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You searched for: Date: 1940s✖Subject: Vessels✖
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
12564United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1947
  • Boston MA
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
Item:
  • 12564   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Creator:
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
Publisher:
  • United States Postal Service
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Tags:
boat, ship
Description:
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
9514Robert Bobby Farnsworth Rich's Bass Harbor Boat Shop
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Other Structures, Boat Shop
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bernard
The two outside boats may be Clifton Melbourne Rich (1881-1970) boats. Postcard written by photographer W.H. Ballard to Mr. Howard Gray, Keeper, West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, Maine - Southwest Harbor, October 25, 1948. "Dear Mr. Gray: - Am sending today a package of pictures for you, Mrs. Gray, and the Assistants. Many thanks & hospitality. I hope to have an article in "[Maine Coast] Fisherman" this winter. Will send samples of Xmas cards shortly. No obligation but they may interest you as a means of sending greetings this year. Sincerely, W.H. Ballard"
Robert Bobby Farnsworth Rich's Bass Harbor Boat Shop
Item:
  • 9514   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Boat Shop
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
The two outside boats may be Clifton Melbourne Rich (1881-1970) boats. Postcard written by photographer W.H. Ballard to Mr. Howard Gray, Keeper, West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, Maine - Southwest Harbor, October 25, 1948. "Dear Mr. Gray: - Am sending today a package of pictures for you, Mrs. Gray, and the Assistants. Many thanks & hospitality. I hope to have an article in "[Maine Coast] Fisherman" this winter. Will send samples of Xmas cards shortly. No obligation but they may interest you as a means of sending greetings this year. Sincerely, W.H. Ballard" [show more]
12442Lobster Fishermen at Otter Cove, Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • 1942
  • Acadia National Park
The men are fishing from spray hood boats equipped with hauling arms for their wooden traps. Otter Creek Cove with Cadillac Mountain in background on the left and Dorr Mountain on the right. The map shows the stone causeway in the picture.
Lobster Fishermen at Otter Cove, Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 12442   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Publisher:
  • Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
Date:
  • 1942
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Description:
The men are fishing from spray hood boats equipped with hauling arms for their wooden traps. Otter Creek Cove with Cadillac Mountain in background on the left and Dorr Mountain on the right. The map shows the stone causeway in the picture.
11680Sardine Boats at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • 1948 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
Sardine Boats at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11680   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
Publisher:
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
Date:
  • 1948 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
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.”
The Kellam's First Landing at Placentia Island with Cliff Rich and the BLB
Item:
  • 16279   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1949-06-08
Place:
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
Description:
Caption reads: “June 8, 1949. First landing. Cliff Rich at R.”
15397Interiors 24’ sloop H. R. Hinckley Co.
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-11-12
Interiors 24’ sloop H. R. Hinckley Co.
Item:
  • 15397   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1946-11-12
15429Interior Photographs of a Hinckley Sloop
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-01-15
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Interior Photographs of a Hinckley Sloop
Item:
  • 15429   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1947-01-15
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
15430Hinckley Sou'wester 34
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-10-02
The Sou’wester 34 was originally called the Sout’wester 24. The 24 probably referred to its length at the waterline, not its overall length of 34’. “Sixty-two Sou’wjest 34’s were built, the largest single design auxiliary crusing boat fleet at the time.” — The Hinckley Story (p. 39). Designed and built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Hinckley Sou'wester 34
Item:
  • 15430   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1946-10-02
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The Sou’wester 34 was originally called the Sout’wester 24. The 24 probably referred to its length at the waterline, not its overall length of 34’. “Sixty-two Sou’wjest 34’s were built, the largest single design auxiliary crusing boat fleet at the time.” — The Hinckley Story (p. 39). Designed and built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
12148Southwest Boat Corporation - Seine Boat Nancy B
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-03
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Photograph taken from the deck of the sub chaser "North Star." Considered one of the top mackerel seiners.
Southwest Boat Corporation - Seine Boat Nancy B
Item:
  • 12148   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-03
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
boat
Description:
Photograph taken from the deck of the sub chaser "North Star." Considered one of the top mackerel seiners.
12158Southwest Boat Corporation - Sardine Carrier Novelty Launching
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-05-21
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
Southwest Boat Corporation - Sardine Carrier Novelty Launching
Item:
  • 12158   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-05-21
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 184 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
man, boat, zoomable, people, woman, wharf
12425Fishing Boats Romance, Ruthyeolyn and Charles Arthur Smiley's Boat in the Ice at Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-02-16
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Fishing Boats Romance, Ruthyeolyn and Charles Arthur Smiley's Boat in the Ice at Manset
Item:
  • 12425   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-02-16
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
winter, boat, lobster boat
12440Laurence Saunders Newman Aboard His Lobster Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-06-07
  • Southwest Harbor
Laurence Saunders Newman Aboard His Lobster Boat
Item:
  • 12440   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1946-06-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
people, lobster boat, jarvis newman, man
12510Air Force Crash Boat Hauled Out for Maintenance at Southwest Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-08-23
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
The building on the left is the old J.N. Mills coal shed.
Air Force Crash Boat Hauled Out for Maintenance at Southwest Boat
Item:
  • 12510   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-08-23
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
construction, boat, people, hinckley
Description:
The building on the left is the old J.N. Mills coal shed.
