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You searched for: Date: 1940sSubject: BusinessesSubject: People
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Permission, License, Occupational License
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • 1944
Description:
Original master plumber license issued by the State of Maine to Wendell Gilley, owner of Gilley Plumbing Company, in 1944
Salting Herring Net Negative, 1944
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1944
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Salting Herring Net Negative, 1944
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men salt a herring net, or seine, in 1944. Black and white
Hauling Seine Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Hauling Seine Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishermen haul in a seine, a type of fishing net, in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (3)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fishing Net, Surrounding Net, Seine Net
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Seining at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1949 (3)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Fishermen fish for herring with seine nets in Southwest Harbor, ME in 1949. People Mentioned: Ralph Stanley, Clarence L. Lunt, George M. Francis, Sanford L. Lunt Black and white
Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1946
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Men Working on "Connecticut" Negative, 1946
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men working on the deck of the boat "Connecticut" in 1946. Black and white
Men Working on "C.R. & M." Negative, 1946
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Commercial Fishing Vessel, Net Fishing Vessel, Dragger
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Davis Boat Yard
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Men Working on "C.R. & M." Negative, 1946
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men working on the dragger "C.R. & M." at the Davis Boat Yard. Black and white
Fish on the Wharf at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1945
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1945
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Fish on the Wharf at Southwest Harbor Negative, 1945
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men handle a load of fish at the wharf in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (2)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Construction workers at Davis Boat Yard in McKinley, ME. Black and white
Rich Brother Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Rich Brother Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rich brother works on a boat in Bernard, ME in 1949. Black and white
Rich Brother and Man Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1949
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Rich Brother and Man Working on a Boat Negative, 1949
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Rich brother and another unidentified man work on the hull of a boat in Bernard, ME in 1949. Black and white
Construction Workers Lifting Motor at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Construction workers lift a motor at Davis Boat Yard in McKinley, ME. Black and white
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Other
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1948
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Construction at Davis Boat Yard Negative, 1948 (1)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Construction workers at Davis Boat Yard in McKinley, ME. Black and white
Front Yard Scene at Woodlawn Photograph, 1948
Islesford Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1948-08
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The Woodlawn Inn was built by George Henry Fernald for George and Edna Gilley, circa 1893. After Edna's death it was closed in 1909. James Ray and Ada Dwelley reopened the inn in 1911 and ran it for over 40 years. Three people in the front yard of Woodlawn House. Inscription on back reads "Typical front yard scene at Woodlawn House. Mrs. Wagner busy at something, with Mrs. Kemmer and Miss Whilinan [sp?] deep in discussion on the porch rail. Islesford, Aug, 1948" in pencil Black and white [show more]
Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward in Front of Ward's Lunch
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Lyle Newman’s 1948 Pontiac in background.
Helen M. Kelley at Roger Clifton Rich's Capitol Corner Filling Station as Norwood's Premier Shop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
  • 1943 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Orman Charles Worcester, Alton Elwell Tundy and Roscoe D. Worcester at Trundy's Store in Southwest Harbor, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • 1940
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Description:
Left to right: Worcester - Orman Charles Worcester (1901-1994) Trundy - Alton Elwell Trundy (1903-1978) Worcester - Roscoe D. Worcester (1914-2005)
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset Crew
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • In Copyright
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Manset Crew
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Harvey A. Moore Working on Traps - A Maine Lobster Fisherman's Workshop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-05
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • In Copyright
Description:
W.H. Ballard took the photograph of Harvey Moore and used it as the image for a postcard titled, "Lobster Fisherman's Workshop" that became popular on Mount Desert Island. SWHPL 9472 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed.
Haying on Fernald Point
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
  • 1940 c.
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Haying on Fernald Point
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Chris Lawlor in in the front of the wagon. Bill Lawlor is on the left, behind, Joe Lawlor is on the right, the woman in the center on the hay is unknown.