CATALOGUE. 



TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. 



Marine Division — Section E Gallery, Col. 32. 

 MARINE EXHIBIT. 



The Essex Institute and Peabody Academy of Science 

 united in makiiig this exhibit. Lt. A. C. Baker, in charge 

 of the Marine Division of the Transportation Department 

 of the Workl's Columbian Exposition visited Salem and 

 made a careful examination of the cabinets and collections 

 of both institutions and at bis Suggestion the committee ar- 

 ranged to exhibit in this Division. The contributions of 

 the Peabody Academy of Science, consisting kirgely of 

 photographs of its ethnok)gical collections, vvere made 

 with the vievv of showing the methods employed in its 

 museum for disphiying the marine architecture and means 

 of transportation of difFerent nations. The Institute ex- 

 hibit was in the line of its local historical work, giving an 

 idea of the style of vessels engaged in the cornmercial in- 

 terests of Salem trom 1765 to the present day. To this 

 were added certain pictured representjitions typical of 

 events which happened in the marine history of Salem. 



"Salem may justly be proud of her Commercial History. 

 No other seaport in America has such a wonderfiil record. 

 Flying from the mast of a Salem ship the American flag was 

 first carried iuto the ports beyond the cape of Good Hope. Her 



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