You searched for: Creator: is exactly 'Ballard, W.H.'✖Contributor: Mount Desert Island Historical Society✖Subject: [blank]✖Type: Image✖Type: Photographic Print✖
Description: The boat in this photograph seems to be the same one as in #007.19.202. She is two masted and flying five sails. The middle sail is gaff-rigged. She is white-hulled and has a rowboat strapped midships above the cabin. There is another boat in the background. The shore is low lying (without mountains).
Description: The caption on the back of the photograph reads " Yachting in Western Way Off S.W. Harbor, Me." Jesuit Field can be seen in the background. There are two schooners underway. The one on the right has a dark hull and light topsides while the one on the left is white. The dimensions of this picture are 5 inches by 6 and three quarters.
Description: The caption on the back reads "Venturer 1960 Manset". The Venturer is cradled next to a lobsterboat with a spray hood. The lobsterboat is dwarfed by the size of the Venturer.
Description: This was a gift from Paul Stubing. It is a race off Seal Harbor. There is a mixture of racing classes represented in this picture. There are A boats, Internationals and a wooden bullseye. It could be the start of the race.
Description: Paul Stubing said the boat second from the left was designed by Stewart Warner and built for Rev. Malcolm McDuffie in Connecticut. Warner called it his "jackass rig" but wanted to try it out. There are four other sailboats visible in this picture. The one on the far left is a schooner with a dark hull and sails which look old, darkened over time. The boat in the right foreground is #3 International One Design. This picture has smaller dimensions than most of the other pictures in this collection. It measures 5inches by 6 and three quarters. [show more]
Description: This sailing schooner is underway off MDI towing a dinghy. She has MDI off her port side. Her hull is white and her topsides are painted a dark color. There is a life ring mounted on her starboard side.
Description: This is a picture of a schooner underway towing a rowboat. The lighting is darker and the reflection of the sun on the water is giving it a sparkling effect. The scattered cloud formations offer an "artistic" contrast to the sailboat shrouded in shadows. This photograph is damaged. There is a crease which runs down the center which can be seen when it is held up.
Description: Paul Stubing thought that Ralph Stanley's uncle might be on the center yacht. In this photograph many sailboats of different classes are gathered in the Southwest Harbor area. It could be just before the start of the race.
Description: Paul Stubing called this photograph Two Yachts and it is marked Y-100 on the back. It is smaller than most of the pictures in this collection, measuring 5 inches by 6 and three quarters. Each schooner is rigged with three sails. The middle sail is gaff-rigged. The boat on the right has a dark hull while the one on the left is painted white.
Description: Paul Stubing called this photograph "Two Yachts" and thought the location was Southwest Harbor. There are two large sailing sloops in this picture. The first boat has a 10/9 on the sail and the second has 72. Both sloops are using their genoa jibs (larger jibs). They could be heading out the Western Way with the Manset Shore off to starboard.
Description: Paul Stubing said this was Bear Island in the background. He referred to the wharf and building on the left of the photograph as a coaling station. In the foreground of the picture is a schooner sailing downwind.
Description: This is a picture of a sailboat race in Northeast Harbor, Maine. There are about 20 boats becalmed representing different racing classes. There are A boats and Internationals, as well as three larger sailing boats.
Description: There are three sailboats underway in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Each has an MD on the sail. The middle boat has a #3 on the leach. Each boat is being sailed single-handedly. These are Mermaids. Farnham Butler built these boats. Ned Butler said Gladys Butler is sailing on the boat in the foreground.
Description: Paul Stubing referred to this photograph as "pure black and white" because A30 has a white main and a black spinnaker. There are seven sailboats visible in this picture racing. There is a man on the foredeck of #30.
Description: Paul Stubing said this is a committee boat in the 1930s. The committee boat is monitoring an A boat race. There are several people on board watching the sailboats. A35 is closest to the committee boat. Number 40 is close behind. A2 is off A35's port bow. The numbers 22 and 19 are posted on the committee boat.
