Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this was a picture of the Stanley Fisheries and that the double-ender was "always" in the same point. The caption on the back reads, "Foggy Morning at Southwest Harbor, Maine - August 1941...Lighthouse Tender ILEX - Schooner Rebecca R. Douglass." There is a three-masted schooner in the center background and a vessel which looks like a freighter on the top left. There are two gulls resting on pilings in the foreground. [show more]
Description: Unknown man with no legs (only feet) standing on covered table or stool. Curly hair with receding hairline. Wears dark suit with velvet collar, white shirt, black silk tie. Child in center, age 5-9, blond curly hair parted on side. Wears dark sailor type top, buttons down center with bow tie, knee pants and dark boots. Unknown woman (mother?) sits to right. Hair worn close to head, tight curls flat on forhead. Wears small earings. Dark dress with stripe pattern forming squares. Ruffles above skirt hem. Vertical ruffles down front of skirt. Same trim on cuffs. Large buttons down center of bodice. Wide white collar nearly reaching shoulders lays flat. Marked on back, “Eli Bowen, Wife and Child. A. Newman Photographer. Ground floor Skylight 228 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia. [show more]
Description: Aerial view of the sea wall on Otter Creek Road on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "Sea wall on Otter Creek Road/ Mt. Desert" in black pen and "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Description: View of Somes Sound from Dog Mountain on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "Somes Sound [illegible]/ Mt. Desert, Me." Black and white
Description: Head of Otter Creek on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "Head of Otter Creek/ Mt. Desert, Me." Black and white
Description: Tourists and a horse and buggy on the grounds of the Mount Desert House in Somesville, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "Mt. Desert House/ Somesville" in black pen. Black and white
Description: Six people sit in a small boat in the fog while on a boating party. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Description: Freeman House with a buggy in the driveway, in Southwest Harbor, ME, c. 1860s. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Description: The Ovens at Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "Ovesn at Bar Harbor/ Mt. Desert, Me." Black and white
Description: An unidentified man stands in Devil's Oven on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Description: Three lobstermen just in from the ocean at Hampton Harbor, NH. On back is a stamp from the State of New Hampshire Planning and Development Comm with a handwritten title for the photograph as "Lobster Fishermen in from the ocean at Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire." Black and white
Description: Five black and white photographs of cutting ice on Upper Hadlock Pond in the 1940s. 1. three people and blocks of ice 2. two people and machine that looks like big buggy 3. ramp with blocks of ice sliding down 4. flat bed truck with blocks on top; on truck is Gene Ashley, father of donor 5. ramp, car, two men, machine on pond; some snow has been cleared.
Description: Harriett Noyes age 50-70. Hair parted in middle and pulled back. Ribbons worn at back of head. Full skirt with belt at waist. Buttons down center of bodice, lace collar and small black bow at neck. Trim runs down length of sleeve and around cufs. Seated in chair with arm on covered table. Marked on back, “B.F. George, Photographist, 140 Court Street Boston.
Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this is a boat launching. Southwest Harbor is painted in bold letters on the vessel's stern. The name Elva Beal is outlined above her port of call but not yet painted over. There is an Amoco sign, as well as an Esso sign in the background. There are people lined up on the pier watching. The vehicles in the background look to be late 40's-early 50's.
Description: This is a photograph of the same Bunker & Ellis boat depicted in photo # 007.19.157. Paul Stubing said the hot water from her exhaust is vaporizing. She is headed back towards Southwest Harbor. The Cranberries are off her stern. There are two people visible at her controls.