Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
13665	Hinckley Military Boats	Set	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business				Southwest Harbor, Manset	130 Shore Road	“1941 - With World War II on the horizon, [Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980)] goes to Washington D.C. to secure contracts for military boats. His first order is for twenty 38-foot Coast Guard picket boats. By the end of the war, 93 of these boats are built for the Coast Guard, using production line techniques developed for the Islander. The yard also builds 24-foot Navy personnel boats, motor mine and tow yawls (using a hull design that would briefly reappear 30 years later in fiberglass yacht club launches), shallow-draft towboats and sailing yawls as part of the war effort… By the end of the war, Hinckley will have built nearly 40% of the 1,358 boats built in Maine for the war.” - “The Hinckley Company History”	Hinckley Military Boats Item: 13665    Type: Set Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 130 Shore Road Description: “1941 - With World War II on the horizon, [Henry Rose Hinckley II (1907-1980)] goes to Washington D.C. to secure contracts for military boats. His first order is for twenty 38-foot Coast Guard picket boats. By the end of the war, 93 of these boats are built for the Coast Guard, using production line techniques developed for the Islander. The yard also builds 24-foot Navy personnel boats, motor mine and tow yawls (using a hull design that would briefly reappear 30 years later in fiberglass yacht club launches), shallow-draft towboats and sailing yawls as part of the war effort… By the end of the war, Hinckley will have built nearly 40% of the 1,358 boats built in Maine for the war.” - “The Hinckley Company History” [show more]
14319	Albert Bartlett's Sail Loft	Reference	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business				Southwest Harbor, Manset	147 Shore Road		Albert Bartlett's Sail Loft Item: 14319    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 147 Shore Road
15438	Yard and Shop of the Henry R. Hinckley Company	Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1943	Southwest Harbor, Manset			Yard and Shop of the Henry R. Hinckley Company Item: 15438    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1943 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME
15860	William R. Keene Boat Builder	Reference	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business			1888	Southwest Harbor, Manset	151 Seawall Road		William R. Keene Boat Builder Item: 15860    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Date: 1888 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 151 Seawall Road
16595	Henry R. Hinckley's Boatyard	Image, Photograph, Negative	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business			1973-08-07	Southwest Harbor, Manset			Henry R. Hinckley's Boatyard Item: 16595    Accession #: 1038 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Date: 1973-08-07 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: Collection of the Birlem Family

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