Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
9523	Opening Day at the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor	Image, Photograph	Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal Transportation, Automobile Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1956-06-08	Bar Harbor		Automobiles along the road at front - Left to Right: The automobile with the hood open is a 1954 Ford Hardtop. 1948 Chrysler 1950-1951 Studebaker Behind tree - 1953 Ford station wagon. W.H. Ballard wrote this note on the negative sleeve for the photograph: "“Bluenose” Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor, ME; taken the day the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry was officially welcomed (service had been on since the early part of January). Blowing a hard SE gale, and I had to press down so hard on the camera that the tripod sagged. I was the only one who remained on the ridge."	Opening Day at the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor Item: 9523    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal Transportation, Automobile Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1956-06-08 Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: zoomable Description: Automobiles along the road at front - Left to Right: The automobile with the hood open is a 1954 Ford Hardtop. 1948 Chrysler 1950-1951 Studebaker Behind tree - 1953 Ford station wagon. W.H. Ballard wrote this note on the negative sleeve for the photograph: "“Bluenose” Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor, ME; taken the day the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry was officially welcomed (service had been on since the early part of January). Blowing a hard SE gale, and I had to press down so hard on the camera that the tripod sagged. I was the only one who remained on the ridge." [show more]
10725	Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1956-05-14	Southwest Harbor, Manset	130 Shore Road	The automobile to the right of the vessel is a circa 1948 Jeep CJ (Civilian Jeep) Note the peavey stuck into the ground (above the “O” on the “DETOUR” sign). A peavey is a logging tool with a wooden shaft and metal hook invented in 1857 by blacksmith Joseph Daniel Peavey (1799-1873) of Stillwater, Maine, as a refinement to the cant hook to manhandle logs on logging runs. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Maine (Eddington, Maine) and manufactures several variations.	Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed Item: 10725    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1956-05-14 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 130 Shore Road Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: zoomable Description: The automobile to the right of the vessel is a circa 1948 Jeep CJ (Civilian Jeep) Note the peavey stuck into the ground (above the “O” on the “DETOUR” sign). A peavey is a logging tool with a wooden shaft and metal hook invented in 1857 by blacksmith Joseph Daniel Peavey (1799-1873) of Stillwater, Maine, as a refinement to the cant hook to manhandle logs on logging runs. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Maine (Eddington, Maine) and manufactures several variations. [show more]
12061	Yawl, Venturer - Built for Harry Garner Haskell Jr. - On the Ways	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1956-05-14	Southwest Harbor, Manset	130 Shore Road		Yawl, Venturer - Built for Harry Garner Haskell Jr. - On the Ways Item: 12061    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1956-05-14 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 130 Shore Road Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: zoomable

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