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| 6148 | Sidewheel Steamer John Brooks |
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| Heading out of Southwest Harbor by the Manset shore. The Nathaniel Gott house on Greening Island is visible off the stern of the vessels as is the Gott barn before it was moved further away from the shore. | 
Description: Heading out of Southwest Harbor by the Manset shore. The Nathaniel Gott house on Greening Island is visible off the stern of the vessels as is the Gott barn before it was moved further away from the shore. | ||||
| 10769 | Painting of Brig Carrie F. Dix - Lisbon 1882 |
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| The paper upon which the drawing was made seems to have been embossed with a cartouche encircling the word, "Evadne." "My [great] grandfather John Dix (1829-1858) was a sea captain, and my grandmother [Celestia Gertrude Dix] always said that he was once shipwrecked, but she didn’t know where. She was just a little girl at the time, and she couldn’t remember much about it. She thought it might have been “on the Jersey coast.” Anyway, he lost his ship, and it took him two years to get home. The story went that he had traded one vessel for another one at Blue Hill, and she almost sank before he got her home to Bartlett’s Island across the bay. She’d been down in the Caribbean and hadn’t been coppered, so she was worm-eaten. Even though she was a fairly new vessel, they had to fix her up before they could use her. I’m not sure whether this was the same ship he lost or not, but I’ve got a picture of a brig that was drawn by Fred W. Dix, who was lost at sea in 1886 and who was some kind of cousin to my great grandfather. It’s just a picture on a piece of lined paper, hand colored. On the back it says “Built in New Haven, 1882,” and it says “Carrie F. Dix” on the flag. [Frederick William Dix (1861-1886) was John Dix’ nephew, the son of John Dix’ brother, William Dix (1826-1910)] Now, Carrie F. Dix was my grandmother’s sister. Carrie married Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, but she died in childbirth. Dr. Phillips sent my grandmother and her other sister, Vienna, to school at Coburn Classical Institute in Waterville. Then my grandmother taught school on Tinker’s Island for a time, and she also taught on Bartlett’s Island, where she lived. [Carrie Frances Dix (1863-1892), later Mrs. Joseph Dana Phillips, was the daughter of John Dix and the first cousin of Frederick William Dix] On the back of this picture of the brig it also says, “First trip to Faroe Isles and then to a place in Norway.” After that, the writing fades out, and the rest of it is illegible. I’ve tried using a black light to read it, but I can’t make it out. It says something about some port in Spain, so John Dix was probably bound down through the English Channel. Whether he was wrecked on the Channel Isles and spent some time on the island of Jersey, I don’t know. If the ship had been lost off New Jersey, it wouldn’t have taken him two years to get home. I do know that the whole crew was rescued by breeches buoy. But I bet my grandfather was shipwrecked on the Channel Isles, and he might have had to stay on the island of Jersey. Now, he might have been hurt or might have had a nervous breakdown over losing that vessel, because it took him two years to recover enough to get home. He had no money. When he got back to Maine, his spirit was broken and he never went to sea again. He had to run that little farm on Bartlett’s Island, and his family was very poor. When his daughter Emily Bartlett died, John Dix came off the island and lived in Southwest Harbor with another daughter, Vienna Lawler. When he died, they had Emily’s body brought over and buried with his, down at Mount Height Cemetery." - “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004, p. 136-137. | 
Description: The paper upon which the drawing was made seems to have been embossed with a cartouche encircling the word, "Evadne." "My [great] grandfather John Dix (1829-1858) was a sea captain, and my grandmother [Celestia Gertrude Dix] always said that he was once shipwrecked, but she didn’t know where. She was just a little girl at the time, and she couldn’t remember much about it. She thought it might have been “on the Jersey coast.” Anyway, he lost his ship, and it took him two years to get home. The story went that he had traded one vessel for another one at Blue Hill, and she almost sank before he got her home to Bartlett’s Island across the bay. She’d been down in the Caribbean and hadn’t been coppered, so she was worm-eaten. Even though she was a fairly new vessel, they had to fix her up before they could use her. I’m not sure whether this was the same ship he lost or not, but I’ve got a picture of a brig that was drawn by Fred W. Dix, who was lost at sea in 1886 and who was some kind of cousin to my great grandfather. It’s just a picture on a piece of lined paper, hand colored. On the back it says “Built in New Haven, 1882,” and it says “Carrie F. Dix” on the flag. [Frederick William Dix (1861-1886) was John Dix’ nephew, the son of John Dix’ brother, William Dix (1826-1910)] Now, Carrie F. Dix was my grandmother’s sister. Carrie married Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, but she died in childbirth. Dr. Phillips sent my grandmother and her other sister, Vienna, to school at Coburn Classical Institute in Waterville. Then my grandmother taught school on Tinker’s Island for a time, and she also taught on Bartlett’s Island, where she lived. [Carrie Frances Dix (1863-1892), later Mrs. Joseph Dana Phillips, was the daughter of John Dix and the first cousin of Frederick William Dix] On the back of this picture of the brig it also says, “First trip to Faroe Isles and then to a place in Norway.” After that, the writing fades out, and the rest of it is illegible. I’ve tried using a black light to read it, but I can’t make it out. It says something about some port in Spain, so John Dix was probably bound down through the English Channel. Whether he was wrecked on the Channel Isles and spent some time on the island of Jersey, I don’t know. If the ship had been lost off New Jersey, it wouldn’t have taken him two years to get home. I do know that the whole crew was rescued by breeches buoy. But I bet my grandfather was shipwrecked on the Channel Isles, and he might have had to stay on the island of Jersey. Now, he might have been hurt or might have had a nervous breakdown over losing that vessel, because it took him two years to recover enough to get home. He had no money. When he got back to Maine, his spirit was broken and he never went to sea again. He had to run that little farm on Bartlett’s Island, and his family was very poor. When his daughter Emily Bartlett died, John Dix came off the island and lived in Southwest Harbor with another daughter, Vienna Lawler. When he died, they had Emily’s body brought over and buried with his, down at Mount Height Cemetery." - “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004, p. 136-137. [show more] | ||
