Albion L. Clough seated in his cabin, displaying a painting

Blackington, Alton H. · [ca. 1936]

From a series of images depicting Clough, an artist and misogynist. "Self-proclaimed World's Champion Woman-Hater, Albion L. Clough, lived in a converted boat on Cape Neddick's River Road from 1936-1944. A master of public relations, the long-haired artist made a living selling postcards, folk art, and inflated misogyny[...] Clough told anyone who would listen that he had walked away from a lucrative fishing camp business in Brighton, Maine to escape his second wife Eleanor's caustic disposition. In 1936, Cape Neddick fishermen allowed him to drag a decrepit, 28-foot sailboat from the Cape Neddick River to a lot near the Atlantic Shoreline Railway tracks. He roofed it over for summer habitation and christened it the Ark of Maine[...] It became the headquarters of a woman-hater's club that boasted over 100 members[... Clough] played the organ, the banjo, the guitar, and reportedly had a beautiful tenor voice." Info from Southern Maine Old News online).