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The Model Collection
The Mariners’ Museum’s collection of models is truly extraordinary.  Included are one of the world’s great collections of steamship builders’ and boardroom models and the world-renowned creations of the preeminent model makers August and Winifred Crabtree.
 
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Horse-Drawn Steam Fire Engine, 1904 Horse-Drawn Steam Fire Engine, 1904
Gibbs & Cox Inc., New York, New York, ca 1951-1957
Gift of Frederic H. Gibbs
M 37
     
ROYAL SOVEREIGN   Royal Sovereign
Unidentified maker, England ca 1804
Gift of the Kriegstein Model Collection
1984.62.01
     
Maud Hargreaves, Coastal Rescue Lifeboat, 1878   Maud Hargreaves, Coastal Rescue Lifeboat, 1878
Unidentified maker, England, ca 1878
MD 19
     
Bangalore, 1886-1908   Bangalore, 1886-1908
Caroll Ray Sawyer, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1940
MD 39
     
Steamboat COMMONWEALTH   Steamboat Commonwealth
J. Dean Benton, Providence, Rhode Island, ca 1864
MD 77
     
Marine Walking Beam Engine   Marine Walking Beam Engine
Michael Coppola, New Hyde Park, New York, ca 1988-1991
1991.09.01
     
Trein Maersk   Trein Maersk
Unidentified maker, Denmark, 1962
Gift of Moller Steamship Company
MD 138
     
PRISONER-OF-WAR MODEL   Prisoner-of-war model
Unidentified maker, ca 1800
MH 5
     
Beothuk Canoe   Beothuk Canoe
Edwin Tappan Adney, New Brunswick, Canada, 1927
Edwin Tappan Adney Collection
MP 45
     
Chinese Flower Boat   Chinese Flower Boat
Unidentified maker, China, 19th century
MP 30
     
Jangada   Jangada
Unidentified maker, Brazil
Gift of Dr. Paulo Furmencio
MP 190
     
Schooner Yacht America   Schooner Yacht America
Attributed to George Steers, New York, New York, ca 1851
Gift of Mrs. Ermina B. Kline, Captain Harry Freeman Martin, Mr. Bray Daniel Martin, and Mrs. Agnes Martin Arnheimer
MR 170
     

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