Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
10196	Freight Bill from the Sidewheel Steamer Rockland	Document, Financial, Receipt	Vessels, Steamboat			1853-11-02	Southwest Harbor		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.	Freight Bill from the Sidewheel Steamer Rockland Item: 10196    Accession #: 2094 Type: Document, Financial, Receipt Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Date: 1853-11-02 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Clark Family 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]
10195	Timetable for Sidewheel Steamer Rockland	Document, Schedule, Timetable	Vessels, Steamboat			1856	Southwest Harbor		The timetable is signed by J.R. Freeman at Southwest Harbor.	Timetable for Sidewheel Steamer Rockland Item: 10195    Accession #: 2094 Type: Document, Schedule, Timetable Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Date: 1856 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Clark Family Description: The timetable is signed by J.R. Freeman at Southwest Harbor.
10167	The Island House Sign	Object, Sign	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel			1850	Southwest Harbor		The sign, reproduced here from photograph fragments, was found in the basement of one of the houses on the original site.	The Island House Sign Item: 10167    Type: Object, Sign Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Date: 1850 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: object Description: The sign, reproduced here from photograph fragments, was found in the basement of one of the houses on the original site.
8966	William Lawler (1817-1892)	Image, Photograph	People			1850 c.	Southwest Harbor			William Lawler (1817-1892) Item: 8966    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1850 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
8930	Mary Ann Carroll	Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype	People			1855 c.	Southwest Harbor			Mary Ann Carroll Item: 8930    Type: Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype Subject: People Date: 1855 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
7679	Captain James E. Robinson	Image, Photograph	People			1850 c.	Southwest Harbor			Captain James E. Robinson Item: 7679    Accession #: 1132 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1850 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Mayo Family
7680	Whitmore - Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906)	Image, Photograph	People			1850 c.	Southwest Harbor		Mrs. James E. Robinson	Whitmore - Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) Item: 7680    Accession #: 1132 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1850 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Mayo Family Description: Mrs. James E. Robinson
6750	Elizabeth Cook Carroll Lawler	Image, Photograph	People			1853 c.	Southwest Harbor			Elizabeth Cook Carroll Lawler Item: 6750    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1853 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Smallidge Family
12637	Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor	Image, Art, Painting	Places, Harbor Places, Sound Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Lane - Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865)		1852	Southwest Harbor		Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h).	Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor Item: 12637    Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Sound Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Lane - Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865) Date: 1852 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: ship, boat, harbor Description: Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h). [show more]

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