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6373Harvard Riley Beal's Bowling Alley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
6357Searl's Store on Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
15442Henry R. Hinckley Company Photographs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of Hinckley boats, their constructions, and the Hinckley Company facilities.
Description:
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of Hinckley boats, their constructions, and the Hinckley Company facilities.
15443Various Southwest Boat Corporation Photographs
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of Hinckley boats, their constructions, and the Hinckley Company facilities.
Description:
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of Hinckley boats, their constructions, and the Hinckley Company facilities.
15455Bonaventure - Production
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Photos taken in 1941 and 1942. The following comes from interviews with Ralph Warren Stanley between 2009 and 2013. The stern post was from an old elm tree on Carrie Joyce’s lawn. She sold the tree to Bink Sargent for $100. Carrie thought she was rich, as, at that time, she was getting an old age pension of $30 a month. She hired a car and got Ralph Stanley’s grandmother, Celestia “Lessie” Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Ralph Judson Robinson (1875-1961), to go shopping in Bangor with her. Carrie got a blister on her heel from walking around Bangor. Bink paid Harvard Gilley and Jack Ramsdell $15 and a pint of rum to cut the tree down. Henry Dunbar was running the mill at Southwest Boat at the time and he said that they sawed that tree into logs and lumber and used every bit of it. Carrie E. (Bunker) Joyce (1863-1962), Mrs. Joseph Joyce Lennox Ledyard "Bink" Sargent (1916-1989) Jack Ramsdell Harvard N. Gilley (1915-2006) Henry E. Dunbar (1914-1982) 02-12 – this story of the stern post for Bonaventure also goes with SWHPL 9565. 02-15 – putting in the "sealing" 02-16 & 17 – working on the deck frame 02-22 & 23 – pounding in the trunnels (locust) 02-25 – clamping in the oak plank 02-32 – Raymond Bunker on the left and Bink Sargent on the right 02-36 – "faring" (fitting) a timber with an adze the trunels here have been split and wedged in 02-37 & 38 – Stan Mitchell and Raymond Bunker L to R – caulking – Stan always wore felts inside his rubbers 02-39 – building the wooden hatch 02-46 & 47 – mallet and chisel to shape hole for the mast 02-50: Rosemary on the left Open motor boat behind sailboat – no info Watermelon hood boat on left of dock with riding sail was a Raymond Bunker Boat - was sold to a Beal at Islesford Double ender with watermelon hood at end of dock was the Pansy R owned by Cliff Robbins Boat at right of dock with a peaked hood and funny cabin was a Cranberry Island boat House with Mansard roof at back left of Black Ledge was the Henry Hinckley house – later site of Western Way Condos Next house on right was the Charles Bartlett house now torn down 02-55 – back of steering shelter 02-56 – foc’sle 02-68 – Bink’s Lincoln Zephyr style boat and Lyle Newman’s scow Lyle Dennis Newman (1876-1974)
Description:
Photos taken in 1941 and 1942. The following comes from interviews with Ralph Warren Stanley between 2009 and 2013. The stern post was from an old elm tree on Carrie Joyce’s lawn. She sold the tree to Bink Sargent for $100. Carrie thought she was rich, as, at that time, she was getting an old age pension of $30 a month. She hired a car and got Ralph Stanley’s grandmother, Celestia “Lessie” Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Ralph Judson Robinson (1875-1961), to go shopping in Bangor with her. Carrie got a blister on her heel from walking around Bangor. Bink paid Harvard Gilley and Jack Ramsdell $15 and a pint of rum to cut the tree down. Henry Dunbar was running the mill at Southwest Boat at the time and he said that they sawed that tree into logs and lumber and used every bit of it. Carrie E. (Bunker) Joyce (1863-1962), Mrs. Joseph Joyce Lennox Ledyard "Bink" Sargent (1916-1989) Jack Ramsdell Harvard N. Gilley (1915-2006) Henry E. Dunbar (1914-1982) 02-12 – this story of the stern post for Bonaventure also goes with SWHPL 9565. 02-15 – putting in the "sealing" 02-16 & 17 – working on the deck frame 02-22 & 23 – pounding in the trunnels (locust) 02-25 – clamping in the oak plank 02-32 – Raymond Bunker on the left and Bink Sargent on the right 02-36 – "faring" (fitting) a timber with an adze the trunels here have been split and wedged in 02-37 & 38 – Stan Mitchell and Raymond Bunker L to R – caulking – Stan always wore felts inside his rubbers 02-39 – building the wooden hatch 02-46 & 47 – mallet and chisel to shape hole for the mast 02-50: Rosemary on the left Open motor boat behind sailboat – no info Watermelon hood boat on left of dock with riding sail was a Raymond Bunker Boat - was sold to a Beal at Islesford Double ender with watermelon hood at end of dock was the Pansy R owned by Cliff Robbins Boat at right of dock with a peaked hood and funny cabin was a Cranberry Island boat House with Mansard roof at back left of Black Ledge was the Henry Hinckley house – later site of Western Way Condos Next house on right was the Charles Bartlett house now torn down 02-55 – back of steering shelter 02-56 – foc’sle 02-68 – Bink’s Lincoln Zephyr style boat and Lyle Newman’s scow Lyle Dennis Newman (1876-1974) [show more]
15460Coast Guard utility boat
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
15493Henry R. Hinckley Company - Military Boats
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of boats built by Hinckley for the military during WWII. Most of these photographs were taken in 1942 and 1943. They include images of Picket Boats, 38’ Patrol Boats, Sewanhaka, and Plane Personnel Boats.
