Schooners Strawbridge and Venner at the shipyard in 1901

Photograph

Walsh History Center - Camden Public Library

Schooners "J.C. Strawbridge" & "Clarence H. Venner" in Camden, 1901

Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Schooners "Strawbridge" and "Venner" at the shipyard in 1901

Entry/Object ID

CAHC 2006.35.46

Description

Photo of the 4-masted schooners "J. C. Strawbridge" (left) and "Clarence H. Venner" at the Holly M. Bean shipyard in Camden. The "Strawbridge" was built in Camden in 1901by Holly M. Bean and son Robert L. Bean. The vessel was 861 tons, 182.7 ft. long, 37 wide and x 17 ft depth. The "Clarence H. Venner" was built in 1890 by George Currier of Newburyport. The vessel measured 934 GT, 184.7 x 38 x 20.4 feet. The tugboat at the side of the "Strawbridge" is the "Summers N. Smith." The Bean yard had the only marine railway in Maine available through the winter. "Camden Yacht Building and Railway Co" "Two Railways, 400 & 1,000 Tons" "Only Marine Railway in Maine Available in Winter" Potter Studio

Collection

Edward Coffin Collection

Cataloged By

Mary Blair

Acquisition

Accession

CAHC 2006.35

Source or Donor

Coffin, Edward

Acquisition Method

Produced by Staff

Made/Created

Artist

Potter, Jay

Studio

Potter Studio

Date made

1901

Place

Location

Maine/ Knox County/ Camden

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Schooners, Shipbuilding, Ships, Shipyards, Tugboats

Search Terms

"Clarence H. Venner", "J. C. Strawbridge", "Summers N. Smith", Camden, Maine

Location

Wall

Camden History

Building

Walsh History Center

Date

October 21, 2025

Location

Shelf

Shelf 3, Shelf 3

Room

Main Room #2

Building

Camden Area History Center

Location

Shelf

Shelf 3, Shelf 3

Room

Main Room #2

Building

Camden Area History Center

Inventory

Inventoried By

Heather Bilodeau

Inventoried Date

Dec 9, 2009

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Apr 11, 2006

General Notes

Note

Original or Copy: Scanned Copy Status: OK Status By: Heather Bilodeau Status Date: 2009-12-09

Created By

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Create Date

April 11, 2006

Updated By

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Update Date

October 27, 2025