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Victor Lynn Lines records

2 boxes (3.25 linear feet)

(1930 – 2006)

bulk 1951-1961

Edward H. Nabb Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury, University, Salisbury, Maryland

Identifier 2006.167
Creator(s) Victor Lynn Lines
Acquisition

The Victor Lynn Lines records were donated to the Nabb Research Center by Mary Stewart, March 2006.
Language(s) English
Use Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Nabb Research Center which extends beyond "fair use."
Preferred Citation "Item, collection title and identifier, box # and folder # (if applicable), Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland."
Attribution Finding aid written by Leslie M. Van Veen, November 2013.
Related Materials None
Separated Materials

Artifacts have been transferred to object storage. 
Abstract

Victor Lynn Lines records document the water and freight industry of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The materials date from 1930-2006 with the bulk of the materials dating from the final voyage of the Victor Lynn freighter to the eventual sale of the company, 1951-1961. Newspaper clippings and photographs document the company’s history and accomplishments.

Administrative History

Al Wootten began the Victor Lynn Line operations February 1, 1921, with one boat carrying goods from Salisbury to the Baltimore market. A little more than a year later, the first boat burned in Whitehaven upon a return trip. Within due time, there were two ships freighting varying types of goods between the Eastern Shore and Baltimore twice a week. As World War II raged, freight rates escalated and the Victor Lynn was sent to the waters of the Caribbean to operate under the Miami Lines’ operation. The Victor Lynn returned to Salisbury in 1944 and continued to ferry goods around the Chesapeake Bay. Victory Lynn Lines not only carried freight on water but also partook in over-the-road trucking as well; at one time they had over 200 trucks in seven states. Water operations would eventually come to an end in 1954, and the Victor Lynn Transportation Company was sold to Eastern Freight Ways in 1959.

Scope and Content Note

Series I: Printed Materials, document the history and trucking industry of the Eastern Shore and include a history written by the founder’s grandson, trucking routes and newspaper articles.

Series II: Audio/Visual Materials, Audio/Visual Materials include black and white photographic prints of the last voyage of the Victor Lynn, the company’s administrators, employees and the trucking industry.

Arrangement Statement

The Victor Lynn Lines records have been arranged into two series, PRINTED MATERIALS, AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS. 

Subject Terms

  • Topical Terms
    • Transportation
    • Business
  • Corporate Names
    • Red Star Lines
    • Victor Lynn Lines
  • Personal Names
    • Hall, Avery W. (1899-1990)
    • Tawes, J. Millard (1894-1979)
    • Taylor, Russell
    • Wootten, Al (1875-1937)
  • Location Terms
    • Wicomico River (Md.)

Inventory List

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Series I: Printed Materials                                                                                                               

Box 1

1.      Article, Business Biography, Victor Lynn Lines, undated

2.      Article, “Eastern Shore Night Boat,” by Dick Moore, From Ships and Sailing, 1951 January

3.      Company History, by Alwyn Wootten, 2006

4.      Correspondence, To Employees From J. Marshall Stewart, 1952 June 5

5.      Drawing, Victor Lynn Lines Routes, undated

6.      Journal, Commercial Car: Two Hundred Years of Transportation, 1976 February

7.      Monograph, Official List of Points of Service, 1952 September 1

8.      Monograph, Uniform Rules & Regulations, undated

9.      Newspaper Clipping, Advertisement, 1930 May 24

10.  Newspaper Clipping, Advertisement, 1952 July 29

11.  Newspaper Clippings, 1961-2005

12.  Pamphlet, Let’s Ride Over the Ruined Road, undated

Series II: Audio Visual Materials

13.  Photographs, Banquets & Conventions, 1950s

14.  Photographs, Eastern Freight Ways, Inc., Acquisition, 1961 May 20

15.  Photographs, Eastern Freight Ways, Inc., Chevelle Brothers, 1960s

16.  Photographs, Last Trip from Baltimore to Salisbury, 1954

17.  Photographs, Men from First Victor Lynn Trip, undated

18.  Photographs, Parade Float, 1950s

19.  Photographs, Transportation Trucks, 1950s

20.  Photographs, Victor Lynn Boats, 1940s

21.  Photographs, Victor Lynn Group, 1940s

22.  Reel to Reel Film, Interview, Avery Hall, undated

 

Box 2

1.      Photographs, Oversize, Last Trip from Baltimore to Salisbury, 1954

2.      Photographs, Oversize, Victor Lynn Trucks, Riverside Terminal, 1952

3.      Photographs, Oversize, Wicomico River, 1950s

Artifacts

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Attachments

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