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Ralph Phippen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
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Ralph Phippen
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-10849
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • LaRue Spiker
Collection:
  • LaRue Spiker Collection
Description:
Ralph Phippen sitting on couch wearing cardigan and plaid shirt. Caption attached on back was removed. “Ralph Phippen, who started hauling traps when he was eight years old, is almost a classic picture of the Downeast Lobsterman --- gruff, determined, proud. During the depression of the 1930’s,he painted the stern of his boat red, white and blue then labeled her name over the colors -- “Hard Luck.” now he shares his fishing skiff with patrons of the Oceanarium. [show more]