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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
24481951 Map and Cottage Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance, Southwest Harbor
  • 1951
  • Southwest Harbor
Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine compliments of L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance. The numbered locations on this map are index numbers which are explained on the reverse side of the map (the second image of this item).
1951 Map and Cottage Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 2448   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance, Southwest Harbor
Date:
  • 1951
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine compliments of L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance. The numbered locations on this map are index numbers which are explained on the reverse side of the map (the second image of this item).
26051956 Topographic Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, Hancock County, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
  • 1956
  • Acadia National Park
Topography by planetable surveys 1934-1935, and 1939. Revised 1956. Acadia National Park boundary by National Park Service.
1956 Topographic Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, Hancock County, Maine
Item:
  • 2605   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher:
  • Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
Tags:
zoomable, topo map
Description:
Topography by planetable surveys 1934-1935, and 1939. Revised 1956. Acadia National Park boundary by National Park Service.
1315073-foot Yacht is Ready
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • The New York Times
  • 1956-05-16
  • Southwest Harbor
73-foot Yacht is Ready
Item:
  • 13150   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • The New York Times
Date:
  • 1956-05-16
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
2701A Map of the Maine Coast in Washington and Part of Hancock Counties
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Phillips - Luther Savage Phillips (1891-1960)
  • 1951
  • Maine, Coast
Originally a postcard
A Map of the Maine Coast in Washington and Part of Hancock Counties
Item:
  • 2701   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Phillips - Luther Savage Phillips (1891-1960)
Date:
  • 1951
Place:
  • Maine, Coast
State:
  • ME
Description:
Originally a postcard
12581Acadia National Park - Bar Harbor and Porcupines from Cadillac Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1951-08-05
  • Acadia National Park
  • Cadillac Mountain
Acadia National Park - Bar Harbor and Porcupines from Cadillac Mountain
Item:
  • 12581   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1951-08-05
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Cadillac Mountain
7870Acadia National Park - Surf off Ocean Drive at Thunder Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1954-09
  • Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park - Surf off Ocean Drive at Thunder Head
Item:
  • 7870   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1954-09
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12578Acadia National Park - View to the South on Ocean Drive
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1952-10-08
  • Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park - View to the South on Ocean Drive
Item:
  • 12578   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1952-10-08
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
11681Aerial View of Somes Sound From Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Sound
  • A Mike Roberts Color Production, Berkeley 2, Calif.
  • 1956 PM
  • Mount Desert
Aerial View of Somes Sound From Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11681   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Publisher:
  • A Mike Roberts Color Production, Berkeley 2, Calif.
Date:
  • 1956 PM
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Morrill Postcard
Tags:
harbor, aerial view
11238Aerial View of the Mariner Hotel, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • View from the Moorings
  • 1950 c.
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Aerial View of the Mariner Hotel, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 11238   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
Publisher:
  • View from the Moorings
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Mills Family
10487Alcyone Rogers Bullen with Susan Lane Bullen in Baby Carriage
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1953
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right: Susan Lane Bullen Alcyone Rogers Bullen
Alcyone Rogers Bullen with Susan Lane Bullen in Baby Carriage
Item:
  • 10487   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Frederic Close Towers Family
Description:
Left to Right: Susan Lane Bullen Alcyone Rogers Bullen
5615Alma E. Hallenborg
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 226 Main Street
Alma E. Hallenborg
Item:
  • 5615   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 226 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
10427Alvah Murch Allie Batchelder
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • People
  • Roche - John Patrick Roche (1909-1973)
  • 1950 c.
  • Frankfort ME
Alvah Murch Allie Batchelder
Item:
  • 10427   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Roche - John Patrick Roche (1909-1973)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Frankfort ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
10701Anne Longfellow Thorp
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1950
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
This photograph was taken in front of a house in Sudbury, Massachusetts that Anne built in 1935 (according to the owner of the house as of 2019).
Anne Longfellow Thorp
Item:
  • 10701   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Description:
This photograph was taken in front of a house in Sudbury, Massachusetts that Anne built in 1935 (according to the owner of the house as of 2019).
