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You searched for: Date: 1940sSubject: [blank]Type: Image
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
2239LaRue Spiker protrait.
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Unknown
  • 1942
Description:
Small black and white photograph of portrait of LaRue Spiker. The woman is wearing a suit jacket with a white shirt. There is a pin on their left shoulder. She is wearing glasses and has brown short currily hair held back with a headband. The is a stamp in the lower right corner which reads: Metcalf Studio 42.
5852Hauling Seine
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1949
Description:
Black and white negative of print that is referred to as "Lunts Hauling Seine at Cranberry Isles". Further identified as hauling seine nets in Southwest Harbor. This is a negative of a print in the Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection: 007.19.3 Refer to description on this record for further identification information. Note other related images on Relations record herein. Actuall identity of people and place needs to be established. [show more]
5853Stowing Seine: Salting Herring Net
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1944
Description:
A negative of five men working with a seine net. Hauling net from a boat. One man seated on a barrel on the dock, three working on the net, and one watching from the side. A negative not originally accessioned when collection was purchased. Found in collection and accessioned in 2014
13452Bobby Rich, Bass Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945
Description:
Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photograph of Bobby Rich and his father's yard in Bass Harbor. He said that there is a man on the bow of a dragger and that the picture was taken in 1945. There is a lobster boat on the grass in the right foreground. Her identification is "1-C-494". There are planks scattered in the foreground. Two coniferous trees are on the shore behind the "cradled" lobster boat.
13464Stanley Fisheries
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • 07/11/2007
  • 1941
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]
13462Schooner "William Keene" At the Stanley Fish Wharf
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1949
Description:
The caption on the back of this photograph reads, "Sch. William Keen at Manset, Maine. Discharging Salt. 1949." This picture shows the vessel tied up to the Stanley Fish Wharf. She has two masts and there is one man on her foredeck and another man in the rigging. There is a motor boat rigged for fishing on the left side of the picture and the farmhouse on Greenings Island is visible in the background.
8944Y-91
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Unknown
  • 1941
Description:
photograph two A class boats racing Y-91
8945Y-81 Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Description:
photograph A class boats racing Y-81
8946Y-85 Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Description:
photograph of three A class boats Y-85
8947Y-93 Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Description:
Three A class boats one in foreground Y-93
8948Y-105 boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Description:
three A class boats Y-105
8949Y-104 Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Description:
photograph single A class boat Y-104
8950Y-110 Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Description:
close up photograph of A class boat heeling Y-110
75842 A Class Boats
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Description:
photograph 2 A Class boats followed by committee boat Y-104B
8951Y-61B Boat heeling
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1940
Description:
photograph A class boat heeling mountains in background Y-61B
8952A class boat Heeling
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1940
Description:
photograph single A class boat heeling
8953Boat Y-61A
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1940
Description:
photograph single A class boat heeling Y-61A
13207Sunbeam, Sandra & Jean, and Hornet Rafted in SWH
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945
Description:
This is a photograph depicting the working harbor of Southwest. There is a lobster boat tied up to a float in the foreground. Working towards the top of the picture, there is hull#247063, a working fishing boat, tied up to a float with a motor launch. Next come the Sunbeam, Sandra & Jean (built in 1945) and Hornet rafted together. In the upper right is a barge with a tall ladder braced against a support frame.
13209Schooner "Irene Myrtle"
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1940
Description:
This is a photograph of the schooner "Irene Myrtle" with her sails furled. She is at anchor and is carrying a load of lumber. The caption on the back reads,"Sch. IRENE MYRTLE a) McLean Clan (Canadian Reg.) At Southwest Harbor, Maine.
13201Southwest Harbor, Boats in the Fog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945c.
Description:
This is a photograph of boats in the fog tied up along floats in Southwest Harbor. These are working boats in various sizes from lobster boats to sardine carriers. There is a tree and a "rock face" on the left side of the picture.
13282Launching "Novelty"
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1944
Description:
Paul Stubing said this is a photograph of the "Novelty" being launched for the Stonington Packing Plant. He said she was built at Hinckley's where Raymond Bunker was the master builder. According to James Warren's book, "Maine Sardine Industry History 1875-2000", she was built in Southwest Harbor in 1944. Her length was 64.8 ft., depth 6.3 ft., gross ton 39 and her net ton 20. She was affiliated with Burnham & Morrill Seafood and R.K. Barter Canneries of Stonington. She has a wartime number on her hull which reads 245802. There are people lining the wharves on either side of the "Novelty" as she slides into the water. [show more]
13353Ralph Phippen's Boat at Beal's Wharf
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945
Description:
Paul Stubing said this is a photo of a boat at Beal's Wharf. He commented on the Gulf signs on the pumps to the left side of the photograph. The caption on the back reads, "Ralph Phippen's boat at Beal's wharf, Southwest Harbor, Maine". There are nine traps stacked on the stern. There is a rowboat tied to her starboard side. There are 3 men standing on the wharf.
13286Trawler
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945
Description:
Paul Stubing said this is a photograph of a trawler. He said the roller goes to the right. He went on to say that this boat still has the rod to go lobster fishing if the owner desired. This boat is tied up to the floats by Beal's Wharf. The lower town dock is seen in the background. There is a man bending over working on the boat. There are two rowboats on the float.
13287Ralph Phippen
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945
Description:
Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photograph of Ralph Phippen who fished from the port side because he was left -handed. Ralph's boat has a spray hood and a cloth curtain to pull closed behind the wheel to keep out the weather. There are 3 wooden traps on the stern by the stabilizing sail. The boat is tied next to a wharf where many more traps are piled. There is a man standing on the wharf amidst the traps.
13288Rich - Grindle Shop; Dalzell Owner of Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1947
Description:
Paul Stubing indicated that this is a picture of the Rich - Grindle shop and that the ovvner of the boat in this picture is Dalzell. The caption on the back of the photo reads, "32' Son Vernon Dalzell...Frenchboro Feb. 28 '47 Rich - Grindle Shop ...Hbr. This is a winter scene. There is snow on the ground. The boat is cradled and looks in mint condition.