Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of two fish in center of photo. The one on the left is much larger than the one on the right. They are being held up by two human hands. Thumb nail showing at bottom of photo. Paper on back of photo, “ A parr is a young salmon just two stages away from hatching. They are marked by vertical bars and must develop into smolts (upper fish) before they are capable of migrating to the sea, where they will spend two or three years developing into adult fish.” [show more]
Description: 5 X 5.5 black and white close up photograph of a baby cormorant. Black bird with white throat. Bird is looking up and facing the camera, beak slightly open. Surrounded by twigs and branches. Paper on back, “ Even babies too small to retreat tried to protect themselves with a horrendous bluff. Swelling up the naked orangish colored pouch beneath the chin, they clicked their bills rapidly at the intruders.”
Description: Color photograph of Valley Cove in Somes Sound looking at cliff where the peregrine falcons nest. The photo was taken from the opposite side of valley cove. Tide is high and the water is flat.
Description: Color photograph of Valley Cove looking towards the entrance of Somes Sound. Taken in fall with colored leaves on the ground. Two medium sized boats are in Valley Cove.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. Tow boat Mary Merwin, at Southwest Boat, vessel # ME 9981 E. 40' hull, probably built at Webber's Cove Boat Yard. Other vessels in background.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. Tow boat Mary Merwin, at Southwest Boat, vessel # ME 9981 E. 40' hull, probably built at Webber's Cove Boat Yard. Other vessels in background.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. Tow boat Mary Merwin, at Southwest Boat, vessel # ME 9981 E. 40' hull, probably built at Webber's Cove Boat Yard. Other vessels in background.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo.Dinghies and one fishing vessel tied up at Thurston's Whart, Bernard, Maine. Two men on dock.
Description: 3.25 X 3.25 black and white photograph of three lady’s slippers or pink moccassins grow out of forest floor. All flowers are facing camera. Leaves are opened side to side. Other twigs and leaves around.
Description: Black and white negative. Three boats beached at head of harbor, SW Harbor, Maine. Two boats being worked on by two men. Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection
Description: Black and white image. Ten men and a beached boat, head of the harbor, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Men standing next to boat bottom. Boats hauled to work on bottoms. Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection