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You searched for: Date: 1940sType: Image
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
16280Homewood on Placentia Island - Partially Built
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
16384Unknown Man at Sawmill on Placentia Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
16383Art Kellam on Placentia Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
16378Possibly Arthur Garfield Kellam
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1940 c.
Archivists have identified this photograph as possibly the father of Arthur Millis Kellam. Viewers more informed than Southwest Harbor Public Library archivists are invited to correct mistakes about this photograph.
Description:
Archivists have identified this photograph as possibly the father of Arthur Millis Kellam. Viewers more informed than Southwest Harbor Public Library archivists are invited to correct mistakes about this photograph.
16377Art and his wife Leone
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1940 c.
16305Placing the Boardwalk on Placentia
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "- and so I did"
Description:
Caption reads: "- and so I did"
16304Boardwalk to the Shore of Placentia
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "Shore to barn 1200 ft. Planks covered 800 ft."
Description:
Caption reads: "Shore to barn 1200 ft. Planks covered 800 ft."
16303Art Kellam with Three Children Bringing Shingles to Placentia
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "Six tons plus kids. B & I sat on the Dory. Hauled up on this the USS Unsinable." Art Kellam shown with shingles being brought to Placentia for Homewood.
Description:
Caption reads: "Six tons plus kids. B & I sat on the Dory. Hauled up on this the USS Unsinable." Art Kellam shown with shingles being brought to Placentia for Homewood.
16275Barn on Placentia Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "The barn - as was." This barn was built by the previous owners of Placentia Island and was used by Art and Nan Kellam as the beginning structure of their house, Homewood.
Description:
Caption reads: "The barn - as was." This barn was built by the previous owners of Placentia Island and was used by Art and Nan Kellam as the beginning structure of their house, Homewood.
16284Nan Kellam in a Hammock on Placentia Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption reads: "Refuge from the roundhouse ledge"
Description:
Caption reads: "Refuge from the roundhouse ledge"
16274Art Kellam Building Homewood on Placentia Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Caption on back: “Main timbers fastened with ½” machine bolts here resting from boring holes for same”
Description:
Caption on back: “Main timbers fastened with ½” machine bolts here resting from boring holes for same”
15494Interior and exterior photos of Hinckley military boats
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of boats built by Hinckley for the military during WWII.
Description:
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of boats built by Hinckley for the military during WWII.
16173Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Grandson Rodney Franklin Ward at Home
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1949 c.
16093Unknown Child
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1943-09
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Unknown child on a bicycle in front of the Charles L. Stanley House in Manset.
Description:
Unknown child on a bicycle in front of the Charles L. Stanley House in Manset.
9514Robert Bobby Farnsworth Rich's Bass Harbor Boat Shop
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Other Structures, Boat Shop
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bernard
The two outside boats may be Clifton Melbourne Rich (1881-1970) boats. Postcard written by photographer W.H. Ballard to Mr. Howard Gray, Keeper, West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, Maine - Southwest Harbor, October 25, 1948. "Dear Mr. Gray: - Am sending today a package of pictures for you, Mrs. Gray, and the Assistants. Many thanks & hospitality. I hope to have an article in "[Maine Coast] Fisherman" this winter. Will send samples of Xmas cards shortly. No obligation but they may interest you as a means of sending greetings this year. Sincerely, W.H. Ballard"
Description:
The two outside boats may be Clifton Melbourne Rich (1881-1970) boats. Postcard written by photographer W.H. Ballard to Mr. Howard Gray, Keeper, West Quoddy Head Light, Lubec, Maine - Southwest Harbor, October 25, 1948. "Dear Mr. Gray: - Am sending today a package of pictures for you, Mrs. Gray, and the Assistants. Many thanks & hospitality. I hope to have an article in "[Maine Coast] Fisherman" this winter. Will send samples of Xmas cards shortly. No obligation but they may interest you as a means of sending greetings this year. Sincerely, W.H. Ballard" [show more]
5381Herm Farley's Barn
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Photomechanical Print
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
  • Chamberlain - Samuel Vance Chamberlain (1895-1975)
  • 1941 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Baldwin Corner
5607The Southwest Harbor Public Library Children's Reading Club
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-08-27
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence.
Description:
On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence. [show more]
11026The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Shop Construction at Manset Boat Yard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-02-22
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
16124Northeast Harbor from Flying Mt., Southwest Harbor, Maine.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Town
  • Anchor Light Studio
  • 1940-06-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”
Description:
Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”
12442Lobster Fishermen at Otter Cove, Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • 1942
  • Acadia National Park
The men are fishing from spray hood boats equipped with hauling arms for their wooden traps. Otter Creek Cove with Cadillac Mountain in background on the left and Dorr Mountain on the right. The map shows the stone causeway in the picture.
Description:
The men are fishing from spray hood boats equipped with hauling arms for their wooden traps. Otter Creek Cove with Cadillac Mountain in background on the left and Dorr Mountain on the right. The map shows the stone causeway in the picture.
11766Champlain Memorial Overlooking Hunter's Beach, Acadia National Park.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • Metrocraft, Everett, Massachusetts
  • 1945 c.
  • Acadia National Park
Landing place of discover of Mount Desert Island
Description:
Landing place of discover of Mount Desert Island
11018Loading Ice on to the Sluice
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1943-02
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
11058William Willy Eugene Ward on a Bicycle
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1943-09
  • Southwest Harbor
The automobile is a 1933 or 1934 Rumble Seat Dodge Coupe. The bicycle is a circa 1940 bicycle. The house across the road is the Charles L. Stanley House. The Ocean House is just visible behind the Stanley house.
Description:
The automobile is a 1933 or 1934 Rumble Seat Dodge Coupe. The bicycle is a circa 1940 bicycle. The house across the road is the Charles L. Stanley House. The Ocean House is just visible behind the Stanley house.
11112Cutting Ice at Stanley Fisheries Ice Pond
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1943-02
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
11133Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward in Front of Ward's Lunch
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.
Description:
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.