Description: Wreck of U. and I. Men on portable dock using a derrick to recover the engine from submerged boat. Wooden ladder up to top of derrick, reflection in water. Man in rowboat behind dock. Low tide at beach in background.The Charles Butt Collection
Description: Wreck of U. and I. Men on portable dock using a derrick to recover the engine from submerged boat. Wooden ladder up to top of derrick, reflection in water. Man in rowboat to right, another row boat tied to dock. Low tide at beach in background. Photo taken from roof of Addison Packaging Company.The Charles Butt Collection
Description: Working the weir. Man inside pen in dory. Man standing on pen pulling on net. Woman observing. This is a slide version of a photo in the collection
Description: Green booklet, fading to brown with black and white photograph of the Library and mill pond at Somesville. List of meetings, programs, people. Collect changes slightly from the 1936-37 edition
Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of an older woman sitting in chair is wearing a flowered dress and reading a newspaper. Wood panneling behind woman and identical chair on the left. Curtained window in center of photo. Has glasses on. Ceramic Elephant with up raised trunk on shelf in uppermost right corner. Writting on back, “ We had the lamp on , and I think it should not have been.”
Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of a woman sitting on lawn wearing a dress with hands in lap, facing to the left of the photo. She wears glasses and is holding a newspaper. The bottom half of the photo is black, and the woman’s legs are unable to be seen. There is a car on the right side of the photo. And a small house in the background. ‘1957’ written on back.
Description: 3.5 X 3.5 black and white photograph of an older woman sitting behind table that is set with Christmas packages and lamp with shade. Table has metal legs and is inside room with screens on walls. Wicker rocker in back corner of room. Woman is wearing flowered dress and glasses, looking at camera. Writting on back, "This is our Xmas table, before opening our packages."
Description: 2.5 X 2.5 black and white photograph of an elderly woman standing in center of photo next to car with opened door on back passenger’s side, Woman is facing camera and has slight smile. Is wearing dark hat, dark dress coat and dark glove on hand which is slightly in her right pocket.
Description: 3.5 X 5 black and white photograph of an older woman standing in sunlight on walkway beside two story white house. Standing near corner of house with lots of trailing bushes around perimeter. She is wearing glasses and squinting. She is wearing a light colored house dress and back shoes. Hands are down at sides. Large dark vine grows behind her and reaches to second story of house.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo.Winter scene from the Manset Fish Wharf, toward Southwest Harbor-christmas.
Description: Record book started by Constance Robbins, secretary for the Willing Workers Club, formed on 3/2/1953 to raise money for “the mortgage and carpet”. A group of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs comprised the club membership. The record book contains minutes from various meetings, loose reciepts, bank statements, and notes. Last entry made 12/30/1970.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo.Wesley Bracy's Boat Interior, to show the engine and powerr take-off. Photo taken for M.M. Supply Co.
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo.Wesley Bracy's Boat Interior, to show the engine and power take off. Photo taken for M.M Supply Co.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson’s cabin on Sheep Island. One story cedar shingled cabin with screened porch among evergreens. Photo bent near top.
Description: Venturer launching at Hinckley Company. Picture taken for the Southwest Harbor Chamber of Commerce. Ballard Neg # ? (122) Negative is out of accession order in the Photo Album. Find this under the object ID number, Photo Album 12B, (2)
Description: The Charles Butt Ballard Negative Collection. Black and white photo. Unidentified lobster boat on blocks outside of Roger Rich Boat Shop, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Description: Typed notes by LaRue Spiker, taken from a book called 'Philadelphia Scrapple', published in 1956. Previously accessioned as 1940, object id 2001.1940