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12431Sunbeam II Sigma Kappa Sorority Fundraising Card
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1930 c.
  • Bar Harbor
Sunbeam II Sigma Kappa Sorority Fundraising Card
Item:
  • 12431   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1930 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
3000Advertisement for Bath Iron Works
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1931
Advertisement in Fortune Magazine, August 1931
Advertisement for Bath Iron Works
Item:
  • 3000   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1931
Description:
Advertisement in Fortune Magazine, August 1931
3008Trailaway - Lobster Boat
Maddy Sue - Pleasure Boat
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1932
The second PDF contains an article about the Maddy Sue from various issues of Wooden Boat magazine. Following those articles are pages from what appears to be a Japanese magazine called Sea Dream "The Magazine for Your Marine Life" which contains some of the photos and content from the Wooden Boat articles. The third PDF contains an article from Douglas Brooks about the Maddy Sue.
Trailaway - Lobster Boat
Maddy Sue - Pleasure Boat
Item:
  • 3008   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1932
Description:
The second PDF contains an article about the Maddy Sue from various issues of Wooden Boat magazine. Following those articles are pages from what appears to be a Japanese magazine called Sea Dream "The Magazine for Your Marine Life" which contains some of the photos and content from the Wooden Boat articles. The third PDF contains an article from Douglas Brooks about the Maddy Sue.
12424The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - First Hinckley Boat - Ruthyeolyn
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1933
  • Southwest Harbor
The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - First Hinckley Boat - Ruthyeolyn
Item:
  • 12424   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1933
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Nick Voulgaris
11528Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1933
  • Tremont
"“Myra J. Wooster” was built in 1918 in Tremont, Maine. She was a gas screw freighter, Official Number 216241, 46 gross Tons, 17 net Tons, 63.5’ long, 16.2’ wide and 7.2’ deep. She carried a crew of one and home ported in Southwest Harbor. She ran for the Portland, Friendship & Thomaston Line. Myra J. Wooster was named for Myra Jane Thurston (1875-1945). Myra was born on September 16, 1875 to Solomon G. Thurston and Mary Gott (Webster) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. She married Joseph Estabrook Wooster (1873-1955), son of John Wooster Wooster and Eliza Perrigo, on August 25, 1894 in West Tremont. Myra Jane Thurston died on June 23, 1945 in Tremont, Maine. Myra is connected to several other people in the SWHPL database. Her brother, John Sullivan Thurston (1853-1927) married Datie R. Rich (1851-1927), a sister of John “Talking John” Melbourne Rich. Myra’s daughter, Eva Wooster (1899-1988), married Ralph Gardener Benson (1893-1975). ""The motor packet Myra J. Wooster, Capt. Robert Lash, has loaded general cargo at the wharf and will sail for Friendship this morning."" - Gloucester Daily Times, July 20, 1933. “Myra J. Wooster” was wrecked off Friendship, Maine in 1934. The wreck is documented in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Inventory Data for Municipal Growth Management Plans, Historic Archaeological Sites, Friendship, Maine, March 2011."
Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf
Item:
  • 11528   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1933
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Maine Maritime Museum
Description:
"“Myra J. Wooster” was built in 1918 in Tremont, Maine. She was a gas screw freighter, Official Number 216241, 46 gross Tons, 17 net Tons, 63.5’ long, 16.2’ wide and 7.2’ deep. She carried a crew of one and home ported in Southwest Harbor. She ran for the Portland, Friendship & Thomaston Line. Myra J. Wooster was named for Myra Jane Thurston (1875-1945). Myra was born on September 16, 1875 to Solomon G. Thurston and Mary Gott (Webster) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. She married Joseph Estabrook Wooster (1873-1955), son of John Wooster Wooster and Eliza Perrigo, on August 25, 1894 in West Tremont. Myra Jane Thurston died on June 23, 1945 in Tremont, Maine. Myra is connected to several other people in the SWHPL database. Her brother, John Sullivan Thurston (1853-1927) married Datie R. Rich (1851-1927), a sister of John “Talking John” Melbourne Rich. Myra’s daughter, Eva Wooster (1899-1988), married Ralph Gardener Benson (1893-1975). ""The motor packet Myra J. Wooster, Capt. Robert Lash, has loaded general cargo at the wharf and will sail for Friendship this morning."" - Gloucester Daily Times, July 20, 1933. “Myra J. Wooster” was wrecked off Friendship, Maine in 1934. The wreck is documented in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Inventory Data for Municipal Growth Management Plans, Historic Archaeological Sites, Friendship, Maine, March 2011." [show more]
16688Photo album from 1930s with pictures of the Niliraga and Moose Island.
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1934
See the index for a description of each photograph. Moose Island is located on the western side of MDI.
Photo album from 1930s with pictures of the Niliraga and Moose Island.
Item:
  • 16688   
Accession #:
  • 1071
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • 1934
Description:
See the index for a description of each photograph. Moose Island is located on the western side of MDI.
12108Crosby Greening Mills Looking at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1934 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
"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)."
Crosby Greening Mills Looking at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 12108   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1934 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Mills Family
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]
12038Lobster Boat Trailaway At Cranberry Isles
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1934-02-12
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Lobster Boat Trailaway At Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 12038   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Date:
  • 1934-02-12
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
12039Lobster Boat Trailaway with the Sunbeam in the Ice at Cranberry Isles
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1934-02-12
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Lobster Boat Trailaway with the Sunbeam in the Ice at Cranberry Isles
Item:
  • 12039   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Date:
  • 1934-02-12
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
12040Sunbeam and Lobster Boat Trailaway in the Ice
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1934-02-12
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Sunbeam and Lobster Boat Trailaway in the Ice
Item:
  • 12040   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1934-02-12
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
12041Lobster Boats and Lobster Boat Trailaway in the Ice
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1934-02-12
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Trailaway is at the left - without a spray hood.
Lobster Boats and Lobster Boat Trailaway in the Ice
Item:
  • 12041   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Date:
  • 1934-02-12
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
Description:
Trailaway is at the left - without a spray hood.
12042Boats in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1934-02-12
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Boats in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 12042   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1934-02-12
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
12043Boats in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1934-02-12
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Boats in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 12043   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1934-02-12
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
12044Sunbeam II in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1934-02-12
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Sunbeam II in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 12044   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1934-02-12
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
8537Maine Sloop Boat Euryale - Before 1935
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1935 before
Maine Sloop Boat Euryale - Before 1935
Item:
  • 8537   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Date:
  • 1935 before
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
12076Passenger Excursion Boat Liberty at Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Boat
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • 1935 c.
  • Bar Harbor
Passenger Excursion Boat Liberty at Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 12076   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Publisher:
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
Date:
  • 1935 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
6467Howard Cooper Johnson Cottage - Ledge End
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1936-09
Howard Cooper Johnson Cottage - Ledge End
Item:
  • 6467   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • 1936-09
State:
  • ME
9360Ralph Ober Phippen Hauling Traps
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Mount Desert Island
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. He did so in 1964 thereby making it much easier to lift the heavy, water sodden pots from the sea.
Ralph Ober Phippen Hauling Traps
Item:
  • 9360   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. He did so in 1964 thereby making it much easier to lift the heavy, water sodden pots from the sea.
15427Rachel - Cruiser
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
Owned by Dr. Fred C. Holden
Rachel - Cruiser
Item:
  • 15427   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Owned by Dr. Fred C. Holden
9949Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9949   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
9950Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9950   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
9951Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9951   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
9952Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9952   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
10651The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Yacht Off Shore
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1938
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Yacht Off Shore
Item:
  • 10651   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1938
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Hinckley Family
15409Circumstance - Sloop
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company at the Manset Yard during April - June 1938 Owned by Dexter Lewis This item has construction photos including pouring/laying of the keel and stepping the mast, and sea trial photos.
Circumstance - Sloop
Item:
  • 15409   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company at the Manset Yard during April - June 1938 Owned by Dexter Lewis This item has construction photos including pouring/laying of the keel and stepping the mast, and sea trial photos.