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Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
3500	Jordan Pond House	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant				Acadia National Park			Jordan Pond House Item: 3500 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant Place: Acadia National Park State: ME
11567	Jordan Pond House Dining Room	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant	Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.	Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts	1967	Acadia National Park	Jordan Pond		Jordan Pond House Dining Room Item: 11567 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant Creator: Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr. Publisher: Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Date: 1967 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Jordan Pond
5861	Advertisement for Jordan Pond House	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Businesses, Restaurant Business			1910 c.	Acadia National Park	Jordan Pond		Advertisement for Jordan Pond House Item: 5861 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Date: 1910 c. Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Jordan Pond
13658	Advertisements for the Jordan Pond House	Set	Businesses, Restaurant Business				Acadia National Park	Jordan Pond		Advertisements for the Jordan Pond House Item: 13658 Type: Set Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Jordan Pond
13660	Interior of the Jordan Pond House	Set	Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant				Acadia National Park	Jordan Pond		Interior of the Jordan Pond House Item: 13660 Type: Set Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Jordan Pond
13784	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Camp				Mount Desert	1281 Main Street (Route 102)	"Beginning with the history of the houses of Somesville at the southern end of the settlement on the road to Southwest Harbor: there are several camps and cottages built in recent years around the shores of Echo Lake. Ernest Richardson has built two on the western side, Rolf Motz built a cottage close to the road on the eastern shore which he sold in 1935 to Mrs. O. C. Nutting. There are several others which have been owned by different people, and Ernest Richardson has a store and some overnight camps built in 1935-6 close to the road." – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 257. For some time Ernest was in business with his friend Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) [O.C. Nutting] with whom he went hunting and fishing. "There are several small houses on the right side of the road [on the eastern shore of Echo Lake], owned by people who have been employed by Nutting and Richardson in their lumbering operations. This firm operated a portable saw mill in this vicinity for a few years." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 258.	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Item: 13784 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Camp Place: Mount Desert State: ME Address: 1281 Main Street (Route 102) Description: "Beginning with the history of the houses of Somesville at the southern end of the settlement on the road to Southwest Harbor: there are several camps and cottages built in recent years around the shores of Echo Lake. Ernest Richardson has built two on the western side, Rolf Motz built a cottage close to the road on the eastern shore which he sold in 1935 to Mrs. O. C. Nutting. There are several others which have been owned by different people, and Ernest Richardson has a store and some overnight camps built in 1935-6 close to the road." – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 257. For some time Ernest was in business with his friend Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) [O.C. Nutting] with whom he went hunting and fishing. "There are several small houses on the right side of the road [on the eastern shore of Echo Lake], owned by people who have been employed by Nutting and Richardson in their lumbering operations. This firm operated a portable saw mill in this vicinity for a few years." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 258. [show more]
11304	Echo Vista Restaurant and Beech Cliff on Echo Lake	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Lake		Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine	1952 c.	Mount Desert			Echo Vista Restaurant and Beech Cliff on Echo Lake Item: 11304 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Lake Publisher: Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine Date: 1952 c. Place: Mount Desert State: ME
11568	Abel's Lobster Pound, Mount Desert, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Businesses, Restaurant Business		Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine	1938 c.	Mount Desert			Abel's Lobster Pound, Mount Desert, Maine Item: 11568 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Publisher: Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine Date: 1938 c. Place: Mount Desert State: ME Source: Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
15116	Jordan Pond House Tea Lawn with Snow	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Restaurant Business	Soules - George John Soules		1977-05	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Taken in early May during the last snowfall of the season.	Jordan Pond House Tea Lawn with Snow Item: 15116 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 1977-05 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME Description: Taken in early May during the last snowfall of the season.
15118	Jordan Pond House men's dormitory with Snow	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Restaurant Business	Soules - George John Soules		1977-05	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Taken in early May during the last snowfall of the season. This building used to sit between the restaurant and what is now staff housing. It was torn down some time after the Jordan Pond House burned in 1979. It had three floors with beds for male employees. Residents shared a single bathroom having one toilet and one shower stall. Female staff resided on the second floor of the restaurant.	Jordan Pond House men's dormitory with Snow Item: 15118 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 1977-05 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME Description: Taken in early May during the last snowfall of the season. This building used to sit between the restaurant and what is now staff housing. It was torn down some time after the Jordan Pond House burned in 1979. It had three floors with beds for male employees. Residents shared a single bathroom having one toilet and one shower stall. Female staff resided on the second floor of the restaurant.
16159	Jordan Pond House meal receipt	Document, Financial, Receipt	Businesses, Restaurant Business			1977	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		This was the meal receipt used at the Jordan Pond House in 1979, At that time, there were separate hours for lunch, tea, and dinner - the restaurant was closed between services. Your waiter or waitress (then referred to by the staff as waitra) would come to your table with their hands behinds their back and commit your order to memory. They only used this receipt for the bill you received after your meal. This receipt came from George Soules who worked at the "Pond House" in 1977 and 1978, the last two years before it burned in 1979. That was the end of an era never to be experienced again.	Jordan Pond House meal receipt Item: 16159 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Date: 1977 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME Source: George Soules Description: This was the meal receipt used at the Jordan Pond House in 1979, At that time, there were separate hours for lunch, tea, and dinner - the restaurant was closed between services. Your waiter or waitress (then referred to by the staff as waitra) would come to your table with their hands behinds their back and commit your order to memory. They only used this receipt for the bill you received after your meal. This receipt came from George Soules who worked at the "Pond House" in 1977 and 1978, the last two years before it burned in 1979. That was the end of an era never to be experienced again. [show more]
3533	Abel's Lobster Pound Comerest Lobster Pound Henry R. Abel & Co.	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business				Mount Desert, Somesville	13 Abel's Lane	Henry R. Abel moved his lobster pound from Tremont to Mt. Desert in 1938. Abel’s Lobster Pound still exists in 2017 where Henry built it in 1938 at the edge of Somes Sound on Route 198.	Abel's Lobster Pound Comerest Lobster Pound Henry R. Abel & Co. Item: 3533 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Address: 13 Abel's Lane Description: Henry R. Abel moved his lobster pound from Tremont to Mt. Desert in 1938. Abel’s Lobster Pound still exists in 2017 where Henry built it in 1938 at the edge of Somes Sound on Route 198.
