The Arpege-- Worlds Largest Plastic Boat

Archive

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Havre de Grace Maritime Museum

Name/Title

The Arpege-- Worlds Largest Plastic Boat

Entry/Object ID

2004.06.07.01

Scope and Content

"The Arpege" Worlds Largest Plastic Boat loose reproduction with 32 pages Typed document of the Arpege -- NEWS article- Largest Reinforced Plastic Boat Goes on Display Here (January 12, 1955) (4 pages) --The Arpege Technical Story (January 12, 1956) (13 pages- 8 pictures with explination) -- The Story Of Jean Filloux (January 12, 1956) (3 pages) -- List of Sponsors (3 pages) -- 15 pages of copied images: - Jean Filloux standing on the boats form - Jean Filloux holding a frame for the form - Jean Filloux hammering the frame - Jean Filloux on the interior building - Jean Filloux and Leavenworth Holden Lofting - Jean Filloux lofting - The Arpege inside the building with doors open - The hull (interior) - Leavenworh Holden placing plastic on the inside of the boat - the Arpege upside down (uncoated??) - Leavenworth Holden placing a layer of fiberglass on the boat - Fiberglassed Arpege - Jean Filloux placing another fiberglass coating - Jean Filloux sitting in front of the Arpege (the boats drying??) - The Arpege right side up in the building

Collection

Arpege Collection

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1950 - 1958

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1957??-- after the Arpege was finished

Condition

Overall Condition

Excellent

Date Examined

Nov 6, 2006

Examined By

Keira Gruber

Notes

nothing seems to be wrong-- no dents, no ripes, no water marks, nothing