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Description
Reverend Anson Williams supervises the crew of the Sunbeam III unloading barrels of salted fish used as bait for lobster fishermen. The Sunbeam III, a 72-foot vessel with a 17 ½-foot beam and a 6-foot draught, cruised at 10 knots and served from 1939 to 1964.
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About This Item
- Title: Reverend Anson Williams supervising the unloading of the "Sunbeam III," Bar Harbor, 1940
- Creation Date: circa 1940
- Subject Date: circa 1940
- Location: Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: Archive Bookcase 1
- Object Type: Image
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