William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf

Identifier:
7755  
Title:
William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf
Description:
From Left to Right:

Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child.

William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-)

Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family.

The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down”

See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110.
Address:
182 Clark Point Road
Place:
Southwest Harbor
State:
ME
Country:
USA
Date:
July 14, 1951
Rights:

Citation

Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980), “William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed November 21, 2024, https://demo.digitalarchive.us/items/show/4360.Item 7755

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