15865	Soly Caruso Gas Station and Take Out	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business Businesses, Service Station Business				Southwest Harbor	248 Main Street		Soly Caruso Gas Station and Take Out Item: 15865 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Businesses, Service Station Business Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 248 Main Street
12954	Cuz' Cafe	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business				Southwest Harbor	14 Clark Point Road	The building had previously been Ham Stanley's Cafe, but when the building burned it as Cuz' Cafe. On Wednesday, April 6, 1955 the Ellsworth American mentioned that the building was being rebuilt by R.M. Norwood.	Cuz' Cafe Item: 12954 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 14 Clark Point Road Description: The building had previously been Ham Stanley's Cafe, but when the building burned it as Cuz' Cafe. On Wednesday, April 6, 1955 the Ellsworth American mentioned that the building was being rebuilt by R.M. Norwood.
14956	Dave's Dairy Delight	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business				Southwest Harbor	297 Main Street		Dave's Dairy Delight Item: 14956 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 297 Main Street
15530	Elmwood Cafe	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business				Southwest Harbor	366 Main Street		Elmwood Cafe Item: 15530 Accession #: 1175 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 366 Main Street
11534	View from the Moorings Restaurant	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore		Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine	1961	Southwest Harbor			View from the Moorings Restaurant Item: 11534 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore Publisher: Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine Date: 1961 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
9404	Andy's Little Store as Andy's Restaurant	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Businesses, Restaurant Business		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1943 c.	Southwest Harbor	432 Main Street		Andy's Little Store as Andy's Restaurant Item: 9404 Accession #: 1034 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1943 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 432 Main Street Source: Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection Tags: store, building, winter, restaurant, automobile
11159	Head of the Harbor Restaurant and Lounge	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Businesses, Restaurant Business	Kainz - K.H. and E.J. Kainz, Millbridge, Maine		1975 c.	Southwest Harbor	432 Main Street	"We feature dinners from the bounty of Maine’s finest seafood caught in the Bay just beyond our window. Also American and Italian Cuisine. Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner – Cocktails – Open All Year – Bring your camera and snap the harbor view.” – from the back of the postcard.	Head of the Harbor Restaurant and Lounge Item: 11159 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Creator: Kainz - K.H. and E.J. Kainz, Millbridge, Maine Date: 1975 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 432 Main Street Source: Gift of Charles and Charlotte Morrill. Tags: restaurant Description: "We feature dinners from the bounty of Maine’s finest seafood caught in the Bay just beyond our window. Also American and Italian Cuisine. Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner – Cocktails – Open All Year – Bring your camera and snap the harbor view.” – from the back of the postcard.
11437	David Brazer Benson's Lobsterland Restaurant - Playhouse Jacked Up to Move	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant			1961-06	Southwest Harbor	411 Main Street	Left to Right: William Benson (1957-) David B. Benson (1928-)	David Brazer Benson's Lobsterland Restaurant - Playhouse Jacked Up to Move Item: 11437 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant Date: 1961-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 411 Main Street Source: Collection of the David B. Benson Family Description: Left to Right: William Benson (1957-) David B. Benson (1928-)
11448	David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Restaurant Business People			1954 c.	Southwest Harbor	297 Main Street		David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 11448 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business People Date: 1954 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 297 Main Street Source: Collection of the David B. Benson Family
5725	Advertisements from the Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Businesses, Restaurant Business			1931	Southwest Harbor		The page shows advertisements for: The Gordon and White Garage Somes House	Advertisements from the Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont Item: 5725 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Businesses, Restaurant Business Date: 1931 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: The page shows advertisements for: The Gordon and White Garage Somes House
5951	Cuz Cafe After it Burned	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant			1955-01-29	Southwest Harbor	14 Clark Point Road		Cuz Cafe After it Burned Item: 5951 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Structures, Commercial, Restaurant Date: 1955-01-29 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 14 Clark Point Road Tags: fire
7280	Fred Sidney Mayo on Steps of Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Restaurant Business People				Southwest Harbor	363 Main Street	Fred Mayo holding a wooden ice cream bucket. The building at the far right is the James A. Freeman House (the Inn at Southwest Harbor as of 2016).	Fred Sidney Mayo on Steps of Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor Item: 7280 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 363 Main Street Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: Fred Mayo holding a wooden ice cream bucket. The building at the far right is the James A. Freeman House (the Inn at Southwest Harbor as of 2016).
6387	Elmwood Cafe	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Restaurant Business	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1939-07	Southwest Harbor	366 Main Street	Lettering on a truck parked on Main Street says "E & M Ice Cream". The building across the street with striped awning is the present-day (2022) Davis Agency realty office.	Elmwood Cafe Item: 6387 Accession #: 1175 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1939-07 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 366 Main Street Description: Lettering on a truck parked on Main Street says "E & M Ice Cream". The building across the street with striped awning is the present-day (2022) Davis Agency realty office.

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