Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of the ships Serapis and Bon Homme Richard in a fierce naval battle; Serapis is in the foreground at left; statistics of killed, wounded, and damage done, in English and French, on either side of the title in bottom margin.
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Image of a starboard view of the British Royal Navy ship H.M.S. Majestic firing her battery at the two French frigates; three other vessels in background; key with vessels' names, number of guns and men in lower margin.
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The Theodore G. and Eleanor S. Congdon Maritime Collection contains 190 items that pertain to commercial, naval, and recreational maritime-related activities primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. Materials date from approximately 1700 to 1990, with the bulk dating from 1800-1935. The collection consists of prints (engravings, etchings, aquatints, and lithographs), photographs, manuscript materials, publications, portfolios and bound volumes, and a single painting. The items deal primarily with whaling, yachting, and naval battles, and the vessels and people involved in these activities. The collection contains materials as diverse as early 18th-century engravings of whaling expeditions, letters from sailors working on whaling vessels during the 19th century, photographs of yachts competing for the America's Cup in the early 20th century, 19th-century lithographs of naval ships engaged in battle, and letters of marque and safe conduct signed by presidents of the United States, from George Washington to James Buchanan. Includes some letters and bills of sale of William Hathaway Jr. of New Bedford, Massachusetts. These items offer a wealth of information regarding the vessels that operated throughout three centuries, as well as the fishermen, sailors, and sportsmen who manned them.
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Image of a stern view of the H.M.S. Vanguard as the British Royal Navy bears down on the French fleet at anchor at the start of the Battle of the Nile in 1798.
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Image of the British Royal Navy frigate ship H.M.S. Carysfort, port view, under sail.
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Image of a stern view of the H.M.S. Bellerophon partly dismasted, seen against flames from another vessel, in a line of anchored ships flying the white ensign and partly obscured by gun-smoke as the British Royal Navy attacks the French fleet during the Battle of the Nile in 1798; men in row boats at bottom right.
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