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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
12099158th Company CCC
  • Image, Photograph
  • Merritt, Arlington, MA
  • 1940
158th Company CCC
Item:
  • 12099   
Object ID:
  • 017.010.03
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Creator:
  • Merritt, Arlington, MA
Date:
  • 1940
Description:
Framed photograph of 158th Company Civilian Conservation Corps Southwest Harbor, Maine Feb. 1940 William G. Williams, Commander; Jesse T. Atwood, Superintendent; J.S.C. Peck, Jr., Subaltern; R.H. Long, Educational Adviser; Hyman Millstein, Physician
75842 A Class Boats
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
2 A Class Boats
Item:
  • 7584   
Object ID:
  • 007.92.19
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Anne and Ted Welles Collection
Date:
  • 1941
Description:
photograph 2 A Class boats followed by committee boat Y-104B
1342832' for Amazia Alley
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1946
32' for Amazia Alley
Item:
  • 13428   
Object ID:
  • 007.19.90
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection
Date:
  • 1946
Description:
The caption on the back reads, "Nov. 1946...32' for Amazia Alley...Bass Hbr Boat Shop". This is a picture of a motor vessel cradled to the side of a boat shop. there is lumber strewn on the lawn and two buildings are visible on the starboard side of the boat. Paul Stubing indicated that this was a picture of Bobby Rich's father's original shed to the left with a new addition to the right by the early lobster boat.
8952A class boat Heeling
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1940
A class boat Heeling
Item:
  • 8952   
Object ID:
  • 007.92.17
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Anne and Ted Welles Collection
Date:
  • 1940
Description:
photograph single A class boat heeling
19232Acadia Path and Road Map
  • Map
  • 1941
Acadia Path and Road Map
Item:
  • 19232   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.122
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Map
Collection:
  • Acadia National Park
Date:
  • 1941
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Map of Acadia National Park paths and roads on Mount Desert Island dated 1941.
14018Arthur H. Freeman to Raymond P. Somes
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • 1943
Arthur H. Freeman to Raymond P. Somes
Item:
  • 14018   
Object ID:
  • 013.007.8
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Collection:
  • Raymond P. Somes
Date:
  • 1943
Description:
Deed for sale of land in Southwest Harbor, Maine, by Arthur H. Freeman to Raymond P. Somes
14036Arthur H. Freeman to Raymond P. Somes
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • 1943
Arthur H. Freeman to Raymond P. Somes
Item:
  • 14036   
Object ID:
  • 013.007.6
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Deed
Collection:
  • Raymond P. Somes
Date:
  • 1943
Description:
For land in SW Harbor
13358Baby Rose of Gloucester
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945
Baby Rose of Gloucester
Item:
  • 13358   
Object ID:
  • 007.19.142
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection
Date:
  • 1945
Description:
Paul Stubing indicated that this is the "Baby Rose" of Gloucester, Massachusetts. This picture shows the "Baby Rose" tied up to the Southwest Boat Corp wharf in Southwest Harbor, Maine. There are three boats visible in the foreground with wartime #s on their hulls. For example, 1-D-492 and 1-B-731 (with a canvas cuddy).
19212Bar Harbor Playhouse
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • 1948
Bar Harbor Playhouse
Item:
  • 19212   
Object ID:
  • 020.10.143
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
Collection:
  • Bar Harbor
Date:
  • 1948
Description:
Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Bar Harbor Playhouse and the Surry Playhouse. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. One pages is an advertisement for the next play showing July 19,1948 "The Voice of The Turtle with Jean Casto. [show more]
3731Barbara Alberta Lanpher's Diploma, Mount Desert High School
  • Object, Award, Achievement Certificate, Diploma
  • 1943
Barbara Alberta Lanpher's Diploma, Mount Desert High School
Item:
  • 3731   
Object ID:
  • 013.019.1
Catalog:
  • Archives
Type:
  • Object, Award, Achievement Certificate, Diploma
Collection:
  • Barbara Alberta Lanpher
Date:
  • 1943
Description:
6" x 9"; High School in Somesville, Maine.
7110Beal's Wharf #343 A "George Klink"
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1940
Beal's Wharf #343 A "George Klink"
Item:
  • 7110   
Object ID:
  • 007.19.64
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection
Date:
  • 1940
Description:
This is a photo which Paul Stubing indicated was Beal's Wharf #343A George Klink. The caption on the back says," general view showing part of the 3 master schooner called the George Klink. There are many lobster traps on the wharf , both rectangular and curved styles. There is lumber stacked on the wharf and a boat tied to the wharf in the left foreground numbered I-J-4. Ralph Stanley believes that the boat in the foreground was built by Chester Clement and Harvard Beal owned it. He used it for sightseeing. Ralph thinks the name of this boat was the Three Brothers. [show more]
13412Bernard Wharf, c. 1946
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1946
Bernard Wharf, c. 1946
Item:
  • 13412   
Object ID:
  • 007.19.99
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection
Date:
  • 1946
Description:
Paul Stubing said that this photograph was of a Bernard wharf around 1946. The date on the back is July 29, 1946. There are lobster traps piled on the wharf. There is a working lobster boat next to the wharf on the right side of the picture. There is a square punt tied to the ladder on the same side of the wharf. There is a boat on the left side of the picture which is partially visible. In the bottom right is a lobster car grounded out. The boat at the dock belongs to Clarence Harding and he is on the boat. This is the boat that rescued Ralph Stanley's dad when he was adrift by Mt. Desert Rock. The temperature had dropped to below zero that night and blew a gale and the only protection was a canvas hood, spray hood, on the boat. (There is a full account of this event in Ralph Stanley's Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder.) Ralph said the boat which is grounded out is owned by Merle Black. [show more]
17694Birch trees along a road.
