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SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, December 8, 1917
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.141
Date:1917
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SS David Rodgers under construction, Skinner & Eddy Corp., Seattle, December 15, 1917
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.142
Date:1917
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Carrie Rodgers with bouquet on SS David Rodgers launch day, Seattle, February 9, 1918
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.147
Date:1918
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Launch of SS David Rodgers, Skinner & Eddy Corp. shipyard, Seattle, February 9, 1918
David Rodgers (1865-1923) was a master shipfitter who worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station, Moran Brothers Company, Seattle Construction & Drydock Company, and was general manager at the Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard in Seattle from 1916 until 1919. Under Rodgers’ management, the crew broke production speed records for ship construction and completed more ships for the U. S.…
ID Number:2009.56.148
Date:1918
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David Rodgers at Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, circa 1918
David Rodgers was a master shipfitter who is credited with revolutionizing the shipbuilding industry. Born 1865 in Carrickfergus, Ireland, he worked for noted shipyards in the Great Lakes area, San Francisco, and Vancouver, B. C. In Seattle Rodgers worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station and then Moran Brothers Company (later Seattle Construction & Drydock Company), overseeing the building of…
ID Number:2009.56.156
Date:Circa 1918
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Blanchard Boat Co. sailboat "Sir Tom" on the water, circa 1940
The Blanchard Boat Company was one of the leading yacht builders of Seattle. Founded by N.J. (Norman J.) Blanchard (1885-1954) in 1905, the company built nearly 2,000 boats over its 64-year history, including commercial ships, classic motor cruisers and sailing yachts, some of which are still in use today. Following N.J.'s death in 1954, his son Norman C. Blanchard (1911-2009)…
ID Number:2009.98.62
Date:Circa 1940
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Motor boat "Stormy" under construction, circa 1934
The Blanchard Boat Company was one of the leading yacht builders of Seattle. Founded by N.J. (Norman J.) Blanchard (1885-1954) in 1905, the company built nearly 2,000 boats over its 64-year history, including commercial ships, classic motor cruisers and sailing yachts, some of which are still in use today. Following N.J.'s death in 1954, his son Norman C. Blanchard (1911-2009)…
ID Number:2009.98.70
Date:Circa 1934
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Boat "Malibu" under construction at Blanchard Boat Yard, Seattle, 1924
The Blanchard Boat Company was one of the leading yacht builders of Seattle. Founded by N.J. (Norman J.) Blanchard (1885-1954) in 1905, the company built nearly 2,000 boats over its 64-year history, including commercial ships, classic motor cruisers and sailing yachts, some of which are still in use today. Following N.J.'s death in 1954, his son Norman C. Blanchard (1911-2009)…
ID Number:2009.98.73
Date:1924
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Blanchard "33" under construction at Blanchard Boat Company, circa 1930
The Blanchard Boat Company was one of the leading yacht builders of Seattle. Founded by N.J. (Norman J.) Blanchard (1885-1954) in 1905, the company built nearly 2,000 boats over its 64-year history, including commercial ships, classic motor cruisers and sailing yachts, some of which are still in use today. Following N.J.'s death in 1954, his son Norman C. Blanchard (1911-2009)…
ID Number:2009.98.75
Date:Circa 1930
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Boat "Everett" launching from Proctor Boat Company yard, Seattle, circa 1903
The Proctor Boat Company, established in 1900 and located at Smith Cove in Seattle, advertised "Launches, Yachts and Small Boats in Wood or Steel, Life Boats and Rafts." Owner George R. Proctor sold the company to his brother-in-law Frank Tregoning in around 1904, and the business was renamed the Frank Tregoning Boat Company. In 1907, the newly renamed Tregoning Boat…
ID Number:2010.17.9
Date:Circa 1903