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 in sterm of ship. Schooner just visible to the right.
Description: Two masted schooner at wharf in back of Fernald’s store (purchased in 1887 from A.J. Whiting); later Port-in-a-Storm bookstore, at low tide. Loading ramp extends from second story door in back of building. Somes House Inn to the right. Port in a Storm later was used as an art gallery.
Description: A set of 470 black and white negatives that are part of the Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection, purchased from Paul Stubing in 1998-99. All of the negatives in this accession are related to the Webber's Cove Boat Yard, East Blue Hill, Maine. These negatives were never catalogued when the original purchase came to the historical society. It was decided on 10/21/2014 to keep these negatives as a part of the W.H. Ballard collection but that each negative would not be given an object id. If there is further interest in any of the detailed negatives, further work will be needed to identify and catalogue each distinct image. Boat names and other identifying labels have been listed in the People-Subjects Classification Tab of this record. [show more]
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]
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.
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.
Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, September 1907. View depicts a Friendship sloop, identified as belonging to Captain Van Norden, towing two smaller boats. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Sept. 1907 No. 1 Capt. Van Norden's Boat
Description: Glass negative taken off Mount Desert Rock, circa 1907. View shows a Friendship sloop under sail with the light station visible in the background. This negative envelope may actually belong with 1988.19.72; as that envelope has the name of a boat, the Gladys Simmons.
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
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]
Description: Mount Desert Rock Light Station, August 1908 - "Capt. Van Norden's Boat" - A Friendship sloop sails in front of the light station at Mount Desert Rock
Description: View taken from Mount Desert Rock of the two-masters fishing schooner Marion Turner, as labeled on the envelope. The Marion Turner is towing a rowboat. In the foreground the ledges of Mount Desert Rock are visible. According to the envelope, the photograph was taken April 22, but year is not given. Likely taken between 1907-1909. Notes at the bottom of the negative envelope appear to refer to the development of the negative: Devel. S.R. plate Pancro. in Devel. 300 count (?) [show more]
Description: Two sailing vessels and a rowboat seining shad off Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. To the left, the two masted schooner is Capt. Robinson, while the Friendship sloop to the right is Capt. Van Norden, who appears with his boat in other photographs. The smaller boat in front of Capt. Van Norden is identified as Willard K. Osier This negative is damaged across the center. Written on the negative envelope is "Capt. Robinson and Capt. Van Norden Seining Shad. Small boat Willard K. Osier. [show more]
Description: Photograph taken at Mount Desert Rock Light Station of Capt. Van Norden's friendship sloop sailing near the shore. On the sloop four men are visible, and a dory appears to be on the deck of the boat as well. Written on the negative envelope is "No. 1. Capt. Van Norden's Boat"
Description: "Capt. Van Norden's Boat" - A friendship sloop sails off the waters of Mount Desert Rock with four men aboard. To the right a spar buoy leans is visible
Description: Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê State patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white
Description: Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê State patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white
Description: Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê State patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white
Description: Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road. Ê Dalzell son poses in front of a state patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in the Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white
Description: Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê Dalzell son poses in front of a state patrol boat owned by Dalzell on blocks in the Rich-Grindle boat yard during winter. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white
Description: Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) and Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005) established Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders in 1946 at Tracy Cove on Clark Point Road.Ê Thirty-two foot patrol boat for Vernon Dalzell of Frenchboro, on blocks in Southwest Harbor, ME. People Mentioned: Vernon Dalzell Black and white