Boat Model, Bushwhack Boat, mid-20th Century
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960s
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a rowboat called a bushwhack boat, commonly used in Chesapeake Bay. Bushwhack boats were used for hunting waterfowl on the Susquehanna Flats, where the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay meet. They also were used as tenders by sloops and schooners, because they could navigate the rough waters of the Flats. The model represents a boat 18 feet long and about 5 feet wide, made by the Havre de Grace Marina in Maryland. The model was purchased by the Smithsonian in 1963.
label: Location
content: Currently on loan
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.322470
label: accession number
content: 247837
label: catalog number
content: 322470
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 18 in x 5 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 45.72 cm x 13.97 cm