"Every year the North Atlantic Squadron visited Bar Harbor, at first under Admiral Gherardi, who had two sons the age of my sister and myself. We spent much time, at their invitation, on the ships or on excursions in the ships’ barges or launches…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 239.
Description: "Every year the North Atlantic Squadron visited Bar Harbor, at first under Admiral Gherardi, who had two sons the age of my sister and myself. We spent much time, at their invitation, on the ships or on excursions in the ships’ barges or launches…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 239. [show more]
Yampa was owned by Chester Williams Chapin, Jr. when this photograph was taken. She was later purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II for his wife, Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921), the last German empress and queen of Prussia.
Description: Yampa was owned by Chester Williams Chapin, Jr. when this photograph was taken. She was later purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II for his wife, Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921), the last German empress and queen of Prussia.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky to the right of it. 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. Maypole Point is on the right.
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
ME
Source:
Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description: The schooner, "Leader" is center rear with a pinky to the right of it. 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. Maypole Point is on the right.