David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens.
Description: David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. [show more]
Left to Right: Alice M. (Orr) Thurston, Mrs. Eugene Shubal Thurston (1882-1944) Mary E. Thurston (1912-1979) - later Mrs. Paul E. Fleming Ruth Mae Thurston (1915-2008) - later Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle Elizabeth M. Thurston (1905-2009) - later Mrs. Stanwood Hart King This photograph was taken at 80 Long Pond Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the site of the Thurston's camp on Long Pond.
Description: Left to Right: Alice M. (Orr) Thurston, Mrs. Eugene Shubal Thurston (1882-1944) Mary E. Thurston (1912-1979) - later Mrs. Paul E. Fleming Ruth Mae Thurston (1915-2008) - later Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle Elizabeth M. Thurston (1905-2009) - later Mrs. Stanwood Hart King This photograph was taken at 80 Long Pond Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the site of the Thurston's camp on Long Pond.
Mrs. Bee and her children have walked from their nearby cottage on the back shore, Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound, and have paused to view the harbor in front of the Nathan Clark II House.
Description: Mrs. Bee and her children have walked from their nearby cottage on the back shore, Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound, and have paused to view the harbor in front of the Nathan Clark II House.