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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1199Salting Herring Net Negative, 1944
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1944
Description:
Men salt a herring net, or seine, in 1944. Black and white
1200Hauling Seine Negative, 1949
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
Description:
Fishermen haul in a seine, a type of fishing net, in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
1201Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (1)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
1202Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (2)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
1203Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (3)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
1185Bottle Break at Launching of Vinalhaven II Negative, 1943
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Events
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1943
Description:
An unidentified man breaks a bottle against the hull of Vinalhaven II at the boat's launching in 1943 at Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
1186Launching of Vinalhaven II Negative, 1943
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Events
  • Other, Maritime
  • People
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1943
Description:
Vinalhaven II is launched in 1943 at Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
1187Side View of Vinalhaven II at Launch Negative, 1943 (1)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Events
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1943
Description:
Full side view of Vinalhaven II at its launching in 1943 at Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
1188Side View of Vinalhaven II at Launch Negative, 1943 (2)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Events
  • Other, Maritime
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1943
Description:
Full side view of Vinalhaven II at its launching in 1943 at Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
2611Island Retrospect
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, History - Bar Harbor
  • 10/17/1947
Description:
Bar Harbor Times ,10/13/1983, written by Dotty Cooke. A first hand account of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire as told by Dotty Cooke.
14783Special Paper Maine Fire Disaster
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
  • 1947
Description:
Picture record of Bar Harbor Fire of 1947
2898Health Measures after the Fire
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Jackson Laboratory
  • Oct 30, 1947
Description:
Photocopy Health measures to be taken related to returning evacuees, pledge of funds to Jackson Lab, Red Cross role, Bar Harbor Times
3780Radio announcements about Fire of !947
  • Publication, Literary, Speech
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Fire engines & equipment
  • Oct 1947
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
2899Bar Harbor Burns
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Events, Fire
  • Oct 1947
Description:
article from the Bureaugraph , November 1947 on Maine Fires and Situation on Mount Desert Island
3524Maine Publicity Bureau Flyer
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Nov 1947
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.
12365Letter to Maine State Publicity Bureau
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Nov 6, 1947
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
3781Letter to Mrs. Williams
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire fighters
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Other, Salisbury Cove
  • Other, Somesville
  • 1947
Description:
Unknown who wrote letter regarding recollection of Bar Harbor Fire, Fire of 1947 from Somesville, trying to get firefighters to Salisbury Cove
12363Copies of pics from Fire of 1947
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Oct 1947
Description:
Photocopy of Three pictures of Bar Harbor Fire of 1947. Initials DBM Date on side 7-15-87
16433Letter to Mr. Eliot from E.A. Pettee
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events, Fire
  • Dec 8, 1947
Description:
Letter regarding fire of 47 from Seal and Otter Creek perspective
12364Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Oct 30, 1947
Description:
photocopy of BH Times, pp. 1-7 Bar Harbor Fire
13667Mout Desert Deer Past and Present
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Conservation
  • Other, Mount Desert Deer
  • 1944
Description:
Mount Desert Deer Past and Present, 1944. By Lawrie Holmes of the American Wildlife Institute. 36 pages, including “sources of information”. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.24
17121Birds of Mt. Desert Island Acadia National Park.
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Natural History
  • Tyson, Carroll S. and James Bond.
  • Waverly Press
  • 1941.
1128State Patrol Boat in Rich-Grindle Yard Negative, 1948 (1)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Maritime
  • Structures, Other Structures, Boat Shop
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Patrol Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
Description:
Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê State patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white
1129State Patrol Boat in Rich-Grindle Yard Negative, 1948 (2)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Maritime
  • Structures, Other Structures, Boat Shop
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Patrol Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
Description:
Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê State patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white
1130State Patrol Boat in Rich-Grindle Yard Negative, 1948 (3)
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, Maritime
  • Structures, Other Structures, Boat Shop
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Patrol Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
Description:
Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê State patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white