Description: Letter to Guy Butler from W.H. Ballard and short response. Suggestions of ways to counteract bad publicity indicating that the whole state, MDI, Bar Harbor have been destroyed by the fire of 47
Description: Biggest Job in 26 Years Faces Publicity Bureau Newspaper clippings (photocopies) of articles about the loss of Bar Harbor after the 1947 fire. There are also letters discussing how to contradict information in the news claiming the fire burned everything.
Description: Unknown who wrote letter regarding recollection of Bar Harbor Fire, Fire of 1947 from Somesville, trying to get firefighters to Salisbury Cove
Description: Announcement by unknown radio station of what radio announcer Johnny McCray saw regarding Fire of 1947, 2 photocpies, radio announcement of description of what Superintendent of Public Works, Bangor(?) Reprint on computer
Description: Two certified copies of record of birth for Grace H. Sample, mother of LaRue Spiker, and of LaRue Spiker. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.067.5
Description: Black and white image. Hoisting ice in a bucket aboard Hornet. One unidentified man aboard deck of boat. The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection.
Description: Black and white image. Construction at Davis Boat Yard, McKinley, Maine. The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Individuals depicted in this and related photos: Clarence Butler, Stan Mitchell, Leon Butler, Nelson Herrick, Robert Mallinson, Grandville Davis, and John Murphy, Jr. Working on coaming, cribbing, and lowering engine
Description: Black and white photo image. Wharf at Bernard, Maine. Two skiffs tied to wharf at low tides. Lobster boats moored in the harbor in background. The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection.
Description: Black and white photo.Title on negative sleeve Seining at S.W. Harbor. Southwest Harbor, Maine. Four men in a odry, working a seine net. The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection Note other related images on Relations record herein.
Description: Mrs. John Allen Somes: short wavy hair parted on one side and brushed back. Wears white dress with smocking below shoulder and short sleeves. White buttons down front with long jeweled pin above top button. Pearls at throat. Marked on back, “Mrs. John Allen Somes Somesville, Bar Harbor, Me.” Ada May (Richardson) Somes b.October 4, 1872, married John Allen Somes on June 27, 1894, d. November 9, 1949
Description: Marjorie (sic) actually Marjory Hayward. Hair parted on one side and brushed down, curled up on ends. Wears white blouse with tucks along shoulder, dark buttons down center and on pocket. Collar with pointed ends lays flat. Small dark bow under collar. Marked on back, “Mrs. Marjorie Hayward Beech Hill Road, Somesville ME”. Moved to Mount Desert Island in 1936. Probably in her 30s.
Description: A Boats #35 Alanda or Vixen (Butler/Roberts) and # 40 Scud (Fox/Price). Committee race boat with passengers aboard. Ballard Negative # Y-112