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11848Pemetic High School Band Marching
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • 1958 c.
Pemetic High School Band Marching
Item:
  • 11848   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1958 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
11852Charles Wallace Birlem and Margaret (Mulholland) Birlem with F. Dwight and Adella H. (Ames) Perkins Celebrating their Mutual Wedding Anniversary.
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1950-12
Left to Right: F. Dwight Perkins (1902-1981) Adella H. (Ames) Perkins (1905-2000) Margaret (Mulholland) Birlem (1910-1989) Charles Wallace Birlem (1914-1975) Both couples were married on December 25, nine years apart. The Perkins in 1926 and the Birlems in 1935. That year, after the Birlem wedding, they shared expenses and went on a "honeymoon" to Washington, D.C. together.
Charles Wallace Birlem and Margaret (Mulholland) Birlem with F. Dwight and Adella H. (Ames) Perkins Celebrating their Mutual Wedding Anniversary.
Item:
  • 11852   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950-12
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
Left to Right: F. Dwight Perkins (1902-1981) Adella H. (Ames) Perkins (1905-2000) Margaret (Mulholland) Birlem (1910-1989) Charles Wallace Birlem (1914-1975) Both couples were married on December 25, nine years apart. The Perkins in 1926 and the Birlems in 1935. That year, after the Birlem wedding, they shared expenses and went on a "honeymoon" to Washington, D.C. together.
11881Ralph Warren Stanley's First Lion's Head Violin Scroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Musical, Stringed Instrument, Fiddle, Violin
  • 1955
Ralph built his first violin, the “Underwood” violin, in 1955 using a birch stair tread from the demolished Underwood cottage, “Squirrelhurst.” The tradition of Lion’s Head scrolls goes as far back as at least the 17th Century when Austrian Jakob Stainer, “one of the great violin makers of all times” made his Lion’s Head scroll violins.
Ralph Warren Stanley's First Lion's Head Violin Scroll
Item:
  • 11881   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Object, Musical, Stringed Instrument, Fiddle, Violin
Date:
  • 1955
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Ralph built his first violin, the “Underwood” violin, in 1955 using a birch stair tread from the demolished Underwood cottage, “Squirrelhurst.” The tradition of Lion’s Head scrolls goes as far back as at least the 17th Century when Austrian Jakob Stainer, “one of the great violin makers of all times” made his Lion’s Head scroll violins.
11925Esther A. (Thurston) Williams and William G. Williams Jr., Mr. And Mrs. William G. Williams Jr.
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1950 c.
Esther A. (Thurston) Williams and William G. Williams Jr., Mr. And Mrs. William G. Williams Jr.
Item:
  • 11925   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950 c.
State:
  • MA
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
11973Ruth's Wedding - Ralph and Six Sisters
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1952-03
Ruth's Wedding - Ralph and Six Sisters
Item:
  • 11973   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1952-03
State:
  • ME
11983Ralph Warren Stanley and Celestia Gertrude (Dix) Robinson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1952-11
The photograph was taken at Irene Mabel (Stanley) Murphy's wedding.
Ralph Warren Stanley and Celestia Gertrude (Dix) Robinson
Item:
  • 11983   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1952-11
State:
  • ME
Description:
The photograph was taken at Irene Mabel (Stanley) Murphy's wedding.
12004Ralph at Work in His Barn
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1957-11-24
Ralph at Work in His Barn
Item:
  • 12004   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1957-11-24
State:
  • ME
12005Marion Stanley Holding Nadine with Ralph Stanley
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1957-10
Marion Stanley Holding Nadine with Ralph Stanley
Item:
  • 12005   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1957-10
State:
  • ME
12214Peter Theodore Benson Jr. and Gertrude Katherine (Gatcomb) Benson with William Benson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1958-12-24
Peter Theodore Benson Jr. and Gertrude Katherine (Gatcomb) Benson with William Benson
Item:
  • 12214   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1958-12-24
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
12579Acadia National Park - Balance Rock - South Bubble
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1954-10
Acadia National Park - Balance Rock - South Bubble
Item:
  • 12579   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1954-10
State:
  • ME
12782Paintings of the Late Philip Lyford on Display at Westport
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
  • 1950-07-06
Paintings of the Late Philip Lyford on Display at Westport
Item:
  • 12782   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950-07-06
12803Resolution On The Retirement Of Edith Hamilton Lanman
  • Document, Resolution
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1958
Resolution On The Retirement Of Edith Hamilton Lanman
Item:
  • 12803   
Type:
  • Document, Resolution
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Date:
  • 1958
12819Seagoing Power Boat
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Rudder Magazine
  • 1955-04
Describes the boat being build at the Bass Harbor Boat Shop, designed by Eldredge-McInnis, for William Chisholm II
Seagoing Power Boat
Item:
  • 12819   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Rudder Magazine
Date:
  • 1955-04
Description:
Describes the boat being build at the Bass Harbor Boat Shop, designed by Eldredge-McInnis, for William Chisholm II
13322Duck Brook Motor Bridge, complete
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1953
Duck Brook Motor Bridge, complete
Item:
  • 13322   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953
Source:
  • Courtesy of Therese Klotz Marshall
13327Landscape painting by Howe D. Higgins
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
  • Places, Shore
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1953
This painting was found in the basement of the Howe D. Higgins House at 86 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The signature at lower left says "H. Higgins 1953."
Landscape painting by Howe D. Higgins
Item:
  • 13327   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
  • 1953
Source:
  • Courtesy of Michael and Leslie Rindler.

    Camera-scan of original painting by George Soules
Description:
This painting was found in the basement of the Howe D. Higgins House at 86 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The signature at lower left says "H. Higgins 1953."
14018Free Rides to See Mayflower Thrills Provincetown Youth
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • People
  • Boston Globe
  • 1957-06-13
Free Rides to See Mayflower Thrills Provincetown Youth
Item:
  • 14018   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
Publisher:
  • Boston Globe
Date:
  • 1957-06-13
14994Article and Photograph About Howe D. Higgins' Hobby Business
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Newman - Eleanor Newman
  • Bangor Daily News
  • 1951-07-29
Article and Photograph About Howe D. Higgins' Hobby Business
Item:
  • 14994   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Newman - Eleanor Newman
Publisher:
  • Bangor Daily News
Date:
  • 1951-07-29
15404Maine Yard Building Sixty-Foot Yachts
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • The New York Times
  • 1950-02-11
The clipping reads: "MANSET, Me., Feb. 10 (AP) Yacht builders of Manset have resumed an art dormant since pre-war days, the fashioning of king-sized pleasure craft on Mount Desert Island. Of "two sixty-footers now building, one is a future. Bermuda race contender ordered by Harry G. Haskell Jr. of Wilmington, Del. and Northeast Harbor. The other will fly the flag of Cummins Catherwood of Philadelphia. The yachts are. on ways of Henry R. Hinckley & Co. Shipwrights expect Mr. Haskell's craft will be launched in April or May. The tentative date for the other launching is June 17." The Catherwood boat was the Valhalla. The Haskell boat was the Nirvana.
Maine Yard Building Sixty-Foot Yachts
Item:
  • 15404   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Publisher:
  • The New York Times
Date:
  • 1950-02-11
Description:
The clipping reads: "MANSET, Me., Feb. 10 (AP) Yacht builders of Manset have resumed an art dormant since pre-war days, the fashioning of king-sized pleasure craft on Mount Desert Island. Of "two sixty-footers now building, one is a future. Bermuda race contender ordered by Harry G. Haskell Jr. of Wilmington, Del. and Northeast Harbor. The other will fly the flag of Cummins Catherwood of Philadelphia. The yachts are. on ways of Henry R. Hinckley & Co. Shipwrights expect Mr. Haskell's craft will be launched in April or May. The tentative date for the other launching is June 17." The Catherwood boat was the Valhalla. The Haskell boat was the Nirvana. [show more]
15405Alden Yawls Nirvana and Valhalla
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1951
Floor and sail plans for two yawls, the Nirvana and the Valhalla, designed by John G. Alden in 1948 and built by the Henry R. Hinckley company in 1949-1950.
Alden Yawls Nirvana and Valhalla
Item:
  • 15405   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Date:
  • 1951
Source:
  • David Vieira
Description:
Floor and sail plans for two yawls, the Nirvana and the Valhalla, designed by John G. Alden in 1948 and built by the Henry R. Hinckley company in 1949-1950.
15415Gelouba - Custom 41’ Cutter
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1953-09-23
Owens cutter under sail.
Gelouba - Custom 41’ Cutter
Item:
  • 15415   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1953-09-23
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Owens cutter under sail.
15419Hinckley 36
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1955-12-18
The negative sleeve says "Maine Interiors of sloop for So. America HINCKLEY 36" Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Hinckley 36
Item:
  • 15419   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1955-12-18
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The negative sleeve says "Maine Interiors of sloop for So. America HINCKLEY 36" Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
15439Interior photographs of a Hinckley Yawl
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1953-09-29
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Interior photographs of a Hinckley Yawl
Item:
  • 15439   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1953-09-29
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
15456Bounder II
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1956-01-18
Bounder II
Item:
  • 15456   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1956-01-18
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
15500Hinckley at the New York Boat Show - 1959
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1959
The Henry R. Hinckley Company booth at the 1959 New York Boat Show. There are also photos of the Maine Boat Builders 7 Repairers Association.
Hinckley at the New York Boat Show - 1959
Item:
  • 15500   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Date:
  • 1959
Source:
  • Hank Hinckley Collection
Description:
The Henry R. Hinckley Company booth at the 1959 New York Boat Show. There are also photos of the Maine Boat Builders 7 Repairers Association.
15611Beetle Boat Corp.
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1951-11
This image was in a collection of Ballard's Hinckley negatives. It does not appear to be a boat made by Hinckley, but perhaps it was used as part of the Hinckley operation.
Beetle Boat Corp.
Item:
  • 15611   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1951-11
Description:
This image was in a collection of Ballard's Hinckley negatives. It does not appear to be a boat made by Hinckley, but perhaps it was used as part of the Hinckley operation.