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Bows and Anchors

Bows and Anchors

This study of the bow of the Charles H. Klinck shows the old and the new. Name and paint are worn, and drooping anchors look tired.

Martinsville Dories

Martinsville Dories

Simple and graceful, a dory enhances any scene. Catalog Number LB2008.15.732

SEA BISCUIT

SEA BISCUIT

This is Elmer Montgomery’s post-war shot of the Bray family and their neighbor Gil Merriam running across Rockland Harbor

BOWDOIN Departure

BOWDOIN Departure

From Camden, on June 25, 1938, Donald MacMillan’s schooner Bowdoin headed to the arctic where she’d been voyaging annually since she was launched in 1921.

Dangerous Cargo: A Lime Schooner’s End

Dangerous Cargo: A Lime Schooner’s End

It’s end of the day at Rockland and the end of the life for the schooner Jennie A. Cheney, built in Thomaston in 1870.

Unloading at Rockland’s Maine Central Railroad Wharf

Unloading at Rockland’s Maine Central Railroad Wharf

With masts spaced widely apart and shipping a steam driven loading boom, the schooner Annie & Reuben stood out from the other coasters.

Unloading the Catch at New Harbor

Unloading the Catch at New Harbor

Bottom dwelling fish like cod and haddock used to be within the range of small powerboats rigged with baited line trawls.

New Harbor Nets

New Harbor Nets

Cotton seine twine will rot if not put away correctly. Tarring and salting preserved it, but so did winding it on reels so the air could blow through.

South Cove, Rockland

South Cove, Rockland

Before Ted Lang and his Mainship operation brought in the fill that became today’s Snow Marine Park, this tidal cove became a graveyard for boats of all kinds

Low Tide at Port Clyde

Low Tide at Port Clyde

The grounded-out lobsterboat may get her bottom painted later in the day after it dries in the sun, but before the evening’s high tide. Catalog Number LB2008.15.417

Arriving Tug

Arriving Tug

The steam tug Sommers N. Smith and the steam lighter Sophia formed the backbone of Capt. John I. Snow’s Rockland-based Snow Marine Co.

Camden has Changed Since 1940

Camden has Changed Since 1940

Today, the schooner Mattie, fully restored and carrying her original name Grace Bailey, looks better than ever.

Seventy Years Later, She’s Still in Camden

Seventy Years Later, She’s Still in Camden

Today, the schooner Mattie, fully restored and carrying her original name Grace Bailey, looks better than ever.

A New Car Ferry for Islesboro

A New Car Ferry for Islesboro

May 19, 1936 is launching day for the Gov. Brann, a 65’ double-ended, wooden-hulled ferry.

Everyone Loves a Launching

Everyone Loves a Launching

The year is 1936 and the day October 3rd. The 86’ seiner Mary Grace appears to be stuck on the launching ways and is about to be towed until she floats.

Cheaper Than a Railway

Cheaper Than a Railway

Ingenuity helped keep working coasters going long after their heyday.

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