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You searched for: Date: 1940sSubject: People
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
10130Walter Eugene Higgins at the U.S. Naval Radio Station Gate, Seawall
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • 1944-07-06
  • Acadia National Park
Walter is shown standing at the gatehouse to the station.
Description:
Walter is shown standing at the gatehouse to the station.
7805Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
7806Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
The young women in the photo is Diane Ballard, daughter of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard. She is is at the top of the climb, just finishing the hike up the trail.
Description:
The young women in the photo is Diane Ballard, daughter of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard. She is is at the top of the climb, just finishing the hike up the trail.
7807Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
The climbers are at the top of the climb, just below the Champlain summit.
Description:
The climbers are at the top of the climb, just below the Champlain summit.
7808Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
7809Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
7810Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
7811Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
7812Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
7813Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
7814Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • Precipice Trail
The young man in the photo is Lawrence Ballard, son of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard.
Description:
The young man in the photo is Lawrence Ballard, son of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard.
12450James Francis Frank Carroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1941 c.
  • Bangor ME
12451James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1941 c.
  • Bangor ME
12570United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958)
  • Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969)
  • Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992)
  • Vail - James T. Vail (1907-)
  • Wells - William B. Wells (1874-1942)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1940
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator.
Description:
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. [show more]
11522Sheila Mavis Spurling on Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1941 c.
  • Cranberry Isles
12147Captain Harry Brown Dobbins and Ida C. Faulkingham Dobbins at Bear Island Light Station
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-08-26
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island is off the shore of Mount Desert Island between Northeast Harbor and Bracy's Cove.
Description:
Bear Island is off the shore of Mount Desert Island between Northeast Harbor and Bracy's Cove.
11515Raymond Adelbert Bunker, Philmore M. Peterson and Charles Stephen Junior Hulbert on the Pool, Great Cranberry
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1942-02-15
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
11168Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957)
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • People
  • Lamb - Aimée Lamb (1893-1989)
  • 1948
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
10983Cora Abby (Robinson / Richardson) Rosebrook, Mrs. Gilbert H. Rosebrook and Mabel Estelle Stanley
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1945-05
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Left to Right: Cora A. Richardson, Mrs. Gilbert H. Rosebrook (1867-1954) Mabel Estelle Stanley Cora and Mabel would have been third cousins if Cora had been born to her adopted father as she and Mabel would both have escended from John (1741-1811) and Emma Cross Rich (1740-1803). Island relationships being what they were, the two women were distantly related by marriage to each other anyway.
Description:
Left to Right: Cora A. Richardson, Mrs. Gilbert H. Rosebrook (1867-1954) Mabel Estelle Stanley Cora and Mabel would have been third cousins if Cora had been born to her adopted father as she and Mabel would both have escended from John (1741-1811) and Emma Cross Rich (1740-1803). Island relationships being what they were, the two women were distantly related by marriage to each other anyway.
10993Stanley - Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley (1868-1955) and Members of her Family
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1946-08
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Left to Right: Stanley - Esther Maybelle (Stanley) Spurling (1895-1984) - Mrs. Francis Marion Spurling - daughter of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley Stanley - Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley (1868-1955) - Mrs. Arno Preston Stanley Stanley - Albert Ernest Stanley (1871-1949) - brother of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley The woman at the far right of the photograph may have been Edna (Lewis) Coulter (1907-) - Mrs. Winfred Everson Coulter. Her husband, Winfred, was a first cousin once removed to Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley, according to Ralph Warren Stanley.
Description:
Left to Right: Stanley - Esther Maybelle (Stanley) Spurling (1895-1984) - Mrs. Francis Marion Spurling - daughter of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley Stanley - Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley (1868-1955) - Mrs. Arno Preston Stanley Stanley - Albert Ernest Stanley (1871-1949) - brother of Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley The woman at the far right of the photograph may have been Edna (Lewis) Coulter (1907-) - Mrs. Winfred Everson Coulter. Her husband, Winfred, was a first cousin once removed to Mabel Estelle (Stanley) Stanley, according to Ralph Warren Stanley. [show more]
11918Manager John M. Hooper and Waitresses at the Exchange Hotel, Ellsworth
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1942-04
  • Ellsworth ME
16274Art Kellam Building Homewood on Placentia Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption on back: “Main timbers fastened with ½” machine bolts here resting from boring holes for same”
Description:
Caption on back: “Main timbers fastened with ½” machine bolts here resting from boring holes for same”
16279The Kellam's First Landing at Placentia Island with Cliff Rich and the BLB
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1949-06-08
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: “June 8, 1949. First landing. Cliff Rich at R.”
Description:
Caption reads: “June 8, 1949. First landing. Cliff Rich at R.”
16284Nan Kellam in a Hammock on Placentia Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "Refuge from the roundhouse ledge"
Description:
Caption reads: "Refuge from the roundhouse ledge"
16303Art Kellam with Three Children Bringing Shingles to Placentia
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "Six tons plus kids. B & I sat on the Dory. Hauled up on this the USS Unsinable." Art Kellam shown with shingles being brought to Placentia for Homewood.
Description:
Caption reads: "Six tons plus kids. B & I sat on the Dory. Hauled up on this the USS Unsinable." Art Kellam shown with shingles being brought to Placentia for Homewood.