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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.
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.
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.
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.
12538Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom
Item:
  • 12538   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Milner - Craig Milner
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
12543Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
Ralph fitting fascia piece
Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction
Item:
  • 12543   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Milner - Craig Milner
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Ralph fitting fascia piece
6078The Cold Storage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont
  • 53 Grandville Road
The Cold Storage
Item:
  • 6078   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 53 Grandville Road
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
6107The Cold Storage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont
  • 53 Grandville Road
The Cold Storage
Item:
  • 6107   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 53 Grandville Road
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
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
11114Drying Fish at J.L. Stanley & Sons, Manset, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Drying Fish at J.L. Stanley & Sons, Manset, Maine
Item:
  • 11114   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
11217William Patch Dickey at W.P. Dickey & Co., Bangor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Bangor ME
William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps
William Patch Dickey at W.P. Dickey & Co., Bangor, Maine
Item:
  • 11217   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
Place:
  • Bangor ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Bangor Historical Society
Description:
William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps [show more]
11373Crew at Work in the Boat Shop at Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Ralph Merrill Grindle is on the left.
Crew at Work in the Boat Shop at Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders
Item:
  • 11373   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
Description:
Ralph Merrill Grindle is on the left.
11492The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Howie Robinson in a Lobster Boat
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 168 Clark Point Road
The Sheet Metal shop is on the left and the Lower Shop is on the right. Howie Robinson at left.
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Howie Robinson in a Lobster Boat
Item:
  • 11492   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 168 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of Margo Harkins Stanley
Description:
The Sheet Metal shop is on the left and the Lower Shop is on the right. Howie Robinson at left.
11647Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1977
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen
Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman
Item:
  • 11647   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Date:
  • 1977
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen
11714Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1923 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11714   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1923 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
Source:
  • Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11715Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1923 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11715   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1923 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
Source:
  • Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11716Packer Wading on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1923 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Packer Wading on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11716   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1923 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
Source:
  • Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11717Young Boy at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1923 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
Young Boy at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11717   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1923 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 11 Apple Lane
Source:
  • Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11967Ralph Merrill Grindle Working on a Lobster Boat
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
Ralph Merrill Grindle Working on a Lobster Boat
Item:
  • 11967   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
12358Helen M. Kelley at Roger Clifton Rich's Capitol Corner Filling Station as Norwood's Premier Shop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • 1943 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
Helen M. Kelley at Roger Clifton Rich's Capitol Corner Filling Station as Norwood's Premier Shop
Item:
  • 12358   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1943 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of The Tremont Historical Society
6824Harvey A. Moore Working on Traps - A Maine Lobster Fisherman's Workshop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-05
  • Tremont, Bernard
W.H. Ballard took the photograph of Harvey Moore and used it as the image for a postcard titled, "Lobster Fisherman's Workshop" that became popular on Mount Desert Island. SWHPL 9472 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed.
Harvey A. Moore Working on Traps - A Maine Lobster Fisherman's Workshop
Item:
  • 6824   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1945-05
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
W.H. Ballard took the photograph of Harvey Moore and used it as the image for a postcard titled, "Lobster Fisherman's Workshop" that became popular on Mount Desert Island. SWHPL 9472 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed.
7705Women Packing Sardines at the Machiasport Canning Company, Bass Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1960-07-21
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
Women Packing Sardines at the Machiasport Canning Company, Bass Harbor
Item:
  • 7705   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1960-07-21
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection