Model No. XA2-1_01: Buzzards Bay 12 1/2

Model by: NGH
Made when: October 1914 (or later)
Power/Sail: S
Vessel Type: Buzzards Bay Twelve-and-a-half
Hull Configuration: Keel
Model location: M.I.T. Hart Nautical Collections

Model description:
"Model in M.I.T. Hart Nautical Collection: Buzzards Bay 12 1/2 foot-class, #744, Painted model; Size: 5"x16"; Acc. No.: XA2-1(1)." (Source: Source: van der Linde, Claas. 2007.)

Comment:
"[This painted model is believed to be] for presentation of display purposes." (Source: Hasselbalch, Kurt and Frances Overcash and Angela Reddin: Guide to The Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection. Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections, MIT Museum, Cambridge, Mass., 1997, p. 81.)

Related model(s):
Model 0716 by NGH (1914?); sail, 409 built from Model XA2-1_01 by NGH (1914?); sail
Model XA2-1_02 by NGH (1914?); sail