Southwest Harbor lifelong summer resident Andrew McInnes sailing Venture in the 1930s. The sailboat, co-owned with his brother Robert, was a B.B. Corninshield B Boat. Andrew didn't know that Mr. Ballard had taken the photograph until he happened to be in Grand Central Station in New York City and saw an enormous print or projection of the image advertising Maine as a tourist destination. Mr. Ballard gave him the 8x10 glass negative when they next met.
Description: Southwest Harbor lifelong summer resident Andrew McInnes sailing Venture in the 1930s. The sailboat, co-owned with his brother Robert, was a B.B. Corninshield B Boat. Andrew didn't know that Mr. Ballard had taken the photograph until he happened to be in Grand Central Station in New York City and saw an enormous print or projection of the image advertising Maine as a tourist destination. Mr. Ballard gave him the 8x10 glass negative when they next met. [show more]
Front Row - Left to Right: Andrew Donald Berry (1918-1968) Malcolm I. Bennett (1916-1976) Clinton D. Foss (1916-1999) Cecil Edwin Dorr (1917-1995) William Wescott Billings (1916-2000) Arthur L. Mitchell (1918-2003) Lawrence Berry (1920-1996) Second Row - Left to Right: Gilbert Finney Hall (1918-1998) Wesley Candage Roberts (1917-1988) Wilder S. Hamblen (1917-1957) Cecil E. Reed (1918-1998) Arlington H. Bickford (1918-1983) Back Row - Left to Right: Rebecca K. Dunbar (1918-1978) - later Mrs. Almon Frank Ramsdell Jr. Madeline Louise Norwood (1917-2000) - later Mrs. Raleigh Edgar Stanwood Vesta Harriet Lord (1916-) - later Mrs. Malcolm Wade Clough and Mrs. Unknown Goodwin and Mrs. Hoyt Ashton Stanley Priscilla Mitchell (1918-2010) - later Mrs. Joseph Calvin Trafton Dorothy Barbara Nason (1919-) Marjorie F. White (1917-1998) - later Mrs. Irving W. Parritt Enola Madeline Gilley (1920-2003) - later Mrs. Bertram E. Farmer Alice L. Mitchell (1918-1972) - later Mrs. Normand Joseph Bouchard
Description: Front Row - Left to Right: Andrew Donald Berry (1918-1968) Malcolm I. Bennett (1916-1976) Clinton D. Foss (1916-1999) Cecil Edwin Dorr (1917-1995) William Wescott Billings (1916-2000) Arthur L. Mitchell (1918-2003) Lawrence Berry (1920-1996) Second Row - Left to Right: Gilbert Finney Hall (1918-1998) Wesley Candage Roberts (1917-1988) Wilder S. Hamblen (1917-1957) Cecil E. Reed (1918-1998) Arlington H. Bickford (1918-1983) Back Row - Left to Right: Rebecca K. Dunbar (1918-1978) - later Mrs. Almon Frank Ramsdell Jr. Madeline Louise Norwood (1917-2000) - later Mrs. Raleigh Edgar Stanwood Vesta Harriet Lord (1916-) - later Mrs. Malcolm Wade Clough and Mrs. Unknown Goodwin and Mrs. Hoyt Ashton Stanley Priscilla Mitchell (1918-2010) - later Mrs. Joseph Calvin Trafton Dorothy Barbara Nason (1919-) Marjorie F. White (1917-1998) - later Mrs. Irving W. Parritt Enola Madeline Gilley (1920-2003) - later Mrs. Bertram E. Farmer Alice L. Mitchell (1918-1972) - later Mrs. Normand Joseph Bouchard [show more]
Left to Right: Judith “Judy” May Carroll (1935-), later Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. Nancy Eleanor Stanley (1934-2022), later Mrs. Raymond Eugene Robbins, Jr. Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-), later Mrs. Carol Carter Murphy Myrna Lorraine Stanley (1942-2022), later Mrs. Karl Julius Ritterskamp Sally Camilla Carroll (1933-), later Mrs. Harold Alan Fernald Jr. Nancy Jane Carroll (1936-), later Mrs. Joseph Mello Cynthia Farnham Carroll (1937-2005), later Mrs. Robert Allen Aikman III Esther Laverne Stanley (1936-1984), later Mrs. Michael Willis The children are sitting on the lawn of the Adoniram Judson Robinson house at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, watching a moving van at the Arthur L. Somes house across the street.
