Description: Photos of John “Jock” Williams and his partner Lyford Stanley. Also includes photos of lobster boats they built and an aerial view of the boatyard.
From left to right: Irene Mabel (Stanley) Murphy, Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes, Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone, Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Ralph Warren Stanley.
Description: From left to right: Irene Mabel (Stanley) Murphy, Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes, Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone, Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Ralph Warren Stanley.
Ralph Warren Stanley at top left with Mary Rowena (Stanley) Abbott (front left), Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes, Phoebe Rose (Stanley) Collins, Myrna Lorraine (Stanley) Ritterskamp, Esther LaVerne (Stanley) Willis, and Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone (front right).
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley at top left with Mary Rowena (Stanley) Abbott (front left), Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes, Phoebe Rose (Stanley) Collins, Myrna Lorraine (Stanley) Ritterskamp, Esther LaVerne (Stanley) Willis, and Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone (front right).
From right to left: Richard, Edward, Nadine, Marjorie, Marion, and Ralph Stanley on a family outing to Millard “Middy” Herrick’s camp at Georges' Pond.
Description: From right to left: Richard, Edward, Nadine, Marjorie, Marion, and Ralph Stanley on a family outing to Millard “Middy” Herrick’s camp at Georges' Pond.
This picture was taken of Ralph and Marion at Mount Vernon on their trip to Washington D.C. when Ralph received his National Heritage Fellowship. The caption of this image in Ralph Stanley's autobiography reads, "Marion and me on the porch at Mount Vernon, wondering where those boots went." The boots in question were the boots that George Washington supposedly gave to Jacob Lurvey, a Stanley ancestor, when he was developing frostbite at Valley Forge.
Description: This picture was taken of Ralph and Marion at Mount Vernon on their trip to Washington D.C. when Ralph received his National Heritage Fellowship. The caption of this image in Ralph Stanley's autobiography reads, "Marion and me on the porch at Mount Vernon, wondering where those boots went." The boots in question were the boots that George Washington supposedly gave to Jacob Lurvey, a Stanley ancestor, when he was developing frostbite at Valley Forge. [show more]
Ralph Warren Stanley and Wilbur Wolf would play together, Ralph on the fiddle and Wilbur on the piano, after Ralph's band the Country Strummers disbanded.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley and Wilbur Wolf would play together, Ralph on the fiddle and Wilbur on the piano, after Ralph's band the Country Strummers disbanded.
From left to right: Richard Lewis Stanley, Edward Warren Stanley, Nadine Marie (Stanley) Goodman, Margery Ann (Stanley ) Rankin, Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley on a family outing to Georges' Pond in Franklin.
Description: From left to right: Richard Lewis Stanley, Edward Warren Stanley, Nadine Marie (Stanley) Goodman, Margery Ann (Stanley ) Rankin, Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley on a family outing to Georges' Pond in Franklin.
Ralph Warren Stanley and his Uncle Lew standing on the Milliken's dock next to the ship Niliraga, a twenty-eight foot schooner. In the summer of 1952 Ralph worked on the boat with Uncle Lew and would take the Milliken family out fishing.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley and his Uncle Lew standing on the Milliken's dock next to the ship Niliraga, a twenty-eight foot schooner. In the summer of 1952 Ralph worked on the boat with Uncle Lew and would take the Milliken family out fishing.
Ralph Warren Stanley and Richard Stanley load rock ballast into the Endeavor, a Friendship sloop Ralph built between 1979-1980. The beach rocks that were originally loaded into the open cockpit have since been replaced with lead.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley and Richard Stanley load rock ballast into the Endeavor, a Friendship sloop Ralph built between 1979-1980. The beach rocks that were originally loaded into the open cockpit have since been replaced with lead.
Ralph Warren Stanley (on the left) and Craig Milner (on the right) stand together at a table displaying an image of Ralph's boat Acadia, the first two violins he built, and "Ralph Stanley: Tales of a Maine Boat Builder." They are at Mystic Seaport, the maritime museum in Connecticut.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley (on the left) and Craig Milner (on the right) stand together at a table displaying an image of Ralph's boat Acadia, the first two violins he built, and "Ralph Stanley: Tales of a Maine Boat Builder." They are at Mystic Seaport, the maritime museum in Connecticut.
From left to right: Robert Rankin, Kyle Rankin, Marjorie Rankin, Marion Stanley, Ralph Warren Stanley. Ralph is holding the first violin he ever built and the violin on the table is the second one he built. The boat pictured is Acadia.
Description: From left to right: Robert Rankin, Kyle Rankin, Marjorie Rankin, Marion Stanley, Ralph Warren Stanley. Ralph is holding the first violin he ever built and the violin on the table is the second one he built. The boat pictured is Acadia.