Object Details
- Description
- This model represents a sailing dory, a small rowboat used by fisheries in New England during the late nineteenth century. This type was used near Rockport, Massachusetts. Dories were used both inshore and on the open sea in New England. Dory fishing could be for cod or halibut. This example had two oars and two sails, a sprit-mainsail and a jib. This model represents a dory 23 feet long and about 5 feet wide. It was built in 1882 and given to the Smithsonian by Captain J.W. Collins.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. W. Collins
- ID Number
- TR.160179
- catalog number
- 160179
- accession number
- 10380
- Object Name
- boat
- dory, sailing, model
- Other Terms
- boat; Maritime; Dory
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Transportation
- Ship Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_844044
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-7825-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
