Description: This is a photograph which was loose in the Dana Scrapbook so it has been placed in a plastic sleeve with five other pictures to preserve it. This picture is of a beach covered with stones. The water and other land is visible in the background.
Description: This is a photo which was loose in the Dana scrapbook so it has been placed in a plastic sleeve to preserve it. The picture is of a woman with three children sitting on a stone wall by the sea.
Description: This is a photo which was loose in the Dana scrapbook so it has been placed in a plastic sleeve to preserve it. The picture is of two garages made of brick with white doors. Two of the four doors are open. There is a utility pole behind the garages, as is, the roof of a building.
Description: This picture was loose in the Dana scrapbook so it has been placed in a plastic sleeve to preserve it. The photo is of Seal Harbor anchorage. Several boats are laying at anchor. There is a rowboat in the foreground. A hotel is in the background which could be the Seaside Inn.
Description: This is a photograph which was loose in the Dana scrapbook so it has been placed in a plastic sleeve to preserve it. The photo is taken of Seal Harbor. The yacht club is on the far right of the picture.
Description: This picture was loose in the Dana scrapbook so it has been placed in a plastic sleeve to protect it. There is a large sailing yacht anchored in Seal Harbor. There is a large hotel in the background which could be the Seaside Inn.
Description: Visitors at Camp Pemetic on Somes Sound 1880. Men and women seated on or around split rail fence with trees and pond in background. Photo similar to 005.17.7 but not identical.
Description: Champlain Society group at Hadlock Pond Brook near Camp Pemetic, summer of 1881. Pictured: Rand, Hubbard. J. M. Wakefield, C. Eliot, ?, W.H. Dunbar, Spelman, S.A. Eliot. Men seated on rocks and logs over rushing stream with two separate currents.
Description: Photograph of Willie Norwood, who owned the "Old Norwood Place," a cape house with land at the intersection of Oak Hill Road and Whitney Farm Road in Mount Desert. In 1960 the property was purchased by the Alexander family and named Half Pond. The house originally was built by the Thom family. He is standing by the front door.
Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this picture was taken of Clark's Cove around 1890-1895. The caption on the back reads, "Clark's Cove, Southwest Harbor, Maine. 1890-1895". In this picture, there is a two-masted schooner aground with a man standing on the stern wheel-house. There is a man in the rigging too.
Description: The caption on the back of this photograph reads,"Sch. "Emma" - Bernard, Maine - about 1900 (Capt. Turner) - photo by George A. Neal. Paul Stubing indicated that this photo was of the "Emma" in Manset. "Emma" is tied up to a wharf with a punt off her stern. She has two masts. There are two other punts to the left of the picture which are tied up to the wharf, too. There are two buildings at the head of the wharf (closest to "Emma"). [show more]
Description: Paul Stubing identified the subjects in this picture as a "banker crew" fishing on the banks. This photo was by Geo. Neal. The caption on the back reads "A Banker Crew at Bernard, Maine; About 1900. Sch. "Emma"- Capt. Turner". Rralph Stanley thinks this is a Mackerel Schooner.
Description: This photo is another view of the "Irene Myrtle". It is a close-up with the three-masted schooner at anchor with her sails furled and tied on the spars.
Description: Paul Stubing indicated that the Osprey was built on Bear Island (near Bucks Harbor) and that she was used for sightseeing in Bar Harbor. There are many passengers on board and the boat is headed towards the Porcupine Islands off Bar Harbor. She has a sign on top which says Deep Sea Fishing. Paul Stubing went on to say that she started out as a sloop hauling freight and had a 3 cylinder Palmer engine. He also mentioned " broken up in West Mystic in late 1970's". [show more]
Description: This is a photo of the "Irene-Myrtle". You can see the exhaust from the engine off her stern. The caption on the back reads, "Sch. IRENE MYRTLE a) McLean Clan - CANADIAN REG. Western Way, Southwest Hbr. Maine."
Description: The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Schooner Irene-Myrtle in the Western Way of Mount Desert Island. Paul Stubing indicated that the Irene-Myrtle is Nova Scotian. She had a woman skipper. She also had a gas engine.
Description: The caption on the back of this photograph reads, "Sch. GEORGE KLINK at Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine for overhauling. She is tied up next to the wharf with the old J.N. Mills' coal wharf building. In the foreground is a rowboat and tied up to the float in front of the Klink's bow is a motor yacht. There is a punt on the float. On the right of the photo is a three-masted schooner. Ralph Stanley said the schooner to the right was built in Bath and sunk during WWII. Her name was the Rebecca R. Douglas. (also shown in 007.19. 78) [show more]
Description: The notation on the back of this photograph is "Schooner George Klink at Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, Maine for overhauling." Off the starboard side of the schooner is a rig for unloading coal to travel down a chute to the old J.N Mills' coal wharf building which had plumbed walls. In an interview with Ralph Stanley he said that this schooner was built in Mystic, CT. in 1902. Bing Sargeant (and others ??) bought her. She was laid up in Rockland, Boothbay area about 1940-41 and took her south with lumber and hit a storm off Cape Hattaras and broke up. Parts of the vessel were scattered everywhere. The Air Craft carrier WASP rescued the crew. The Captain was Lewis McFarland from Trenton, ME. While she was being repaired, many artists came to paint her. The boat second from the right was probably from Cranberry Islands. The boat to the right of that boat is Pansy R. owned by Cliff Robbins (Harbor Master) built on Cranberry by Les Rice. She's a double-ender with a mast rig to tend moorings. The walkway to the rig behind the Klink is to offload coal. [show more]