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • June 1940
Birch trees along a road.
Item:
  • 17694   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2329
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • June 1940
Place:
  • Indiana
Description:
Black and white photograph of a line of birch trees along the edge of a road. . From Folder Snapshots/Indiana Nature
7438Bo, The Cave Boy
  • Publication, Book
  • Wilber Fiske
  • 1944
Bo, The Cave Boy
Item:
  • 7438   
Object ID:
  • 020.22.05
Catalog:
  • Library
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Creator:
  • Wilber Fiske
Collection:
  • Library
Date:
  • 1944
Description:
1 copy of Bo, The Cave Boy, by Wilber Fiske. Stamped Seal Harbor School Library on inside cover.
8953Boat Y-61A
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1940
Boat Y-61A
Item:
  • 8953   
Object ID:
  • 007.92.16
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Anne and Ted Welles Collection
Date:
  • 1940
Description:
photograph single A class boat heeling Y-61A
13296Boats in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1946
Boats in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 13296   
Object ID:
  • 007.19.163
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Date:
  • 1946
Description:
Paul Stubing referred to this photograph as boats in the harbor. The caption on the back reads, "Southwest Harbor, Maine, From Beal's Wharf". Four lobster boats are tied up in the foreground of the picture. Two of the hull ID#s are completely visible, 1C672 and 1-K-218. There are two people headed for the float's bridge on the center right. There is a man in "khaki clothing" holding on to a launch with a rolled up canvas awning. In the center of the picture is a sloop tied up to a float. Off her bow are three sardine carriers rafted together. [show more]
13452Bobby Rich, Bass Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1945
Bobby Rich, Bass Harbor
Item:
  • 13452   
Object ID:
  • 007.19.79
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection
Date:
  • 1945
Description:
Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photograph of Bobby Rich and his father's yard in Bass Harbor. He said that there is a man on the bow of a dragger and that the picture was taken in 1945. There is a lobster boat on the grass in the right foreground. Her identification is "1-C-494". There are planks scattered in the foreground. Two coniferous trees are on the shore behind the "cradled" lobster boat.
13454Bobby Rich's Father's Boat yard
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Ballard, W.H.
  • 1941
Bobby Rich's Father's Boat yard
Item:
  • 13454   
Object ID:
  • 007.19.89
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Creator:
  • Ballard, W.H.
Collection:
  • Paul Stubing Ballard Print Collection
Date:
  • 1941
Description:
Paul Stubing indicated that this is a photograph of Bobby Rich's boatyard about 1941. There are three boats directly in front of the boat shop. To the left of the picture is the stern of another boat. There is an small island visible behind the boat shop. The caption on the back reads, " May 1941...Boat Shop...Bass hbr.".
17705Branch with clusters of flowers.
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • May 17, 1940
Branch with clusters of flowers.
Item:
  • 17705   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2340
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • May 17, 1940
Place:
  • Indiana
Description:
Black and white photograph of a branch with small clusters of white flowers From Folder Snapshots/Indiana Nature
17704Bridge in the distance.
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • May 17, 1940
Bridge in the distance.
Item:
  • 17704   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2339
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • May 17, 1940
Place:
  • Indiana
Description:
Black and white photograph of a bridge over the river down in the valley at a distance. From Folder Snapshots/Indiana Nature
17731Bridge over river.
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • May 17, 1940
Bridge over river.
Item:
  • 17731   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2366.a-b
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • May 17, 1940
Place:
  • Indiana
Description:
Black and white photograph bridge over the river. There are boat docking area underneath the bridge. From Folder Snapshots/Indiana landscape
2138Bridge over the river
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1946
Bridge over the river
Item:
  • 2138   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.2369
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Indiana
Description:
Black and white photograph of tressel style bridge over a river. The photo was taken from the edge of a road as there is a guard rail at the bottom of the photograph. The bridge spans a river and stands fairly high over the river. From Folder Snapshots/Indiana landscape
3401Bullet Shell
  • Object, Armaments, Blank Cartridge
  • c 1943
Bullet Shell
Item:
  • 3401   
Object ID:
  • 996-235-451
Catalog:
  • Objects
Type:
  • Object, Armaments, Blank Cartridge
Date:
  • c 1943
Description:
Bullet casing, brass. Large 20 mm mk 2. Marked, “1943”.
11066B&W photograph of 2-year-old John Wheeler Millard on a tricycle,1945
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1945
B&W photograph of 2-year-old John Wheeler Millard on a tricycle,1945
Item:
  • 11066   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.49
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 1945
Description:
Black and white photograph of a boy on a tricycle near a building. Notation on back of photo says: "John Wheeler Millard 2 1/2 Years old 1945." From Pink Robinson's Drug Store Envelope in File "Spiker Family Friends Personae."
11130B&W photograph of 3 women and a young boy standing outside
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 06/30/1949
B&W photograph of 3 women and a young boy standing outside
Item:
  • 11130   
Object ID:
  • 998.1980.3085.41
Catalog:
  • Photos
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Creator:
  • Spiker, LaRue
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Date:
  • 06/30/1949
Description:
Black and white photograph of three woman and a young boy standing outside with building in the background. Notation on back of the photo reads: "June 30, 1949, Four Generations." Note with photo reads: "These three from Pink 'Robinsons Drug Store' Envelope in file: Spiker Family Friends Personae."