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Captain Charles A. Plumb, c. 1923
Ship captain Charles Alfred Plumb (1871-1957) smoking a pipe at the helm of a boat. Plumb lived in Stratford Connecticut and Stuart/Port Sewall. Handwritten on back: "Worked for Martin Mahoneys" -
Boat interior, c. 1955
Interior view of the Hobo charter boat docked at the Whiticar Boat Basin. The Hobo charter boat was first launched as part of the Whiticar Fleet in 1953 and Jack Whiticar served as its captain. -
Lyle gun maintenance, 1964
Steve Bishop, a caretaker at the House of Refuge Museum, adjust a Lyle gun cannon, which shoots lines or ropes, and is used in lifesaving. A captain's wheel hangs above the cannon and a captain's wheel leans against the wall. A portrait of Capt. Hugh Willoughby also hangs on the wall nearby. -
Wheelhouse on the Chapman School yacht, 1982
Interior view of the wheelhouse onboard the Charles F. Chapman School of Seamanship and Maritime Arts yacht. Dining table in view through hatch below the wheelhouse. -
Interior cabin of yacht, c. 1930
View of the interior cabin and helm of a yacht. -
Marjorie Willoughby at the helm, Summer 1935
Marjorie Wilson (later Willoughby), with a cigarette between two fingers, holds the captain's wheel of the "Skylark" sailboat on the water. -
Couple on a boat, Summer 1935
Marjorie Wilson, with a cigarette between two fingers, holds the captain's wheel of the "Skylark" sailboat with her fiancé (at the time), Hugh Willoughby III, at her side. According to The Stuart News, Hugh Willoughby III sailed on the "Skylark" from Port Sewall to Jacksonville around May of 1935. Willoughby then boarded a train to work at a ranch in Montana. -
Willoughbys sailing, Summer 1934
Hugh Willoughby Jr. and his son, Hugh Willoughby III, sit near the captain's wheel of their sailboat. -
At the helm, Summer 1934
Hugh Willoughby III leans next to the captain's wheel of a sailboat. -
Gathered around the helm, Summer 1931
Group portrait standing next to the helm of a ship. Edythe Willoughby stands second to left and Hugh Willoughby II stands all the way to the right, next to the ship's captain. Copy owned by Debra Frieden labeled "Andy Alexander" by Edythe Willoughby.