Penobscot Marine Museum Photo Archive

Everett 'Red' Boutilier

Number LB2005.24.17244
Collection Boutilier Collection
Description The J & E RIGGIN (89ft. LOA) Capts. Dave and Sue Allen - Skipper , Richard Robbins Sr.- January 22, 1975 at the North End Shipyard Rockland, Me. - aboard.
Object Name Negative, Film
Title J & E RIGGIN
Date January 22, 1975
Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”

LB2005.24.17275
Collection Boutilier Collection
Description The J & E RIGGIN (89ft. LOA) - August 13, 1977.
Object Name Negative, Film
Title J & E RIGGIN
Date August 13, 1977
Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red

LB2005.24.17345
Collection Boutilier Collection
Description Traditional Small Craft Association - overall scene - May 16, 1982.
Object Name Negative, Film
Title Small Rowing Craft
Date May 16, 1982
Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”

LB2005.24.17398
Collection Boutilier Collection
Description July 4, 1986 - Tall Ships 1986 - SAGRES II - 3 masted square .
Object Name Negative, Film
Title TALL SHIPS 1986
Date July 4, 1986
Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”

LB2005.24.17453
Collection Boutilier Collection
Description July 4, 1986 - Tall Ships 1986 - fire boat with hoses.
Object Name Negative, Film, Color
Title TALL SHIPS 1986
Date July 4, 1986
Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red

Atlantic Fisherman

LB1992.301.104
Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection
Description The LAUREN - afloat for first time at the dock at the Webber marina in Muscongus; LOA: 35’; beam 12’-7”; draft 3’.
Object Name Print, Photographic
Place Maine/ Lincoln County/ Muscongus
City Muscongus
County Lincoln County
State Maine, ME
Date Pub.: Mar. 73
Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”

LB1992.301.111
Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection
Description Harbor views at Corea, ME, with many lobster boats.
Object Name Print, Photographic
Place Maine/ Hancock County/ Corea
City Corea
County Hancock County
State Maine, ME
Date Pub.: July 1960
Subjects Fishing boats
Lobsterboats
Photographer/Creator French

LB1992.301.13
Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection
Description Getting nets ready for fall fishing.
Object Name Print, Photographic

LB1992.301.118 Weir; 4 boats pursing up herring.
Object Name Print, Photographic
Place New Brunswick/ Grand Manan?
Date Pub.: Feb. 1952

Number LB1992.301.148
Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection
Description Unloading sardines from dory to sardine carrier. This photo was used by B.F. Goodrich to advertise their suction hose in Atlantic Fisherman when the sardine pump was introduced. R.J. Peacock had three carriers working out of Portland in the 1950s:CONQUEROR, SEAWANHAKA, and SYLVINA E. BEAL.
Pub.: Aug. 1952

Ruth Montgomery

LB1990.49.188
Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection
Description The wreck at Little River, East Boothbay, Maine

Original: Montgomery:’ The wreck at Little River’ Cataloger’s notes: East Boothbay
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title The wreck at Little River
Place Maine/ Lincoln County/ East Boothbay
City East Boothbay
County Lincoln County
State Maine, ME
Date ---
Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth

LB1990.49.125
Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection
Description Steamer which carried group to picnic site

Original: Montgomery:’ Steamer we went on to picnic’ Cataloger’s notes:
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Steamer we went on to picnic
Date ---
Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth

LB1990.49.129
Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection
Description ’Mita’ (dog) lying in chair, on board ship

Original: Montgomery:’ Mita lying down in chair’ Cataloger’s notes: ALLANWILDE alongside ?
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Mita lying down in chair
Date ---
Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth

LB1990.49.175
Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection
Description Gay Head

Original: Montgomery:’ Gay head’ Cataloger’s notes:
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Gay head
Date ---
Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth

LB1990.49.189
Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection
Description Arthur (Arthur Libby Race) on the Shark

Original: Montgomery:’ Arthur on the shark’ Cataloger’s notes: Arthur Libby Race
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Arthur on the shark
Date ---
Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth

Joanna Colcord

LB2003.61.1026
Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection
Description Br ship DUNDEE off Stonecutter’s Island, Hong Kong
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Br ship DUNDEE off Stonecutter’s Island, Hong Kong
Place Hong Kong
Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.

