The first lobster boat in the foreground, on the dock, M2721A, may have been built by Rich & Grindle for George Dolliver. The excursion boat "Seal" in the center of the photograph was built by Normand Joseph Bouchard for Linwood Boynton Wedge (1913-1961) and Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) to be used as a dragger. "Seal" was owned by Samuel A. Blanchard (1926-2009) who took out fishing parties on her. - Information from Ralph Stanley 05/2011 The boat to the right of "Seal" was "Eva Anita" a 40' lobster boat built in 1959 by Bunker & Ellis for Wesley Bracy of Great Cranberry Island.
Description: The first lobster boat in the foreground, on the dock, M2721A, may have been built by Rich & Grindle for George Dolliver. The excursion boat "Seal" in the center of the photograph was built by Normand Joseph Bouchard for Linwood Boynton Wedge (1913-1961) and Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) to be used as a dragger. "Seal" was owned by Samuel A. Blanchard (1926-2009) who took out fishing parties on her. - Information from Ralph Stanley 05/2011 The boat to the right of "Seal" was "Eva Anita" a 40' lobster boat built in 1959 by Bunker & Ellis for Wesley Bracy of Great Cranberry Island. [show more]
Silkscreen on paper, one of a series of Maine Communities by Francis Hamabe. Most of the series could be seen on a first floor corridor wall at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, in 2010.
Description: Silkscreen on paper, one of a series of Maine Communities by Francis Hamabe. Most of the series could be seen on a first floor corridor wall at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, in 2010.
Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h).
Description: Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h). [show more]
Shallop designed by William A. Baker in 1955 to be exhibited with Mayflower II at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Vessel Name – Pilgrim Shallop II Class – shallop Hull - wood Masts - 1 Rig – mainsail & jib Designed by – William Avery Baker Build date - 1957 Built by – Roger Clifton Rich and Francis “Mickey” Fahey Built at – Plymouth Marine Railways, Plymouth, Massachusetts Built for – Plymouth Marine Railways / Plimoth Plantation Inc. Named for – Pilgrim’s 1621 shallop Power - sail and oars Length – 33’
Description: Shallop designed by William A. Baker in 1955 to be exhibited with Mayflower II at Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Vessel Name – Pilgrim Shallop II Class – shallop Hull - wood Masts - 1 Rig – mainsail & jib Designed by – William Avery Baker Build date - 1957 Built by – Roger Clifton Rich and Francis “Mickey” Fahey Built at – Plymouth Marine Railways, Plymouth, Massachusetts Built for – Plymouth Marine Railways / Plimoth Plantation Inc. Named for – Pilgrim’s 1621 shallop Power - sail and oars Length – 33’ [show more]
Date: Circa 1908 Media: Tinted collotype Title: Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620 from the Mayflower Subject: Pilgrim Shallop Publisher: Published in Germany for G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine Postage: 1¢ for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, 2¢ for foreign. Number: 84972 Addressed to Mrs. Eliza S. Gott, McKinley, Maine, Box 22. Front message: "Send me a postcard from Grace E. Gott" Postcard from Grace E. Gott (1896-1920) to her grandmother, Eliza Sawyer Butler, Mrs. Israel Gott (1847-1924) Grace E. Gott married Charles Lewellyn McKay on December 16, 1915. She signed the postcard as Grace E. Gott so archivists conclude that it was sent before that date. Judging by her handwriting, it is probable that she wrote the card c. 1908-1910. G.W. Morris printed their tinted collotype postcards in Germany in the early years of their existence (1901-1922). Archivists have therefore date the postcard as c. 1908.
Description: Date: Circa 1908 Media: Tinted collotype Title: Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620 from the Mayflower Subject: Pilgrim Shallop Publisher: Published in Germany for G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine Postage: 1¢ for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, 2¢ for foreign. Number: 84972 Addressed to Mrs. Eliza S. Gott, McKinley, Maine, Box 22. Front message: "Send me a postcard from Grace E. Gott" Postcard from Grace E. Gott (1896-1920) to her grandmother, Eliza Sawyer Butler, Mrs. Israel Gott (1847-1924) Grace E. Gott married Charles Lewellyn McKay on December 16, 1915. She signed the postcard as Grace E. Gott so archivists conclude that it was sent before that date. Judging by her handwriting, it is probable that she wrote the card c. 1908-1910. G.W. Morris printed their tinted collotype postcards in Germany in the early years of their existence (1901-1922). Archivists have therefore date the postcard as c. 1908. [show more]
Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980) - standing next to the tractor, on the left behind the man in the left foreground. Winston G. Stewart (1924-) Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974) George M. Gilley (1924-) or George C. Gilley (1913-2000) – married to Eunice Brown Carleton E. Hill (1913-1997) Lennox Ledyard “Bink” Sargent (1916-1989) The men in the foreground are building the jig for a transom. The tractor is a Catapillar 5 Ton.
Description: Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980) - standing next to the tractor, on the left behind the man in the left foreground. Winston G. Stewart (1924-) Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974) George M. Gilley (1924-) or George C. Gilley (1913-2000) – married to Eunice Brown Carleton E. Hill (1913-1997) Lennox Ledyard “Bink” Sargent (1916-1989) The men in the foreground are building the jig for a transom. The tractor is a Catapillar 5 Ton.