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You searched for: Source: is exactly 'W.H. Ballard Collection 'Date: 1940s
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
15457Cape Cod - Dragger
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944
This Sardine Boat was built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation. The photographer's notes for this set of photos sometimes list the Cape Cod's length at 60', 65'. and 70'.
Description:
This Sardine Boat was built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation. The photographer's notes for this set of photos sometimes list the Cape Cod's length at 60', 65'. and 70'.
15451Baby Rose - Dragger
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-08-05
“Baby Rose” was built in Thomaston and taken over by the government during WWII. After the war she was refitted at Southwest Boat Corporation for the Ciamentaro family of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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“Baby Rose” was built in Thomaston and taken over by the government during WWII. After the war she was refitted at Southwest Boat Corporation for the Ciamentaro family of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
11916The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Army-Navy E Award Presentation to Southwest Boat Corp/Manset Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-09-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Senator Owen Brewster is shown speaking to an audience of citizens and Hinckley crew standing in the road at Southwest Boat Company (owned by Hinckley) office on Clark Point Road.
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Senator Owen Brewster is shown speaking to an audience of citizens and Hinckley crew standing in the road at Southwest Boat Company (owned by Hinckley) office on Clark Point Road.
15449Southwest Boat Corporation - A.T. Haynes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-02-20
Photographs of boats under repair at Southwest Boat Corporation taken from the deck of North Star: A.T. Haynes (Helen McColl); Woiee; Surfman. Notice Beals Fish Wharf in the background and Manset Marine Supply Company at far left.
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Photographs of boats under repair at Southwest Boat Corporation taken from the deck of North Star: A.T. Haynes (Helen McColl); Woiee; Surfman. Notice Beals Fish Wharf in the background and Manset Marine Supply Company at far left.
15444Southwest Boat Corporation - 20' Navy Lifeboats LB 90
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943
Photographs: 01-15 – life boats – George C. Gilley (1913-2000) on the right 01-16, 01-17 – building life boats at SW Boat 02-93 - George C. Gilley is the man on the top of the boats Most of these photographs were taken on April 6th, 1943. Moving the boats was taken on July 20, 1943 The rustic derrick pole was cut by Chris Lawlor as a replacement for a broken one. Chris cut it on his “uncle’s back lot” his way of saying that he cut it on Acadia National Park land (Uncle Sam’s land) somewhere on the back side of Freeman Ridge with a two-man cross-cut saw; Chester Warren Stanley and Chris Lawlor cut it. Chris’ horses hauled it out. Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation
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Photographs: 01-15 – life boats – George C. Gilley (1913-2000) on the right 01-16, 01-17 – building life boats at SW Boat 02-93 - George C. Gilley is the man on the top of the boats Most of these photographs were taken on April 6th, 1943. Moving the boats was taken on July 20, 1943 The rustic derrick pole was cut by Chris Lawlor as a replacement for a broken one. Chris cut it on his “uncle’s back lot” his way of saying that he cut it on Acadia National Park land (Uncle Sam’s land) somewhere on the back side of Freeman Ridge with a two-man cross-cut saw; Chester Warren Stanley and Chris Lawlor cut it. Chris’ horses hauled it out. Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation [show more]
15430Hinckley Sou'wester 34
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-10-02
The Sou’wester 34 was originally called the Sout’wester 24. The 24 probably referred to its length at the waterline, not its overall length of 34’. “Sixty-two Sou’wjest 34’s were built, the largest single design auxiliary crusing boat fleet at the time.” — The Hinckley Story (p. 39). Designed and built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
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The Sou’wester 34 was originally called the Sout’wester 24. The 24 probably referred to its length at the waterline, not its overall length of 34’. “Sixty-two Sou’wjest 34’s were built, the largest single design auxiliary crusing boat fleet at the time.” — The Hinckley Story (p. 39). Designed and built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
15429Interior Photographs of a Hinckley Sloop
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-01-15
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Description:
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
1250926-foot motor tow yawl under construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-12
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The photograph shows a 26-foot motor tow yawl under construction.
Description:
The photograph shows a 26-foot motor tow yawl under construction.
11025The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Main Shed at the Manset Boat Yard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-02-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
7817Schooner William Keene Unloading Salt at Stanley Fisheries, Manset, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-07
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
12505The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Crew at Work
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-12-31
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
12510Air Force Crash Boat Hauled Out for Maintenance at Southwest Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-08-23
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
The building on the left is the old J.N. Mills coal shed.
Description:
The building on the left is the old J.N. Mills coal shed.
12181Bass Harbor Head Light - In the Moonlight
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-10-19
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
12320Lennox Ledyard Bink Sargent and His Son, David Lennox Sargent
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-08-26
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 164 Clark Point Road
Lennox Ledyard "Bink" Sargent and His Son, David Lennox Sargent in a Southwest Boat Corporation 16'8" Motor Dory.
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Lennox Ledyard "Bink" Sargent and His Son, David Lennox Sargent in a Southwest Boat Corporation 16'8" Motor Dory.
12422The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset Crew
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
12425Fishing Boats Romance, Ruthyeolyn and Charles Arthur Smiley's Boat in the Ice at Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-02-16
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
12437Southwest Harbor Boy Scout Troop 99
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-06-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
This photograph was taken at the Odd Fellows Hall
Description:
This photograph was taken at the Odd Fellows Hall
12440Laurence Saunders Newman Aboard His Lobster Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-06-07
  • Southwest Harbor
12147Captain Harry Brown Dobbins and Ida C. Faulkingham Dobbins at Bear Island Light Station
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-08-26
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island is off the shore of Mount Desert Island between Northeast Harbor and Bracy's Cove.
Description:
Bear Island is off the shore of Mount Desert Island between Northeast Harbor and Bracy's Cove.
12148Southwest Boat Corporation - Seine Boat Nancy B
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-03
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Photograph taken from the deck of the sub chaser "North Star." Considered one of the top mackerel seiners.
Description:
Photograph taken from the deck of the sub chaser "North Star." Considered one of the top mackerel seiners.
12151The Birch Bark Room at the Jordan Pond House
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-07
  • Acadia National Park
  • Jordan Pond House
The Birch Bark Room was destroyed during the Jordan Pond House fire in 1979.
Description:
The Birch Bark Room was destroyed during the Jordan Pond House fire in 1979.
12157The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Henry Rose Hinckley II, Lennox Ledyard Bink Sargent and crew at the Manset Boat Yard March 12, 1943
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-12
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980) - standing next to the tractor, on the left behind the man in the left foreground. Winston G. Stewart (1924-) Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974) George M. Gilley (1924-) or George C. Gilley (1913-2000) – married to Eunice Brown Carleton E. Hill (1913-1997) Lennox Ledyard “Bink” Sargent (1916-1989) The men in the foreground are building the jig for a transom. The tractor is a Catapillar 5 Ton.
Description:
Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980) - standing next to the tractor, on the left behind the man in the left foreground. Winston G. Stewart (1924-) Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974) George M. Gilley (1924-) or George C. Gilley (1913-2000) – married to Eunice Brown Carleton E. Hill (1913-1997) Lennox Ledyard “Bink” Sargent (1916-1989) The men in the foreground are building the jig for a transom. The tractor is a Catapillar 5 Ton.
12158Southwest Boat Corporation - Sardine Carrier Novelty Launching
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-05-21
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
12160Southwest Boat Corporation - Dragger Bonaventure in Production
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-01-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
12172Willis Humphreys Ballard - Navy I.D. Photograph
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-04-27
  • Southwest Harbor