Description: This 4 x 6 colored print is part of a series depicting the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. Fire truck and hoses in foreground and flames and black smoke over the store.
Description: This is a 4 x 6 color print is part of a series depicting the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. The picture shows Alex Tremont Smoth and Chris Fremont Smith watching the fire.
Description: This 4 x 6 colored print is part of a series depicting the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. This is a picture of the front of the store in flames.
Description: This 4 x 6 colored rint is part of a series depicting the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. Fire truck in driveway, Bass Harbor Inn in backgound
Description: This 4x6 colored print is part of a series at the time of the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. Fire truck in driveway ,Bass Harbor Inn in background
Description: This 4 x 6 colored print is part of a series depicting the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. This is a photograph of Carl Taplin's house which abuts the Reed property. You can see the back of Reed's Store beyond Carl's barn. Smoke is billowing from the roof.
Description: This 4 x 6 colored print is part of a series taken at the time of the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. The view is taken from the back of the structure looking forward. Bright yellowish-orange flames are jutting out from the left side windows. Firemen are setting up to spray water at the flames.
Description: This 4 x 6 colored print is part of a series depicting the burning of the Reed Store in Bass Harbor which housed the post office, appliances, and a movie theater at one time. The fire looks to be temporarily under control in this photo. Firemen are aiming water to the left side of the structure when looking at it from the back of the building. White smoke is billowing out of the upper story windows.
Description: This 4 x 6 colored print is of the fire which destroyed the Reed Store in Bass Harbor. This view is from the back. Black smoke is billowing out from the roof. Flames are visible on the roof and to the right side of the building as you look from the back of the building. Several vans and RVs, as well as a car are in the foreground of the picture.
Description: This 4 x 6 colored print shows the fire at Reed Store in Bass Harbor in its beginning phase. The view is of the back of the building. The flames and smoke are to the left side of the building from the back view. There are 6 men fighting the blaze with water from hoses.
Description: Three copies of this photograph accessed under this number. Copy 1 is an 8 by 10 inch black and white photograph copy of a Ballard photo used in an exhibit around 2002. It is of a sailboat race off Northeast Harbor. The race committee boat is to the right of the print, below the Bear Island Lighthouse. Copies 2 and 3 are the same photograph but enlarged to 11 by 14 inch.
Description: This 11 by 14 inch black and white photograph is a copy of a Ballard photograph used in an exhibit around 2002. The print is of the Bass Harbor Light taken from the rocks beyond the light going towards Ship Harbor. The bell is in view, as is the light. The lower sky is filled with clouds.
Description: This 11 by 14 black and white photograph is a copy of a Ballard photograph used in an exhibit in about 2002. The print is of three men working on the hull of a motorboat in drydock. They are replacing the wooden planking and ribs on the port side towards the stern. The motor launch is white with a dark stern. Looking under the stern two boats are partially visible with large numbers on their sides. On the left side of the photo is a hull of a large gray boat with a number on the hull in the style that the numbers were displayed during World War II. Tools and scraps of wood are visible in the work area around and under the boat being repaired. [show more]
Description: This 11 by 14 inch black and white photograph is a copy of a Ballard photograph. The print is of the Northeast Harbor Fleet dock and clubhouse. There is a beached A boat named the Nevis by the side of the dock. An adult is working on the hull, it looks like he is painting the bottom. Three other males, of various ages, are by the boat. In front of the clubhouse are two men talking. One is sitting astride a bicycle. There are other bicycles near these two men. Nautical flags are flying and there is an old car parked on the road. The car is from the late 40's early 50's vintage. Judging from the subjects, the car and the size of the clubhouse, this photo was taken before the late 1960's. [show more]
Description: This 11 by 14 black and white photo is a copy of a Ballard original which is in the Historical Society's archives. This copy was used in an exhibit which was around 2002 at Charles Butt's house.
Description: This 11 by 14 inch black and white copy of a Ballard photograph is possibly from an Historical exhibit at Charles Butt's home in 2002. There is a male mountain climber possibly between 50 and 65 years of age with his back to the photographer. He is holding on to a metal rung on a trail encircling large bolders. This could be the Precipice Trail.
Description: This 11 by 14 inch black and white photo is a copy of a Ballard. The location of the original is not known. It's possible that this photograph was used in an exhibit at Charles Butt's home in 2002.
Description: This is a 6 by 8 inch photo in grayscale mounted on the back of a poster in a wooden frame. The frame measures 9 and 1/2 by 11 and 1/2 inches. The photo is frayed on the edges and has a black marking jutting up from the bottom right hand corner to the stern of the schooner. It is a two masted schooner in drydock. A U.S. Flag flies from the back mast. There is a bow spread. Anchored boats can be seen in the background. People are around the exposed hull and on the wharf. It looks old. The frame is damaged too. Pieces of the top layer of wood are chipped off. The paper backing on the reverse side has green and black lettering and the name "Addie Smith" is written in pencil in cursive. There is a single piece of wood in the center of the back running from the top and bottom sections of the frame. It is held in by two nails. This piece of bracing measures 3 and 1/2 by 9 and 1/4 inches. [show more]
Description: "Wilfred Bunker, ca 1984". Wilfred ran the Mailboat to the Cranberries and lived on Big Cranberry. Along with Clarence Beal, Wilfred started the "Beal & Bunker, Inc." (ALW) Wilfred is on his boat. He is at the wheel, wearing his blue work shirt. His right hand is resting on the open windshield. There is a mug to his right. He has sunglasses on and has a smile on his face.