LB2003.61.1029
Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection
Description Market; Nassau, Bahamas
Object Name Negative, Film
Place Bahamas/ Nassau
Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.

LB2003.61.1051
Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection
Description Botanic Station; Roseau, Dominica
Object Name Negative, Film
Place Dominica/ Roseau
Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.

LB2003.61.1084
Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection
Description Figure in deck chair, aboard ship
Object Name Negative, Film
Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C

LB2003.61.1099
Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection
Description Street, palms, single figure
Object Name Negative, Film
Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C

LB2003.61.1108
Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection
Description Scott’s Head; Dominica
Object Name Negative, Film
Place Dominica
Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.

Elmer Montgomery

LB2008.15.110
Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Description Steamer NORTH HAVEN, Ex. ELECTRONIC, bought from Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1931, and began service in June. Sometime after 1942, went into government service out of Portland to installations in Casco Bay , then returned to Rockland briefly before joining the New York City Circle Line fleet. Being towed away.
Object Name Negative, Film
Title Steamer NORTH HAVEN
Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland
City Rockland
County Knox County
State Maine, ME

LB2008.15.163
Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Description Dragger ST. GEORGE under construction. Interior view including five workmen and keel timbers.
Exhibit Label BUILDING THE ST. GEORGE, 1939

Albert Condon’s drawings for this 110’ dragger are, like all his work, very detailed. There’s no guessing the size, shape, and location of the pieces that go into building her. Snow’s Shipyard was already bustling before its wartime expansion. A new wooden dragger or seiner had slid off the ways every few months since the place was reorganized around 1936. Two other big ones like the ST. GEORGE (the NORTH STAR and BELMONT) followed in September, 1940 and April, 1941.
Before moving to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Albert Condon had supervised construction at Snow’s. After the move, he continued drawing plans for Snow’s and for the Newbert & Wallace yard in Thomaston. Mystic Seaport now owns all of Albert Condon’s drawings.
Object Name Negative, Film
Title Dragger ST. GEORGE
Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland
City Rockland
County Knox County
State Maine, ME
Search Term shipbuilding/ fishing
Photographer Montgomery, Elmer

LB2008.15.185
Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Description View of DIRIGO FIRST’s deck with 12 dories on deck. Rigged for dory trawling.
DIRIGO FIRST was built in 1923 in South Freeport for the Dirigo Fish Co. on Union Wharf in Portland as a cod and mackerel boat.
Object Name Negative, Film
Title Dragger DIRIGO FIRST
Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland
City Rockland
County Knox County
State Maine, ME
Subjects Dories (Boats)
Rowboats
Fishing vessels
Search Terms dory
Search Term fishing
Photographer Montgomery, Elmer

LB2008.15.187
Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Description 78’10” Dragger PELICAN under construction and nearly complete, on deck looking forward. Rail cap being installed. Designed by Albert Condon; plans are at Mystic Seaport (catalog #35.18)
Object Name Negative, Film
Title Dragger PELICAN
Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland
City Rockland
County Knox County
State Maine, ME
Search Term shipbuilding/ fishing
Photographer Montgomery, Elmer

LB2008.15.226
Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection
Description Crescent Beach Fish weir in left background, Emery Island in center of photo
Object Name Negative, Film
Title Harbor scene
Place Maine/ Knox County/ Owls Head
City Owls Head
County Knox County
State Maine, ME
Search Term fishing
Photographer Montgomery, Elmer

Preston Williams

LB2008.26.10
Collection MacEwen Collection
Description Vessels at High Head. Oct 1, 1899 (H. Floyd)
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Vessels, Highhead, Bangor
Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor
City Bangor
County Penobscot County
State Maine, ME
Date Oct. 1, 1899
Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?