| 6138 | Pinky Schooner off the Manset Shore |
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| 6147 | Native American Camp at Bar Harbor - "Indian Village" First Location |
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| 5846 | Schooner E.T. Hamor in Somes Cove |
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| 6145 | Schooner E.T. Hamor Sailing Out of Portland - After 1889 |
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| The 63.8' schooner, 52.70 ton "E.T. Hamor," owned by Elihu T. Hamor, was built "at Eden, Hulls Cove (Bar Harbor)" in 1889. | 
Description: The 63.8' schooner, 52.70 ton "E.T. Hamor," owned by Elihu T. Hamor, was built "at Eden, Hulls Cove (Bar Harbor)" in 1889. | |||
| 6196 | Fishing Schooners Tacking to Anchor at Southwest Harbor |
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| 6197 | Fishing Schooners Tacking to Anchor at Southwest Harbor |
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| 6199 | The Mackerel Fleet in Southwest Harbor |
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| 5657 | Schooners Wm. Stevens in Clark's Cove at Low Tide |
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| The "William B. Stevens" is at the left. The "Palestine" is in the background. Distant wharf on the right is the Sardine Cannery (marina) before the cannery was enlarged. The boat on the left is the Wm. Stevens. Wooden lobster pots are stacked on the boat behind it. | 
Description: The "William B. Stevens" is at the left. The "Palestine" is in the background. Distant wharf on the right is the Sardine Cannery (marina) before the cannery was enlarged. The boat on the left is the Wm. Stevens. Wooden lobster pots are stacked on the boat behind it. | ||
| 6139 | Isabel B. Wiley and the Bloomer Loading Granite at Hall Quarry - After 1906 |
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| 6690 | Schooner Andrew Nebinger at the Wharf in Stonington, Connecticut |
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| This photograph originally belonged to Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912). It was taken in Stonington, Connecticut in the early 1900s while she was there for repairs after a collision. Damage to the hull can be seen below the first mast. | 
Description: This photograph originally belonged to Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912). It was taken in Stonington, Connecticut in the early 1900s while she was there for repairs after a collision. Damage to the hull can be seen below the first mast. | |||
| 5059 | Ruth S. in the Ice at Carver's Harbor, Vinalhaven, Maine |
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| Ruth S. (or possibly Ruth B. is a Maine Sloop Boat / Friendship Sloop. J.N. Mills house is visible on far left behind tree. | 
Description: Ruth S. (or possibly Ruth B. is a Maine Sloop Boat / Friendship Sloop. J.N. Mills house is visible on far left behind tree. | ||
| 6136 | Schooner Northern Light Wrecked on Rockland Breakwater |
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| "Northern Light" was wrecked on the Rockland Breakwater in 1926. The photograph shows two schooners - a smaller one, a wrecking schooner, with another two masts, is behind and to the right of "Northern Light." On board "Northern Light" one can see at least one man in the crow's nest, one on board and two men hanging off the bowsprit. The vessel is being stripped of anything salvageable. | 
Description: "Northern Light" was wrecked on the Rockland Breakwater in 1926. The photograph shows two schooners - a smaller one, a wrecking schooner, with another two masts, is behind and to the right of "Northern Light." On board "Northern Light" one can see at least one man in the crow's nest, one on board and two men hanging off the bowsprit. The vessel is being stripped of anything salvageable. | |||
| 12171 | Steamer Emita Near Portland, Maine |
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| 11768 | Chester Warren Stanley at the Helm of Leader |
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| 11771 | The Wreck of the Schooner Catherine in Somes Harbor |
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| Remains of schooner "Catherine" in Fernald Cove, Somesville, 1935. A few years later a storm shifted the hulk to the shore at right where surviving frames and timbers could be seen for some years at low tide. After the wreck and before this photograph was taken, salvagers cut a hole through the side of the vessel to allow the mast to fall into the water and be salvaged. The hole, near the bow. is visible in this photograph. SWHPL 9500 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed. | 
Description: Remains of schooner "Catherine" in Fernald Cove, Somesville, 1935. A few years later a storm shifted the hulk to the shore at right where surviving frames and timbers could be seen for some years at low tide. After the wreck and before this photograph was taken, salvagers cut a hole through the side of the vessel to allow the mast to fall into the water and be salvaged. The hole, near the bow. is visible in this photograph. SWHPL 9500 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed. [show more] | |||
| 11785 | Schooner Lillian Loading Fish Meal at Addison Packing Company |
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| 11146 | The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island |
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| 5874 | Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance |
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| The boats racing in the background are International One Design boats. | 
Description: The boats racing in the background are International One Design boats. | ||
| 6212 | Sweet Pea and Electron II at Southwest Harbor |
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| 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. | ||
| 11147 | Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance |
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| 6204 | The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island |
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| 11092 | Motor Yacht |
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| 11093 | Motor Yacht Owned by Atwater Kent |
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