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| 16338 | The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents |
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| The Howe D. Higgins Collection contains Howe's collection of documents from his time spent as a customs officer on Mount Desert Island from 1921 to 1930, with some other documents spanning into the 1930s. The collection is sorted into several sets of documents including: letters and correspondence with Howe D. Higgins pertaining to information about rum running and bootleggers on the island; reports of seizures and related search warrants; documents containing information about rum runners in the area; Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as customs officer from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930; and newspaper clippings pertaining to prohibition and rum running on Mount Desert Island. | 
Description: The Howe D. Higgins Collection contains Howe's collection of documents from his time spent as a customs officer on Mount Desert Island from 1921 to 1930, with some other documents spanning into the 1930s. The collection is sorted into several sets of documents including: letters and correspondence with Howe D. Higgins pertaining to information about rum running and bootleggers on the island; reports of seizures and related search warrants; documents containing information about rum runners in the area; Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as customs officer from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930; and newspaper clippings pertaining to prohibition and rum running on Mount Desert Island. [show more] | |||||
| 16481 | The Connecticut at the Southwest Boat Corporation |
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| 16342 | Howe D. Higgins' Documents Containing Information on Rum Running |
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| This collection of documents contains letters and information about rum running, bootleggers, and their vessels, sent to and from Howe D. Higgins during his time as a customs officer. These documents have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference. | 
Description: This collection of documents contains letters and information about rum running, bootleggers, and their vessels, sent to and from Howe D. Higgins during his time as a customs officer. These documents have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference. | |||||
| 16341 | Howe D. Higgins' Reports of Seizures and Related Documents |
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| This collection of documents contains Howe D. Higgins' reports of seizures as collector of customs, as well as the related documents for those seizures, including search warrants and documents containing information about liquor smuggling. | 
Description: This collection of documents contains Howe D. Higgins' reports of seizures as collector of customs, as well as the related documents for those seizures, including search warrants and documents containing information about liquor smuggling. | |||||
| 16339 | Correspondence with Howe D. Higgins as Customs Officer |
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| This collection contains letters sent to and from Howe D. Higgins between 1921 and 1933 pertaining to information about prohibition and rum runners on Mount Desert Island. These letters have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference. | 
Description: This collection contains letters sent to and from Howe D. Higgins between 1921 and 1933 pertaining to information about prohibition and rum runners on Mount Desert Island. These letters have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference. | |||||
| 4001 | Unknown Vessels |
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| These images depict vessels that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these vessels or the photos. | 
Description: These images depict vessels that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these vessels or the photos. | |||||
| 15450 | Hinckley Working Boats |
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| The boats in this set were built by and/or worked on by the Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation. | 
Description: The boats in this set were built by and/or worked on by the Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation. | |||||
| 12632 | Part of a Stained Glass Panel Depicting Lobster Boat Wolfhound |
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| This is part of a stained glass panel made by Hot Flash Anny. There are four boats in the panel, three of them represent the three boat builders whose yards were around Southwest Harbor’s rim at the time: Tom & Tina Morris’ Morris Yachts, Hinckley Yachts and Ralph Stanley’s boat yard. The fourth boa, shown here, is Ann’s husband, Wendell Seavey’s lobster boat, "Gramps", originally the "Wolfhound", built by Ralph Stanley. | 
