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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]
12349The Islander Sloop off Mt. Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-10
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The Islander Sloop off Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 12349   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12351Islander Sloop at Sea
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-10
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Islander Sloop at Sea
Item:
  • 12351   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12352Islander Sloop at Sea
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-10
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Islander Sloop at Sea
Item:
  • 12352   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12515Christening Cygnet II for Dr. Bill Swan of Brooksville, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939-07-07
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Christening Cygnet II for Dr. Bill Swan of Brooksville, Maine
Item:
  • 12515   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1939-07-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
11044Three Masted Schooner Frances Parsons Aground at King's Point, Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1935 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Three Masted Schooner Frances Parsons Aground at King's Point, Manset
Item:
  • 11044   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1935 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
11045Three Masted Schooner Frances Parsons Aground at King's Point, Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1935 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Three Masted Schooner Frances Parsons Aground at King's Point, Manset
Item:
  • 11045   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1935 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family 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
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
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
5649Schooner Theoline in Norwood Cove Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1936-03
  • Southwest Harbor
The Claremont Hotel can be seen in the background on the left of the boat. This photograph was taken from Connor's Point in Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Schooner Theoline in Norwood Cove Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5649   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1936-03
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The Claremont Hotel can be seen in the background on the left of the boat. This photograph was taken from Connor's Point in Southwest Harbor, Maine.
6212Sweet Pea and Electron II at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Southwest Harbor
The boat in front is the "Sweet Pea'' owned by "Peter" Richardson, Great Cranberry Island. Lewis Gilley Stanley was sailing her the day the picture was taken. The yawl behind "Sweet Pea" is "Electron II" owned by Professor Holmes of the University of Vermont Physics department. He adjusted and fixed compasses for fishermen for free.
Sweet Pea and Electron II at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6212   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
The boat in front is the "Sweet Pea'' owned by "Peter" Richardson, Great Cranberry Island. Lewis Gilley Stanley was sailing her the day the picture was taken. The yawl behind "Sweet Pea" is "Electron II" owned by Professor Holmes of the University of Vermont Physics department. He adjusted and fixed compasses for fishermen for free.
7956Four-Masted Schooner Theoline in Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows "House of Four Winds" on Fernald Point.
Four-Masted Schooner Theoline in Somes Sound
Item:
  • 7956   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1930 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Shows "House of Four Winds" on Fernald Point.
8094Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939
  • Southwest Harbor
Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 8094   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1939
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Beal Family
12051Thalia B. After Launch
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-05
  • Southwest Harbor
Built for O.C. Nutting at Southwest Boat Corporation
Thalia B. After Launch
Item:
  • 12051   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Built for O.C. Nutting at Southwest Boat Corporation
12286Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-06
  • Southwest Harbor
The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 12286   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
12287Schooners Lillian - in Southwest Harbor - Fragment of SWHPL 12286
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Fragment of SWHPL 12286. Uncle Jimmy's boathouse and his boat "Leader" are visible on the shore just beyond the bowsprit of Lillian.
Schooners Lillian - in Southwest Harbor - Fragment of SWHPL 12286
Item:
  • 12287   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Fragment of SWHPL 12286. Uncle Jimmy's boathouse and his boat "Leader" are visible on the shore just beyond the bowsprit of Lillian.
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
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]
12575President and Mrs. Roosevelt on board Amberjack II at Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1933-06-25
  • Southwest Harbor
Child in boat alongside Amberjack: Benson – William Valentine Benson (1917-1997) Back Row – Left to Right: Frances Alice Kellor (1873-1952) Dreier - Mary Elizabeth Dreier (1875-1963) Marion Dickerman (1890-1983) Antonia Hatvary Middle Row – Left to Right: Cook - Nancy Clyde Cook (1884-1962) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914-1988) John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916-1981) Front Row – Left to Right: Roosevelt - Anna Eleanor (Roosevelt) Roosevelt (1884-1962) Roosevelt - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) James Roosevelt II (1907-1991)
President and Mrs. Roosevelt on board Amberjack II at Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 12575   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1933-06-25
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Child in boat alongside Amberjack: Benson – William Valentine Benson (1917-1997) Back Row – Left to Right: Frances Alice Kellor (1873-1952) Dreier - Mary Elizabeth Dreier (1875-1963) Marion Dickerman (1890-1983) Antonia Hatvary Middle Row – Left to Right: Cook - Nancy Clyde Cook (1884-1962) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914-1988) John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916-1981) Front Row – Left to Right: Roosevelt - Anna Eleanor (Roosevelt) Roosevelt (1884-1962) Roosevelt - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) James Roosevelt II (1907-1991) [show more]