Florida's maritime heritage : the sketchbook of Philip Ayer Sawyer : 1938
Entry/Object ID
Library.1144
Description
3 v. in 1 ill. 41 cm.
Florida's maritime heritage : the sketchbook of Philip Ayer Sawyer : 1938
A reproduction of Philip Ayer Sawyer's sketchbook of boats and ships in Florida, created unter the WPA's Historic Merchant Marine Survey, or HAMMS. From April 1936 through October 1937 the Florida workers completed surveys of 50 vessels. This sketchbook documents with great detail Florida's maritime heritage from canoes, to sloops, to paddle wheel boats, to schooners, to tug boats and many more through drawings and text. Reprint in this volume as an extension of ARBA final report to Congress as directed by Public Law 93-179.
Includes index.
Edited with introduction by Dan L. Smith
Collection
Library
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Historic American Merchant Marine Survey., Merchant ships -- United States -- Pictorial works., Naval architecture -- Designs and plans., American drawings -- 20th century -- Boats in art -- Catalogs., Merchant ships -- United States -- Drawing., Sawyer, Philip Ayer.