Old Photo Ship At Sea

Collectibles : Maritime

 

A real old photograph from the collection of Frank E Claes of Camden Maine. This photo of “Ship at Sea ,Taken Sept 14,1957”. Housed in a brand new simple complimenting frame measuring 11 ½“ x 14 ”. In 1985, Down East Books of Camden, Me. published a book called WALDO COUNTY - The Way It Was by Frank E. Claes, formerly of Camden, Me,, and residing in Orland, Me. at the time that the book came out. At that time, Down East published 1062 books. The book included each of the towns of Waldo County, as it was in 1859, including Appleton, Camden, Hope, North Haven, Rockport, and Vinalhaven. Claes, a very accomplished photographer, had opened a portrait studio in Camden in 1950. He also copied and made negatives for people, as well as for Historical Societies, Museums, and libraries. He was from the old school, keeping a copy of the negatives of the photos, so that people went back to him for copies. He specialized in reproducing copies of Maritime history, including photos of many ships. He said that he held the largest collection of Maritime negatives of anyone in the State. He wanted to have a book published of his Maritime photos, but had Down East Books do first, WALDO COUNTY - The Way It Was. In the book, Claes had used the brief history of each town in the county from A Gazetteer of the State of Maine, to which he added a copy of the map of each town, taken from the 1859 Schoolhouse map, which showed the location of each house, factory, sawmill, schoolhouse, businesses, etc., including their names. About that time, several photographers were doing the same, taking photos of each town separately, including famed Belfast photographer, Walter Dickey, and Leland Overlock of Warren. But the other photographers did not have the foresight to do a book such as Claes did. Claes had photos of the Maritime and coastal area of Waldo County, but he did not have photos of the inland towns. Author Frank E Claes “Waldo County :The way it was 1985

Item ID: Rl3036