Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
16063	Unknown Vessel	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Vessels, Boat		A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor		Bar Harbor			Unknown Vessel Item: 16063    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Vessels, Boat Publisher: A.H. Bee, Bar Harbor Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
16081	Fishing Fleet at Bass Harbor, ME	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Vessels, Boat		A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me.		Tremont, Bass Harbor		Mailed to: Miss Mary J. King Manset, Maine	Fishing Fleet at Bass Harbor, ME Item: 16081    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Vessels, Boat Publisher: A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me. Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection Description: Mailed to: Miss Mary J. King Manset, Maine
12076	Passenger Excursion Boat Liberty at Bar Harbor	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Vessels, Boat		American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.	1935 c.	Bar Harbor			Passenger Excursion Boat Liberty at Bar Harbor Item: 12076    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Vessels, Boat Publisher: American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass. Date: 1935 c. Place: Bar Harbor State: ME
12479	Marina Dock at Northeast Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat		American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.	1925	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Archivists surmise the date to have been circa 1925 from the clothes and vessels shown.	Marina Dock at Northeast Harbor, Maine Item: 12479    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat Publisher: American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass. Date: 1925 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Description: Archivists surmise the date to have been circa 1925 from the clothes and vessels shown.
6234	Yachts and Fishing Boats at Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat		American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.		Southwest Harbor			Yachts and Fishing Boats at Southwest Harbor Item: 6234    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat Publisher: American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
12204	Vessel Under Construction	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Vessels, Boat	Heywood - John D. Heywood	American Stereoscopic Co.	1815 c.	Mount Desert			Vessel Under Construction Item: 12204    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Heywood - John D. Heywood Publisher: American Stereoscopic Co. Date: 1815 c. Place: Mount Desert State: ME
16721	Select Wooden Boat and Down East Magazines	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Vessels, Boat		Down East Enterprises Inc. and Wooden Boat Publications				Clippings from issues of Wooden Boat and Down East Magazines featuring boats and boatbuilders located in or near Southwest Harbor.	Select Wooden Boat and Down East Magazines Item: 16721    Accession #: 2060 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Vessels, Boat Publisher: Down East Enterprises Inc. and Wooden Boat Publications Description: Clippings from issues of Wooden Boat and Down East Magazines featuring boats and boatbuilders located in or near Southwest Harbor.
9510	Pleasure Boats Near the Clifton Hotel	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat		F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME		Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.	Pleasure Boats Near the Clifton Hotel Item: 9510    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat Publisher: F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Description: Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.
12354	Pilgrim Shallop II at Sea with Mayflower II	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Vessels, Boat	Dickson	Plimoth Plantation, Inc.,	1957 c.	Plimouth MA			Pilgrim Shallop II at Sea with Mayflower II Item: 12354    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Dickson Publisher: Plimoth Plantation, Inc., Date: 1957 c. Place: Plimouth MA State: MA Tags: harbor, ship, boat
12562	United States Stamp - Pilgrim Tercentenary Stamp - Landing of the Pilgrims - 1620-1920 - Issued December 21, 1920	Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp	Events Vessels, Boat	Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Schofield - Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Smillie - George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Weeks - Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959)	United States Postal Service	1920	Plymouth MA		Engraved postage stamp Vessel: Pilgrim Shallop - Shallop Title: Pilgrim Tercentenary 1620-1920 – Landing of the Pilgrims Scott Cat. Number: 549 Subject: Pilgrim Landing 1620 Media: Flat plate engraving Designer: Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Design Inspiration - art: White – Edwin White (1817-1877) Design Inspiration – engraving: Burt – Charles Kennedy Burt (1823-1892) Vignette Engraver: Smillie – George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Letter Engraver: Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959) Frame Engraver: Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Carmine Rose Size: 1” x 1.25” Country: United States Postage Value: 2 cents Issue Series: 2nd in the Pilgrim Tercentennial Series. Issue Origin: The Pilgrim Tercentennial was a national celebration from December 1920 to the summer of 1921. Issue Date: December 21, 1920 Issue Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Issue Size: 196,037,327 See Also: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885)	United States Stamp - Pilgrim Tercentenary Stamp - Landing of the Pilgrims - 1620-1920 - Issued December 21, 1920 Item: 12562    Type: Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp Subject: Events Vessels, Boat Creator: Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Schofield - Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Smillie - George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Weeks - Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959) Publisher: United States Postal Service Date: 1920 Place: Plymouth MA State: MA Source: Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Description: Engraved postage stamp Vessel: Pilgrim Shallop - Shallop Title: Pilgrim Tercentenary 1620-1920 – Landing of the Pilgrims Scott Cat. Number: 549 Subject: Pilgrim Landing 1620 Media: Flat plate engraving Designer: Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Design Inspiration - art: White – Edwin White (1817-1877) Design Inspiration – engraving: Burt – Charles Kennedy Burt (1823-1892) Vignette Engraver: Smillie – George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Letter Engraver: Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959) Frame Engraver: Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Carmine Rose Size: 1” x 1.25” Country: United States Postage Value: 2 cents Issue Series: 2nd in the Pilgrim Tercentennial Series. Issue Origin: The Pilgrim Tercentennial was a national celebration from December 1920 to the summer of 1921. Issue Date: December 21, 1920 Issue Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Issue Size: 196,037,327 See Also: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885) [show more]
16092	Wharf at Manset, Maine.	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Vessels, Boat		W.M. Prilay, Pittsfield, Me.	1912-06-08	Southwest Harbor, Manset		Mailed to: Emily Ray Haynes, Manset, Me.	Wharf at Manset, Maine. Item: 16092    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Vessels, Boat Publisher: W.M. Prilay, Pittsfield, Me. Date: 1912-06-08 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection Description: Mailed to: Emily Ray Haynes, Manset, Me.