12023Children with Rich & Grindle Lobster Boat
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1947 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Left to Right: Eleanor Rebecca (Hodgkins) Carlson aka Becky Lynne Marie Birlem Donna Lee (Miller) Chick (1938-2017) Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016) Mary Elizabeth (Grindle) Berry Densmore (1938-2005) aka Betsy
Children with Rich & Grindle Lobster Boat
Item:
  • 12023   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Date:
  • 1947 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
Description:
Left to Right: Eleanor Rebecca (Hodgkins) Carlson aka Becky Lynne Marie Birlem Donna Lee (Miller) Chick (1938-2017) Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016) Mary Elizabeth (Grindle) Berry Densmore (1938-2005) aka Betsy
12024Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Offshore Fishing Style Boat for Nelson Rockefeller
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1948
  • Southwest Harbor
Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders - Offshore Fishing Style Boat for Nelson Rockefeller
Item:
  • 12024   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1948
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
123421942 - Army Boat - MT-467 - Design 207-A Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1942 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
1942 - Army Boat - MT-467 - Design 207-A Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Item:
  • 12342   
Accession #:
  • 1055
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1942 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of David Lennox Sargent
12512The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Dragger Bonaventure Under Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • 1942-09 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Dragger Bonaventure Under Construction
Item:
  • 12512   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
Date:
  • 1942-09 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7817Schooner William Keene Unloading Salt at Stanley Fisheries, Manset, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-07
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Schooner William Keene Unloading Salt at Stanley Fisheries, Manset, Maine
Item:
  • 7817   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1941-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
8088Lennox L. Bink Sargent and Chester Warren Stanley with Framework for a Mine Yawl at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1944 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Mine Yawls were built for the army during World War II for laying and tending mines. This one could have been either a tow yawl or a mine yawl.
Lennox L. Bink Sargent and Chester Warren Stanley with Framework for a Mine Yawl at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 8088   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • 1944 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Beal Family
Description:
Mine Yawls were built for the army during World War II for laying and tending mines. This one could have been either a tow yawl or a mine yawl.
6146Frank Bernard Rich With Builder's Model of the Brig M.P. Rich Built by his Grandfather
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949
  • Tremont
The inscription on the model says, "Brig M.P. Rich built on site of this camp 1857." Vessel Name – M.P. Rich Class – half brig Hull – wood Metalled July 1860 Masts - Designed by – Build date - 1857 Built by – M.P. Rich Built at – Tremont, Maine Built for – Collin McRae (1822-1900) and others Named for – Maurice Peters Rich Sr. (1805-1879) Gross tons – 266 9/98 Net tons – Length – 102.8’ Beam – 27.4’ Depth – 10.4’ 1857 - 1858 - Captain / Owner - Collin McRae 1859 – Captain - Collin McRae – Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1861 - Captain Dix - Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1863 - Captain Dix 1869 - Captain Dix Disposition - Sold – renamed Parimaribo 1866-1872 – Hailed – Suriname "A half brig has square sails on the foremast and fore and aft sails on the main." - Ralph Stanley, September 26, 2007.
Frank Bernard Rich With Builder's Model of the Brig M.P. Rich Built by his Grandfather
Item:
  • 6146   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1949
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
The inscription on the model says, "Brig M.P. Rich built on site of this camp 1857." Vessel Name – M.P. Rich Class – half brig Hull – wood Metalled July 1860 Masts - Designed by – Build date - 1857 Built by – M.P. Rich Built at – Tremont, Maine Built for – Collin McRae (1822-1900) and others Named for – Maurice Peters Rich Sr. (1805-1879) Gross tons – 266 9/98 Net tons – Length – 102.8’ Beam – 27.4’ Depth – 10.4’ 1857 - 1858 - Captain / Owner - Collin McRae 1859 – Captain - Collin McRae – Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1861 - Captain Dix - Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1863 - Captain Dix 1869 - Captain Dix Disposition - Sold – renamed Parimaribo 1866-1872 – Hailed – Suriname "A half brig has square sails on the foremast and fore and aft sails on the main." - Ralph Stanley, September 26, 2007. [show more]
7828Sardine Carrier Catherine M. Butler Aground in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-11-30
  • Southwest Harbor
Sardine Carrier Catherine M. Butler Aground in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 7828   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-11-30
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7829Sardine Carrier Catherine M. Butler Aground in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-11-30
  • Southwest Harbor
The photograph was taken in the vicinity of the Lewis Kennison Robinson house at 465 Maine Street, Southwest Harbor. Addison Packing Company, at the head of Southwest Harbor, can be seen in the background of this picture. - Interview with Ralph Stanley, October 2008.
Sardine Carrier Catherine M. Butler Aground in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 7829   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1944-11-30
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The photograph was taken in the vicinity of the Lewis Kennison Robinson house at 465 Maine Street, Southwest Harbor. Addison Packing Company, at the head of Southwest Harbor, can be seen in the background of this picture. - Interview with Ralph Stanley, October 2008.
7838Dory at Thurston's Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-06
  • Tremont, Bernard
Dory at Thurston's Wharf
Item:
  • 7838   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-06
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
7851Dragger Medric at Southwest Harbor After a Snowfall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-03-05
  • Southwest Harbor
Dragger Medric at Southwest Harbor After a Snowfall
Item:
  • 7851   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1947-03-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7852Draggers Medric and Jacqueline at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-03-05
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to right: Unknown fishing vessel "Gloucester" "Medric" - sardine carrier "Jacquelyn" - dragger
Draggers Medric and Jacqueline at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 7852   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1947-03-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Left to right: Unknown fishing vessel "Gloucester" "Medric" - sardine carrier "Jacquelyn" - dragger