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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
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.
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
11051Albert Pancoast Neilson and Lewis Gilley Stanley Aboard Motor Yacht Placida
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Neilson - Harry Rosengarten Neilson Jr. (1928-1994)
  • 1938-08-18
  • Mount Desert Island
Albert Pancoast Neilson and Lewis Gilley Stanley Aboard Motor Yacht Placida
Item:
  • 11051   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Neilson - Harry Rosengarten Neilson Jr. (1928-1994)
Date:
  • 1938-08-18
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Albert Pancoast Neilson
11146The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Southwest Harbor
The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
Item:
  • 11146   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Tags:
boat, sailboat, people
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.
5288Sightseeing Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-06-14
  • Southwest Harbor
The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage is visible on the opposite shore. Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) , in a white shirt, is standing on the lower dock next to his boat, "Trailaway," later Maddy Sue. "Trailaway" was built by Chester Eben Clement.
Sightseeing Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5288   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-06-14
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage is visible on the opposite shore. Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) , in a white shirt, is standing on the lower dock next to his boat, "Trailaway," later Maddy Sue. "Trailaway" was built by Chester Eben Clement.
6204The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Southwest Harbor
The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
Item:
  • 6204   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
6363Boat Storage at Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-05-02
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
Hinckley Boat Yard. Inside storage shed with international class sloops shown. Outside storage of boats. Two launches-commuter type in shed.
Boat Storage at Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard
Item:
  • 6363   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-05-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Hinckley Boat Yard. Inside storage shed with international class sloops shown. Outside storage of boats. Two launches-commuter type in shed.
6364The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset - 1938 - as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - I
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset - 1938 - as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - I
Item:
  • 6364   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6365The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Shed - II
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Shed - II
Item:
  • 6365   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6366The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - II
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - II
Item:
  • 6366   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
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
11465Raymond Adelbert Bunker at Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The photograph shows the use of spliced frames, "split frames." Split frames were sawed on the band saw. "Every boat around here was built that way." They would bend the frames in. "The timber goes down in the gain socket." - Ralph Stanley, March 4, 2013.
Raymond Adelbert Bunker at Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S.
Item:
  • 11465   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The photograph shows the use of spliced frames, "split frames." Split frames were sawed on the band saw. "Every boat around here was built that way." They would bend the frames in. "The timber goes down in the gain socket." - Ralph Stanley, March 4, 2013.
11466Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S. and Thalia B.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S. and Thalia B.
Item:
  • 11466   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12033The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Cruiser - Hinckley 38 - Lively Lady - Built for Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, in Storage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-05-02
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Cruiser - Hinckley 38 - Lively Lady - Built for Dr. Ernest Martin Hopkins, in Storage
Item:
  • 12033   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-05-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12049Launching Cruiser Thalia B. Built for O.C. Nutting at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Launching Cruiser Thalia B. Built for O.C. Nutting at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 12049   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
boat, boat house
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]
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