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Description: Peter Hjarth (sp?) with Lucky (sp?) Pierre in front of new boat about to be launched. The man in the white shirt is Farnham Butler of Mount Desert Yacht Yard. (RSR 5/2015)
Description: Gregory Griffin one of three men leaning on hull of a boat. Per note at May 2011 "Mystery Photographs" exhibt the men are, L to R: unknown, Clint Tuttle, Otto (Junior) Miller. They are at the Boat School at West Quoddy Head, Lubec, Maine.
Description: Unknown Little boy picking something up from the grass in front of a large tree. Chain link fence in background. Truck passing on the street.
Description: Cranberry Island. Lobster boat at a pier. One boat moored in harbor. Mountains in the distance. Pebbley beach in the foreground. Wesley Bray's ? spelling Bray
Description: Ted Spurling seated in wide arm chair working on knot. Caption attached on back was removed. “Ted Spurling, licensed skipper and lobsterman, whiles away hours weaving Turk’s heads from warp. Used as decorative collars on sailing vessels in the past, the Turk’s heads are a popular gift shop item used as candle stick holders. Ted is part of the Oceanarium team.”
Description: Ralph Phippen sitting on couch wearing cardigan and plaid shirt. Caption attached on back was removed. “Ralph Phippen, who started hauling traps when he was eight years old, is almost a classic picture of the Downeast Lobsterman --- gruff, determined, proud. During the depression of the 1930’s,he painted the stern of his boat red, white and blue then labeled her name over the colors -- “Hard Luck.” now he shares his fishing skiff with patrons of the Oceanarium. [show more]
Description: 2 copies of 5X7 black and white photograph taken at an American Legion meeting. There are six unidentified people, two men and four women. Only the name "Newman" is clearly stated on back. Each photograph is cropped slightly different.
Description: Black andd white photo taken from a boat of a group of houses on the shoreline. One house in the uppper left of the frame has a turrett on one side of the house. Taken at low tide. Notation on back reads: Waterfront at Stonington.
Description: Clyde Torreys ox. The back of the photograph is marked: "Clyde Torrey's ox, one of the last of it's kind, is teamed up with one of his horses for plowing."
Description: View from boat house. The back of the photo is marked: "crop top + right side where light comes between posts - have margin of shadow above and beside door."
Description: Several ladies standing behind a table ready to sell pet supplies. One woman is seated and there is a boy leaning against the end of the table. The back of the photograph is marked: " Mrs Warren Hoag selling pet supplies and to the right of her Rosemary Thereault, Dr. Charlotte Rhodes and Barbara Sawyer. Treasurer of Hancock Co. SPCA."
Description: Two tractors moving dirt around. A man with a landscaping tripod can be seen in the distance behind the mound of dirt. Bar Harbor Landscaping.
Description: 1924 Ford Truck. A blond boy, approx. 6 years old is approaching the truck. On the side of the truck there is a sign that reads: Kenneth G. Grant, Inc. (part of the sign is obscured by the blond boys head). The truck has a Maine liscence plate.