12021Baby Shower for Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Boomer - Edna Milligan Boomer
  • 1952-10 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 50 Clark Point Road
The party is shown in the den, the front room on the left of the house. Ruthann "Sugar" Grindle Fenton remembers that she was upset because she could not find her doll carriage. Someone had "borrowed" the carriage for her mother's surprise baby shower. The carriage reappeared "when Mum wheeled it home solid full of presents." Left to Right: Mary (Harriman) Carroll, Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll (1910-2003) Lucile A. (Farnsworth) Rich, Mrs. Roger Clifton Rich (1911-1989) - hostess Lizabeth H. (Lawson) Rich, Mrs. Ronald Dean Rich (1912-1978) Eleanor Mary (Brown) White, Mrs. Russell B. White (1917-2002) Helen E. (Turnbull) Kelley, Mrs. Carlton Carroll Kelley (1918-1985) Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard, Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard (1909-1990) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - pregnant with John Paul Grindle (1952-)
Baby Shower for Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle
Item:
  • 12021   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Boomer - Edna Milligan Boomer
Date:
  • 1952-10 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
Tags:
woman, group, people
Description:
The party is shown in the den, the front room on the left of the house. Ruthann "Sugar" Grindle Fenton remembers that she was upset because she could not find her doll carriage. Someone had "borrowed" the carriage for her mother's surprise baby shower. The carriage reappeared "when Mum wheeled it home solid full of presents." Left to Right: Mary (Harriman) Carroll, Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll (1910-2003) Lucile A. (Farnsworth) Rich, Mrs. Roger Clifton Rich (1911-1989) - hostess Lizabeth H. (Lawson) Rich, Mrs. Ronald Dean Rich (1912-1978) Eleanor Mary (Brown) White, Mrs. Russell B. White (1917-2002) Helen E. (Turnbull) Kelley, Mrs. Carlton Carroll Kelley (1918-1985) Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard, Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard (1909-1990) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - pregnant with John Paul Grindle (1952-) [show more]
12134Baker Island Light from the North
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1954-08-09
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
Baker Island Light from the North
Item:
  • 12134   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1954-08-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
building, lighthouse
11751Baker Island Light Station
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1955-08-09
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
Baker Island Light Station
Item:
  • 11751   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1955-08-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
zoomable
11749Baker Island Light Station from the Garage Drive
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1955-08-09
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
Baker Island Light Station from the Garage Drive
Item:
  • 11749   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1955-08-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
11750Baker Island Light Station From the Northeast
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1955-08-09
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
Baker Island Light Station From the Northeast
Item:
  • 11750   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1955-08-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
7713Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Company and United States Post Office in the John Lawler Commercial Building
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1954-08-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
On the left side is the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company - Southwest Harbor Branch. On the right side (to the right of the Post Office box is The United States Post Office at Southwest Harbor. "The Salisbury building which now houses the local branch of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, the post office and a plumbing shop, was built by the late Archie R. Salisbury in 1933-4." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 150.
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Company and United States Post Office in the John Lawler Commercial Building
Item:
  • 7713   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1954-08-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
On the left side is the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company - Southwest Harbor Branch. On the right side (to the right of the Post Office box is The United States Post Office at Southwest Harbor. "The Salisbury building which now houses the local branch of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, the post office and a plumbing shop, was built by the late Archie R. Salisbury in 1933-4." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 150. [show more]
9330Bar Harbor Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. - "Tichnor Quality Views"
  • 1955
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Hotel
Item:
  • 9330   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
Creator:
  • Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. - "Tichnor Quality Views"
Date:
  • 1955
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
7435Bass Harbor Head Light Keeper and Wife, Eugene Leslie Coleman and Amanda (Varner) Coleman with Posey
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1953 c.
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
Bass Harbor Head Light Keeper and Wife, Eugene Leslie Coleman and Amanda (Varner) Coleman with Posey
Item:
  • 7435   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
3472Beal's Bowling Alley at Southwest Harbor
Beal's Bowling Spa - 1951
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • 1951
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 165 Clark Point Road
Original Owner: Beal - Harvard Riley Beal (1897-1967) Harvard was a successful entrepreneur. His bowling alley, or "spa" was the second bowling alley to be located on Clark Point, replacing a much earlier version owned by the Clark family.
Beal's Bowling Alley at Southwest Harbor
Beal's Bowling Spa - 1951
Item:
  • 3472   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
Date:
  • 1951
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 165 Clark Point Road
Description:
Original Owner: Beal - Harvard Riley Beal (1897-1967) Harvard was a successful entrepreneur. His bowling alley, or "spa" was the second bowling alley to be located on Clark Point, replacing a much earlier version owned by the Clark family.
7946Beech Mountain from Manset in Snow
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Shore
  • 1952-01
  • Acadia National Park
Beech Mountain from Manset in Snow
Item:
  • 7946   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Shore
Date:
  • 1952-01
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
7908Birches on Seal Cove Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1959-10
  • Southwest Harbor
Birches on Seal Cove Road
Item:
  • 7908   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1959-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
7892Boats at Beal’s Fish Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1958-07
  • Southwest Harbor
The boat leaving the dock is the Malesca and the Islesford Ferry is at the end of the dock.
Boats at Beal’s Fish Wharf
Item:
  • 7892   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1958-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The boat leaving the dock is the Malesca and the Islesford Ferry is at the end of the dock.