Boat Model, Speed Boat, ca 1935
date: label: date made
content: ca 1935
notes: label: Description
content: Made with shellacked white pine, this model represents an early 20th century recreational speed boat. It was designed and given to the Smithsonian by Sam Johnson, a steamboat designer from Apalachicola, Florida. The model was collected by Phil Sawyer, who worked for the Historic American Merchant Marine Survey (HAMMS) in 1936/37 during the Great Depression. An accomplished artist, Sawyer painted several of the HAMMS vessels; these paintings are at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Archive Center.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sam Johnson, Apalachicola, Florida
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.311262
label: catalog number
content: 311262
label: accession number
content: 144182
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boat
label: Object Name
content: speed boat, rigged model
label: Other Terms
content: boat; Maritime
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white pine (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shellack (overall production method/technique)