We have many collections to be proud of here at The Mariners’ Museum, but one of our most popular, which also happens to be one of my favorite, is the collection of tattoo pieces that belonged to the famed August “Cap” Coleman. Coleman opened shop in Norfolk in 1918, but was forced out after WWII due to a law was passed in Norfolk making tattooing illegal.
多年来，我们的Coleman物品收藏集中在我们身上，该物品于1936年直接从Coleman购买。我最喜欢的两个是Coleman签名的纹身设计片，使其非常特别（如下图）。设计非常丰富多彩，展示了科尔曼的艺术能力。
A couple months ago, Captain Jim Bailie of Norfolk Fire-Rescue called us to ask about items in our collection related to Thomas Kevill. Kevill was the first paid Fire Chief in Norfolk and a Civil War veteran who served on the CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads March 8-9, 1862 as the officer in charge of gun #9.
Thanks to the generosity of Kevill’s descendants, we have two portraits of him, his artillery belt and buckle, a certificate of his military service and a commemorative fire badge.
One of the greatest unsolved sinking mysteries of the U.S. Navy is the story of USS Cyclops, a steel twin screw collier that went missing during World War I, rumored to have disappeared within the Bermuda Triangle. Our Artifact of the Month is actually a chest from Cyclops, which was donated to the museum in September 1941. Unfortunately, nothing was found within the sea chest, which was found under the donor’s home in Norfolk, Virginia in 1926.
One of the greatest unsolved sinking mysteries of the U.S. Navy is the story of USS Cyclops, a steel twin screw collier that went missing during World War I, rumored to have disappeared within the Bermuda Triangle. Our Artifact of the Month is actually a chest from Cyclops, which was donated to the museum in September 1941. Unfortunately, nothing was found within the sea chest, which was found under the donor’s home in Norfolk, Virginia in 1926.
In honor of America’s pastime and the recent start of the baseball season, this month’s artifact is a collection of baseballs from here at The Mariners’ Museum. There are currently three here at the museum with one on display and two that are not on display, and hidden in the hold. While a baseball does not sound like something that would usually be present at a maritime museum, these all have provenance that legitimizes their right to be here.
未展示的两个棒球由威廉·弗朗西斯·吉布斯（William Frances Gibbs）拥有，这是一位海军建筑师，以其SS设计而闻名United States. Along with his brother Frederic, Gibbs designed 1,000 foot ocean liners and eventually began producing the ships in the early 1900’s after encouragement from the Navy and with the funding of J.P. Morgan. The brothers produced designs for ships from their naval architecture firm, Gibbs & Cox, and produced plans for thousands of ships during World War II. The baseballs themselves were the personal property of William Gibbs and were included with a number of other personal items that were accessioned into the collection.
您好再次读者，欢迎回到图书馆的博客。当我撰写这篇文章时，Opsail 2012在弗吉尼亚州诺福克岛的一个结束。过去的一个周末是对世界上许多国家共享的海洋遗产和文化的庆祝活动。美国以海军船只等海军船只的形式拥有骄傲的代表Eagle，但英国，加拿大，印度尼西亚和许多其他人也是如此。像德国FGS这样的船只Hessenopened their decks to curious guests, while their crews took turns answering questions and exploring the other vessels for themselves.
然而，我们庆祝的不仅仅是海上遗产 - 这也是对1812年战争的纪念，其双百年很快就会出现在我们身上。这次场合使2012年的Opsail成为了爱国庆祝活动，也是国际庆祝活动，例如军事重演者和历史悠久的木船Godspeed- 将詹姆斯敦定居者带到弗吉尼亚州的一艘船只的复制品 - 加入现代军事船只，向1812年战争致敬。
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