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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Hinckley logo is a styled image of Talaria, the winged sandals worn by the Greek messenger god Hermes. They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus of imperishable gold and they flew the god as swift as any bird.
Description: The Hinckley logo is a styled image of Talaria, the winged sandals worn by the Greek messenger god Hermes. They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus of imperishable gold and they flew the god as swift as any bird.
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)
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)
Haying on Fernald Point in the Jesuit field at the base of Flying Mountain. The hay was for horse feed. Unknown waitress on the left. Chris Lawlor on right in front of horses. Bill Lawlor is between the horses and Joe Lawlor is at the far right.
Description: Haying on Fernald Point in the Jesuit field at the base of Flying Mountain. The hay was for horse feed. Unknown waitress on the left. Chris Lawlor on right in front of horses. Bill Lawlor is between the horses and Joe Lawlor is at the far right.
Chris Lawlor in in the front of the wagon. Bill Lawlor is on the left, behind, Joe Lawlor is on the right, the woman in the center on the hay is unknown.
Description: Chris Lawlor in in the front of the wagon. Bill Lawlor is on the left, behind, Joe Lawlor is on the right, the woman in the center on the hay is unknown.
Photos taken in 1941 and 1942. The following comes from interviews with Ralph Warren Stanley between 2009 and 2013. The stern post was from an old elm tree on Carrie Joyce’s lawn. She sold the tree to Bink Sargent for $100. Carrie thought she was rich, as, at that time, she was getting an old age pension of $30 a month. She hired a car and got Ralph Stanley’s grandmother, Celestia “Lessie” Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Ralph Judson Robinson (1875-1961), to go shopping in Bangor with her. Carrie got a blister on her heel from walking around Bangor. Bink paid Harvard Gilley and Jack Ramsdell $15 and a pint of rum to cut the tree down. Henry Dunbar was running the mill at Southwest Boat at the time and he said that they sawed that tree into logs and lumber and used every bit of it. Carrie E. (Bunker) Joyce (1863-1962), Mrs. Joseph Joyce Lennox Ledyard "Bink" Sargent (1916-1989) Jack Ramsdell Harvard N. Gilley (1915-2006) Henry E. Dunbar (1914-1982) 02-12 – this story of the stern post for Bonaventure also goes with SWHPL 9565. 02-15 – putting in the "sealing" 02-16 & 17 – working on the deck frame 02-22 & 23 – pounding in the trunnels (locust) 02-25 – clamping in the oak plank 02-32 – Raymond Bunker on the left and Bink Sargent on the right 02-36 – "faring" (fitting) a timber with an adze the trunels here have been split and wedged in 02-37 & 38 – Stan Mitchell and Raymond Bunker L to R – caulking – Stan always wore felts inside his rubbers 02-39 – building the wooden hatch 02-46 & 47 – mallet and chisel to shape hole for the mast 02-50: Rosemary on the left Open motor boat behind sailboat – no info Watermelon hood boat on left of dock with riding sail was a Raymond Bunker Boat - was sold to a Beal at Islesford Double ender with watermelon hood at end of dock was the Pansy R owned by Cliff Robbins Boat at right of dock with a peaked hood and funny cabin was a Cranberry Island boat House with Mansard roof at back left of Black Ledge was the Henry Hinckley house – later site of Western Way Condos Next house on right was the Charles Bartlett house now torn down 02-55 – back of steering shelter 02-56 – foc’sle 02-68 – Bink’s Lincoln Zephyr style boat and Lyle Newman’s scow Lyle Dennis Newman (1876-1974)
Description: Photos taken in 1941 and 1942. The following comes from interviews with Ralph Warren Stanley between 2009 and 2013. The stern post was from an old elm tree on Carrie Joyce’s lawn. She sold the tree to Bink Sargent for $100. Carrie thought she was rich, as, at that time, she was getting an old age pension of $30 a month. She hired a car and got Ralph Stanley’s grandmother, Celestia “Lessie” Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Ralph Judson Robinson (1875-1961), to go shopping in Bangor with her. Carrie got a blister on her heel from walking around Bangor. Bink paid Harvard Gilley and Jack Ramsdell $15 and a pint of rum to cut the tree down. Henry Dunbar was running the mill at Southwest Boat at the time and he said that they sawed that tree into logs and lumber and used every bit of it. Carrie E. (Bunker) Joyce (1863-1962), Mrs. Joseph Joyce Lennox Ledyard "Bink" Sargent (1916-1989) Jack Ramsdell Harvard N. Gilley (1915-2006) Henry E. Dunbar (1914-1982) 02-12 – this story of the stern post for Bonaventure also goes with SWHPL 9565. 02-15 – putting in the "sealing" 02-16 & 17 – working on the deck frame 02-22 & 23 – pounding in the trunnels (locust) 02-25 – clamping in the oak plank 02-32 – Raymond Bunker on the left and Bink Sargent on the right 02-36 – "faring" (fitting) a timber with an adze the trunels here have been split and wedged in 02-37 & 38 – Stan Mitchell and Raymond Bunker L to R – caulking – Stan always wore felts inside his rubbers 02-39 – building the wooden hatch 02-46 & 47 – mallet and chisel to shape hole for the mast 02-50: Rosemary on the left Open motor boat behind sailboat – no info Watermelon hood boat on left of dock with riding sail was a Raymond Bunker Boat - was sold to a Beal at Islesford Double ender with watermelon hood at end of dock was the Pansy R owned by Cliff Robbins Boat at right of dock with a peaked hood and funny cabin was a Cranberry Island boat House with Mansard roof at back left of Black Ledge was the Henry Hinckley house – later site of Western Way Condos Next house on right was the Charles Bartlett house now torn down 02-55 – back of steering shelter 02-56 – foc’sle 02-68 – Bink’s Lincoln Zephyr style boat and Lyle Newman’s scow Lyle Dennis Newman (1876-1974) [show more]