LB2008.26.43
Collection MacEwen Collection
Description Old Bangor Suspension Bridge, Bangor-Brewer Bridge. Center span lost in spring flood Feb. 1902. View from Brewer 1903 (H. Floyd)
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Bangor-Brewer Bridge.
Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor
City Bangor
County Penobscot County
State Maine, ME
Date 1903
Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?

LB2008.26.75
Collection MacEwen Collection
Description Start of fire
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Bangor Fire 1911
Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor
City Bangor
County Penobscot County
State Maine, ME
Date 04/30/1911
Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?

LB2008.26.96
Collection MacEwen Collection
Description Burnt district
Object Name Negative, Glass-plate
Title Bangor Fire 1911
Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor
City Bangor
County Penobscot County
State Maine, ME
Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?


all photos courtesy Penobscot Marine Museum

This is an amazing resource.

Ben Fuller and Kevin Johnson have been busy, very busy, in Searsport, ME. They've been keeping a small cadre of volunteers and staff members very busy as well. Ben is the curator at the Penobscot Marine Museum, Kevin the museum's photo archivist.
The museum is celebrating it's 75th anniversary and part of the celebration is the addition, as of February 12, of 20,000 newly digitized images to the museums digital photo archive, bringing the total to about 50,000. Wow. And that's only 1/2 of the total photo archive, and their goal is to get it all online, as well as all the museums other collections. Understand this huge repository of images is available now, here, free! I have offered a small sampling of various collections to whet your appetite. One could literally spend months. It's interesting to see a small, regional institution create a world class digital photo database. Hats off to Ben, Kevin and the rest of the team, more power to ya'.
I'm sure the museum can use all the help it can get, so if you enjoy this resource, please do something about it.

Nordlandsbåt; krumstevning

All photos courtesy Iain Oughtred

In a discussion with acclaimed small boat designer Iain Oughtred about the taxonomy of certain Norwegian boat types, he casually mentioned that he was involved with a Nordlandsbåt that had recently been discovered on Skye, his home. Piqued my interest, he did. After some wrestling with google translate we more or less resolved that issue and Iain responded to my request for some info on the 'rescue operation'. It's a rather interesting story.
Iain contacted Gunnar Eldjarn in Norway to ask for help both in identifying the boat and how to proceed. Gunnar builds traditional Norwegian boats and his website is here. Gunnar identified the boat as a Krumstevning, which he elaborates a bit below. He further named it a Ranværingsboat, a boat built in the Rana area, a little more that halfway up Norway's west coast. They are dating the boat anywhere from 1840 to 1890, pending further investigation. Iain had originally envisioned a restoration, but Gunnar went on to say:

"It is a krumstevning. A treroring and has had six oars.
A small treroring like this is actually a 2 1/2 room boat with 3 rooms. This is not very special, but is a northern Norwegian specialty.
I see now that it has a very special keel, a gatakjøl which has both the keel an the keelstrake in one peace. This I have heard about, but never seen on a small boat like this.
Then, most of the strakes are probably hewn, and almost impossible to shift, at least very difficult.

I would actually be careful and keep the old boat without much repair, and also use it very little. All the old material is brittle and cant take much beating. Making a copy is a good idea. But it is not a very easy boat to build. But if the old boat is kept untouched, 100 copies may be built and used. If the old one is much repaired, the original is gone. The boat should be thoroughly documented, lots of good pictures, measurements etc.
The boat is worth a lot, not much money, but as a cultural document.
Please take care of the boat.!!!!"

The 18' x 54" boat is on the grounds of large estate in southern Skye, a district named Sleat, and the owner contacted Iain at the urging of one Fergus Walker, who I've written about before. Lucilla (said owner), Iain, and some other interested parties are in the process of securing a tent to protect the boat from the elements and commencing preservation strategies. A little more from Iain, first a portion of his reply to Gunnar:

"Many thanks for your message. It is a valuable contribution to our quest, and we are privileged to have this authoratative statement which confirms our feeling that this is a rare and special boat that deserves to be cared for properly. And measured up, recorded, photographed, drawn up as Bernhard F would do. That will be my job."

