March 2011 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9. MARITIME MUSEUM NEWS Maine Maritime Museum
IN THE SOVIET UNION'S CROSS HAIRS
Maine’s Cold War Era story revealed in Cold Waters, Cold War: the 20th Century Navy in Maine
BATH – In its latest exhibit, Cold Waters, Cold War: the 20th Century Navy in Maine, Maine Maritime Museum examines Maine’s pivotal role in the more-than-four-decades long brinkmanship confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, now officially designated the Cold War Era. “Russia had Maine fully under satellite coverage, due to Loring SAC Base, Korea Satellite Commo, Cutler Sub Commo, and Columbia-Bingham Over-Horizon Radar – four prime 1st strike targets; not to mention Brunswick Naval Air Station, Winter Harbor Station Radio Intercept & DF Ops, Bath Iron Works, and Bangor-Charleston NIKE sites, Dow AFB interceptors. For years, people came to Maine thinking they were safe here in the boondocks from missile attack. LOL” – email from a Blue Hill resident and former intelligence expert
Naval aviation, surface, and submarines commands, as well as related communications, logistical support, and
New Stubbs Paintings for Collection The recent addition of two new paint- ings brings PMM’s permanent collection of works by artist William Pierce Stubbs to 15. The son of shipmaster Reuben Stubbs, Wil- liam was born in Orrington, Maine, in 1842. He commanded a ship from 1863 to 1873, but began painting ship’s portraits in 1871. He moved to Boston in 1876 and set up a studio, mainly producing marine portraits. William Stubbs died in 1909.
The Museum recently purchased his painting of the Stubbs Homestead in Bucksport. The Stubbs family owned land in both Orrington and Bucksport, and when the boundary line between the two towns shifted in 1850, property that had formerly been des- ignated as Orrington became part of Bucksport.
The other new addition is a painting of the Abbie C. Stubbs, a 130' three-masted “tern” schooner built 1882 by H.H. Hanscom at Fairhaven, Connecticut. Islesboro native Charles R. Pendleton, the Stubbs’ master from 1886-1892, was great-grandfather of the Randlett, Farmer and Beaumont families who donated the painting to the museum. The Stubbs was wrecked in 1933 after running aground off Hicks Head in Jonesport, Maine, en route from southern New England to the
defense contractors were located along Maine’s coastline, in proximity to the cold waters of the North Atlantic – over, under, and atop of which played out the unseen and unpublicized sparring of the world’s two most powerful navies.
Cold Waters, Cold War coincides with and recognizes the official closing of Brunswick Naval Air Station as a military base, while examining the impact and the strategic importance of all naval bases that occupied Maine soil from 1950 to 1990 – from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery to the Very Low Frequency transmitter in Cutler. The exhibit will assemble artifacts, present personal accounts, and reveal hitherto unknown stories of this tense, highly classified, nearly half-century of naval history – an era set in living memory, but rapidly receding into history. Sponsored by Bath Iron Works and Martin’s Point Health Care, the exhibit opens to the public on Saturday, Feb. 19 and remains on view through August 7, 2011. The Museum is open daily 9:30 to 5. Admission for nonmembers ranges from $9 (child) to $12 (adult), and is free for members and children under 4.
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The acquisition of this painting leaves us with some questions: Who was the Abbie C. Stubbs for whom the vessel was named, and what was her relation to William P. Stubbs or the ship’s original owner, Horace Crowell? Who commissioned the portrait and when? When did the Pendletons acquire the painting? The painting is in need of conser- vation, so stay tuned as we sort out these questions and prepare the painting for exhi- bition.
Main Streets” Photos Come to Penobscot County
“Main Street, Maine,” PMM’s popular traveling exhibit of vintage photographs, is on display at the Newport Cultural Center through May 3.
The show features dozens of 75- to 100- year-old images from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. Collection. Many of them show Main Streets when the modern townscape was evolving, with transporta- tion shifting from unpaved roads and horses to paved roads and automobiles. Captions for the exhibit were written by Maine State
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MYSTIC, CT & BRISTOL, RI – Mystic Sea- port Museum and Herreshoff Marine Mu- seum have announced that they have en- tered into an agreement in which the Herreshoff Marine Museum and Mystic Sea- port will become affiliated.
Mystic Seaport and the Herreshoff Ma- rine Museum are entering into a collaborative relationship because each museum’s mis- sion, assets, programs and aspirations are complementary. The agreement provides both Museums with new opportunities to tell the broad story of the American maritime landscape. Both Museums will continue to operate independently with their existing assets, but will serve as resources to the other as needed and as agreed.
“We are delighted that we will be work- ing closely with the Herreshoff Marine Mu- seum as we actively pursue our mission to inspire an enduring connection to American maritime experience,” said Richard Vietor, Chairman of Mystic Seaport.
Dave Ford, Chairman of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, said, “Our affiliation with Mystic Seaport is an innovative solution to many of the challenges faced by smaller museums in today’s economic climate and will greatly expand the scope of what we can accomplish.”
Under the agreement, Mystic Seaport and Herreshoff Marine Museum will work together in a number of important areas that will capitalize on Mystic’s well established expertise in areas such as collections man- agement, curatorial and custodial support, and exhibitions. In addition, the Herreshoff Museum has named Mystic Seaport as its
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exclusive partner in developing exhibitions related to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame. “The synergism created by the affilia- tion of America’s leading maritime museum with the design innovation, yachts, and America’s Cup heritage presented by the Herreshoff Marine Museum is highly posi- tive for both museums’ futures,” added Halsey Herreshoff.
Steve White, President of Mystic Sea- port, also commented, “Mystic Seaport’s collections, watercraft and exhibits, comple- mented by the Herreshoff Marine Museum collections, collectively tell a powerful story about maritime innovation, competitive suc- cess and inspiration. We look forward to working with the Herreshoff Marine Museum to ensure that the stories of Herreshoff Manufacturing Company and its important work are brought to the attention of all who value our maritime heritage.”
The Herreshoff Marine Museum/ America’s Cup Hall of Fame is dedicated to the education and inspiration of the public through presentations of the history and innovative work of the Herreshoff Manufac- turing Company and the America’s Cup com- petition. Located on the original site of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, the Museum’s campus encompasses a large museum facility, the Herreshoff family home- stead, six former company buildings, and the historic waterfront. As a result of forty years of acquisition and preservation, the Museum boasts over sixty significant Herreshoff boats, exhibits illustrating important facets of the Herreshoff and America’s Cup history, and thousands of documents, images, arti- facts and memorabilia significant to the Herreshoff and America’s Cup legacy.
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