Schooner Lettie May

Photograph

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Schooner "Lettie May"

Entry/Object ID

2002.02.0001

Description

The Lettie May, a small trading schooner, in Ellison Bay or Sister Bay, Door County. She was built at Fort Howard, WI in 1874 and spent most of her life in Door County. The May was owned by M. F. Kalmbach of Fort Howard from 1874 through 1879, by Albert Kalmbach of Baileys Harbor together with John Rank of Baileys Harbor as equal owners in 1880 and 1881, by George Trueblood of Baileys Harbor from 1887 through 1892, and by Hans Johnson of Newport, Door County, WI, with Peter Knudson as master for the season of 1893.

Collection

Door County Archives Photo Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2002.02

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - New, Purchases, etc.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Location

Door/WI

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Boats, Schooner, Lettie May

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

02.0028

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Building

Office/Photo File

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: A computer generated print scanned from an original belonging to Jon VanHarpen. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

February 23, 2002

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 9, 2026