Photos tagged as museums

Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Shackles

These were some of the 80 pairs of shackles found on the Henriette Marie.

• Date: 5 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Key West, USA
• Tags: museums slavery maritime shipwrecks
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Gold Bars

These gold bars are from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha wreck. Another exhibit is set up so you can try lifting one, they are very heavy.

• Date: 5 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Key West, USA
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Crossbows

I think this is from the Santa Clara wreck from 1564, no treasure but lots of historical value (which is probably the real treasure).

• Date: 5 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Key West, USA
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Day 126 - Mel Fisher Maritime Museum

Mel Fisher & Co. have located many shipwrecks. This museum houses some of the most famous treasures found and information about the ships and era of treasure galleons.

• Date: 5 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Key West, USA
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Day 111 - Macon, Music HOF

Macon is home to two new Hall of Fames, the Music HOF and Georgia Atheletes. I think this is the Music HOF, but could have gotten them mixed up.

• Date: 22 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Macon, USA
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island_Museum

This is housed in an 1898 Gun Battery

• Date: 21 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Savannah, USA
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island Museum, Lt Morgan

This photo was one of the displays in the Tybee Island Museum. 2nd Lt. Morgan had just graduated from the Engineering school on the island and was drowned attempting to rescue the crew of a ship wrecked nearby around 1900.

• Date: 21 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Savannah, USA
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island Museum, Martello_Tower

This tower fort was constructed on Tybee Island in 1815 and was used as a lookout station when this picture was taken.

• Date: 21 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Savannah, USA
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Day_111_-_Tybee Isl Museum, Punt_Gun

We saw one of these further north. They are used for killing water fowl (ducks, etc.)

• Date: 21 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Savannah, USA
• Tags: people museums phylisej
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Day_108_-_Vietnam Bass, Mess_Hall

This is what a chow hall might have looked like at a typical US Army base in Vietnam during the war.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
• Tags: museums military vietnam patriots_point
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Day_108_-_Vietnam Base, Huts

The huts on the right were constructed out of plywood, on the left were metal containers painted green and used as huts

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
• Tags: museums military patriots_point vietnam_war
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Day_108_-_Vietnam Base, Entrance

Patriots Point contains a full mock up of a typical US Army Base in Vietnam as it might have looked during the Vietnam War

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_Vietnam Base, Ammo_Bunker

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Flight_Deck1

This is just a small sample of the military airpcraft on display on the USS Yorktown.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Plane on Flight_Deck

I think this is a Corsair?

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Pilot Briefing_Room1

This room is set up as it might have looked during the Yorktown's active deployment, complete with PFD's (Life Jackets), Plane Numbers, etc.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Flight Deck_F14

This was through a hatch (door) on the Bridge.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Flight Deck F14 from Bridge

A view of the F14 from the Bridge as the Captain would have seen it.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Elevator

This is now used as the main entrance to the hanger deck, where the museum is located.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Bridge_View

This was from the Captains Chair on the main Bridge

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
• Tags: museums ships yorktown patriots_landing
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Bridge Closeup

The bridge is open to tour at your own pace. You can sit in the Captains Chair, turn the wheel, etc.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Captains_Chair

This is where the Captain would normally sit when on the bridge (or officer of the day)

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown,_Bridge1

This is the view of the bridge from the dock. The bow is to the right.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown__Bow

The ship isn't actually floating, but sits in the mud in some shallow water, so the effect is good.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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Day_108_-_USS Yorktown, Ravenel Bridge

I liked this view of the bow, the bridge and some wetlands.

• Date: 18 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Charleston, USA
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