Ralph Phippen sitting on couch wearing cardigan and plaid shirt. Caption attached on back was removed. “Ralph Phippen, who started hauling traps when he was eight years old, is almost a classic picture of the Downeast Lobsterman --- gruff, determined, proud. During the depression of the 1930’s,he painted the stern of his boat red, white and blue then labeled her name over the colors -- “Hard Luck.” now he shares his fishing skiff with patrons of the Oceanarium.
LaRue Spiker, “Ralph Phippen,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed May 15, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/10483.Item 10849
