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You searched for: Date: 1940s✖Subject: Businesses✖
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
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.
26-foot motor tow yawl under construction
Item:
  • 12509   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-12
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The photograph shows a 26-foot motor tow yawl under construction.
15445303 Cruiser
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-09-26
303 Cruiser
Item:
  • 15445   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-09-26
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15446309 Cruiser
Hinckley Sport Cruiser 30
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-01-07
"This picture is of a prototype for a production model design by Henry Hinckley to be known as the Hinckley Sport Cruiser 30 built in 1940. Production was postponed because of the war, but it is interesting to note her lines compared to the Picnic Boat. This could have been a very popular boat had it ever gone into production." -- The Hinckley Story (p.89).
309 Cruiser
Hinckley Sport Cruiser 30
Item:
  • 15446   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1947-01-07
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
"This picture is of a prototype for a production model design by Henry Hinckley to be known as the Hinckley Sport Cruiser 30 built in 1940. Production was postponed because of the war, but it is interesting to note her lines compared to the Picnic Boat. This could have been a very popular boat had it ever gone into production." -- The Hinckley Story (p.89).
1547035' Fisherman
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-11-05
35' Fisherman
Item:
  • 15470   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-11-05
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
1544844' Seine Boat Launching
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-10-16
44' Seine Boat Launching
Item:
  • 15448   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-10-16
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6386Alton Elwell Trundy's I.G.A. Store, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1940
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Clark Point Road
Alton Elwell Trundy's I.G.A. Store, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6386   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 4 Clark Point Road
9404Andy's Little Store as Andy's Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1943 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 432 Main Street
Andy's Little Store as Andy's Restaurant
Item:
  • 9404   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1943 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 432 Main Street
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Tags:
store, building, winter, restaurant, automobile
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.
Baby Rose - Dragger
Item:
  • 15451   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-08-05
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
“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.
15620Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 1948-03-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 15620   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 1948-03-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
15452Blue Water Baby - Cruiser
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-06-02
Owned by Marcus, Philadelphia. Interior photographs were taken on June 28, 1948.
Blue Water Baby - Cruiser
Item:
  • 15452   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-06-02
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Owned by Marcus, Philadelphia. Interior photographs were taken on June 28, 1948.
15453Bonaventure - Launching
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-09
Bonaventure - Launching
Item:
  • 15453   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1942-09
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15454Bonaventure - Refit
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-01
Bonaventure came back to Southwest Boat Corporation to have whale back put on her bow. They rebuilt the shelter for the steering station so they could see over the bow and they put on wing boards for trawl netting.
Bonaventure - Refit
Item:
  • 15454   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-01
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Bonaventure came back to Southwest Boat Corporation to have whale back put on her bow. They rebuilt the shelter for the steering station so they could see over the bow and they put on wing boards for trawl netting.
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'.
Cape Cod - Dragger
Item:
  • 15457   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
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'.
7737Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19-21 Clark Point Road
"Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017.
Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 7737   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19-21 Clark Point Road
Description:
"Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017.
15458Chester Pike - Fish Vessel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-11-03
Photo 3754 was taken in March 1952 showing "adding midship section" at Southwest Boat Corporation.
Chester Pike - Fish Vessel
Item:
  • 15458   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1949-11-03
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Photo 3754 was taken in March 1952 showing "adding midship section" at Southwest Boat Corporation.
15459Chester T. Marshall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945
Chester T. Marshall
Item:
  • 15459   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6948Christopher Wendell Lawlor Haying on Fernald Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Christopher Wendell Lawlor Haying on Fernald Point
Item:
  • 6948   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
Date:
  • 1948 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of William J. Lawlor
11133Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward in Front of Ward's Lunch
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.
Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward in Front of Ward's Lunch
Item:
  • 11133   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1948 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.
15461Cruiser interiors
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-01-16
Cruiser interiors
Item:
  • 15461   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1947-01-16
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15462Dory at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-02-12
Dory at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 15462   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1949-02-12
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15463Elva L. Beal
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945
Elva L. Beal
Item:
  • 15463   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
7823Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7823   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7824Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7824   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7825Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7825   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7826Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-03-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Ferry Vinalhaven II Under Construction
Item:
  • 7826   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-03-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME