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  • Tug Golden
    Tug Golden Image
        Tug Golden, built Milwaukee, Wis. 1892, M. Golden, owner; port of hail listed in Inland Lloyds Vessel register, 1902, as Menominee. Also listed Ship Masters' Assoc. directories, 1903,1909, 1914; 63 x
      Tug Golden, built Milwaukee, Wis. 1892, M. Golden, owner; port of hail …
  • Steamer Grace Grummond
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        The iron paddle-wheel steamer, Grace Grummond, formerly the U. S .S. Search was built in Philadelphia in 1856; 136.6 x 21.8 or 9; owned Milwaukee at one time. Listed Inland Lloyds Vessel Register, 18
      The iron paddle-wheel steamer, Grace Grummond, formerly the U. S .S. Search …
  • Grist Mill
    Grist Mill Image
        Drawn by Charles S Neff who, as a boy, was aboard the tug Ajax, which pushed the mill on the barges, Lucy and Eveready from Winneconne to Oshkosh, Wis. on July 4th, 1879. People lined the banks to wa
      Drawn by Charles S Neff who, as a boy, was aboard the …
  • Barge O. J. Hale
    Barge O. J. Hale Image
        The wooden lake barge, O. J. Hale was built in 1874 at Trenton, Mich.; 326 gross tons; 138x26; former schooner. Purchased by Samuel Neff & Sons for the salt trade in June, 1900; rebuilt. Sold to Howa
      The wooden lake barge, O. J. Hale was built in 1874 at …
  • Hand Spike Windlass
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        Barge Eveready and the method used in raising the anchor.
      Barge Eveready and the method used in raising the anchor.
  • Steamer Hilton
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        The Str. Hilton was built in E. Saginaw, Mich., in 1867; 166 gross tons; 110 feet long, 27 feet wide x 8 deep. Like many ships of the era, it used both sail and steam. Listed in Beers, History of the
      The Str. Hilton was built in E. Saginaw, Mich., in 1867; 166 …
  • A. G. E. Holmes
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        The A. G. E.Holmes, well known in the 1880s around the Green Bay area, was formerly the schooner, Traveler, Duck Creek, Wis. It carried brick, sand and wood. It burned at Duck Creek, Wis.
      The A. G. E.Holmes, well known in the 1880s around the Green …
  • Tug Thomas Hood
    Tug Thomas Hood Image
        Old Chicago tug of the 1880s; owned by the V.O.T. line; built 1881; 59 x 15. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. directory,1903,1914; also Inland Lloyds register, 1893.
      Old Chicago tug of the 1880s; owned by the V.O.T. line; built …
  • Boom and Clam Barge Hustler
    Boom and Clam Barge Hustler Image
        A boom & clam barge, Hustler, 110 x 30 x 7 1/2; a one yard Owen clam carried the sand and gravel. Listed Ship Masters' Assoc. Directory, 1914 as scow; 230 tons; built 1910.
      A boom & clam barge, Hustler, 110 x 30 x 7 1/2; …
  • Steamer Ida E.
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        The keel for the steamer, Ida E. was laid in the fall of 1886 at the Morse yard, Oshkosh, Wis. James & George Ryan built the boat for Capt. Sam Neff, who bent the steam plank on the vessel. His son,
      The keel for the steamer, Ida E. was laid in the fall …

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Charles S. Neff Collection


Charles S. Neff was born in Oshkosh, WI in April of 1870 and died in Cleveland, OH in 1940. His father Samuel Neff had been involved in shipping on the Fox and Wolf Rivers but moved his business to Milwaukee about 1880 because he did not think he could compete with the railroads. He formed the Neff and Sons Shipping Company with his sons Sidney and Charles. After their father died they tried to keep the partnership going for about a year but then divided the assets and formed separate companies. Charles lived during the time of sail, steam power and diesel power. He collected photographs and other material of historical interest. Some of his collection is in the Maritime collection of the Milwaukee Public Library. He also made drawings using color pencils and whatever paper that was at hand. Some were drawn from memory, others from life. Some of the original drawings were given to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, WI. Color slides were taken of all of the drawings and Marcy Neff-Fisher, his daughter, prepared notes for each slide. Digital copies have been made of the slides and notes. The collection also include the volume Marcy Neff-Fisher had privately published for family and friends about the Neff family's long involvement in shipping.