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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
16339Correspondence with Howe D. Higgins as Customs Officer
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
This collection contains letters sent to and from Howe D. Higgins between 1921 and 1933 pertaining to information about prohibition and rum runners on Mount Desert Island. These letters have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
Correspondence with Howe D. Higgins as Customs Officer
Item:
  • 16339   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
This collection contains letters sent to and from Howe D. Higgins between 1921 and 1933 pertaining to information about prohibition and rum runners on Mount Desert Island. These letters have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
16591Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • 1878 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907.
Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace, Southwest Harbor Records and Index
Item:
  • 16591   
Accession #:
  • 2020
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1878 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Donation of Marie D. Migner
Description:
This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907.
16341Howe D. Higgins' Reports of Seizures and Related Documents
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
This collection of documents contains Howe D. Higgins' reports of seizures as collector of customs, as well as the related documents for those seizures, including search warrants and documents containing information about liquor smuggling.
Howe D. Higgins' Reports of Seizures and Related Documents
Item:
  • 16341   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe D. Higgins' reports of seizures as collector of customs, as well as the related documents for those seizures, including search warrants and documents containing information about liquor smuggling.
16342Howe D. Higgins' Documents Containing Information on Rum Running
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
This collection of documents contains letters and information about rum running, bootleggers, and their vessels, sent to and from Howe D. Higgins during his time as a customs officer. These documents have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
Howe D. Higgins' Documents Containing Information on Rum Running
Item:
  • 16342   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
This collection of documents contains letters and information about rum running, bootleggers, and their vessels, sent to and from Howe D. Higgins during his time as a customs officer. These documents have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
16388Howe D. Higgins' Report of Mounted Inspector to Collector of Customs
  • Document, Report
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1921 c.
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from November 14, 1921 through July 7, 1922. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
Howe D. Higgins' Report of Mounted Inspector to Collector of Customs
Item:
  • 16388   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
  • 1921 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from November 14, 1921 through July 7, 1922. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
16389Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as Customs Officer
  • Document, Report
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1928 c.
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from October 1, 1928 through June 30, 1930. This covers nearly the last two years of his employment as a customs officer. The documents include more detailed information on Howe’s daily movements on the back sides of the documents. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as Customs Officer
Item:
  • 16389   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
  • 1928 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from October 1, 1928 through June 30, 1930. This covers nearly the last two years of his employment as a customs officer. The documents include more detailed information on Howe’s daily movements on the back sides of the documents. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
11453Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947)
  • 1904
  • Echo Bluffs ME
The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine
Item:
  • 11453   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Drawing
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947)
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Echo Bluffs ME
State:
  • ME
Tags:
child, people, fish
Description:
The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
10940Four Men with Fish Carts Near the Stanley Fisheries Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • 1925 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Four Men with Fish Carts Near the Stanley Fisheries Wharf
Item:
  • 10940   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1925 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
7755William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1951-07-14
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 182 Clark Point Road
From Left to Right: Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child. William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family. The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down” See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110.
William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf
Item:
  • 7755   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1951-07-14
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 182 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
From Left to Right: Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child. William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family. The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down” See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110. [show more]
7822Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943
  • Southwest Harbor
Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 7822   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12422The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset Crew
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset Crew
Item:
  • 12422   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
man, hinckley, people, boat yard, boatbuilder, group
11164Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley and Children
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • McKenna - Peggy McKenna (1947-)
  • Southwest Harbor
Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley and Children
Item:
  • 11164   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
Creator:
  • McKenna - Peggy McKenna (1947-)
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley
6109Jessie C. Lawton Typing at the Seth W. Norwood Law Office in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1907 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Jessie C. Lawton Typing at the Seth W. Norwood Law Office in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6109   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1907 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
6112Seth W. Norwood and Unknown Man at Norwood's Law Office, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1907 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Seth W. Norwood and Unknown Man at Norwood's Law Office, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6112   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1907 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
6250George W. Billings Blacksmith Shop, Tremont, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont
George W. Billings Blacksmith Shop, Tremont, Maine
Item:
  • 6250   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
11133Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward in Front of Ward's Lunch
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.
Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward in Front of Ward's Lunch
Item:
  • 11133   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1948 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.
11448David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1954 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 11448   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1954 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 297 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
11796Herbert Guy La Count working on a Navy Yawl
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
Left to Right: Herbert Guy La Count (1891-1958) Unknown man working on a Navy Yawl
Herbert Guy La Count working on a Navy Yawl
Item:
  • 11796   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Herbert Guy La Count (1891-1958) Unknown man working on a Navy Yawl
11819Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • People
  • 1920 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building
Item:
  • 11819   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1920 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
Tags:
winter, people, man
11853Haying on Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
Haying on Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 11853   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
11854Haying on Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Mary "Mamie" Frances Spurling (1877-1965) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974)
Haying on Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 11854   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Mary "Mamie" Frances Spurling (1877-1965) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974)
11855Haying on Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
Haying on Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 11855   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
12063Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • People
  • 1920 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The house on the right with the peaked roof is the Edwin Leon Higgins House at 39 Clark Point Road, Tax Map 6 – Lot 105, built in 1884, Fred Sidney Mayo purchased the property at 45 Clark Point Road from George Harmon (1875-1942) in 1914 for $75. On it Mayo built the carpentry shop shown in the photograph.
Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building
Item:
  • 12063   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1920 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
winter, people, man
Description:
The house on the right with the peaked roof is the Edwin Leon Higgins House at 39 Clark Point Road, Tax Map 6 – Lot 105, built in 1884, Fred Sidney Mayo purchased the property at 45 Clark Point Road from George Harmon (1875-1942) in 1914 for $75. On it Mayo built the carpentry shop shown in the photograph.
5921Workers Drying Fish at Stanley Fisheries
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Workers Drying Fish at Stanley Fisheries
Item:
  • 5921   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
5971Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • 1963
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building
Item:
  • 5971   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1963
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 357 Main Street