"Harvard Riley Beal’s (1897-1967) bait scow is at the far left. The fully canvassed boat behind the rigging on the left was “Frolic,” Harold L. Wedge’s (1912-1986) passenger launch. The dark boat in the right middle belonged to Leslie Stanwood King (1879-1936) who ran fish and rum in it. Spray hood boat on the far right, partly out of the picture, was Grover Ambrose Morse’s (1885-1960) boat, built by Lewis Melvin Candage (1867-1950)."
Description: "Harvard Riley Beal’s (1897-1967) bait scow is at the far left. The fully canvassed boat behind the rigging on the left was “Frolic,” Harold L. Wedge’s (1912-1986) passenger launch. The dark boat in the right middle belonged to Leslie Stanwood King (1879-1936) who ran fish and rum in it. Spray hood boat on the far right, partly out of the picture, was Grover Ambrose Morse’s (1885-1960) boat, built by Lewis Melvin Candage (1867-1950)." [show more]
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Southwest Harbor
The building behind the vessel is the old Coal Shed, now gone. The shed was used by Southwest Boat to saw, mill and plane lumber. The heavy tools were kept there.
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Creator:
Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Place:
Southwest Harbor
State:
ME
Source:
Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description: The building behind the vessel is the old Coal Shed, now gone. The shed was used by Southwest Boat to saw, mill and plane lumber. The heavy tools were kept there.
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Southwest Harbor
Houses in Background - Left to Right: Extreme left: Henry Clark house - 138 Clark Point Road William Gilman Parker House and Barn, now gone - 143 Clark Point Road Edwin Clark house - 139 Clark Point Road Nathan Clark III (1843-1907) house - "Three Chimneys" - 141 Clark Point Road J.N. Mills house Nathan Clark II (1780-1848) house - 3 Claremont Road Vessels in Foreground - Left to Right: "Jacquelyn" - dragger "Grace M. Cribby" - lobster smack "Chester T. Marshall" - lobster smack "Sandra & Jean" - dragger built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1945.
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Place:
Southwest Harbor
State:
ME
Source:
Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description: Houses in Background - Left to Right: Extreme left: Henry Clark house - 138 Clark Point Road William Gilman Parker House and Barn, now gone - 143 Clark Point Road Edwin Clark house - 139 Clark Point Road Nathan Clark III (1843-1907) house - "Three Chimneys" - 141 Clark Point Road J.N. Mills house Nathan Clark II (1780-1848) house - 3 Claremont Road Vessels in Foreground - Left to Right: "Jacquelyn" - dragger "Grace M. Cribby" - lobster smack "Chester T. Marshall" - lobster smack "Sandra & Jean" - dragger built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1945. [show more]
Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h).
Description: Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h). [show more]