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You searched for: Year start: 1900Year end: 1910Subject: BusinessesSubject: PeopleSubject: VesselsSubject: Boat
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
"Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
"Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles 'Chuck' Liebow
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Boats. Looseleaf Binder, "Cranberry Island Notes" by Charles Liebow. Contains maps 1607-1881, "List of Vessels From Notes made by Chuck Liebow (Typed & some notes added by Hugh Dwelley 11/1994" (also on cranberryisles.com website), 1912 petition to establish boundaries of roads, census data 1839-1860, the cranberry register 1909-1910, boat building, Liebow's notes on books and articles, miscellaneous, photos, houses showing owners then and now, families, deeds. [show more]
Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Photographs of dory, schooner, and steamer boats
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Four photographs of boats (A-D) with unidentified men and boys aboard. (A) unidentified dory. (B) and (D) may be the same vessel, probably one of the mackerel schooners owned by Benjamin Harley Spurling whose wife was Frances Almira Preble (donor Louise Marr's grandparents.) C: The steamer may have been one owned by Hanson B. Joyce of Swan's Island engaged in the mackerel fishery. Joyce owned significant shares in several Cranberry Island vessels, possibly shares in Benjamin Spurling's vessels. (D): information from Ralph Stanley and Bar Harbor Record. [show more]
Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • In Copyright
Photographs and a brochure from Ralph Stanley
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
See index file for a description of each item
Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1977
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen
The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Set
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The Howe D. Higgins Collection contains Howe's collection of documents from his time spent as a customs officer on Mount Desert Island from 1921 to 1930, with some other documents spanning into the 1930s. The collection is sorted into several sets of documents including: letters and correspondence with Howe D. Higgins pertaining to information about rum running and bootleggers on the island; reports of seizures and related search warrants; documents containing information about rum runners in the area; Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as customs officer from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930; and newspaper clippings pertaining to prohibition and rum running on Mount Desert Island. [show more]
Howe D. Higgins' Documents Containing Information on Rum Running
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
This collection of documents contains letters and information about rum running, bootleggers, and their vessels, sent to and from Howe D. Higgins during his time as a customs officer. These documents have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
Howe D. Higgins' Reports of Seizures and Related Documents
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe D. Higgins' reports of seizures as collector of customs, as well as the related documents for those seizures, including search warrants and documents containing information about liquor smuggling.
Correspondence with Howe D. Higgins as Customs Officer
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
This collection contains letters sent to and from Howe D. Higgins between 1921 and 1933 pertaining to information about prohibition and rum runners on Mount Desert Island. These letters have been indexed with their dates and the vessels or people they reference.
Construction of Friendship Sloop Negative, 1962
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1962
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Construction of Friendship Sloop Negative, 1962
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Two men construct a friendship sloop at the Ralph Stanley Boat Shop in Southwest Harbor, ME. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley Black and white
Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1946
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men working on the deck of the boat "Connecticut" in 1946. Black and white
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Construction workers at Davis Boat Yard in McKinley, ME. Black and white
Rich Brother Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Rich Brother Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rich brother works on a boat in Bernard, ME in 1949. Black and white
Rich Brother and Man Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Rich Brother and Man Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rich brother and another unidentified man work on the hull of a boat in Bernard, ME in 1949. Black and white
Construction Workers Lifting Motor at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Construction workers lift a motor at Davis Boat Yard in McKinley, ME. Black and white
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Construction workers at Davis Boat Yard in McKinley, ME. Black and white
Man with Lobster Trap Photograph
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Man with Lobster Trap Photograph
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
An elderly fisherman lifts a lobster trap. Black and white
Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Feb-85
Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Article from Down East Magazine about Robert "Bob Lincoln's small boat building business, RKL Boatworks. He started with the Rangeley Guide Boat and is developing a row boat, now using the less expensive fiberglass.
Cranberry Isles: Glimpses of Island Life, 1976
Islesford Historical Society
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Events
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Noether, Gerry
  • 1976
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A booklet about daily life and activities on Cranberry Island with some illustrations. Property of Hugh L. Dwelley, Islesford, Maine. Acw. #0316 Date 03/06 People Mentioned: Hugh L. Dwelley, Lura Bodwell, Tinker Colby, Charles Rice, Steve Spurling, Lynn Colby, Winslow Bunker, Maggie Denver, Gary Allen, Norma Bunker, Kenneth Lemoine, David Lemoine, Joyce Forsyte, Edith Cunningham, Dick McFalls, Gail Colby, Sonja Colby, David Westphal, Louise Sorenson, Beverly Sanborn, Wendy Sundstrom, Carl Nelson, Barbara Brooks, Charles E. Harwood, Charles N. Davie, Alexander P. MacDonald, J. W. Tingley, A. D. Knight, Daniel E. Fox, James B. Ford, Melvin Hutchins, Charles Gordon Cumming, Howard N. Bacon, Sarah Fraley, Wilfred Bunker, Amaziah Alley, Margie Phippin, Donald Allen, Julius Luck, Lyndon Colby, Robert Alley, Tud Bunker, Lil Samenfeld, Mark Samenfeld, Jack Helliker, Mickey MacFarlan, Gretna Finkelstein, Chuck Liebow, Don Hagberg, Helena Hagberg, Keith Wedge, Carl Fernald, Ada Rice, Marilyn Peterson, Irene Bartlett, Carl Brooks, Frances Bartlett, Cathy Poulin, Karen Bunker, Polly Storey, Betty Sprague, Elmer Hadlock, Polly Bunker, Ruth Stanley, Timmy Savage, Blair Colby, Ginna Murray, Lionel Sundstrom, Norman Sanborn, Ed Gray, Willie Wellman, Herman Savage, William Preble, George V. Spurling, George W. Colby, Abraham C. Fernald, W. M. Richardson [show more]
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Howie Robinson in a Lobster Boat
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The Sheet Metal shop is on the left and the Lower Shop is on the right. Howie Robinson at left.
Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Milner - Craig Milner
  • 1976
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Ralph fitting fascia piece