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Frederick W. Snow , (1837–1925)

Columbia

1923
37 5/8 in. x 43 1/2 in. (95.57 cm x 110.49 cm)

Medium and Support: Ship model

Credit Line: Gift of Oliver G. Jennings

Accession Number: 1931.S10

Current Location: On view : GC2

Commentary

Columbia
Gloucester Fishing Schooner

Built at Essex, Massachusetts, in 1923
Length 139 ft. overall; Length 105 ft. at waterline; Beam 25 ft. 4 in.; Depth 14 ft. 9 in.; Tonnage 140 tons

The Columbia represents the final development of the Gloucester fishing schooner, famous for speed and seaworthiness. From earliest Colonial times until the middle 1800s, the Gloucester fishing vessels were somewhat clumsy (for example, see the Hannah). But later in the nineteenth century the demand for speed to rush fresh fish to market brought about a change in design. A fast yet seaworthy yacht-like type was developed, of which Columbia, built by A. P. Story from the design of Starling Burgess, was one of the most extreme examples. At the time she was built, however, more and more of the schooners were being equipped with auxiliary motors, until eventually the sailing schooner disappeared and the entire Gloucester fishing fleet became motorized. The Columbia was lost with all hands off Sable Island in August 1927.

Robert E. Peabody, "Columbia" catalogue entry in ed. John Ratté, Models of American Sailing Ships, rev. ed. (Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1994), 110

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Bartlett H. Hayes Prize Recipients

2023:

Reggie Burrows Hodges

2025:

Tommy Kha