Thomas Page French spoliation claim, 1886 (3 p), Page estate valuation 1811; two handwritten notes; three page list of ships built by Thomas Page and sources/refs; two letters, JW Teele to DK Usher 1978, 1980. Spoliation claim a typed document filed by the Estate of Thomas Page on 12/29/1886, estate inventory is copy.
List of vessels sailing from Annisquam, from 1700s and 1800s; list built at Annisquam, 1734-1846; historical pamphlets; ship figurehead booklet; photo of Wise Wood yacht.
Publication- The Fisheries of Gloucester, 1876; memo on Cape Ann Historical Society Ship Painting Exhibit, undated. One of the note pages has 'Check with Don Usher', notes cover shipbuilding in 1700s and 1800s.
Four photographs of shipwrecks including The Vesper, 1884, The Mexican, 1890. Newspaper articles on wreck of Abbie D. Cranmer. Newspaper articles from 1922 and 1976, also note from 1931 Gloucester Times article.
Transportation reminiscences by Ida Andrews; how coach was painted; four newspaper clippings-1930, 1932, 1954, 1962 plus letter plus form. Note from Ida Andrews based on stories from father Louis (1864-1948), typed while note on painting is hand-written.
Brochure- Red Star Line proposed sailings 1886; Boston & Gloucester Steamship Co. ticket; newspaper clipping on steamer Cape Ann, dated 8/30/1956. Article includes photo of Steamer Cape Ann under article 'Dorymates' by Gordon W. Thomas.
Materials of Bayard Restoration Committee at Vancouver Maritime Museum, letters about restoration effort to Donald K. Usher, notes, steerer illustrations.
Two newspaper clippings dated May 1884 regarding arrival of steamer laying transatlantic cable. Includes regular article and '5-O'Clock Extra' written later the same day.
Note and five newspaper clippings on history of trolley and bus system, railway tokens, bus tickets and schedules, c. 1900 map of Boston area trolley lines. Items include bus ticket and Gloucester Auto Bus Schedule (1940), trolley ticket, CATA bus schedule effective April 1982 also postcard showing waiting station in Annisquam (trolley) c. 1900.