Whaling Museum, Cold Spring Harbor, NY Photos

The Whaling Museum & Education Center (301 Main St.) in Cold Spring Harbor, NY displays many artifacts about the whaling industry in general and the part this port played in it.

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Whaling Museum & Education Center. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whaleboat by New Bedford whaling brig Daisy at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Barrel to feed out harpoon rope on Daisy Whaleboat at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Barbed harpoon & sheath on Daisy Whaleboat at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Whaling Museum & Education Center (301 Main St.). Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whaleboat (19th C used until 1913) by New Bedford whaling brig Daisy at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Barrel to feed out harpoon rope on Daisy Whaleboat at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Barbed harpoon & sheath on Daisy Whaleboat at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Ship figurehead & harpoon plus lance at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Ship figurehead of blue-coated ship's officer at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Ship figurehead of bearded military man at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Ship figurehead of Indian maiden attrib. William Rush of Philadelphia at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Ship figurehead & harpoon plus lance at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Ship figurehead of blue-coated ship's officer at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Ship figurehead of bearded military man at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Ship figurehead of Indian maiden (c1830) attrib. William Rush of Philadelphia at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Gallery at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Detail of scrimshaw whaling hunt scene on pan bone at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Detail of scrimshaw whaling hunt scene on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw whaling ship etched on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Gallery at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Detail of scrimshaw whaling hunt scene on pan bone at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Detail of scrimshaw whaling hunt scene on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw whaling ship etched on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Scrimshaw lighthouse & ship scene on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw objects including cribbage board at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw Indians etched on teeth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw woman in colored dress etched on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Scrimshaw lighthouse & ship scene on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw objects including cribbage board at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw Indians etched on teeth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw woman in colored dress etched on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Scrimshaw woman in Victorian dress etched on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw Statue of Liberty etched on walrus tusk at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw objects including box at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale ivory bodkins used to tie knot or weave thin ropes & larger fid used by sailmaker at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Scrimshaw woman in Victorian dress etched on tooth at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw Statue of Liberty etched on walrus tusk at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw objects including box at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale ivory bodkins used to tie knot or weave thin ropes & larger fid used by sailmaker at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Whale ivory bodkins at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshawed whalebone busks used in corsets at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Fan carved out of whale ivory at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Wood & whalebone watch tower at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Whale ivory bodkins at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshawed whalebone busks used in corsets at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Fan carved out of whale ivory at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Wood & whalebone watch tower at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sewing stand with carved whale ivory pieces at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw pie crusts crimper jagging wheel at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale ivory jagging wheel for crimping pie crusts at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Brig Daisy of New Bedford model in a bottle by Nehemiah Hand of Setauket, LI at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sewing stand with carved whale ivory pieces at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Scrimshaw pie crusts crimper jagging wheel at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale ivory jagging wheel for crimping pie crusts at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Brig Daisy of New Bedford model in a bottle (1872) by Nehemiah Hand of Setauket, LI at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Whale bone displayed against whale mural at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Sperm whale jaw at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Model of how Native American chased whales from canoes at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Native American whale oil lamp made of concave rock at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Whale bone displayed against whale mural at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Sperm whale jaw at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Model of how Native American chased whales from canoes at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Native American whale oil lamp made of concave rock at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Collection of whale oil lamps with two wick system discovered by Benjamin Franklin at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale oil lamp with green glass dome at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale oil product bottles at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Sperm oil varnish can from Long Island City, NY at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Collection of whale oil lamps (early 19thC) with two wick system discovered by Benjamin Franklin at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale oil lamp with green glass dome at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Whale oil product bottles at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Sperm oil varnish can from Long Island City, NY at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
History of Cold Spring Harbor display at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.John H. Jones managing agent of Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Co. & owner of several town businesses, portrait attrib. Shepard Alonzo Mount at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Captain's quarters objects including chest, inkwell, telescope & Windsor chair at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Medicine chests & store items at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
History of Cold Spring Harbor display at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.John H. Jones (1785-1859) managing agent of Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Co. & owner of several town businesses, portrait attrib. Shepard Alonzo Mount at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Captain's quarters objects including chest, inkwell, telescope & Windsor chair at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Medicine chests & store items at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sextant in case from H. Duren Nautical Instruments plus other nautical objects at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Inkwells at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Seaman's shaving kit with shaving brush at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Tooth extractor with whale bone handle at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sextant in case from H. Duren Nautical Instruments plus other nautical objects at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Inkwells at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Seaman's shaving kit with shaving brush at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.Tooth extractor with whale bone handle at Whaling Museum. Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

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