Plus this to me:

"Lucilla wants to keep her close to home, ultimately on display with all relevant information presented in English, Norwegian and Gaelic.

I have found a nice board of Scots Pine to replace the missing capping piece on the starboard gunwale. And some scraps of oak for missing and damaged bits of frames. We will have tollepinnar (thole pins) for the keip/'kabes'/oarlocks. I got the Norwegian Varnol thin penetrating oil. I hope that Mark Stockl, the boatbuilder from Ullapool, may be able to do much of this work, after setting up the cradle, which will support the hull comfortably all round. She may even need to gently settle into her rightful shape before new pieces are fitted!

I do not think the boat will actually be used. She's quite fragile. But hopefully we could just launch her and take some nice photographs." I will see if Lucilla is up for asking Gunnar about a replica that she can play with.

Iain has consented to keeping me updated on progress made good on the 'bonny wee boat' and
I'll be letting you know.

Original article posted @ 70.8% by Thomas Armstrong

Charles W Morgan Restoration; A Volunteer's Perspective, Part 3

Outside, the paint is getting is coming off too.

As soon as the surface is clean, a coat of primer goes on.

The framing on the starboard side is done!

The forward part of the keelson has been removed. The rumor is that you can smell whale oil on it.
I could not smell it but...

This is the new one.

All the framing on the port side is done. The last piece proved to be quite a "Rascal," requiring a lot of persuasion to get it in place.
But now it's done.

On the Morgan, the paint removal on the port side is done. The "Plastic Palace" came down and we are reassembling it on the starboard side. Paint is going back on where we finished scraping.

The first thing I found walking in yesterday was a new floor timber in the rough. The wood is part of the old Boston Shipyard cache.

Back in the DuPont Restoration building the mizzen mast for The Morgan is coming along.

Meanwhile up on deck, the butt joints are being cleaned out in preparation for re-caulking.

The caulking was removed while the hogging was being removed from the keel. As the keel straightened out the joints on deck moved closer together. Removing the caulking allowed for free movement of the deck planks.

The keel has a new look. At first I thought it might be a new layer of sacrificial wood used to protect the ship from worms. This was done before modern bottom paints to protect the hull. Between the sacrificial wood and the hull was a layer of Irish felt soaked in tar. The worms bore into the top layer and were stopped by the tar.
Not this time though.
This is a temporary shield used to help keep the keel's moisture level up. The Morgan has been out of the water for two years and everything is drying out. The deck is hosed down every day and spread with salt. While I have never seen it in use, I talked with a man last summer who was installing a spray system to keep the inner hull damp.
Under the protective wood is a thick layer of burlap. The burlap will be soaked daily. I assume it will be a salt water mix.

This floor timber was made from the wood found buried in Boston.

This piece weighs around 1,000 pounds.

Inside, the chain falls did the heavy work.

Lowered into place, now it's time for the fine tuning.

Here the deck clamp is being milled to size.

This is the last part of the re-framing project of Morgan's hull. On March 16, I reported that the first new futtock had been installed. On November 17, the last frame member was installed. This time it was a naval timber.



All photos and captions courtesy Carl Swebilius , Mystic Seaport and the WoodenBoat Forum


To be continued...
see editors note at the bottom of the page!

Part three of this series:

Carl continues in his volunteer work and his posts to the thread. His work following the restoration, taken on apart from his volunteer work, is a labor of love, obviously and a great resource for us, and for Mystic Seaport. The Morgan is apparently on schedule for splash in 2012 and first cruise, to New Bedford, MA in 2013.