Description: Left to Right: Judith “Judy” May Carroll (1935-), later Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. Nancy Eleanor Stanley (1934-2022), later Mrs. Raymond Eugene Robbins, Jr. Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-), later Mrs. Carol Carter Murphy Myrna Lorraine Stanley (1942-2022), later Mrs. Karl Julius Ritterskamp Sally Camilla Carroll (1933-), later Mrs. Harold Alan Fernald Jr. Nancy Jane Carroll (1936-), later Mrs. Joseph Mello Cynthia Farnham Carroll (1937-2005), later Mrs. Robert Allen Aikman III Esther Laverne Stanley (1936-1984), later Mrs. Michael Willis The children are sitting on the lawn of the Adoniram Judson Robinson house at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, watching a moving van at the Arthur L. Somes house across the street. [show more]
Photographer Eleanor R. Mayo lived with Ruth Moore whose sister, Esther Moore Trask's father-in-law was George Washington Trask, another brother of William S. Trask, hence thee title of the photograph, "Aunt Belle's House."
Description: Photographer Eleanor R. Mayo lived with Ruth Moore whose sister, Esther Moore Trask's father-in-law was George Washington Trask, another brother of William S. Trask, hence thee title of the photograph, "Aunt Belle's House."
WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express"
Description: WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express"
A freight bill for 3 casks of lime for Capt. James Long (1814-1895) signed by Jo. R. Freeman [John T.R. Freeman (1838-1916)] and paid at Mt. Desert on November 2, 1853. As can be seen from the account below, "Rockland" was supposed to have been built in 1853 and to have gone into service in 1854, but this bill of lading clearly shows that she was working in the Mt. Desert area as early as November 1853. She may have gone on the water in 1853 and done some freight work in the area before she started her career on the passenger route in 1854. The 1857 date may just be an error.
Description: A freight bill for 3 casks of lime for Capt. James Long (1814-1895) signed by Jo. R. Freeman [John T.R. Freeman (1838-1916)] and paid at Mt. Desert on November 2, 1853. As can be seen from the account below, "Rockland" was supposed to have been built in 1853 and to have gone into service in 1854, but this bill of lading clearly shows that she was working in the Mt. Desert area as early as November 1853. She may have gone on the water in 1853 and done some freight work in the area before she started her career on the passenger route in 1854. The 1857 date may just be an error. [show more]
This photograph was probably from an 1882 series of photographic views of New Hampshire and Maine published by Charles Pollock. The series included four views of Bar Harbor.
Description: This photograph was probably from an 1882 series of photographic views of New Hampshire and Maine published by Charles Pollock. The series included four views of Bar Harbor.
The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006
Description: The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006 [show more]
Eleanor Hadlock Gilley, born at Seawall, talks about growing up on the island and her family's history in the area. She walked to school and says it wasn't too bad until she had to go to Southwest Harbor for high school; she remembers getting caught in a blizzard in during a commute in 1922. She stopped at a friends home in Manset and was stuck for two days. Growing up, her father had a penchant for travelling and the family often lost track of him. After high school, Eleanor would go on to teach in the area, spending a total of seventeen years between Trenton, Tremont, and Southwest Harbor. Her husband, who she met in high school, was a lifelong basketball fan and worked for the Hinckley company as a painter. Her grandmother worked in the Manset hotels doing laundry. She also talks about her great-great grandfather who was married to "The Prussian Lady" and would later die at sea. She tells stories from the Great Depression and eating "salmon loaf," as it was the only food available.
Description: Eleanor Hadlock Gilley, born at Seawall, talks about growing up on the island and her family's history in the area. She walked to school and says it wasn't too bad until she had to go to Southwest Harbor for high school; she remembers getting caught in a blizzard in during a commute in 1922. She stopped at a friends home in Manset and was stuck for two days. Growing up, her father had a penchant for travelling and the family often lost track of him. After high school, Eleanor would go on to teach in the area, spending a total of seventeen years between Trenton, Tremont, and Southwest Harbor. Her husband, who she met in high school, was a lifelong basketball fan and worked for the Hinckley company as a painter. Her grandmother worked in the Manset hotels doing laundry. She also talks about her great-great grandfather who was married to "The Prussian Lady" and would later die at sea. She tells stories from the Great Depression and eating "salmon loaf," as it was the only food available. [show more]