This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
miniature shipcarver Crabtree's famed historied fleet
August Crabtree, 73, carves miniature ships with 1/4 inch to 1 foot scale, a 28 year effort culminating in The Crabtree Collection of Miniature Ships. The collection includes replicas of Columbus's Santa Maria and Pinta and Britania, toured and sold to the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia. His work draws praise from William Francis Gibbs and museum director William Wilkinson.
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Hampton
UPI
August Crabtree
Crabtree
Christopher Columbus
Maria
Mariners’ Museum
Newport News
Navy
York County
Winifred
Virginia
Florida
William Francis Gibbs
United States
Gibbs
Portland
Ore
Willamette River
Hollywood
William Wilkinson
Wilkinson