Description: Approx. 1/2 life size; adult swimming, flat bottom, carved and painted fish in beak, head tilted left; glass eyes, carved and painted decorative detail. Signed "Gilley" and marked "Addie Gilley" on underside of base. Dated "1946"
Description: Miniature adult; glass eyes, wire legs set into smooth round base with painted feet; body horizontal, head semi-erect, facing forward; underside of base marked/signed "Addie Gilley, by W. H. Gilley." Elmer Crowell copy
Description: Construction deck plan for 'Little International,' class boat commissioned by William F. Strawbridge from L. Francis Herreshoff, of Marblehead. Two boats were built by Hinckley. One remains on Mount Desert Island today. The class failed to materialize due to the coming of WWII, after which Luders made their debut. White markings of ship design on black background (white paper on back is blank). Shows design of 28' class boat. Construction plan for design number 77. Drawn or designed by L. Francis Herreshoff in Aug. 1940. Scale: 1"=1'. [show more]
Description: Gives information about the techniques of decorating early American furniture, walls, tinware, etc. and also gives instructions about how to do that oneself. Covers stenciling, applying gold leaf, japanning, oil-painted boxes and chests Envelope inside front cover contains cut stencils.
Description: Decorative three dimensional eagle plaque, head turned left, painted gold, made from two pieces of wood. Has screw eye for hanging. Signed " W.H. Gilley" on back of right wing. Marked "Addie Gilley."
Description: Resting bird, head slightly tucked, bill downwards, tail swept up and wing tips cropped; minimal carved detail, incised wings ; glass eyes, metal legs and feet with talons clutching downward on driftwood burl base. Signed "Gilley" on top of base, lower left; no date on piece but approximately 1948.
Description: Herring gull in adult plumage, taking off from a smooth burl driftwood base ; carved with minimum of detail; outside wing edges notched to suggest feathers; painted eyes, bill, legs and feet. W.H.G. marked on underside of base ; no date on piece but probably from the 1940s
Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
Other
People
Creator:
Ballard, W. H.
Date:
1949
Place:
Southwest Harbor
Description: Fishermen haul in a seine, a type of fishing net, in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
Other
People
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
Creator:
Ballard, W. H.
Date:
1949
Place:
Southwest Harbor
Description: Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
Other
People
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
Creator:
Ballard, W. H.
Date:
1949
Place:
Southwest Harbor
Description: Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
Other
People
Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
Creator:
Ballard, W. H.
Date:
1949
Place:
Southwest Harbor
Description: Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Description: Copy of meeting notes of the Champlain Fund Committee which includes a motion to pay expenses for the movement of the Champlain Monument to a site near the top of Icy Hill in Seal Harbor.
Description: An application for a weir or trap license for George Hadlock and Francis G. Fernald. People Mentioned: Francis G. Fernald, George R. Hadlock, Eleanor M. Bowditch