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5533	Main Street Looking North Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business Places, Town			1896 c.	Southwest Harbor		Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building.	Main Street Looking North Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left. Item: 5533 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business Places, Town Date: 1896 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building. [show more]
5391	First Corps Cadets on Parade on State Street, Boston	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1892-07-16	Boston MA		Western Union Telegraph Company is shown on left.	First Corps Cadets on Parade on State Street, Boston Item: 5391 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-07-16 Place: Boston MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: Western Union Telegraph Company is shown on left.
14981	Waiting for the Parade	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	Events Places, Town	Soules - George John Soules		2015-07-18	Southwest Harbor		This photograph was taken looking south on Main Street	Waiting for the Parade Item: 14981 Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: Events Places, Town Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 2015-07-18 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: This photograph was taken looking south on Main Street
5948	Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Agnes R.		1939-01-28	Southwest Harbor			Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor Item: 5948 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Agnes R. Date: 1939-01-28 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
5250	Chelsea Fire Ruins	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA		View from the railroad station.	Chelsea Fire Ruins Item: 5250 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: View from the railroad station.
5054	Chelsea Fire Ruins from Bellingham Hill	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1908-04-17	Chelsea MA			Chelsea Fire Ruins from Bellingham Hill Item: 5054 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-04-17 Place: Chelsea MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
5552	Main Street Looking North to the Library	Image, Photograph	Events, Fire Places, Town Structures, Civic, Library			1922-03-27	Southwest Harbor		Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.	Main Street Looking North to the Library Item: 5552 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Structures, Civic, Library Date: 1922-03-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
15391	Photos from the making of Stephen King's Storm of the Century	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Filmmaking Places, Town	Grady - Ann Magdalene (Grady) Seavey		1998	Southwest Harbor	Main Street	Anny Seavey who took these photographs said “The film crew was here in Jan of ’98. It was a lot of fun for all of us.” In the main image above, notice the 55 lb bags of Canadian instant mashed potato flakes used to make snow. This item contains 44 of the 55 snapshots Anny took. Images that were nearly identical to others have been omitted.	Photos from the making of Stephen King's Storm of the Century Item: 15391 Accession #: 1093 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Filmmaking Places, Town Creator: Grady - Ann Magdalene (Grady) Seavey Date: 1998 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: Main Street Source: Anny Seavey Description: Anny Seavey who took these photographs said “The film crew was here in Jan of ’98. It was a lot of fun for all of us.” In the main image above, notice the 55 lb bags of Canadian instant mashed potato flakes used to make snow. This item contains 44 of the 55 snapshots Anny took. Images that were nearly identical to others have been omitted.
12691	Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine	Publication, Book	People Places, Town	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)	Acadia Publishing Company	1938			Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010.	Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine Item: 12691 Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Places, Town Creator: Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Publisher: Acadia Publishing Company Date: 1938 Description: Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010. [show more]
10615	CCC Members Constructing Southwest Harbor Village Green	Image, Photograph	People Places, Town			1934	Southwest Harbor	26 Villiage Green Way	The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf	CCC Members Constructing Southwest Harbor Village Green Item: 10615 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Town Date: 1934 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 26 Villiage Green Way Source: Civilian Conservation Corps Collection Tags: ccc Description: The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf
13206	Village of Bass Harbor Village of McKinley	Reference	Places, Harbor Places, Town				Tremont, Bass Harbor		The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.	Village of Bass Harbor Village of McKinley Item: 13206 Type: Reference Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor State: ME Description: The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.
10933	Fernald's Store, Library and Somes Cottage, Somesville, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Harbor Places, Town		Georgia Somes Smith	1939-08-01 PM	Mount Desert, Somesville		Published by Georgia Somes Smith, Mt. Desert, Me.	Fernald's Store, Library and Somes Cottage, Somesville, Maine Item: 10933 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Publisher: Georgia Somes Smith Date: 1939-08-01 PM Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Description: Published by Georgia Somes Smith, Mt. Desert, Me.
7206	Aerial View of Bass Harbor	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Harbor Places, Town		Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine		Tremont, Bass Harbor			Aerial View of Bass Harbor Item: 7206 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Publisher: Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor State: ME
7700	Bar Harbor and Mountains from Bar Island	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1936-08	Bar Harbor		Shows the old Eastern Yacht Club Pier, later the Bar Harbor Reading Room Pier. Also shows the Shore Club, later the Mount Desert Reading Room.	Bar Harbor and Mountains from Bar Island Item: 7700 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1936-08 Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: zoomable Description: Shows the old Eastern Yacht Club Pier, later the Bar Harbor Reading Room Pier. Also shows the Shore Club, later the Mount Desert Reading Room.
7859	Winter View of Southwest Harbor from Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1952-01	Southwest Harbor			Winter View of Southwest Harbor from Manset Item: 7859 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1952-01 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
5977	View of Southwest Harbor from the Ocean House in Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1905 c.	Southwest Harbor			View of Southwest Harbor from the Ocean House in Manset Item: 5977 Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1905 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
5978	View of Southwest Harbor and Clark Point from the Ocean House in Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1905 c.	Southwest Harbor			View of Southwest Harbor and Clark Point from the Ocean House in Manset Item: 5978 Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1905 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
6035	View from Manset to Clark Point Across Little Island and Black's Ledge	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			View from Manset to Clark Point Across Little Island and Black's Ledge Item: 6035 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
6469	View of Bernard from Bass Harbor	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900	Tremont, Bernard		The Parker Brothers Wharf is visible on the left shore. This is a duplicate of SWHPL 6193 which has been removed.	View of Bernard from Bass Harbor Item: 6469 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: The Parker Brothers Wharf is visible on the left shore. This is a duplicate of SWHPL 6193 which has been removed.
6612	View of Clark Point from Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town				Southwest Harbor			View of Clark Point from Manset Item: 6612 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Clark Family
6620	View of McKinley from Bernard	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town				Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley			View of McKinley from Bernard Item: 6620 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
7353	View of McKinley from Bernard	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town				Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley			View of McKinley from Bernard Item: 7353 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
7630	View of McKinley from Bernard	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town				Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley			View of McKinley from Bernard Item: 7630 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
10430	View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Harbor Places, Town		The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY	1935 PM	Southwest Harbor		Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine	View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset Item: 10430 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Publisher: The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY Date: 1935 PM Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Pilz Description: Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine [show more]
5220	The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town			1888 c.	Southwest Harbor		"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.	The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge Item: 5220 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Date: 1888 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: zoomable Description: "From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]

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