Notice the two children standing in front of the small structure located just left and below center of the photo. The building at the left on the point just to the top right of the trees is the Try House for boiling whale oil. The house on the far right is the Freeman and Vesta Gott house - the Trask house in 2006.
Description: Notice the two children standing in front of the small structure located just left and below center of the photo. The building at the left on the point just to the top right of the trees is the Try House for boiling whale oil. The house on the far right is the Freeman and Vesta Gott house - the Trask house in 2006.
"Every year the North Atlantic Squadron visited Bar Harbor, at first under Admiral Gherardi, who had two sons the age of my sister and myself. We spent much time, at their invitation, on the ships or on excursions in the ships’ barges or launches…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 239.
Description: "Every year the North Atlantic Squadron visited Bar Harbor, at first under Admiral Gherardi, who had two sons the age of my sister and myself. We spent much time, at their invitation, on the ships or on excursions in the ships’ barges or launches…" - "Only in Maine: Selections from Down East Magazine," edited by Duane Doolittle, foreword by John Gould, “Old Bar Harbor Days” chapter by Marian L. Peabody, Downeast Enterprise Incorporated, Camden, Maine, 1969, p. 239. [show more]
Frank L. Rich (1892-1912) was born on June 8, 1898 to Martin Hall Rich and Elizabeth L. (Davis) Rich at Frenchboro, Long Island, Maine. Frank died at the age of 20 at sea. According to historian, Eleanor Ruth Mayo (1920-1981), Frank was killed by a falling mast, for which his gravestone was designed.
Description: Frank L. Rich (1892-1912) was born on June 8, 1898 to Martin Hall Rich and Elizabeth L. (Davis) Rich at Frenchboro, Long Island, Maine. Frank died at the age of 20 at sea. According to historian, Eleanor Ruth Mayo (1920-1981), Frank was killed by a falling mast, for which his gravestone was designed.
This photograph was taken at the Hunnewell - Popham Beaches, Maine. According to Ballard's grandson Rob Michael, it is one of the very rare images of Willis with bare legs, something he was ribbed about in later years.
Description: This photograph was taken at the Hunnewell - Popham Beaches, Maine. According to Ballard's grandson Rob Michael, it is one of the very rare images of Willis with bare legs, something he was ribbed about in later years.
Leslie Hamblen Ward (1939-) was born on October 7, 1939 to Franklin Dolliver Ward and Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Hancock Ward in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Leslie first married Sally J. Martin, daughter of Fred A. Martin and Viola (Gordon) Martin on December 15, 1978. He married second Betty Louise Staples (1932-), daughter of Lester Cecil Staples and Roseanne (Martin) Staples.
Description: Leslie Hamblen Ward (1939-) was born on October 7, 1939 to Franklin Dolliver Ward and Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Hancock Ward in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Leslie first married Sally J. Martin, daughter of Fred A. Martin and Viola (Gordon) Martin on December 15, 1978. He married second Betty Louise Staples (1932-), daughter of Lester Cecil Staples and Roseanne (Martin) Staples.