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3000Advertisement for Bath Iron Works
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1931
Advertisement in Fortune Magazine, August 1931
Advertisement for Bath Iron Works
Item:
  • 3000   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1931
Description:
Advertisement in Fortune Magazine, August 1931
3008Trailaway - Lobster Boat
Maddy Sue - Pleasure Boat
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1932
The second PDF contains an article about the Maddy Sue from various issues of Wooden Boat magazine. Following those articles are pages from what appears to be a Japanese magazine called Sea Dream "The Magazine for Your Marine Life" which contains some of the photos and content from the Wooden Boat articles. The third PDF contains an article from Douglas Brooks about the Maddy Sue.
Trailaway - Lobster Boat
Maddy Sue - Pleasure Boat
Item:
  • 3008   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1932
Description:
The second PDF contains an article about the Maddy Sue from various issues of Wooden Boat magazine. Following those articles are pages from what appears to be a Japanese magazine called Sea Dream "The Magazine for Your Marine Life" which contains some of the photos and content from the Wooden Boat articles. The third PDF contains an article from Douglas Brooks about the Maddy Sue.
5288Sightseeing Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-06-14
  • Southwest Harbor
The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage is visible on the opposite shore. Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) , in a white shirt, is standing on the lower dock next to his boat, "Trailaway," later Maddy Sue. "Trailaway" was built by Chester Eben Clement.
Sightseeing Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5288   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-06-14
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage is visible on the opposite shore. Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) , in a white shirt, is standing on the lower dock next to his boat, "Trailaway," later Maddy Sue. "Trailaway" was built by Chester Eben Clement.
5874Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
The boats racing in the background are International One Design boats.
Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance
Item:
  • 5874   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
The boats racing in the background are International One Design boats.
6204The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Southwest Harbor
The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
Item:
  • 6204   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
6212Sweet Pea and Electron II at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Southwest Harbor
The boat in front is the "Sweet Pea'' owned by "Peter" Richardson, Great Cranberry Island. Lewis Gilley Stanley was sailing her the day the picture was taken. The yawl behind "Sweet Pea" is "Electron II" owned by Professor Holmes of the University of Vermont Physics department. He adjusted and fixed compasses for fishermen for free.
Sweet Pea and Electron II at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6212   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
The boat in front is the "Sweet Pea'' owned by "Peter" Richardson, Great Cranberry Island. Lewis Gilley Stanley was sailing her the day the picture was taken. The yawl behind "Sweet Pea" is "Electron II" owned by Professor Holmes of the University of Vermont Physics department. He adjusted and fixed compasses for fishermen for free.
6363Boat Storage at Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-05-02
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
Hinckley Boat Yard. Inside storage shed with international class sloops shown. Outside storage of boats. Two launches-commuter type in shed.
Boat Storage at Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard
Item:
  • 6363   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-05-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Hinckley Boat Yard. Inside storage shed with international class sloops shown. Outside storage of boats. Two launches-commuter type in shed.
6364The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset - 1938 - as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - I
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset - 1938 - as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - I
Item:
  • 6364   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6365The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Shed - II
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Shed - II
Item:
  • 6365   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6366The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - II
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Henry R. Hinckley Company as Manset Boat Yard - Boats in Storage Outside - II
Item:
  • 6366   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6467Howard Cooper Johnson Cottage - Ledge End
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1936-09
Howard Cooper Johnson Cottage - Ledge End
Item:
  • 6467   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • 1936-09
State:
  • ME
8094Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939
  • Southwest Harbor
Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser at Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 8094   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1939
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Beal Family
8537Maine Sloop Boat Euryale - Before 1935
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1935 before
Maine Sloop Boat Euryale - Before 1935
Item:
  • 8537   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Date:
  • 1935 before
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
9360Ralph Ober Phippen Hauling Traps
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Mount Desert Island
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. He did so in 1964 thereby making it much easier to lift the heavy, water sodden pots from the sea.
Ralph Ober Phippen Hauling Traps
Item:
  • 9360   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Ralph is shown using a winch head to haul his traps. Robert Crowe had not yet developed the east coast Hydro-Slave pot hauler. He did so in 1964 thereby making it much easier to lift the heavy, water sodden pots from the sea.