Description:
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of boats built by Hinckley for the military during WWII. Most of these photographs were taken in 1942 and 1943. They include images of Picket Boats, 38’ Patrol Boats, Sewanhaka, and Plane Personnel Boats.
16481The Connecticut at the Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
16482Addison Packing Company
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Places, Harbor
  • Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
12368The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
12369The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
12370Robert Hoyt at The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
12371The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
5901Men at the Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
  • Troup - A.M. Troup
5902Men at the Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
  • Troup - A.M. Troup
15403Hinckley Yachts: An American Icon
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Voulgaris - Nick Voulgaris III
  • Rizzoli (April 29, 2014)
Several images from the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive appear in this book. Hardcover: 224 pages ISBN-10: 9780847842155 ISBN-13: 978-0847842155
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Several images from the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive appear in this book. Hardcover: 224 pages ISBN-10: 9780847842155 ISBN-13: 978-0847842155
13627My Grandmother Lived for the Factory Whistle
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Walsh - Carol Reed Walsh
The story of Mary Louise Mitchell as told by her granddaught, Carol Reed Walsh
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The story of Mary Louise Mitchell as told by her granddaught, Carol Reed Walsh
3653Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
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Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
15807George R. Fuller Law Office
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • 357 Main Street
15814Loring Studios Inc.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
13878The Cheese House
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
"The Cheese House was part of the Cheese House chain which had 18 cheese-shaped locations in New England. Apparently, there are only … two buildings left. The stores were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were constructed of wood with a cut-out wedge for the entrance and windows. They are 9' tall and 40' in diameter. In the late 1970s, the chain disbanded due to financial problems." - “Giant Food: Misc. Food” by Debra Jane Seltzer, Roadside Architecture.com, Accessed online 11/12/13; http://www.agilitynut.com/food/other.html The postcards for all the Cheeses Houses appear to be the same photograph. The store in Trenton was owned by Alex A. Albin and Bernice E. Albin. It closed in 1984 and the building has been for sale almost all the time since. Collectors of architectural oddities are always looking for such buildings, originally built as cheese wheels, hot dogs, clam boxes or loaves of bread.
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"The Cheese House was part of the Cheese House chain which had 18 cheese-shaped locations in New England. Apparently, there are only … two buildings left. The stores were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were constructed of wood with a cut-out wedge for the entrance and windows. They are 9' tall and 40' in diameter. In the late 1970s, the chain disbanded due to financial problems." - “Giant Food: Misc. Food” by Debra Jane Seltzer, Roadside Architecture.com, Accessed online 11/12/13; http://www.agilitynut.com/food/other.html The postcards for all the Cheeses Houses appear to be the same photograph. The store in Trenton was owned by Alex A. Albin and Bernice E. Albin. It closed in 1984 and the building has been for sale almost all the time since. Collectors of architectural oddities are always looking for such buildings, originally built as cheese wheels, hot dogs, clam boxes or loaves of bread. [show more]
13883Sawin's Cambridge Express
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
Moses Morse Sawin bought Buck's Express on August 14, 1860, "He conducted this business several years under its old name, then changed it to Sawin’s Express, which became one of the best known and most flourishing of the suburban express lines about Boston. His business was in transporting baggage and merchandise between Boston and Cambridge. He continued business until 1905, when he sold out to the Boston & Suburban Express Company, and retired from active business." - A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1630-1913) by Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. Together With Biographies of Cambridge People – The Cambridge Tribune, p. 243-4 – 1913 Sawin's Express was such a fixture of life at Harvard, transporting students' luggage to and from school, that it appeared often in jokes, skits and in Harvard alumnae publications.
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Moses Morse Sawin bought Buck's Express on August 14, 1860, "He conducted this business several years under its old name, then changed it to Sawin’s Express, which became one of the best known and most flourishing of the suburban express lines about Boston. His business was in transporting baggage and merchandise between Boston and Cambridge. He continued business until 1905, when he sold out to the Boston & Suburban Express Company, and retired from active business." - A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1630-1913) by Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. Together With Biographies of Cambridge People – The Cambridge Tribune, p. 243-4 – 1913 Sawin's Express was such a fixture of life at Harvard, transporting students' luggage to and from school, that it appeared often in jokes, skits and in Harvard alumnae publications. [show more]
13912Vinalhaven II - Ferry
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011.
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For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011. [show more]
14141F.C. Weston Photography Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Weston advertised providing instantaneous frames for all styles, copying of all kinds, crayon portraits and negatives preserved for future orders.
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Weston advertised providing instantaneous frames for all styles, copying of all kinds, crayon portraits and negatives preserved for future orders.
14238Bunker and Ellis Boat Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Founded by Ralph Ellis and Raymound Adelbert Bunker in 1947 The company passed to Ralph Ellis' son Don and continues today as Ellis Boats
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Founded by Ralph Ellis and Raymound Adelbert Bunker in 1947 The company passed to Ralph Ellis' son Don and continues today as Ellis Boats