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You searched for: Date: 1930sType: Image
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
5948Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Agnes R.
  • 1939-01-28
  • Southwest Harbor
6625Elias Heavenly Crown Rich - Tombstone
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Cemetery
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Tremont, Bernard
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.
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.
5874Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
The boats racing in the background are International One Design boats.
Description:
The boats racing in the background are International One Design boats.
6207Ralph Ober Phippen Hauling Traps
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Mount Desert Island
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. Compare this photograph to Item 12443 that shows Gary Parsons hauling lobsters with a Hydro-Slave in 1985.
Description:
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. Compare this photograph to Item 12443 that shows Gary Parsons hauling lobsters with a Hydro-Slave in 1985.
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.
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.
6788Clark Point After 1937
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937 after
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows the Buoy Depot on the opposite shore.
Description:
Shows the Buoy Depot on the opposite shore.
6930Clark Point After 1937
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937 after
Shows the Buoy Depot on Clark Point.
Description:
Shows the Buoy Depot on Clark Point.
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.
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
9311Northeast Harbor from Flying Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1934-07-10
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
The Nathan Smallidge (1817-1874) farm and the Ansel L. Manchester Cottage are visible across the sound. The Baker Island Light Station is in the far distance.
Description:
The Nathan Smallidge (1817-1874) farm and the Ansel L. Manchester Cottage are visible across the sound. The Baker Island Light Station is in the far distance.
9360Ralph Ober Phippen Hauling Traps
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Mount Desert Island
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. He did so in 1964 thereby making it much easier to lift the heavy, water sodden pots from the sea.
Description:
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. He did so in 1964 thereby making it much easier to lift the heavy, water sodden pots from the sea.
9525Receding Wave at Thunder Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1934-11
  • Acadia National Park
11147Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
11285Acadia National Park - Bridge Over Rocks on the Hunters Beach Trail
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1935-05
  • Acadia National Park
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
Description:
Built for O.C. Nutting at Southwest Boat Corporation
12153Iced Birches at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Plants
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1935-03
  • Southwest Harbor
12154Acadia National Park - Duck Brook Carriage Road Bridge in the Snow
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge, Carriage Road Bridge
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-02
  • Acadia National Park
  • Duck Brook Bridge
12163The Snow Owl - Stuffed Owl in Collection of Wendell Holmes Gilley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Object, Other Object
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-03
  • Southwest Harbor
"An attraction in the window of the Gilley Plumbing Co. is a tree branch on which are perched three beautifully mounted owls, the work of Wendell Gilley, who has made a study of taxidermy and has done excellent work in that line. The owls are very lifelike in their positions and the display is very interesting." – Bar Harbor Times, February, 1931.
Description:
"An attraction in the window of the Gilley Plumbing Co. is a tree branch on which are perched three beautifully mounted owls, the work of Wendell Gilley, who has made a study of taxidermy and has done excellent work in that line. The owls are very lifelike in their positions and the display is very interesting." – Bar Harbor Times, February, 1931.
12176Acadia National Park - Surf Along Ocean Drive
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1934-11
  • Acadia National Park
12177Schooner in the Mist
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1931
  • Bar Harbor
Ballard's note on the negative sleeve says the photograph was taken in Bar Harbor.
Description:
Ballard's note on the negative sleeve says the photograph was taken in Bar Harbor.
12182Acadia National Park - Shore at Little Hunter Beach
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939-09
  • Acadia National Park
12199Acadia National Park - Hunter Beach Trail
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-06
  • Acadia National Park
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.
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.
Description:
Fragment of SWHPL 12286. Uncle Jimmy's boathouse and his boat "Leader" are visible on the shore just beyond the bowsprit of Lillian.