Description: Paul Stubing said this is a photograph of a Rhodes 19 sailboat named "Black Pearl". This photo appears to have been taken from the Manset shore because the cape on Greenings Island is in the background. The Rhodes 19 has her sails up and she is alongside a float. Her sail # is 1012. There is a whaler tied to the head of the float and there are several rowboats overturned on the float. Moving towards the foreground, you see two bullseyes tied to the float. Each bullseye has its sails on but lowered. There is a male standing in the stern of one, looking at the Rhodes. This docking area seems to be what is now called Manset Yacht Service, formerly known as The Boathouse. Hinckley's dock is in the background. [show more]
Description: Paul Stubing said this was a picture of the Sunbeam in 1938. The caption on the back reads, "Maine Seacoast Mission Society's MV SUNBEAM May 6, 1938". This is a sideview and her name is visible on the cabin. There are many people on board.
Description: This is a photograph of four A boats under sail. Moving from left to right, the sail numbers are 1, 16, 19 and 21. There are several more sailboats under way in the background.
Description: Paul Stubing said that this is a picture of boats in the harbor. The sardine factory in Southwest Harbor is visible in the background. There are five larger fishing vessels rafted together in the center of the picture. There are two smaller motorboats in the foreground tied to one of the larger vessels. According to James Warren's "Maine Sardine Industry History 1875-2000", the "Lawrence Wayne" on the far left was built in McKinley, Maine, in 1948 with a length of 54 ft., depth of 7.7 ft., gross tonnage of 35 and a net tonnage of 14. She was affiliated with the L. Ray Packing Co. in Milbridge. Moving from left to right, the "Gary Alan" is next. She was built in McKinley in 1950 and was affiliated with the same packing company. Her length was 52.4 ft. and her depth 7.2 ft. Her gross tonnage was 29 and her net tonnage 13. The next vessel in the line-up is the "Chester L. Pike", built at Lubec, Maine, in 1949. Her length was 48.5 ft. , depth 7.0 ft., gross tonnage 32 and net tonnage 15. She was affiliated with the Seaboard Packing Company in Lubec and the Belfast Packing Co. in Belfast, Maine. [show more]
Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photograph of boats at float. The sardine factory is in the background on the left side of the picture. In the foreground are three lobster boats with spray hoods. The one on the far left has the hull id# 1 B 852. There is a lobster boat with a wooden cabin and deck house wedged between the boats with the spray hoods. On the upper right hand side of the picture is a sailboat tied to a float with people on board. There is a rowboat to the stern of the sailboat. The bigger boat is one that was owned by Wesley Bracy and built in Richtown. [show more]
Description: Paul Stubing said this is a picture of boats in ice, including the Coast Guard vessel. According to James Warren's "Maine Sardine Industry History 1875-2000", the sardine carrier "Lou Ann" was built at Thomaston, Maine, in 1891. Her length was 69.5 ft., depth 6.3 ft., gross tonnage of 50 and net tonnage 25. She was affiliated with Bath Canning Co. The "Bessie L." was built in Lubec, Main,e in 1905. She had a length of 50.2 ft., depth of 5.3 ft., gross tonnage of 14 and net tonnage of 8. She was affiliated with Holmes Packing Corp. of Eastport, Maine Sardine Co. of Addison, and Milbridge Canning Corp. of Milbridge. This is a winter scene with at least 7 larger fishing boats in ice. There appears to be a mercury sail boat in ice on the right of the picture. The Lou Ann and Bessie L. are on the left side of the photograph. [show more]
Description: Paul Stubing said this is a photograph of draggers at Southwest Boat Corp. This picture is taken from Beal's. There is a lobster boat tied to Beal's float in the foreground. There are two boats tied to the lower town dock and a rowboat overturned on the float.
Description: Paul Stubing said this is a photograph of the "Novelty" being launched for the Stonington Packing Plant. He said she was built at Hinckley's where Raymond Bunker was the master builder. According to James Warren's book, "Maine Sardine Industry History 1875-2000", she was built in Southwest Harbor in 1944. Her length was 64.8 ft., depth 6.3 ft., gross ton 39 and her net ton 20. She was affiliated with Burnham & Morrill Seafood and R.K. Barter Canneries of Stonington. She has a wartime number on her hull which reads 245802. There are people lining the wharves on either side of the "Novelty" as she slides into the water. [show more]