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.
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.
Men standing in front of boat from left to right: Wooster - Ralph E. Wooster (1903-1979) Freeman - Allen E. Freeman, Jr. (1908-2002) Rich – Robert Farnsworth Rich (1915-1981) Rich - Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) Rich - Ronald Dean Rich (1913-1997) The three Rich brothers shown in the photograph were sons of boatbuilder Clifton Melbourne Rich.
Description: Men standing in front of boat from left to right: Wooster - Ralph E. Wooster (1903-1979) Freeman - Allen E. Freeman, Jr. (1908-2002) Rich – Robert Farnsworth Rich (1915-1981) Rich - Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) Rich - Ronald Dean Rich (1913-1997) The three Rich brothers shown in the photograph were sons of boatbuilder Clifton Melbourne Rich.
Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen
Description: Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen
Mary F. Steenstra, 16 years old, wearing her eyeglasses, with her watch fob cord tucked through her button holes, her handkerchief neatly tucked into her sash and her hat at her feet seems relaxed at the oars of a rowboat, probably in the waters off Mount Desert Island.
Description: Mary F. Steenstra, 16 years old, wearing her eyeglasses, with her watch fob cord tucked through her button holes, her handkerchief neatly tucked into her sash and her hat at her feet seems relaxed at the oars of a rowboat, probably in the waters off Mount Desert Island.