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Wooden Name Sign

Handmade name board (wood) with gold lettering used by Samuel T. Atwell when working as a shipwright during WWII at Trumpy's Boatyard, Annapolis. Built wooden-hulled mine chasers and PT boats for the war effort.

Tags: Annapolis Maryland, Atwell, Boatyard, James Atwell, James Samuel Atwell, WWII

Transcript of an Interview with Iva Fern Proctor Ford

Iva Fern Proctor Ford was born and raised in Shady Side, Maryland. Her mother was part of the Crandell family and she spent a great deal of time with her Grandmama Crandell, helping around the boarding house she ran for hunters, primarily from…

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Tool Box Trays With Tools

Two views of a tray in a tool box with carpentry tools belonging to James Atwell's grandfather, Samuel T. Atwell, who built many houses in Shady Side, Maryland.

Tags: 20th century, Atwell, James Samuel Atwell, Tool box, tools

The Great Swamper and Ethel Andrews

Flora Ethel Andrews and husband Alexander, at Shady Side Bi-centenial Celebration 1976

Tags: Alexander Andrews, Andrews, Bi-centinal, Ethel Andews, Shady Side, The Great Swamper

Paul Lee and Ginger Corson

Paul Lee & Ginger Corson taken at time of Oral History, 2004

Tags: Captain Avery Museum, Corson, Ginger Corson, Lee, Paul Lee

Paul Lee and Angelyn Weems

Paul Lee and Angelyn Weems (Parks) school photo c. 1936, Shady Side Elementary School. (Names are written on photo)

Tags: Angelyn Weems, Angelyn Weems Parks, Elementary School, Elementary School Photo, Paul Lee, photo, School, Shady Side, Shady Side Elementary, Shady Side Elementary School

Paul Lee

A headshot of Paul Lee

Tags: headshot, Lee, Paul L., Paul Lee, Paul Lee Headshot

Oral History Transcript of an Interview with Paul Ellison Lee

Paul Ellison Lee was born on February 15, 1926 to Robert E. Lee and Sarah Isabelle Lee, née Rogers, in the family home in Shady Side, Maryland. He served in the US Navy and during World War II he operated and landed craft on D-Day and across the…

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Oral History Transcript of an Interview with James Samuel Atwell

The Atwell family lived in Shady Side, Maryland for three generations. The Atwells were carpenters, shipwrights, and boat builders. In this Oral History, Jim tells stories of his father using Shady Side "dialect;" of his grandmother, Anna Maude…

Oral History Transcript of An Interview With Ethel Andrews and Erwood Avery

TR.1994.010-Andrews,Avery-GreatSwamper.pdf

This Oral History is a discussion of The Great Swamper, a
local newsletter or newspaper that was published at
intervals during the 1940s and 1950s by William Gilbert
Nowell.

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