Description: This is part of a stained glass panel made by Hot Flash Anny. There are four boats in the panel, three of them represent the three boat builders whose yards were around Southwest Harbor’s rim at the time: Tom & Tina Morris’ Morris Yachts, Hinckley Yachts and Ralph Stanley’s boat yard. The fourth boa, shown here, is Ann’s husband, Wendell Seavey’s lobster boat, "Gramps", originally the "Wolfhound", built by Ralph Stanley. [show more] | ||||
| 16017 | Silver Crest - Steam Passenger Launch |
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| 16012 | S.V.A. Hunter - Passenger Launch |
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| 15999 | Osprey - Ketch |
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| 15987 | Little Folly - Friendship Sloop - Maine Sloop Boat |
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| 15974 | Hobo - Lobster Boat |
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| 15955 | Bucephalus - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat |
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| 15954 | Bette S. - Lobster Boat |
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| 14895 | Wolfhound - Lobster Boat Gramps - Lobster Boat |
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| Ralph built this 34' lobster boat, “Wolfhound”, later renamed “Gramps”, for Wendell Sherbon Seavey in his first boat shop at his father's house on Main Street. |  Wolfhound - Lobster Boat Gramps - Lobster Boat
Description: Ralph built this 34' lobster boat, “Wolfhound”, later renamed “Gramps”, for Wendell Sherbon Seavey in his first boat shop at his father's house on Main Street. | |||||
| 14892 | Wilderedge II - Power Cruiser |
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| 13149 | Venturer - Yawl |
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| The Southwest Harbor Public Library owns a large collection of production, launching and sea trial photographs of "Venturer." | 
Description: The Southwest Harbor Public Library owns a large collection of production, launching and sea trial photographs of "Venturer." | |||||
| 13564 | Venture - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat |
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| 14001 | Skipper - Lobster Style Cabin Launch Annie T. - Lobster Style Cabin Launch |
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| Ralph Warren Stanley built this 26' pleasure boat for Patricia Agnes (Geyelin) Godfrey, Mrs. Lincoln Godfrey III, who summered in Northeast Harbor, in his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. The boat was later sold to Peter Forbes and renamed the “Annie T.” Ralph’s father-in-law, Henry Lewis Linscott (1907-1992) worked with Ralph on the boat. |  Skipper - Lobster Style Cabin Launch Annie T. - Lobster Style Cabin Launch
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley built this 26' pleasure boat for Patricia Agnes (Geyelin) Godfrey, Mrs. Lincoln Godfrey III, who summered in Northeast Harbor, in his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. The boat was later sold to Peter Forbes and renamed the “Annie T.” Ralph’s father-in-law, Henry Lewis Linscott (1907-1992) worked with Ralph on the boat. | |||||
| 14315 | Raven - Custom Open Launch |
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| 13906 | Nancy & Ricky - Lobster Boat |
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| Nancy & Ricky was the last boat built in the shop at Ralph’s great grandfather Adoniram Judson Robinson’s house. | 
Description: Nancy & Ricky was the last boat built in the shop at Ralph’s great grandfather Adoniram Judson Robinson’s house. | |||||
| 13962 | Morning Star - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat |
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| The 28’ “Morning Star” was built in 1912 by Albion F. Morse in Cushing, Maine. Ralph Stanley completely rebuilt her in 1976 with a Westerbeke 20 HP 2-cylinder diesel engine for Robert Wolfe. | 
Description: The 28’ “Morning Star” was built in 1912 by Albion F. Morse in Cushing, Maine. Ralph Stanley completely rebuilt her in 1976 with a Westerbeke 20 HP 2-cylinder diesel engine for Robert Wolfe. | |||||
| 13904 | Miss Julie - Lobster Boat |
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| Ralph Stanley built the 38’ lobster boat, “Miss Julie” for Robert P. Stevens of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts in 1975 to be used for offshore lobster fishing. She had bunks in the bow and carried a Caterpillar V-8 diesel engine. Robert later had a second, larger and more elaborate “Miss Julie.” Frederick W. Dauphinee of Scituate, president of the South Shore Lobster Fishermen's Association later owned the first “Miss Julie,” probably named “Acadia” by then. | 
Description: Ralph Stanley built the 38’ lobster boat, “Miss Julie” for Robert P. Stevens of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts in 1975 to be used for offshore lobster fishing. She had bunks in the bow and carried a Caterpillar V-8 diesel engine. Robert later had a second, larger and more elaborate “Miss Julie.” Frederick W. Dauphinee of Scituate, president of the South Shore Lobster Fishermen's Association later owned the first “Miss Julie,” probably named “Acadia” by then. [show more] | |||||
| 14049 | Henry O. Underwood - Sardine Carrier |
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