Boat Model, Fishing Dory
date: label: date made
content: 1876
notes: label: Description
content: This model represents a dory, a type of small boat commonly used by in New England during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dories were usually carried on the decks of large fishing vessels in the latter half of the nineteenth century. They were launched into the open sea from the deck of the mother ship to fish, which along the New England coast was usually for cod or halibut. Dories also were used to trawl, a fishing technique in which a long line had hundreds or thousands of baited hooks. Typically manned by one or two people, dories relied on oars and occasionally sails. This model represents a dory 18½ feet at the gunwale and 5 feet wide. The model was built in 1876 and was given to the Smithsonian by the boat builders, Starling & Stevens of Ferryville, Maine.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine
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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 Starling & Stevens, Collected by U. S. Fish Commission
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.55792
label: accession number
content: 3017
label: catalog number
content: 55792
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dory, New England
label: Object Name
content: dory, new england, model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in; 46.99 cm