Ship Model of the Schooner <i>Dora</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1891
name: label: maker
content: Barber, John
notes: label: Description
content: This is a model of a typical four-masted schooner, as built in Maine around the 20th century. Such ships were the equivalent of today's tractor trailer, as they carried large bulk cargoes inexpensively around the East Coast and elsewhere. From the 18th to the early 20th centuries, schooners were popular sailing rigs for use primarily in the coastal trade, as they required fewer crew than square-rigged ships to operate. However, the early 20th century, sailing ships in the coastal trade had been replaced by engine-powered vessels.
label: Description
content: This model was deliberately misidentified at some point after it was originally built. When a model ship builder restored it in 1967, he cleaned the bow area, revealing the name DORA/New York. He also located a brass plate under a deck house roof inscribed "John Barber Phila. Pa. Wood Worker Deluxe" and the date "Jan. the 31st, 1891." To date, no four-masted schooner named Dora from the early 1890s has been identified.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CIGNA Museum and Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0279.082
label: accession number
content: 2005.0279
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0279.082
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46 in x 68 in x 9 in; 116.84 cm x 172.72 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: hull: 8 in x 50 in x 10 in; 20.32 cm x 127 cm x 25.4 cm