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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
7869Sardine Carrier Continental and Others at the J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1957-10
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
11785Schooner Lillian Loading Fish Meal at Addison Packing Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
11718Freighter Unloading Coal at the J.T.R. FreemanCoal Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1923 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 12 Apple Lane
Vessel's name appears to be Tohickon, named after Tohickon Creek in Pennsylvania. This vessel was built in 1913 in Philadephia, PA.
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Vessel's name appears to be Tohickon, named after Tohickon Creek in Pennsylvania. This vessel was built in 1913 in Philadephia, PA.
10891Lobster Boat Seven Girls Built by Ralph W. Stanley for his Father, Chester Warren Stanley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1960
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 102 Clark Point Road
Schooner Niliraga in the background. This photograph was taken on the shore before Ralph's shop there was constructed.
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Schooner Niliraga in the background. This photograph was taken on the shore before Ralph's shop there was constructed.
12394Schooner Theoline at the Entrance to Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-03
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 24 Dirigo Road
The photograph was taken from the shore at "The Larches," the Samuel Champion Cooper cottage.
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The photograph was taken from the shore at "The Larches," the Samuel Champion Cooper cottage.
12460View near Somes Sound, Southwest Harbor, So. West Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • 1909-07-02
  • Mount Desert
  • Somes Sound
Contrast the postcard view, titled "Entrance Somes Sound, North East Harbor, Me." in SWHPL 7010 with that of SWHPL 12460, which bears the title, "View near Somes Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." Both cards show the Nathaniel Gott House on Greenings Island. The image in SWHPL 12460 would be to the left or south of that in SWHPL 7010 if viewed from the water near Sutton Island. The title is misprinted on this card. It reads, "View near Somers Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." "Gladys" mailed the card to Miss Nena Reed in Seal Harbor from Center, Tremont, Maine on July 2, 1909.
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Contrast the postcard view, titled "Entrance Somes Sound, North East Harbor, Me." in SWHPL 7010 with that of SWHPL 12460, which bears the title, "View near Somes Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." Both cards show the Nathaniel Gott House on Greenings Island. The image in SWHPL 12460 would be to the left or south of that in SWHPL 7010 if viewed from the water near Sutton Island. The title is misprinted on this card. It reads, "View near Somers Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." "Gladys" mailed the card to Miss Nena Reed in Seal Harbor from Center, Tremont, Maine on July 2, 1909. [show more]
5748Schooner off Manchester Point and Fog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Somes Sound
3542Arthur B. Homer - Great Lakes Steam Freighter
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  • Vessels, Ship
3616William Keene - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
3648Frederick J. Lovatt - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
3649Ligure - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
The Schooner Ligure was built in 1853 at Mt. Desert. It wrecked on March 29, 1879 on the Nantucket Shoals. James Granville Thurston, brother of Captain John B. Thurston, perished in the wreck. The crew included: Captain John Benjamin Thurston (1848 - Jan. 22, 1936) James Granville Thurston (Dec. 7, 1845 - March 29, 1879) Charles Benjamin Mitchell (1857-1927) Daniel G. Benson (1858-1931) Charles Leon Lawson (Jan. 1, 1863-1943) "Ligure" means precious stone
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The Schooner Ligure was built in 1853 at Mt. Desert. It wrecked on March 29, 1879 on the Nantucket Shoals. James Granville Thurston, brother of Captain John B. Thurston, perished in the wreck. The crew included: Captain John Benjamin Thurston (1848 - Jan. 22, 1936) James Granville Thurston (Dec. 7, 1845 - March 29, 1879) Charles Benjamin Mitchell (1857-1927) Daniel G. Benson (1858-1931) Charles Leon Lawson (Jan. 1, 1863-1943) "Ligure" means precious stone [show more]
3679Leader - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Maypole Point is on the right. The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky (double-ender) to the right of her. The sloop in the left foreground is rigged like the Irish/Boston hookers, a type of vessel not native to Mount Desert Island. There is a weir visible to the right rear of the photograph.
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Maypole Point is on the right. The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky (double-ender) to the right of her. The sloop in the left foreground is rigged like the Irish/Boston hookers, a type of vessel not native to Mount Desert Island. There is a weir visible to the right rear of the photograph.
15698Equinox - Shoal Draft Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15816Lizzie A. Tolles - Schooner
Alice S. Wentworth - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Lizzie A. Tolles - Schooner
Alice S. Wentworth - Schooner
15828Abraham Richardson - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15829Andrew Nebinger - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Southwest Harbor Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912), great-grandfather of boat builder Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), was Master of schooner "Andrew Nebinger," built at on the Mispillion River. For information about the vessels built on Mispillion Creek see "Mispillion-Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917" by Betty Harrington Macdonald, published by the Milford Historical Society in 1990 - available for view at the Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. See "Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks: The History of Shipbuilding in Milford, Delaware" – video produced for the Milford Museum by 302 Stories, Inc., Written, Directed and Edited by Michael Oates, Narrated by Don Wescott – 36 minutes.Early boat building at Milford, Delaware on the Mispillion River.
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Southwest Harbor Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912), great-grandfather of boat builder Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), was Master of schooner "Andrew Nebinger," built at on the Mispillion River. For information about the vessels built on Mispillion Creek see "Mispillion-Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917" by Betty Harrington Macdonald, published by the Milford Historical Society in 1990 - available for view at the Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. See "Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks: The History of Shipbuilding in Milford, Delaware" – video produced for the Milford Museum by 302 Stories, Inc., Written, Directed and Edited by Michael Oates, Narrated by Don Wescott – 36 minutes.Early boat building at Milford, Delaware on the Mispillion River. [show more]
15834Caroline C - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15835Chromo - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15843Myra J. Wooster - Freighter
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  • Vessels, Ship
The Myra J. Wooster “…carried salt fish to Gloucester and freight between Belfast and Bass Harbor… - Schreiber, Laurie. Boatbuilding on Mount Desert Island (Arcadia Publishing, 2016) p. 152 - from an unidentified article written by E.M Holmes in February 1947.
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The Myra J. Wooster “…carried salt fish to Gloucester and freight between Belfast and Bass Harbor… - Schreiber, Laurie. Boatbuilding on Mount Desert Island (Arcadia Publishing, 2016) p. 152 - from an unidentified article written by E.M Holmes in February 1947.
15883Champlain's Patache
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  • Vessels, Ship
Samuel de Champlain's small ship that he used to explore the Maine coast.
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Samuel de Champlain's small ship that he used to explore the Maine coast.
15884Champlain's Shallop
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  • Vessels, Ship
Samuel de Champlain's small wooden shallop used for inshore voyages.
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Samuel de Champlain's small wooden shallop used for inshore voyages.
15911Anna L. Sanborn - Coasting Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
15913Anthony & Josephine - Side Trawler
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  • Vessels, Ship
15917C.B. Clark - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
13894Catherine - Schooner
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  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner