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Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
A Stern Chase Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Ocean Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		Mount Desert Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	A Stern Chase Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16571 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Ocean Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Place: Mount Desert Island Description: The Western Way to Mount Desert Island
Gamma - Sou’wester Jr "30 Footer" - fiberglass Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Negative	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1961-06-15		In Copyright	Gamma - Sou’wester Jr "30 Footer" - fiberglass Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15414 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1961-06-15 Description: The Sou'wester Jrs were first built of wood – when they went to the 30 footers they built them of fiberglass. In the background is Nelson Rockefeller's Hinckley 65 "Nirvana".
Hinckley Sou'wester 30 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Negative	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1962-05-21		In Copyright	Hinckley Sou'wester 30 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15432 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1962-05-21 Description: Built by Henry R. Hinckley Company
Andrew McInnes sailing Venture Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Andrew McInnes sailing Venture Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16738 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Southwest Harbor lifelong summer resident Andrew McInnes sailing Venture in the 1930s. The sailboat, co-owned with his brother Robert, was a B.B. Corninshield B Boat. Andrew didn't know that Mr. Ballard had taken the photograph until he happened to be in Grand Central Station in New York City and saw an enormous print or projection of the image advertising Maine as a tourist destination. Mr. Ballard gave him the 8x10 glass negative when they next met. [show more]
Gelouba - Custom 41’ Cutter Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Negative	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1953-09-23		In Copyright	Gelouba - Custom 41’ Cutter Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15415 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1953-09-23 Description: Owens cutter under sail.
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - as Manset Boat Yard - Coast Guard Boats on the Old Shore Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1942-08-13	Southwest Harbor, Manset	In Copyright	The Henry R. Hinckley Company - as Manset Boat Yard - Coast Guard Boats on the Old Shore Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12517 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1942-08-13 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset Description: This photograph was taken before the Manset shore was filled in. – According to Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), the White boat hauled up on shore in front of the William Spurling Newman house at 102 Shore Road, Map 17 – Lot 100 – was probably built by Leslie “Les” M. Rice (1883-1966) on Great Cranberry Island for William “Uncle Jimmy” Doane Stanley (1855-1950). She was built as a double ender. Someone bought her and put a square stern on her. Work was slow at Hinckleys for awhile so Bill Dunham (Wilfred Manson Dunham (1918-2001) and Lewis Tapley (Lewis Merton Tapley (1916-1985) bought her and went fishing, though not for long. Work picked up at the Hinckley yard soon afterward. The vessel was then bought by Abner W. Lunt (1908-1975), then she was bought by Luther C. Faulkingham (1901-1993) of Prospect Harbor, where she was the last time Ralph saw her. The wharf building with the false front was the building that Francis “Frank” Thompson Chalmers Sr. (1893-1985), F. Dwight Perkins (1902-1981) and Merton S. Alley (1904-1985) had a car dealership in. Almon Frank Ramsdell Sr’s (1873-1946) garage was there later. Hinckley may have owned the building when this picture was taken. James “Jim” M. Willis (1919-2006) later ran “The Boathouse” there. See SWHPL 9363 [show more]
Boats at Low Tide - Head of the Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1960-04	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Boats at Low Tide - Head of the Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6206 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1960-04 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The boat on the left (#1 L 148) was owned by Carleton Barron Gilley (1921-2001) and was built by Paul Patton in Ellsworth. The boat in the middle (#1 M 551) is the 1st boat Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) built for himself in 1951. At the time this photograph was taken in 1960 Charles “Charlie” Montriville Gilley (1924-2006), leaning against it, was the owner. The boat on the right (#1 L 256), built by Robert “Bobby” Farnsworth Rich at his Bass Harbor Boat Shop was owned by Harold Edward Alley (1924-2004) , shown in the photograph working on the boat. The factory wharf in the back with white sardine carrier visible was the Addison Packing Company. [show more]
Spurlings Cove - Great Cranberry Island Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Spurlings Cove - Great Cranberry Island Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16574 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
The Western Way to Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Ocean Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		Mount Desert Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Western Way to Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16570 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Ocean Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Place: Mount Desert Island
Southwest Harbor from Manset, Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		Mount Desert Island	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Southwest Harbor from Manset, Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16572 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Place: Mount Desert Island
Fishing Boats Hauled Up in Crockett Cove, Bernard Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1958-07-13	Tremont, Bass Harbor	In Copyright	Fishing Boats Hauled Up in Crockett Cove, Bernard Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-7888 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1958-07-13 Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor
Sightseeing Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1938-06-14	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Sightseeing Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5288 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1938-06-14 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage is visible on the opposite shore. Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) , in a white shirt, is standing on the lower dock next to his boat, "Trailaway," later Maddy Sue. "Trailaway" was built by Chester Eben Clement.
Robert Bobby Farnsworth Rich's Bass Harbor Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Other Structures Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1948	Tremont, Bernard	In Copyright	Robert Bobby Farnsworth Rich's Bass Harbor Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9514 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Other Structures Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1948 Place: Tremont, Bernard 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]
Opening Day at the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal Transportation, Automobile Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1956-06-08	Bar Harbor	In Copyright	Opening Day at the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9523 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal Transportation, Automobile Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1956-06-08 Place: Bar Harbor Description: Automobiles along the road at front - Left to Right: The automobile with the hood open is a 1954 Ford Hardtop. 1948 Chrysler 1950-1951 Studebaker Behind tree - 1953 Ford station wagon. W.H. Ballard wrote this note on the negative sleeve for the photograph: "“Bluenose” Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor, ME; taken the day the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry was officially welcomed (service had been on since the early part of January). Blowing a hard SE gale, and I had to press down so hard on the camera that the tripod sagged. I was the only one who remained on the ridge." [show more]
A-Boat Whistler Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		Mount Desert	In Copyright	A-Boat Whistler Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12169 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Place: Mount Desert Description: Photograph was taken off Mount Desert Island.
Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1937-06	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12286 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1937-06 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
Launching Scallop Dragger Connecticut at Southwest Boat Corporation Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1946-08	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Launching Scallop Dragger Connecticut at Southwest Boat Corporation Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11150 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1946-08 Place: Southwest Harbor
Schooner Niliraga Coming in to Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1941-08	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Schooner Niliraga Coming in to Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-8544 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1941-08 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Right to Left: Harvey Sherman Stanley (1889-1942), grandson of Enoch Boynton Stanley (1820-1903) at the helm. Dunn - Gano Sillick Dunn (1870-1953) Unknown teenager. Unknown teenager. Anne Milliken (1919-), later Baronessa Mario Franchetti
Sweet Pea and Electron II at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1938-08	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Sweet Pea and Electron II at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6212 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1938-08 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The boat in front is the "Sweet Pea'' owned by "Peter" Richardson, Great Cranberry Island. Lewis Gilley Stanley was sailing her the day the picture was taken. The yawl behind "Sweet Pea" is "Electron II" owned by Professor Holmes of the University of Vermont Physics department. He adjusted and fixed compasses for fishermen for free.
George Benjamin Dolliver Aboard His No-Name Wesley Bracy Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1946	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	George Benjamin Dolliver Aboard His No-Name Wesley Bracy Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11919 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1946 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: George Benjamin Dolliver is in the center of the picture on the peaked hood lobster boat with a stay sail originally built by Charles Wesley Bracy for his son Wesley. Large vessels at the Southwest Boat dock in the background - from Left to Right: "Hornet" - sardine carrier, dragger, seiner - built in 1944 "Grace M. Cribby" - 49.8' lobster smack - built in 1914 "Elva L. Beal" - dragger, purse seiner - built in 1945 Unknown vessel "Sandra & Jean" - dragger - built in 1945 The Ballard photograph was taken as a black and white photograph and hand -tinted by Willis or one of his family. [show more]
Beal's Fish Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1945 c.	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright	Beal's Fish Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6205 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1945 c. Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The boat in the foreground is a Cranberry Isles double ender. The dark boat behind with the canvas hood was built by Charles "Dud" Bracey on the Cranberry Isles. It was owned first by Wesley Bracey and then by George Dolliver.
Beetle Boat Corp. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Negative	Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1951-11		In Copyright	Beetle Boat Corp. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15611 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1951-11 Description: This image was in a collection of Ballard's Hinckley negatives. It does not appear to be a boat made by Hinckley, but perhaps it was used as part of the Hinckley operation.
Monument Cove: Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Sound Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)			In Copyright	Monument Cove: Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15536 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Sound Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: A view from the head of Somes Sound looking south with Norumbega Mountain on the left and Acadia Mountain on the right.
Interiors 24’ sloop H. R. Hinckley Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Negative	Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1946-11-12		In Copyright	Interiors 24’ sloop H. R. Hinckley Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15397 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1946-11-12
Hinckley Advertising Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Advertising, Poster	Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)			In Copyright	Hinckley Advertising Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15398 Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Hinckley advertising posters photographed by W. H. Ballard.

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