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You searched for: Date: 1940sSubject: Businesses
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
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]
The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Shop Construction at Manset Boat Yard
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-02-22
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • In Copyright
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.
The Pine Cone - A Panorama of Maine
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Places
  • State of Maine Publicity Bureau
  • 1949
The Pine Cone - A Panorama of Maine
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 1949. Published quarterly by the State of Maine Publicity Bureau, 3 St. John St., Portland, Maine. (Printed in Maine on Maine-made paper) In this issue: - Maine Summer Events, 1949 - Rockland inherits a million; Farnsworth fortune builds museum, by James Brown III - I worked in a summer hotel; memories of a resort employee, by Calvin E. Eells - So you think you know Maine? Quiz questions with answers, by Stanley B. Attwood - Hamon Hall; remedial teaching at York Harbor, by Victor A. Schlich - The Maine Coast; sketches of familiar scenes, by Edwin O. Nielsen - Industrial Clinic; applied research at University of Maine, by Don Gross - Made in Maine; new industrial area in Aroostook, by William A. Hatch - Minstrelsy of Maine, edited by Sheldon Christian - Famous Maine Recipes, by June L. Maxfield - Harbor Town, by George S. Graffam (photograph) [show more]
Christopher Wendell Lawlor Haying on Fernald Point
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • 1948 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Description:
"Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017.
Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • 1948-03-18
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Description:
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
New Buildings at Jackson Memorial Laboratory
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-02-15
  • In Copyright
New Buildings at Jackson Memorial Laboratory
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The Kebo Valley Club Race Track is visible behind the newly constructed buildings at the Jackson Lab. Originally the site of Robin Hood Park.
Ida Mae
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-02-16
  • In Copyright
Ida Mae
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Launching at Southwest Boat Corporation
Nehrid
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-08
  • In Copyright
Nehrid
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Lubenray
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945-08-04
  • In Copyright
Lubenray
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Kamdenia - Cruiser
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-06
  • In Copyright
Kamdenia - Cruiser
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Owned by Fergeson.
Hankus-Pankus
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-07-11
  • In Copyright
Hankus-Pankus
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Interior photographs were taken in August 1946.
Five 32' boats
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-09
  • In Copyright
Five 32' boats
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Elva L. Beal
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945
  • In Copyright
Elva L. Beal
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Cruiser interiors
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-01-16
  • In Copyright
Cruiser interiors
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Chester T. Marshall
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945
  • In Copyright
Chester T. Marshall
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Chester Pike - Fish Vessel
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-11-03
  • In Copyright
Chester Pike - Fish Vessel
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Photo 3754 was taken in March 1952 showing "adding midship section" at Southwest Boat Corporation.
Bonaventure - Refit
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-01
  • In Copyright
Bonaventure - Refit
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Bonaventure came back to Southwest Boat Corporation to have whale back put on her bow. They rebuilt the shelter for the steering station so they could see over the bow and they put on wing boards for trawl netting.
Bonaventure - Launching
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-09
  • In Copyright
Bonaventure - Launching
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Blue Water Baby - Cruiser
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-06-02
  • In Copyright
Blue Water Baby - Cruiser
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Owned by Marcus, Philadelphia. Interior photographs were taken on June 28, 1948.
44' Seine Boat Launching
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-10-16
  • In Copyright
44' Seine Boat Launching
Southwest Harbor Public Library
309 Cruiser
Hinckley Sport Cruiser 30
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-01-07
  • In Copyright
309 Cruiser
Hinckley Sport Cruiser 30
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
"This picture is of a prototype for a production model design by Henry Hinckley to be known as the Hinckley Sport Cruiser 30 built in 1940. Production was postponed because of the war, but it is interesting to note her lines compared to the Picnic Boat. This could have been a very popular boat had it ever gone into production." -- The Hinckley Story (p.89).
303 Cruiser
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-09-26
  • In Copyright
303 Cruiser
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Hinckley Mine Yawls
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942
  • In Copyright
Hinckley Mine Yawls
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
A collection of yet to be curated photographs of the construction of mine yawls built by the Henry R. Hinckley Company for the military during WWII. A mine yawl is a rugged utility boat. These photographs were taken between 1942 and 1944.