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15478Novelty
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-05
Some of the negative sleeves say "One of best sardine carriers now at bottom of Rockland Harbor."
Novelty
Item:
  • 15478   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-05
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Some of the negative sleeves say "One of best sardine carriers now at bottom of Rockland Harbor."
15477North Star
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-02-20
“North Star” repairs at Southwest Boat Corporation. WWI sub chaser owned by Novello Family of Gloucester, who had Bonaventure built.
North Star
Item:
  • 15477   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-02-20
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
“North Star” repairs at Southwest Boat Corporation. WWI sub chaser owned by Novello Family of Gloucester, who had Bonaventure built.
15475Nancy B.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-03
Nancy B.
Item:
  • 15475   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-03
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15474Mary Rose
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943
Mary Rose
Item:
  • 15474   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15472Lewis R. French
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-03-29
Lewis R. French
Item:
  • 15472   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1949-03-29
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
1547035' Fisherman
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-11-05
35' Fisherman
Item:
  • 15470   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-11-05
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15468Hornet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944
Hornet
Item:
  • 15468   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15465Grace Cribby
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-06-15
Grace Cribby
Item:
  • 15465   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-06-15
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15464Freddie B.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-05-02
“Freddie B” before conversion at Southwest Boat Corporation
Freddie B.
Item:
  • 15464   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-05-02
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
“Freddie B” before conversion at Southwest Boat Corporation
15462Dory at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-02-12
Dory at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 15462   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1949-02-12
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
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'.
15451Baby Rose - Dragger
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-08-05
“Baby Rose” was built in Thomaston and taken over by the government during WWII. After the war she was refitted at Southwest Boat Corporation for the Ciamentaro family of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Baby Rose - Dragger
Item:
  • 15451   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-08-05
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
“Baby Rose” was built in Thomaston and taken over by the government during WWII. After the war she was refitted at Southwest Boat Corporation for the Ciamentaro family of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
15449Southwest Boat Corporation - A.T. Haynes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-02-20
Photographs of boats under repair at Southwest Boat Corporation taken from the deck of North Star: A.T. Haynes (Helen McColl); Woiee; Surfman. Notice Beals Fish Wharf in the background and Manset Marine Supply Company at far left.
Southwest Boat Corporation - A.T. Haynes
Item:
  • 15449   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-02-20
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Photographs of boats under repair at Southwest Boat Corporation taken from the deck of North Star: A.T. Haynes (Helen McColl); Woiee; Surfman. Notice Beals Fish Wharf in the background and Manset Marine Supply Company at far left.
15444Southwest Boat Corporation - 20' Navy Lifeboats LB 90
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943
Photographs: 01-15 – life boats – George C. Gilley (1913-2000) on the right 01-16, 01-17 – building life boats at SW Boat 02-93 - George C. Gilley is the man on the top of the boats Most of these photographs were taken on April 6th, 1943. Moving the boats was taken on July 20, 1943 The rustic derrick pole was cut by Chris Lawlor as a replacement for a broken one. Chris cut it on his “uncle’s back lot” his way of saying that he cut it on Acadia National Park land (Uncle Sam’s land) somewhere on the back side of Freeman Ridge with a two-man cross-cut saw; Chester Warren Stanley and Chris Lawlor cut it. Chris’ horses hauled it out. Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation
Southwest Boat Corporation - 20' Navy Lifeboats LB 90
Item:
  • 15444   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Photographs: 01-15 – life boats – George C. Gilley (1913-2000) on the right 01-16, 01-17 – building life boats at SW Boat 02-93 - George C. Gilley is the man on the top of the boats Most of these photographs were taken on April 6th, 1943. Moving the boats was taken on July 20, 1943 The rustic derrick pole was cut by Chris Lawlor as a replacement for a broken one. Chris cut it on his “uncle’s back lot” his way of saying that he cut it on Acadia National Park land (Uncle Sam’s land) somewhere on the back side of Freeman Ridge with a two-man cross-cut saw; Chester Warren Stanley and Chris Lawlor cut it. Chris’ horses hauled it out. Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation [show more]
15430Hinckley Sou'wester 34
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-10-02
The Sou’wester 34 was originally called the Sout’wester 24. The 24 probably referred to its length at the waterline, not its overall length of 34’. “Sixty-two Sou’wjest 34’s were built, the largest single design auxiliary crusing boat fleet at the time.” — The Hinckley Story (p. 39). Designed and built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Hinckley Sou'wester 34
Item:
  • 15430   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1946-10-02
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The Sou’wester 34 was originally called the Sout’wester 24. The 24 probably referred to its length at the waterline, not its overall length of 34’. “Sixty-two Sou’wjest 34’s were built, the largest single design auxiliary crusing boat fleet at the time.” — The Hinckley Story (p. 39). Designed and built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
15429Interior Photographs of a Hinckley Sloop
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-01-15
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Interior Photographs of a Hinckley Sloop
Item:
  • 15429   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1947-01-15
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
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.
13559Children's Book Week
  • Reference
  • Events
  • 1941-11
Children's Book Week Themes at the Southwest Harbor Public Library included: November 12-18, 1939 - "Around the World" November 2-8, 1941 - "Forward with Books"
Children's Book Week
Item:
  • 13559   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
Date:
  • 1941-11
Description:
Children's Book Week Themes at the Southwest Harbor Public Library included: November 12-18, 1939 - "Around the World" November 2-8, 1941 - "Forward with Books"
11928Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Phillips - Luther Savage Phillips (1891-1960)
  • 1940
Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 11928   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Phillips - Luther Savage Phillips (1891-1960)
Date:
  • 1940
State:
  • ME
6509Eleanor Ruth Mayo
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1945
Eleanor Ruth Mayo
Item:
  • 6509   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1945
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
7939View from Manset to Clark Point in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • 1943-02-16
View from Manset to Clark Point in Winter
Item:
  • 7939   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
Date:
  • 1943-02-16
State:
  • ME
6371Harvard Riley Beal's Bowling Alley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-03-10
Harvard Riley Beal's Bowling Alley
Item:
  • 6371   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-03-10
State:
  • ME
6354Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Camp
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-03-09
Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6354   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Camp
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-03-09
State:
  • ME
Tags:
camp, winter
11472Sheliak Too
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949
Sheliak Too
Item:
  • 11472   
Accession #:
  • 1053
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1949
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Newman Family
11473Sheliak Too
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949
Sheliak Too
Item:
  • 11473   
Accession #:
  • 1053
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1949
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Newman Family