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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
12731Bass Harbor Head Light at Night
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-10-25
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Photographers have long been fascinated by the Acadia Night Sky. Willis H. Ballard photographed Bass Harbor Head Light one night in October, 1948.
Bass Harbor Head Light at Night
Item:
  • 12731   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-10-25
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Bass Harbor Lighthouse
Description:
Photographers have long been fascinated by the Acadia Night Sky. Willis H. Ballard photographed Bass Harbor Head Light one night in October, 1948.
15620Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 1948-03-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 15620   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 1948-03-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
6205Beal's Fish Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The boat in the foreground is a Cranberry Isles double ender. The dark boat behind with the canvas hood was built by Charles "Dud" Bracey on the Cranberry Isles. It was owned first by Wesley Bracey and then by George Dolliver.
Beal's Fish Wharf
Item:
  • 6205   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
The boat in the foreground is a Cranberry Isles double ender. The dark boat behind with the canvas hood was built by Charles "Dud" Bracey on the Cranberry Isles. It was owned first by Wesley Bracey and then by George Dolliver.
7819Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-08
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island Light
Item:
  • 7819   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-08
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
7820Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island Light
Item:
  • 7820   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
7821Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island Light
Item:
  • 7821   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
7833Beaver House at Lurvey Brook
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Stream
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-10-12
  • Acadia National Park
Beaver House at Lurvey Brook
Item:
  • 7833   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Stream
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-10-12
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12120Beaver House at Lurvey Brook
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Stream
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-10-12
  • Acadia National Park
Beaver House at Lurvey Brook
Item:
  • 12120   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Stream
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-10-12
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
beaver dam
7931Beech Hill from Parking Area
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • 1940-11
  • Acadia National Park
Beech Hill from Parking Area
Item:
  • 7931   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Date:
  • 1940-11
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
15452Blue Water Baby - Cruiser
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-06-02
Owned by Marcus, Philadelphia. Interior photographs were taken on June 28, 1948.
Blue Water Baby - Cruiser
Item:
  • 15452   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-06-02
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Owned by Marcus, Philadelphia. Interior photographs were taken on June 28, 1948.
16304Boardwalk to the Shore of Placentia
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "Shore to barn 1200 ft. Planks covered 800 ft."
Boardwalk to the Shore of Placentia
Item:
  • 16304   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Date:
  • 1949 c.
Place:
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
Description:
Caption reads: "Shore to barn 1200 ft. Planks covered 800 ft."
7944Boat in the Ice at Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1943-02-16
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Boat in the Ice at Manset
Item:
  • 7944   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1943-02-16
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
15453Bonaventure - Launching
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-09
Bonaventure - Launching
Item:
  • 15453   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1942-09
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15454Bonaventure - Refit
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-01
Bonaventure came back to Southwest Boat Corporation to have whale back put on her bow. They rebuilt the shelter for the steering station so they could see over the bow and they put on wing boards for trawl netting.
Bonaventure - Refit
Item:
  • 15454   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-01
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Bonaventure came back to Southwest Boat Corporation to have whale back put on her bow. They rebuilt the shelter for the steering station so they could see over the bow and they put on wing boards for trawl netting.
14867Bud Long's Birding Notebook from 1949
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Long - Ralph H. Long, Jr. (1932-1992) aka Bud
  • 1949
In this journal Bud Long recorded his bird sightings on Mount Desert Island, Maine from January 8, 1949 through August 1st 1949.
Bud Long's Birding Notebook from 1949
Item:
  • 14867   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Long - Ralph H. Long, Jr. (1932-1992) aka Bud
Date:
  • 1949
Description:
In this journal Bud Long recorded his bird sightings on Mount Desert Island, Maine from January 8, 1949 through August 1st 1949.
6294Buoy Depot on Clark Point at Old Steamboat Wharf Site
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • United States Coast Guard
  • 1945 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
Aerial view of the United States Coast Guard Light House Service Buoy Depot, now referred to as the Aids to Navigation Team.
Buoy Depot on Clark Point at Old Steamboat Wharf Site
Item:
  • 6294   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • United States Coast Guard
Date:
  • 1945 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 184 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Courtesy of United States Coast Guard Photograph - 1st Coast Guard District
Tags:
zoomable, aerial view
Description:
Aerial view of the United States Coast Guard Light House Service Buoy Depot, now referred to as the Aids to Navigation Team.
9386Byron "Bide" Lewis Robinson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Byron "Bide" Lewis Robinson
Item:
  • 9386   
Accession #:
  • 1018
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1942-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Mary Elizabeth Robinson Rosene Collection
9389Byron "Bide" Lewis Robinson and his wife Mary Caroline Brown Robinson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1948
  • Southwest Harbor
Byron "Bide" Lewis Robinson and his wife Mary Caroline Brown Robinson
Item:
  • 9389   
Accession #:
  • 1018
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Mary Elizabeth Robinson Rosene Collection
7957Cadillac Mountain in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • 1940-02
  • Acadia National Park
  • Cadillac Mountain
Cadillac Mountain in Winter
Item:
  • 7957   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Date:
  • 1940-02
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Cadillac Mountain
15457Cape Cod - Dragger
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944
This Sardine Boat was built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation. The photographer's notes for this set of photos sometimes list the Cape Cod's length at 60', 65'. and 70'.
Cape Cod - Dragger
Item:
  • 15457   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
This Sardine Boat was built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation. The photographer's notes for this set of photos sometimes list the Cape Cod's length at 60', 65'. and 70'.
7542Captain Charles B. Dix Boat House, Bass Harbor - as the Lyle Arlington Reed House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1946
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 143 Harbor Drive
Captain Charles B. Dix Boat House, Bass Harbor - as the Lyle Arlington Reed House
Item:
  • 7542   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 143 Harbor Drive
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
12147Captain Harry Brown Dobbins and Ida C. Faulkingham Dobbins at Bear Island Light Station
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-08-26
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island is off the shore of Mount Desert Island between Northeast Harbor and Bracy's Cove.
Captain Harry Brown Dobbins and Ida C. Faulkingham Dobbins at Bear Island Light Station
Item:
  • 12147   
Accession #:
  • 1041
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-08-26
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
hat, people, apparel, captain, lighthouse, man, woman
Description:
Bear Island is off the shore of Mount Desert Island between Northeast Harbor and Bracy's Cove.
7265Caroline Elizabeth Cope on her 100th Birthday
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1940-07-28
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Connor Point Road
Caroline Elizabeth Cope on her 100th Birthday
Item:
  • 7265   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1940-07-28
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Connor Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
11274C.E. Clement Boatyard - Lobster Boat Three Brothers Built for Harvard Riley Beal
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1940-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 182 Clark Point Road
Schooner "George E. Klinck" is at the end of the dock, which is piled with wooden lobster pots.
C.E. Clement Boatyard - Lobster Boat Three Brothers Built for Harvard Riley Beal
Item:
  • 11274   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1940-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 182 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard
Description:
Schooner "George E. Klinck" is at the end of the dock, which is piled with wooden lobster pots.
7737Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19-21 Clark Point Road
"Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017.
Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 7737   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19-21 Clark Point Road
Description:
"Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017.