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Postcard Collection Southwest Harbor Public Library	Uncurated Accession	Places, Island Vessels, Ship, Steamship		Copyright Not Evaluated	Postcard Collection Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16698 Type: Uncurated Accession Subject: Places, Island Vessels, Ship, Steamship Description: A variety of postcards depicting scenes around Mount Desert Island as well as Maine steamships.
Myra J. Wooster - Freighter Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Myra J. Wooster - Freighter Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15843 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship Description: The Myra J. Wooster “…carried salt fish to Gloucester and freight between Belfast and Bass Harbor… - Schreiber, Laurie. Boatbuilding on Mount Desert Island (Arcadia Publishing, 2016) p. 152 - from an unidentified article written by E.M Holmes in February 1947.
Andrew Nebinger - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Andrew Nebinger - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15829 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Southwest Harbor Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912), great-grandfather of boat builder Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), was Master of schooner "Andrew Nebinger," built at on the Mispillion River. For information about the vessels built on Mispillion Creek see "Mispillion-Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917" by Betty Harrington Macdonald, published by the Milford Historical Society in 1990 - available for view at the Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. See "Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks: The History of Shipbuilding in Milford, Delaware" – video produced for the Milford Museum by 302 Stories, Inc., Written, Directed and Edited by Michael Oates, Narrated by Don Wescott – 36 minutes.Early boat building at Milford, Delaware on the Mispillion River. [show more]
Emma - Mackerel Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Emma - Mackerel Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13365 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 1, 1878 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Publication, Newsletter	Vessels, Ship	1878-06-01	Copyright Not Evaluated	Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, June 1, 1878 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6876 Type: Publication, Newsletter Subject: Vessels, Ship Date: 1878-06-01 Description: Harry Alexander Ogden's famous drawing of the S.S. Cambria. The article begins: "In the landlocked waters of Southwest Harbor lies the now muchly talked of Cambria. A more adroit selection for a quiet berth could scarcely have been made; and when we came to take a glance at the trim and taut-looking vessel, we felt inclined to wonder, as with the fly in amber, "how the deuce she got there?” Southwest Harbor is about twenty-three miles from Ellsworth, Maine. To reach it, recalls those tortuous times when our forefathers ventured forth at rare intervals, their wills made, their flasks full, and their powder dry. The journey from New York to Boston, and from thence to Bangor, savors of the nineteenth century, but from Bangor to Ellsworth, and from Ellsworth to Southwest Harbor, speaks loudly of the eighteenth." [show more]
WWI S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket Southwest Harbor Public Library	Object, Ticket, Transportation Ticket	Vessels, Ship	1919-04	Copyright Not Evaluated	WWI S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-7804 Type: Object, Ticket, Transportation Ticket Subject: Vessels, Ship Date: 1919-04 Description: The troop billet ticket of Private Andrew Harmon Herrick. "Whenever you feel like growling, go out on deck, take ten deep breaths and smile for five minutes. The war is all over!" - U.S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket S.S. America, an Italian liner, was built for Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1908 by Cantieri Nav. Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy. Tonnage: 8,996. Dimensions: 476' x 55'. Twin screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. She was originally owned and operated by La Veloce Line, making her maiden voyage Genoa to New York, May 20, 1909. She transported American troops during World War I, was in South American service, from 1924 and was scrapped in 1928. [show more]
Hesper - Pilot Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Hesper - Pilot Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15971 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Sylvina W. Beal - Fishing Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Sylvina W. Beal - Fishing Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13661 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Niliraga - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Niliraga - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13401 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: When "Niliraga" sailed in Mount Desert waters she was owned by the Dunn and Milliken families and sailed off of Sutton Island and Northeast Harbor, Maine. Ralph Warren Stanley sailed her for both families. She was built with a shorter bowsprit and single jib, but she had such a weather helm that Mr. Dunn had the bowsprit lengthened and an extra jib added and original jib made smaller. “That helped her some.” She was sold away and featured in a TV mini-series. "Some guy was 'murdered' on her deck." She ended up in Brewer, Maine, "probably cut up and dumped." - Ralph Stanley 01/28/2013. [show more]
Yankee (I) - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Yankee (I) - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15946 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Anna L. Sanborn - Coasting Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Anna L. Sanborn - Coasting Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15911 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Anthony & Josephine - Side Trawler Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Anthony & Josephine - Side Trawler Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15913 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship
C.B. Clark - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	C.B. Clark - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15917 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Yampa - Schooner Yacht Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Yampa - Schooner Yacht Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3701 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: The 132 foot steel yacht Yampa was built in 1887 for Chester W. Chapin.
Natalie Todd - Schooner Virginia - Schooner Araho - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Natalie Todd - Schooner Virginia - Schooner Araho - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14062 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Schooner "Araho" began life in 1941 as the two-masted wooden schooner, "Virginia," designed by Alan Woods and built at Muller Boat Works, Brooklyn, New York for the Virginia Corporation, Inc. "Virginia" was 129’ long, 21’ beam, 10’ draught, 199 gross tons and had a single screw propeller driven by a 150 HP diesel engine. She was built of white oak with a teak deck. She spent 40 years commercial fisher trawling the Grand and George’s Banks. [show more]
Frances Parsons - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Frances Parsons - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12911 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Fannie Earl - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Fannie Earl - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14523 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Equinox - Shoal Draft Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Equinox - Shoal Draft Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15698 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Chromo - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Chromo - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15835 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Caroline Gray - Coasting Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Caroline Gray - Coasting Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14605 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: Brig “Caroline Gray,” 327 gross tons, was built in 1869. She had a long and varied career. Rerigged to sail as a coasting schooner With Jesse H. Pease as her master she carried sugar and molasses out of Portland, Maine in 1880 and is listed as arriving under Capt. Pease, in New York on March 16, 1880 with that or another of the same load. She also carried lime from Rockland to New York at this time.
Caroline C - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Caroline C - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15834 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Alice M. Leland - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Alice M. Leland - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3696 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Abraham Richardson - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Abraham Richardson - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15828 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
A.T. Haynes - Small Freighter Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	A.T. Haynes - Small Freighter Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14184 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Description: The vessel was originally built as a commercial schooner.
Arthur B. Homer - Great Lakes Steam Freighter Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Vessels, Ship		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Arthur B. Homer - Great Lakes Steam Freighter Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3542 Type: Reference Subject: Vessels, Ship

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