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bearfigurehead

Figurehead from the Barkentine Bear of Oakland, circa 1874
Unknown carver
OF 37
Located in the collections of The Mariners’ Museum

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Recent Blog Posts

Every Little Thing: A Look at an Artifact’s Pit-stop in Conservation before Going out on Loan
Hello again, Mariners. If you don’t remember me, I’m the museum’s Assistant Objects Conservator. Recently, I’ve been working on several items that are going out on loan to various institutions next year. While only a couple of these projects will be very treatment intensive (probably more on those later…), I Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Nov 28 2018By Paige Schmidt
Not just big heads, historic survivors of the Blitz!
This week Brock needed to photograph a couple of the large figureheads on display in our lobby and it reminded me of their really interesting history. I’m not talking about the history of the ships they came from, although I am sure that’s fascinating as well, in this instance I’m Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Nov 15 2018By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor
A local story for Armistice Day
In honor of Armistice/Veterans day I thought I would tell one local man’s World War I story. That man is Henry Redmond Hendren. Henry was born in Norfolk, Virginia on October 4, 1900 making him just 13 when the war started in Europe in July 1914. Prisoner-of-war armband worn by Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Nov 11 2018By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor
Another day, another Dahlgren!
Today’s question seems like a simple one – how long is a Dahlgren Shell Gun? As I mentioned previously, I am designing a set of drilling equipment to clean inside the XI-Inch Dahlgrens recovered from USS Monitor, and as part of that I need to establish parameters for actually using Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Nov 5 2018By Erik Farrell
Aeronautical Engineer and #mariner
“It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane.” “It’s superm–” “No, really y’all, it’s a weird plane.” Frederick K. Kirsten “Egg-Beater Wing Plane Imitates…Eagle” claimed Modern Mechanics in 1934. Yes, you read that correctly. As early as 1921, German-American inventor Frederick K. Kirsten (1885-1953) was working on a wingless, rudderless airplane design. What does that Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Oct 19 2018By Hannah Fleming

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