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You searched for: Date: 1940s
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
7927Smelt Fishing Shacks on Breakneck Pond
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-02-20
  • Acadia National Park
11277South Bubble Cliff Trail - Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Mountain
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-08
  • Acadia National Park
11278South Bubble Cliff Trail - Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Mountain
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-08
  • Acadia National Park
12162Acadia National Park - Otter Cliff from Thunder Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-10
  • Acadia National Park
12174Reflected Pines at Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-07
  • Acadia National Park
  • Echo Lake
12175Acadia National Park - Otter Cliff from Thunder Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-10
  • Acadia National Park
12183Rift in the Rocks at Hunters Beach Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-08
  • Acadia National Park
12745Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-07
  • Acadia National Park
  • Acadia Mountain
10130Walter Eugene Higgins at the U.S. Naval Radio Station Gate, Seawall
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • 1944-07-06
  • Acadia National Park
Walter is shown standing at the gatehouse to the station.
Description:
Walter is shown standing at the gatehouse to the station.
10249U.S. Naval Radio Station, Seawall, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • 1944
  • Acadia National Park
26301941 Path and Road Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
  • Revised and Published by William J. TurnerWalker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston
  • 1941
  • Acadia National Park
26311941 Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
  • Revised and Published by William Jay Turner
  • 1941
  • Acadia National Park
27261942 Map of Mount Desert Quadrangle
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • United States Department of the Interior
  • 1942
  • Acadia National Park
Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.
Description:
Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.
12450James Francis Frank Carroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1941 c.
  • Bangor ME
12451James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1941 c.
  • Bangor ME
7950The Bar Harbor Fire - Ruins of the Malvern Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947
  • Bar Harbor
6355The Bar Harbor Fire From Route 102 in Town Hill
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-10-23
  • Bar Harbor
The photograph was taken at about noon on October 23, 1947. W.H. Ballard was standing on Route 102 in Town Hill. Notice that the flames are taller than the trees in the foreground.
Description:
The photograph was taken at about noon on October 23, 1947. W.H. Ballard was standing on Route 102 in Town Hill. Notice that the flames are taller than the trees in the foreground.
26361947 Map of Areas Burned by Bar Harbor Fire
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • The National Survey, Chester VT
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 1947
  • Bar Harbor
Map Shows Burned Area of Village and Vicinity
Description:
Map Shows Burned Area of Village and Vicinity
12564United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1947
  • Boston MA
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
Description:
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
12570United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958)
  • Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969)
  • Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992)
  • Vail - James T. Vail (1907-)
  • Wells - William B. Wells (1874-1942)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1940
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator.
Description:
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. [show more]
11522Sheila Mavis Spurling on Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1941 c.
  • Cranberry Isles
7819Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-08
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
7820Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
7821Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
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.
Description:
Bear Island is off the shore of Mount Desert Island between Northeast Harbor and Bracy's Cove.