'I'm a big fan of the WoodenBoat Forum. I almost exclusively follow the design forum, but recently thought I should take a look at the at the building forum and was rewarded by finding there a huge thread on the restoration of the Charles W Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaleboat in the world. The thread is posted by a volunteer, Carl Swebilius, who works at Mystic Seaport one day a week and follows the work being done on the Morgan as well as branching off into many other stories about Mystic. It's a casual read, but also hugely informative and entertaining. Well worth a look.

Here's what Mystic Seaport say's about the Morgan:

"The Morgan is comparable to many whaling ships of the time: 105' on deck, 133' overall. Her beam (width) is 27.7' and her draft (depth) is 12.6 feet, although fully loaded she could draw as much as 17.6', her registered depth. Her displacement (weight) is 313.75 tons.

Her longest voyage was four years and 11 months, while her shortest was 'only' eight and a half months.

The Charles W. Morgan is the last surviving wooden whaling ship from the great days of sail. Built in 1841 in New Bedford, MA, the Morgan had a successful 80-year whaling career. She made 37 voyages before retiring in 1921, and was preserved as an exhibit through the efforts of a number of dedicated citizens. After being on display in South Dartmouth, MA, until 1941, she came to Mystic Seaport, where each year thousands of visitors walk her decks and hear the fascinating story of her career as a whaling vessel, historic exhibit, film and media star, and a porthole into America's rich history."

Some numbers:

The Charles W. Morgan slid out of Jethro and Zachariah Hillman's shipyard in New Bedford, MA, on July 21, 1841.

She took 7 months to construct with 31 men working on her.

She cost $26,877 to build and another $25,977 to outfit for her first voyage.

She was 113 feet long and classed as a 351 ton whaling ship.

Her beam was 27-feet, 6-inches with a 17-foot, 6-inch depth.

Her main truck was 110 feet above the deck.

The sail capacity was over 13,000 square feet.

She carried 4 whale boats (later a fifth was added).

The Morgan typically carried a crew of 30 to 36 men.

Her cruising speeds could reach over 9 knots.

Nat Arata, VP of Development at Mystic, and my liaison for this project, along with Carl Swebilius, the volunteer who is telling the story, sent this answer to my query about what the costs from 1841 equated to in current dollars, just for some perspective. The question was answered by another VP at Mystic, Paul J. O'Pecko, Vice President, Collections and Research Director, G.W. Blunt White Library,Mystic Seaport:

"According to the website Measuringworth.com, $1340000.00 in the year 2009 has the same 'purchase power' as $52854 in the year 1841.
Another historical currency converter says 52854 dollars in 1841 had the same buying power as 1.31908712e+6 current dollars. So very close, somewhere near 1.3 million dollars."

I visited the Morgan this summer during the WoodenBoat Show this summer and have to say she is the imposing presence on the Seaport's waterfront. Out of the water as she is, the word that comes to mind is massive. Definitely worth the trip.

Editors note. I am endeavoring to keep the flavor of Carl's posts to this thread by not editing his captions. Note that I have not, by any means, used all of his work. It's all there on the thread.
This is the third post in this series, and in reviewing Carl's material, I find that I may do one more. For now, but then the work is ongoing, so I may catch up later as well.

Also, there are whaleboats to be built to kit out the Morgan properly. This work has been allocated to the Workshop on the Water at the ISM with John Brady taking the lead and Rock the Boat in NY, with Goeff McKonley, formerly of the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, in charge. I met with John yesterday to discuss the project, they've already lofted to plans supplied by Mystic Seaport and will begin building the molds in a couple of weeks. The workshop will also build a set of molds to be sent to Rock the Boat. You'll be able to follow the progress of these builds here. John also hinted at the possibility that there cold be some competition in the future, and that at least one other institution, the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum is considering a build. Hopefully other Museums will also partake, the New Bedford Whaling Museum would be a likely candidate.
This is a 29' whaleboat, originally built by Beetle, and has a crew of 7. There is also a gunter sailing rig. The boat is a combination of lapstrake and carvel construction. These boats should prove to be magnificent in their own right. John also raised the possibilty of a kit for the boats, to enable more institutions to build one. More to come...