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16224 | Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with William Eugene Ward and Leslie Hamblen Ward on Unknown Boat |
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10651 | The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Yacht Off Shore |
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11528 | Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf |
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| "“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." | 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] | |||
12108 | Crosby Greening Mills Looking at Southwest Harbor |
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| "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] | |||
15423 | Marmac |
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| All photos taken August 3, 1939 except 1788 which was taken on September 18, 1939. | Description: All photos taken August 3, 1939 except 1788 which was taken on September 18, 1939. | |||
6363 | Boat Storage at Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard |
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| Hinckley Boat Yard. Inside storage shed with international class sloops shown. Outside storage of boats. Two launches-commuter type in shed. | Description: Hinckley Boat Yard. Inside storage shed with international class sloops shown. Outside storage of boats. Two launches-commuter type in shed. | |
6366 | The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - II |
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6365 | The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Shed - II |
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12431 | Sunbeam II Sigma Kappa Sorority Fundraising Card |
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12049 | Launching Cruiser Thalia B. Built for O.C. Nutting at Southwest Boat Corporation |
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11465 | Raymond Adelbert Bunker at Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S. |
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| 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. | 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. | |
11466 | Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S. and Thalia B. |
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6364 | The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset - 1938 - as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - I |
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12039 | Lobster Boat Trailaway with the Sunbeam in the Ice at Cranberry Isles |
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12040 | Sunbeam and Lobster Boat Trailaway in the Ice |
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11051 | Albert Pancoast Neilson and Lewis Gilley Stanley Aboard Motor Yacht Placida |
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12076 | Passenger Excursion Boat Liberty at Bar Harbor |
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12506 | Cruiser Sou'wester off Mount Desert Island |
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12507 | Marmac Underway off Mt. Desert Island |
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12051 | Thalia B. After Launch |
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8094 | Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser at Southwest Harbor |
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12044 | Sunbeam II in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island |
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12042 | Boats in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island |
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12043 | Boats in the Ice at Great Cranberry Island |
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