15491	Sunken sardine carrier going nowhere	Publication, Literary, Article	Vessels, Boat	Cartwright - Steve Cartwright	Working Waterfront	2008-10-01			Article about the sinking of the sardine carrier Lauren T., formerly known as Novelty, built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1944.	Sunken sardine carrier going nowhere Item: 15491    Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Cartwright - Steve Cartwright Publisher: Working Waterfront Date: 2008-10-01 Description: Article about the sinking of the sardine carrier Lauren T., formerly known as Novelty, built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1944.
3482	Benj. F. Jones - Miniature Tugboat	Reference	Vessels, Boat							Benj. F. Jones - Miniature Tugboat Item: 3482    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat State: ME
3493	Nancy B - Mackerel Seiner	Reference	Vessels, Boat						Nancy B. was a 45' wood Mackerel Seiner built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1945.	Nancy B - Mackerel Seiner Item: 3493    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: Nancy B. was a 45' wood Mackerel Seiner built by Southwest Boat Corporation in 1945.
3518	Thalia B - Motor Cruiser	Reference	Vessels, Boat						In 1938 Henry R. Hinckley built Otto a classy little motor yacht, “Thalia B.” named, of course, for Thalia Rebecca (Bailey) Nutting. This was at a time when Hinckley, though known for its Manset yard, built many boats, particularly motor boats at what was later known as Southwest Boat on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor. “Thalia B.” was launched from that yard. Photographs show the Nuttings and many friends at the gala launching.	Thalia B - Motor Cruiser Item: 3518    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: In 1938 Henry R. Hinckley built Otto a classy little motor yacht, “Thalia B.” named, of course, for Thalia Rebecca (Bailey) Nutting. This was at a time when Hinckley, though known for its Manset yard, built many boats, particularly motor boats at what was later known as Southwest Boat on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor. “Thalia B.” was launched from that yard. Photographs show the Nuttings and many friends at the gala launching.
3622	BLB - Traditional Dory	Reference	Vessels, Boat						The BLB is the 20' dory used by Art and Nan Kellam for their regular trips between their home on Placentia Island and the mainland. The name of the boat, BLB, stands for “Bear loves Beum,” their nicknames for each other. The dory was build by Clifton Rich in 1949. The boat is now on display at the Country Store Museum in Bass Harbor during the summer months. Prior to display at the museum, the boat was restored and stabilized for display by Robert "Chummy" Rich, Clifton Rich's grandson and longtime boat builder.	BLB - Traditional Dory Item: 3622    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: The BLB is the 20' dory used by Art and Nan Kellam for their regular trips between their home on Placentia Island and the mainland. The name of the boat, BLB, stands for “Bear loves Beum,” their nicknames for each other. The dory was build by Clifton Rich in 1949. The boat is now on display at the Country Store Museum in Bass Harbor during the summer months. Prior to display at the museum, the boat was restored and stabilized for display by Robert "Chummy" Rich, Clifton Rich's grandson and longtime boat builder. [show more]
15840	Harvard R. Beal's Bait Scow	Reference	Vessels, Boat							Harvard R. Beal's Bait Scow Item: 15840    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat
15885	Cinchona - Yawl	Reference	Vessels, Boat							Cinchona - Yawl Item: 15885    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat
15906	Peapod - Skiff	Reference	Vessels, Boat						Ruth Moore's skiff, "Peapod," was built by C.M. Rich Boatbuilders. It was later owned by Ruth Moore's nephew, George Robert Trask (1944-). The skiff was rebuilt in Spring 2015 at the Bass Harbor Boat Shop.	Peapod - Skiff Item: 15906    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: Ruth Moore's skiff, "Peapod," was built by C.M. Rich Boatbuilders. It was later owned by Ruth Moore's nephew, George Robert Trask (1944-). The skiff was rebuilt in Spring 2015 at the Bass Harbor Boat Shop.
