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Somes Cove, 1892 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship		1892	Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine		Somes Cove, 1892 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13005 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship Date: 1892 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Somes Cove looking towards Fernald’s store (previously, A.J. Whiting’s Store) later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, still later, an art gallery. Two masted schooner at wharf, sails being lowered or raised. Back of black smith’s shop, Thaddeus Somes store, and part of Mount Desert House, to right also visible. Picture torn in several places, very brittle. Marked, “ Sept 1’92 on back.” 3.5" x 4.5"
Lumber Schooner, Somes Cove, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship			Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine		Lumber Schooner, Somes Cove, Somesville Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14091 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Two-masted schooner aground [?] in Somes Cove in back of lumber mill. Marked on back, “Lumber Schooner built [?] by OC Nutting. Old Mill to right.”
Schooner in back of Fernald's Store, 1906 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Building Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship		1906	Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine		Schooner in back of Fernald's Store, 1906 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13006 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship Date: 1906 Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Two-masted schooner at wharf in back of Fernald’s store. Fernald purchased it from A.J. Whiting in 1887; it later was the Port in a Storm bookstore, and still later, an art gallery.at low tide. Loading ramp extends from second story door in back of building. Somes House Inn to the right.
Launching the S.S. Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Newport News, Virginia		Launching the S.S. Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5417 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Newport News, Virginia Description: Launching the S.S. Acadia in Newport News.
Mrs. Calvin Austin of Boston Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Newport News, Virginia		Mrs. Calvin Austin of Boston Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5446 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Newport News, Virginia Description: Mrs. Calvin Austin of Boston who christened the new S.S. Acadia at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company on February 13 1932 on board the Acadia during the christening.
People on float near S.S. Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Newport News, Virginia		People on float near S.S. Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5419 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Newport News, Virginia Description: Men and boys on float near S.S. Acadia..
Ship under construction Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine		Ship under construction Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5433 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Ship under construction. House to left.
Ship under construction Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine		Ship under construction Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5456 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Ship under construction in distance. Boy sitting on log in foreground.
Two Schooners in Somes Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine		Two Schooners in Somes Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5435 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Two schooners in Somes Harbor.
Wreck of Schooner Catherine Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine		Wreck of Schooner Catherine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5464 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Wreck of the Schooner Catherine from the port side
Wreck of Schooner Catherine Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Vessels, Ship	Unknwon		Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine		Wreck of Schooner Catherine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5436 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknwon Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Wreck of the Schooner Catherine from the bow
Ship under construction, Somes Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Vessels, Ship		1905 c.	Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine		Ship under construction, Somes Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5480 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Vessels, Ship Date: 1905 c. Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Ship under construction in Somes Cove. Looking across Somes Cove to Somes meadow and landing. Six men standing on deck looking toward camera. Hull near completion. Lumber scattered around ship. Two masts lie on the ground at the stern of the ship. Schooner is just visible to the right. There are also two copies of this photo as slides (97-698-868) which were used in the Somesville Bicentenial and can be found on Row 2 Unit 2 Shelf 4 Slide Box 1 [show more]
Tree lined dirt road Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine		Tree lined dirt road Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5463 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Tree lined dirt road. Picket fence can be seen on the right side of the road and a bulding can be seen through the trees
Two masted schooner under sail Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine		Two masted schooner under sail Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5476 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville,Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Slide of a two masted schooner under full sail with mountains in the background.
Somes House and Cottages, Somesville, ME. 2K. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative	Other, Building Vessels, Ship			Somesville, Maine		Somes House and Cottages, Somesville, ME. 2K. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11455 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Roll Film Negative Subject: Other, Building Vessels, Ship Place: Somesville, Maine Description: From Somes Cove looking towards Somesville and Main Street. To the left, wreck of Schooner Catherine, no masts. Behind Catherine to the left, Fernald’s store (aka A.J. Whiting’s Store) then Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, then The Gallery at Somes Sound (2013-15) . To the right of Fernald’s Store, historic Nathan Salisbury House, once owned by Stan and Binnie MacDonald. To the right Somes House Inn and Cottages. Marked on bottom, “Somes House and Cottages, Somesville, ME. 2K.” [show more]
Remains of Schooner Catherine Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine		Remains of Schooner Catherine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9047 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Places, Landscape Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Remains of the wreck of the Schooner Catherine in Somes Harbor.
