Description: Photo of 8 racing I.O.D.s (International One Design sloops); approximately 5" x 8" black & white, in a wood frame. Caption taped to back of frame: "Full or Collapsed, Spinnakers Reveal Skippers' Skill and Luck in Catching Light Breeze off Mount Desert Island, Maine. One sail (third from left) droops while a rival, 100 feet directly ahead, balloons with a fortunate puff. Hand on sheet, a crew member (second yacht from right) jockeys his sail as he would a horse's reins. Compact and sturdy, these are International Class sloops all built in Norway before the war. Here the Northeast Harbor fleet nears the finish line after an eight mile race. Four years of war have not stopped such races. (Courtesy Main Development Commission)" No date. [show more]
Description: Two B/W photographs (#1821 a & b) of the Seasiders Ball held at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. The annual dance was held at the Seal Harbor Neighborhood Hall before it was demolished in early 1970's. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: An unidentified man breaks a bottle against the hull of Vinalhaven II at the boat's launching in 1943 at Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
Description: Senator Owen Brewster is shown speaking to an audience of citizens and Hinckley crew standing in the road at Southwest Boat Company (owned by Hinckley) office on Clark Point Road.
Description: After worshipping together on the deck of "HMS Prince of Wales", the late president (F. D. Roosevelt) - prayer book on his lap - and the Prime Minister (W. Churchill) chatter freely. This may have been a discussion of the Four Freedoms, perhaps Freedom of Religion.
Description: Group photo F. D. Roosevelt and W. Churchill surrounded by: F. D. Roosevelt Jr. Adm. .... John Roosevelt Major Gen. Watson Adm. McIntire Fleet Adm. King .... Hopkins Averill Harrison Lord Cherwell Field Marshal Sir John Dill Adm. Sir Dudley Proud [Roosevelt, Churchill] Air Chief Marshal Wilfrid Freeman Sir Alex Cadogan
Description: Left to Right: Raymond C. Whitmore (1889-1971) - in checkered suit Dancing Couple: Geraldine (Hodgkins) Thurston (1924-1960) - Mrs. Leslie William Thurston - Leslie William Thurston's 2nd wife Leslie William Thurston (1921-)
Description: Dancing Couple Left Foreground: Hester L. (Gordon) Brown - Mrs. Chester Edwin Brown (1916-2002) Chester Edwin "Plug" Brown (1914-1982) - owned the Central House Hotel, Southwest Harbor, Maine