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6235	Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Places, Camp		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1932 c.	Southwest Harbor		"The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring.	Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 6235 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Camp Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1932 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: SWHPL Postcard Collection - MDI Tags: camp, winter Description: "The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring. [show more]
12052	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps	Image, Photograph, Negative	Places, Camp Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1935-09-02		1281 Main Street (Route 102)	Automobiles: Far left – 1931 Packard Coupe Middle – 1933 or 1934 Ford 2 Door Sedan Right – 1934 Hudson Sedan	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Item: 12052 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Places, Camp Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1935-09-02 State: ME Address: 1281 Main Street (Route 102) Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: restaurant, camp, zoomable, building, gas pump, automobile Description: Automobiles: Far left – 1931 Packard Coupe Middle – 1933 or 1934 Ford 2 Door Sedan Right – 1934 Hudson Sedan
10680	Article from Happy Days - Civilian Conservation Camp Newspaper	Publication, Clipping	Places, Camp	CCC	Civilian Conservation Corps	1934-02-10	Southwest Harbor	59 Long Pond Road	Text of article reads: "BELIEVE IT OR NOT - but Co. 158, Great Pond Camp, Southwest Harbor, Maine: Is located on an island in the Atlantic ocean - Mountains, lakes and sea surround it - Fishing and swimming are to be enjoyed in the summer - Hunting in the fall and skating, skiing, snowshoeing, basketball and dancing in the winter - Has had no casualties since its origin - Has a CCC member 75 years old - Has a "dream-walking" who usually is picking himself up all day long - Has curtains (given by C.O.'s wife) a fireplace, orange and brown furniture and games in its attractive Recreation Room - Has a radio in each barracks - Has city water and lights - Has constructed fish pools where trout are being raised for the state - Has the prettiest log cabin ever built for the C.O. and his family - Has mass said on Saturdays until the boys didn't know whether they were Jewish or Catholic - Has been running itself for three months without help of regular army soldiers - Has First Lieutenant P.A. Harris, C.A.C. for a C.O. Take a look at our fireplace, barracks and our beautiful company street. What do you think? - The Boss Reporter"	Article from Happy Days - Civilian Conservation Camp Newspaper Item: 10680 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Places, Camp Creator: CCC Publisher: Civilian Conservation Corps Date: 1934-02-10 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 59 Long Pond Road Tags: camp, ccc, ANP Description: Text of article reads: "BELIEVE IT OR NOT - but Co. 158, Great Pond Camp, Southwest Harbor, Maine: Is located on an island in the Atlantic ocean - Mountains, lakes and sea surround it - Fishing and swimming are to be enjoyed in the summer - Hunting in the fall and skating, skiing, snowshoeing, basketball and dancing in the winter - Has had no casualties since its origin - Has a CCC member 75 years old - Has a "dream-walking" who usually is picking himself up all day long - Has curtains (given by C.O.'s wife) a fireplace, orange and brown furniture and games in its attractive Recreation Room - Has a radio in each barracks - Has city water and lights - Has constructed fish pools where trout are being raised for the state - Has the prettiest log cabin ever built for the C.O. and his family - Has mass said on Saturdays until the boys didn't know whether they were Jewish or Catholic - Has been running itself for three months without help of regular army soldiers - Has First Lieutenant P.A. Harris, C.A.C. for a C.O. Take a look at our fireplace, barracks and our beautiful company street. What do you think? - The Boss Reporter" [show more]
12053	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps	Image, Photograph, Negative	Places, Camp	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1937-07	Mount Desert	1281 Main Street (Route 102)	Ernest T. Richardson is most probably standing on the porch watching Ballard photograph his business. Automobiles: Left – Dodge Middle – 1928 Buick Right – 1933 or 34 Ford Note the woman pumping gas.	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Item: 12053 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Places, Camp Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1937-07 Place: Mount Desert State: ME Address: 1281 Main Street (Route 102) Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: restaurant, camp, people, building, man, woman, automobile, gas pump Description: Ernest T. Richardson is most probably standing on the porch watching Ballard photograph his business. Automobiles: Left – Dodge Middle – 1928 Buick Right – 1933 or 34 Ford Note the woman pumping gas.
6844	Girl Scout Camp at Echo Lake	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Camp			1935 c.	Southwest Harbor		The camp was at the sand beach end of Echo Lake.	Girl Scout Camp at Echo Lake Item: 6844 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Camp Date: 1935 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins Description: The camp was at the sand beach end of Echo Lake.

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