Boat Model, New Jersey Garvey, 1898
date: label: date made
content: 1962
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a garvey, a small boat from Barnegat Bay, New Jersey. Garvies were commonly used in on-shore fisheries, as well as for catching oyster and crab. This example had two masts with two spritsails, although later models were powered by gasoline engines. The model represents a garvey 26 feet long and about 6 feet in beam, made in 1898 in Tuckerton, NJ. The model was constructed in 1962 by John W. Parker from plans in the Smithsonian.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.319932
label: catalog number
content: 319932
label: accession number
content: 241526
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boat
label: Object Name
content: garvey, rigged model
label: Other Terms
content: boat; Maritime; Sail
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 21 in x 5 in; 46.99 cm x 53.34 cm x 12.7 cm