Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
2752	"he cannot explain the mysterious skill . . . ." and Ralph Stanley: Maker of Friendship Sloops and Fiddles	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Boat building Other, Violins	LaRue Spiker writing for the Ellsworth American and the Bar Harbor Times			"he cannot explain the mysterious skill . . . ." and Ralph Stanley: Maker of Friendship Sloops and Fiddles Item: 2752    Object ID: 1997.1083.a-b Catalog: Archives Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Boat building Other, Violins Creator: LaRue Spiker writing for the Ellsworth American and the Bar Harbor Times Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Two articles profile boat builder Ralph Stanley of Southwest Harbor. A full page article with photographs entitled, ". . . he cannot explain the mysterious skill in finger, eye and palm that creates a pattern for a boat" describes his work in Southwest Harbor building and restoring boats for fishermen and sailors. The other article extends over two pages and includes a photograph of Stanley. That article "Ralph Stanley: Maker of Friendship Sloops and Fiddles" discusses Stanley's violin making. Previously archived as 012.fic.047.22 [show more]

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