Painting

    Framed acrylic watercolor painting of EDMUND FITZGERALD wreck on the bottom of Lake Superior by USCG artist Richard W. Sullivan. Starboard bow view, from above, of bow section of wreck. Double matted, glazed, and mounted in museum quality black and gold frame.

    Record Type: Object

    Painting
  5. 2015-51-10 - Teaspoon

    Teaspoon: silver plated, name "VERNON" engraved on front of handle.

    Record Type: Object

    Teaspoon
  6. 2004-65-2 - Print

    Color print of battle insignia of submarine USS KETE by Ray Young. Unframed.

    Record Type: Object

    Print
  7. 2004-83-1 - gun, flare

    Large bore flare gun made by International Signal Company, Tippecanoe City, OH. Maker's mark on handle.

    Record Type: Object

    gun, flare
  8. 2005-52-9 - T-shirt

    Gray t-shirt with black, white and red screen printing depicting the carferry CITY OF MIDLAND 41. Reads "'Queen of the Lakes' S.S. CITY OF MIDLAND 41, 'World's Largest Train, Auto, & Passenger Ferryboat' Between Ludington, and Milwaukee, Manitowoc, Kewaunee." Small square at bottom reads "1989 DSG."

    Record Type: Object

    T-shirt
  9. 2016-14-1 - Compass

    Round plate-type brass compass. Black directional lettering on brass face. Glass cover. Small mounting holes in frame ring. No identifying marks.

    Record Type: Object

    Compass
  10. 2005-82-3 - Print

    Insignia from World War II submarine USS HAWKBILL. Shows a turtle wearing a sailor's hat, with a torpedo under his arm. On his back is an insect inside a glass that has been tied to the turtle's back, looking through a periscope. Made of two layers of paper: paper with insignia has been glued on top of a heavier paper. With white accents. Appears to be a preliminary copy with handwritten notations that would have been given to a printer.

    Record Type: Object

    Print
  11. 2006-9-17 - Print

    Print of a painting by Russ Porter of the bulk carrier CARL D. BRADLEY in rough seas on Lake Michigan on the night she wrecked, November 18, 1958. Port stern quarter view underway. Original painting is in the collection of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.

    Record Type: Object

    Print
  12. 2006-9-18 - Print

    Print of a painting by Russ Porter of the Grand Trunk Railway carferry MADISON. Starboard side view of the carferry underway during winter with ice in the foreground.

    Record Type: Object

    Print
  13. 2006-9-7 - Print

    Print of a painting by Russ Porter of the carferry CHIEF WAWATAM loading or unloading a Soo Line train at St. Ignace, Michigan during winter.

    Record Type: Object

    Print
  14. 2006-9-8 - Print

    Print of a painting by Russ Porter of the carferry CHIEF WAWATAM loading or unloading a Soo Line train at St. Ignace, Michigan during winter. With snowflakes in the air.

    Record Type: Object

    Print
  15. 2007-15-2 - Painting

    Watercolor painting matted and framed. Painting is untitled and created by Gerhard Miller of Sturgeon Bay, WI. painting shows the sinking of a ship. There is information about the artist stuck to the back.

    Record Type: Object

    Painting
  16. 2007-34-10081 - Mug

    Bay Shipbuilding ceramic mug with handle. Turquoise marbled mug with an image of a freighter printed in gold above the company name in gold lettering. Gold around the rim.

    Record Type: Object

    Mug
  17. 2007-34-10086 - Bowl

    White ceramic bowl stamped "Steamer Vernon" on one side. From the wreck of the steamer VERNON, sunk off Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1887.

    Record Type: Object

    Bowl
  18. 2015-51-11 - Teaspoon

    Teaspoon: silver plated, name "VERNON" engraved on front of handle.

    Record Type: Object

    Teaspoon
  19. 2007-35-26 - Cap

    Blue denim baseball style cap with brim. Front of the hat has a patch sewn on that reads "S.S. Medusa Challenger" in white embroidery with an embroidered outline of the freighter, also in white. Background of the patch is blue with white embroidered borders. Front section of the hat is lined in foam on the inside. Hat is accented with white stitching. Hat size is adjustable at the back. With four holes along the top for ventilation.

    Record Type: Object

    Cap
  20. 2013-37-4 - Lithograph

    Lithograph: "Quebeck in Canada." Depicts several schooners underway with a fishing sloop in the foreground.

    Record Type: Object

    Lithograph

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