9949Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9949   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
9950Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9950   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
9951Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9951   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
9952Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Clark Holden off the Claremont Hotel in their Cruiser, Rachel
Item:
  • 9952   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1937-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
10651The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Yacht Off Shore
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1938
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Yacht Off Shore
Item:
  • 10651   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1938
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Hinckley Family
11051Albert Pancoast Neilson and Lewis Gilley Stanley Aboard Motor Yacht Placida
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Neilson - Harry Rosengarten Neilson Jr. (1928-1994)
  • 1938-08-18
  • Mount Desert Island
Albert Pancoast Neilson and Lewis Gilley Stanley Aboard Motor Yacht Placida
Item:
  • 11051   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Neilson - Harry Rosengarten Neilson Jr. (1928-1994)
Date:
  • 1938-08-18
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Albert Pancoast Neilson
11146The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Southwest Harbor
The Wellington Family and Archie Spurling Sailing in Friendship Sloop Dolphin Off Greening Island
Item:
  • 11146   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Tags:
boat, sailboat, people
11147Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-08
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Chester Warren Stanley Sailing the Neilson Family in Friendship Sloop, Reliance
Item:
  • 11147   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
11465Raymond Adelbert Bunker at Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The photograph shows the use of spliced frames, "split frames." Split frames were sawed on the band saw. "Every boat around here was built that way." They would bend the frames in. "The timber goes down in the gain socket." - Ralph Stanley, March 4, 2013.
Raymond Adelbert Bunker at Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S.
Item:
  • 11465   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The photograph shows the use of spliced frames, "split frames." Split frames were sawed on the band saw. "Every boat around here was built that way." They would bend the frames in. "The timber goes down in the gain socket." - Ralph Stanley, March 4, 2013.
11466Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S. and Thalia B.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
Work in the Hinckley Shop on Cruiser Patsy S. and Thalia B.
Item:
  • 11466   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
11528Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1933
  • Tremont
"“Myra J. Wooster” was built in 1918 in Tremont, Maine. She was a gas screw freighter, Official Number 216241, 46 gross Tons, 17 net Tons, 63.5’ long, 16.2’ wide and 7.2’ deep. She carried a crew of one and home ported in Southwest Harbor. She ran for the Portland, Friendship & Thomaston Line. Myra J. Wooster was named for Myra Jane Thurston (1875-1945). Myra was born on September 16, 1875 to Solomon G. Thurston and Mary Gott (Webster) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. She married Joseph Estabrook Wooster (1873-1955), son of John Wooster Wooster and Eliza Perrigo, on August 25, 1894 in West Tremont. Myra Jane Thurston died on June 23, 1945 in Tremont, Maine. Myra is connected to several other people in the SWHPL database. Her brother, John Sullivan Thurston (1853-1927) married Datie R. Rich (1851-1927), a sister of John “Talking John” Melbourne Rich. Myra’s daughter, Eva Wooster (1899-1988), married Ralph Gardener Benson (1893-1975). ""The motor packet Myra J. Wooster, Capt. Robert Lash, has loaded general cargo at the wharf and will sail for Friendship this morning."" - Gloucester Daily Times, July 20, 1933. “Myra J. Wooster” was wrecked off Friendship, Maine in 1934. The wreck is documented in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Inventory Data for Municipal Growth Management Plans, Historic Archaeological Sites, Friendship, Maine, March 2011."
Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf
Item:
  • 11528   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1933
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Maine Maritime Museum
Description:
"“Myra J. Wooster” was built in 1918 in Tremont, Maine. She was a gas screw freighter, Official Number 216241, 46 gross Tons, 17 net Tons, 63.5’ long, 16.2’ wide and 7.2’ deep. She carried a crew of one and home ported in Southwest Harbor. She ran for the Portland, Friendship & Thomaston Line. Myra J. Wooster was named for Myra Jane Thurston (1875-1945). Myra was born on September 16, 1875 to Solomon G. Thurston and Mary Gott (Webster) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. She married Joseph Estabrook Wooster (1873-1955), son of John Wooster Wooster and Eliza Perrigo, on August 25, 1894 in West Tremont. Myra Jane Thurston died on June 23, 1945 in Tremont, Maine. Myra is connected to several other people in the SWHPL database. Her brother, John Sullivan Thurston (1853-1927) married Datie R. Rich (1851-1927), a sister of John “Talking John” Melbourne Rich. Myra’s daughter, Eva Wooster (1899-1988), married Ralph Gardener Benson (1893-1975). ""The motor packet Myra J. Wooster, Capt. Robert Lash, has loaded general cargo at the wharf and will sail for Friendship this morning."" - Gloucester Daily Times, July 20, 1933. “Myra J. Wooster” was wrecked off Friendship, Maine in 1934. The wreck is documented in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Inventory Data for Municipal Growth Management Plans, Historic Archaeological Sites, Friendship, Maine, March 2011." [show more]