Schooner Polly Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Vessels, Ship	Unknown		Amesbury, Mass		Schooner Polly Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-7389 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Unknown Place: Amesbury, Mass Description: Schooner Polly of Belfast in Harbor at Amesbury, Massachusettts. Man in canoe paddles close to two-masted schooner. Small sailing sloop on the right.
Harbor view. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Other, Buildings Vessels, Ship					Harbor view. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-7387 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Other, Buildings Vessels, Ship Description: Looking back at city from harbor. Wide street runs through middle of photo from harborside. Two three-masted schooners in port to the right. Three church steeples rise in background above city. To the left sign above building reads, “Washburn [?] flour.” Harbor unidentified; no date.
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]
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)	1907-10	Mount Desert Rock	No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1646 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946) Date: 1907-10 Place: Mount Desert Rock Description: Glass negative for image taken from Mount Desert Rock. View looks out toward sea from the land, with ledges visible in the foreground, and a three-masted schooner, perhaps called Robert D. Spear, visible in the distance. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Oct. 1907 Robert D. Spear Taken from Mt. Desert Rock
Schooner Bessie M. Dugan Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newspaper	Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner			Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	No Known Copyright	Schooner Bessie M. Dugan Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.517.3009 Type: Publication, Newspaper Subject: Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: Three newspaper articles about the schooner Bessie M Dugan. All three of the articles mention the schooner landing in the harbor and the amount of mackerel it is bringing in.
" 'Old Ironsides' faces new battle." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newspaper	Vessels, Ship	The Associated Press	1998-04-15	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	In Copyright	" 'Old Ironsides' faces new battle." Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.505.2996 Type: Publication, Newspaper Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: The Associated Press Publisher: News-Press Date: 1998-04-15 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: A newspaper article talking about the historic boat the 'Old Ironsides.' The article says Forer commanders worry about historic ship's seaworthiness, want her tested in harbor." It also says "The former commanders argue that to see whether the ship is ready to sail in the open sea it needs to be tested in a protected harbor."
"Warship heads to the open sea" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Newspaper	Vessels, Ship	Portsmouth Herald	1997-07-21	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	In Copyright	"Warship heads to the open sea" Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.508.2999 Type: Publication, Newspaper Subject: Vessels, Ship Creator: Portsmouth Herald Publisher: Portsmouth Herald Date: 1997-07-21 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: A newspaper article about Old Ironsides, a navy warship from theh late 1700's. This ship used to sit as a museum piece but after a 3.5 year restoration the ship is put back to sail the seas. The article ends by saying "Its no longer a museum piece... she's actually a living ship."
W.S. Brown Account Book Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger	Businesses, Other Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Brown - W.S.	1890 c.	Mount Desert Island	No Known Copyright	W.S. Brown Account Book Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1633 Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger Subject: Businesses, Other Business Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Brown - W.S. Date: 1890 c. Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Account book kept by W.S. Brown, master of the schooner J.S. Butler, and other vessels. Includes references to cargoes carried, ports visited, and men employed on the schooner. Also includes records of expenditures, mostly for food, but some references to items like knives. Brown may be William Sheldon Brown but additional research is needed. The book may have been used at an earlier time, as several pages have be ripped out, and Brown's name is found in pencil with the date of 1880 near the beginning [show more]
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Lucy McMullin Dodge	1907-07			Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1550 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-07 Description: A Gloucester fishing schooner sails not far from Mount Desert Rock under partial sail. A number of people are visible on the deck, and a stack of dories can be seen between the masts. A large flag has the name of the vessel, which appears to be two words, though only Frances P. M______ is visible. William H. Bunting has (July 2021) identified this schooner as the Frances P. Mesquita, of Gloucester. Built in Gloucester in 1905, she was owned and commanded by Capt. Joseph Mesquita, and was both a successful fishing and racing vessel. She was sold in 1918 to owners from Newfoundland, and sunk by a U-boat that year. The envelope with this negative reads: No. 7 f., Tower, Single Tenement + Double Tenement, Looking N.W." and is likely an envelope reused from another negative. [show more]

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