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: 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: 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: 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: 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.