13957	Lawrence Wayne - Seiner	Reference	Vessels, Boat						Seiner “Lawrence Wayne” was built for Leroy Ray of Jonesport of Jonesport at Bass Harbor on the same molds as “Gary Alan” by Sim Davis of Frenchboro. Call letters WE5506, No. 255781, 54’ x 16’8” x 7’7”, and carries 59 hogsheads. She was working as late as 1991. – “Sardine Carriers and Seiners of the Maine Coast” compiled and written by Paul E. Bennett, The St. Pierre Doriman, p. 41, 1992. "Lawrence Wayne" was 35 tons.	Lawrence Wayne - Seiner Item: 13957    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: Seiner “Lawrence Wayne” was built for Leroy Ray of Jonesport of Jonesport at Bass Harbor on the same molds as “Gary Alan” by Sim Davis of Frenchboro. Call letters WE5506, No. 255781, 54’ x 16’8” x 7’7”, and carries 59 hogsheads. She was working as late as 1991. – “Sardine Carriers and Seiners of the Maine Coast” compiled and written by Paul E. Bennett, The St. Pierre Doriman, p. 41, 1992. "Lawrence Wayne" was 35 tons. [show more]
14007	Carmarette - Motor Yacht	Reference	Vessels, Boat						Harvard R. Beal (1897-1967) bought the 33 foot "Carmarette" when she was 6 to 8 years old and brought her to Southwest Harbor on a truck. She was used as a yacht at first. Harvard used her in the seining business - seining for herring,	Carmarette - Motor Yacht Item: 14007    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: Harvard R. Beal (1897-1967) bought the 33 foot "Carmarette" when she was 6 to 8 years old and brought her to Southwest Harbor on a truck. She was used as a yacht at first. Harvard used her in the seining business - seining for herring,
14022	Little Abner - Scow	Reference	Vessels, Boat						The crew at Southwest Boat hung a sign on the pile-driving scow that said "Little Abner" (with reference to the then popular comic L'il Abner drawn by Al Capp) because Abner Lunt ran the scow.	Little Abner - Scow Item: 14022    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: The crew at Southwest Boat hung a sign on the pile-driving scow that said "Little Abner" (with reference to the then popular comic L'il Abner drawn by Al Capp) because Abner Lunt ran the scow.
14034	Vagabond - Passenger Boat	Reference	Vessels, Boat						Vagabond was built at Castine for one of the Frenchboro Lunts. Elmer Adelburt Spurling (1901-1984) bought the vessel and used it as the Cranberry Isles mail boat and to ferry passengers.	Vagabond - Passenger Boat Item: 14034    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: Vagabond was built at Castine for one of the Frenchboro Lunts. Elmer Adelburt Spurling (1901-1984) bought the vessel and used it as the Cranberry Isles mail boat and to ferry passengers.
14066	Ilex - Steam Powered Buoy Tender	Reference	Vessels, Boat							Ilex - Steam Powered Buoy Tender Item: 14066    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat
14082	Poor Richard - Passenger Boat	Reference	Vessels, Boat						“Poor Richard” is a 36’ passenger boat reminiscent of a lobster boat, built on the same mold as Ralph’s 38’ workboat design, but “just shortened up.” Ralph Stanley built her in 1979 for Rick Savage (Richard Manchester Savage II) who used her for passenger excursions, seating 20 people although she could seat 25 if necessary. There are several photographs of “Poor Richard” under construction in “Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts” by Alan Govenar, published by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, “Ralph W. Stanley, Boatbuilder” p. 17-29, 2006. “Poor Richard” was later owned by Fred Smith in Rockport, Maine.	Poor Richard - Passenger Boat Item: 14082    Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Boat Description: “Poor Richard” is a 36’ passenger boat reminiscent of a lobster boat, built on the same mold as Ralph’s 38’ workboat design, but “just shortened up.” Ralph Stanley built her in 1979 for Rick Savage (Richard Manchester Savage II) who used her for passenger excursions, seating 20 people although she could seat 25 if necessary. There are several photographs of “Poor Richard” under construction in “Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts” by Alan Govenar, published by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, “Ralph W. Stanley, Boatbuilder” p. 17-29, 2006. “Poor Richard” was later owned by Fred Smith in Rockport, Maine. [show more]

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