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Postal Inspection Service viewing ports are marked in the photo. In those days, post offices included specifications for hidden back hallways with rubber padding on the floor. There was usually an exterior door. Inspectors would enter through the hidden door and surveil postal employees when needed or desired. The padding made it impossible to hear the inspectors walking around.

"The view of the west side of Front street, looking south from Pine, in 1852, is of particular interest because it shows some of the well-known pioneer citizens of Portland, besides giving a very good idea of the business district in those days. The men in the picture, reading from left to right, are: C.P. Bacon, Adolph Miller, Thomas J. Dryer (editor of The Oregonian at that time), W.H. Barnhart (in the doorway), H.W. Corbett, John M. Breck and W.S. Ogden. The dray was the first in Portland and, therefore, an object of considerable interest in those days. It was purchased in San Francisco by Mr. Barnhart for $400 and sold to Mr. Miller. The first building in the foreground is the general store of Breck & Ogden. Just beyond it is the general store of W.H. Barnhart & Co., part of which was occupied by the first Wells-Fargo Express office. The large building beyond was the store of H.W. Corbett. A vessel may be seen in the harbor at the end of the street." "Historic Pictures Mark Progress of Pioneer Portland," Morning Oregonian, Feb. 4, 1911, p. 6

Abigail (Abby) Aldrich Rockefeller The August 16, 1918 Evening World notes Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Driving First Spike Into the Keel of the U. S. Trawler Fish Hawk. Though that photo/article was probably at the boat's launching, not keel laying. The June 15 issue of Shipping noted that Fish Hawk was nearly all planked out and that launching would likely be in a few weeks. The July issue of The Rudder notes that Fish Hawk is the second of six planned trawlers for the East Coast Fisheries Company built in Maine by the Portland Shipbuilding Company and that Fish Hawk is a sistership to the first, the Kingfisher. The Rudder article includes some good plan and profile drawings of the boats. In the September, 1919 issue of The American Marine Engineerwe learn that while Kingfisher was sunk by a U-Boat during the war, Fish Hawk and her sisterships were still bringing fish into New York and the 6th in the series was about to begin construction.

Some photos of the Fish Hawk from 1919: mainehistory.pastperfect-online.com/32314cgi/mweb.exe?req... Fish Hawk as a derelict vessel in Noank, CT: connecticuthistoryillustrated.org/islandora/search/%22fis...

Looks like she is enjoying herself.

It looks like this ship was actually the Albatross. This photo appears in a Rockefeller Foundation publication with the caption: "Abby Aldrich Rockefeller holds the hammer that she used to drive a bolt during construction of the “Albatross” in Portland, Maine, in mid August 1918." Photograph by Underwood & Underwood, New York City www.rockarch.org/publications/newsletter/nl2000.pdf at p. 11.

Albatross built at same shipyard as Fish Hawk: Portland SB, South Portland ME, O.N. 217411 Albatross East Coast Fisheries Co Trawler GT 384 Delivery1918 Wrecked Diamond Shoals 1940 www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/719thcentur... Wreck: wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?236463 about the loss cause lost: ran aground (wrecked) date lost: 21/02/1940