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16689Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
See index file for a description of each item
Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley
Item:
  • 16689   
Accession #:
  • 2014
Type:
  • Uncurated Accession
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Source:
  • Courtesy of Ralph Warren Stanley
Description:
See index file for a description of each item
16698Postcard Collection
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Ship, Steamship
A variety of postcards depicting scenes around Mount Desert Island as well as Maine steamships.
Postcard Collection
Item:
  • 16698   
Accession #:
  • 2013
Type:
  • Uncurated Accession
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Ship, Steamship
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Charlotte Morrill
Description:
A variety of postcards depicting scenes around Mount Desert Island as well as Maine steamships.
4001Unknown Vessels
  • Set
  • Vessels, Boat
These images depict vessels that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these vessels or the photos.
Unknown Vessels
Item:
  • 4001   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Description:
These images depict vessels that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these vessels or the photos.
14436Lobster Style Boat Built for John Wolf
  • Set
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
The boat Rich & Grindle built in 1949 for John Wolf (1903-1962), of Freeport, New York, owner of John Wolf Textiles, was built like a lobster boat, but with a longer cabin.
Lobster Style Boat Built for John Wolf
Item:
  • 14436   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Description:
The boat Rich & Grindle built in 1949 for John Wolf (1903-1962), of Freeport, New York, owner of John Wolf Textiles, was built like a lobster boat, but with a longer cabin.
15230Boats Built By Ralph Stanley
  • Set
  • Vessels, Boat
Boats Built By Ralph Stanley
Item:
  • 15230   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
15450Hinckley Working Boats
  • Set
  • Vessels, Boat
The boats in this set were built by and/or worked on by the Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation.
Hinckley Working Boats
Item:
  • 15450   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Description:
The boats in this set were built by and/or worked on by the Henry R. Hinckley Company as Southwest Boat Corporation.
13777Offshore Fishing Style Boat Built for Nelson Rockefeller
  • Set
  • Vessels, Boat
The boat Rich & Grindle built in 1948 for Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) was a 32’ offshore fishing style boat with a 9’ beam and a 32” draft that slept two and sported a Chrysler Crown engine. Nelson apparently ordered it for his sons to use.
Offshore Fishing Style Boat Built for Nelson Rockefeller
Item:
  • 13777   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Description:
The boat Rich & Grindle built in 1948 for Nelson Rockefeller (1908-1979) was a 32’ offshore fishing style boat with a 9’ beam and a 32” draft that slept two and sported a Chrysler Crown engine. Nelson apparently ordered it for his sons to use.
16338The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents
  • Set
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
The Howe D. Higgins Collection contains Howe's collection of documents from his time spent as a customs officer on Mount Desert Island from 1921 to 1930, with some other documents spanning into the 1930s. The collection is sorted into several sets of documents including: letters and correspondence with Howe D. Higgins pertaining to information about rum running and bootleggers on the island; reports of seizures and related search warrants; documents containing information about rum runners in the area; Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as customs officer from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930; and newspaper clippings pertaining to prohibition and rum running on Mount Desert Island.
The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents
Item:
  • 16338   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
The Howe D. Higgins Collection contains Howe's collection of documents from his time spent as a customs officer on Mount Desert Island from 1921 to 1930, with some other documents spanning into the 1930s. The collection is sorted into several sets of documents including: letters and correspondence with Howe D. Higgins pertaining to information about rum running and bootleggers on the island; reports of seizures and related search warrants; documents containing information about rum runners in the area; Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as customs officer from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930; and newspaper clippings pertaining to prohibition and rum running on Mount Desert Island. [show more]
15627Chance - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Guy Frederick Closson (1903-1962) owned her in the 1950s.
Chance - Friendship Sloop-Maine Sloop Boat
Item:
  • 15627   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
State:
  • ME
Description:
Guy Frederick Closson (1903-1962) owned her in the 1950s.
15688No-Name - Lobster Boat - Bracy - Wesley Peterson Bracy
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
No-Name - Lobster Boat - Bracy - Wesley Peterson Bracy
Item:
  • 15688   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
15698Equinox - Shoal Draft Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Equinox - Shoal Draft Schooner
Item:
  • 15698   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15770Leader - Passenger Launch
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Leader - Passenger Launch
Item:
  • 15770   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
15815Agnes - Steam Passenger Launch
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Agnes - Steam Passenger Launch
Item:
  • 15815   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
15816Lizzie A. Tolles - Schooner
Alice S. Wentworth - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Lizzie A. Tolles - Schooner
Alice S. Wentworth - Schooner
Item:
  • 15816   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15828Abraham Richardson - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Abraham Richardson - Schooner
Item:
  • 15828   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15829Andrew Nebinger - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Southwest Harbor Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912), great-grandfather of boat builder Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), was Master of schooner "Andrew Nebinger," built at on the Mispillion River. For information about the vessels built on Mispillion Creek see "Mispillion-Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917" by Betty Harrington Macdonald, published by the Milford Historical Society in 1990 - available for view at the Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. See "Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks: The History of Shipbuilding in Milford, Delaware" – video produced for the Milford Museum by 302 Stories, Inc., Written, Directed and Edited by Michael Oates, Narrated by Don Wescott – 36 minutes.Early boat building at Milford, Delaware on the Mispillion River.
Andrew Nebinger - Schooner
Item:
  • 15829   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Description:
Southwest Harbor Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912), great-grandfather of boat builder Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), was Master of schooner "Andrew Nebinger," built at on the Mispillion River. For information about the vessels built on Mispillion Creek see "Mispillion-Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917" by Betty Harrington Macdonald, published by the Milford Historical Society in 1990 - available for view at the Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. See "Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks: The History of Shipbuilding in Milford, Delaware" – video produced for the Milford Museum by 302 Stories, Inc., Written, Directed and Edited by Michael Oates, Narrated by Don Wescott – 36 minutes.Early boat building at Milford, Delaware on the Mispillion River. [show more]
15830Baby Rose - Dragger
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Baby Rose - Dragger
Item:
  • 15830   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
15831Bobill II - Sloop
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Bobill II - Sloop
Item:
  • 15831   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
15832Boston Floating Hospital - Steamer
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Boston Floating Hospital - Steamer
Item:
  • 15832   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
15833Carol Anne - Cruiser
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Carol Anne - Cruiser
Item:
  • 15833   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
15834Caroline C - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Caroline C - Schooner
Item:
  • 15834   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15835Chromo - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Chromo - Schooner
Item:
  • 15835   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15836Circumstance - Sloop
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Circumstance - Sloop
Item:
  • 15836   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
15837Cyndy - Auxiliary Sloop
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Cyndy - Auxiliary Sloop
Item:
  • 15837   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
15838Ellen Marie - Lobster Boat
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Ellen Marie - Lobster Boat
Item:
  • 15838   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat