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6331Edgecliff - Summer Residence of Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs - Details - 1186
  • Publication, Book
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Abbott - Lyman Abbott
  • 1896
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 34 Norwood Road
"Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896
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"Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896
5948Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Agnes R.
  • 1939-01-28
  • Southwest Harbor
9369William Doane Stanley - Uncle Jimmy
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Aiken - P.L. Aiken, Sorrento, Maine
  • Southwest Harbor
5581The Freeman House with Buggy
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)
  • 1865 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
5671William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)
  • 1875
  • Southwest Harbor
12084Scott Allen Worcester Winning the Southwest Harbor Public Library Auction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • Avery - David E. Avery
  • 1983-08-31
  • Southwest Harbor
"Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13.
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"Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13. [show more]
6128Frank Wells Ramseyer Jr. (1905-1974)
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Bachrach - Fabian Bachrach Studio
  • 1950-10-16
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 317 Seawall Road
The photograph was taken for the Harvard Class of 1926 Twenty-fifth reunion.
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The photograph was taken for the Harvard Class of 1926 Twenty-fifth reunion.
12583Aerial image of Southwest Harbor, Clark Point Area, and Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Bakel - Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photo
  • 2015-05-07
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
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This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
12166Willis Humphreys and Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard on their Front Door Step
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Ballard - John Robert Ballard (1904-1990)
  • Southwest Harbor
11533William L. Howell on His Fishing Vessel
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1945
  • Southwest Harbor
5164Second Masonic Hall Building and Whitney's Electric Shop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1956-01-17
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
This building was erected after the 1939 fire from the remains of the First Masonic Hall.
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This building was erected after the 1939 fire from the remains of the First Masonic Hall.
5559Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-06
  • Southwest Harbor
The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
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The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
5938The John Andrew Walls House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-03-29
  • Southwest Harbor
The house belonged to Grover Morse when this photograph was taken. Clyde Gott was just buying it. The house on the extreme left is the Charlotte Rhodes house
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The house belonged to Grover Morse when this photograph was taken. Clyde Gott was just buying it. The house on the extreme left is the Charlotte Rhodes house
5939The Henry Edmund Day House - Charles Morris Young Studio
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-05-04
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 22 Fernald Point Road
6271The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 23 Alder Lane
This photograph is a fragment of SWHPL 5288.
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This photograph is a fragment of SWHPL 5288.
6295Foggy Morning at Southwest Harbor - Excursion Boat Seal and Bunker & Ellis Lobster Boat Eva Anita at the Dock
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1964 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The first lobster boat in the foreground, on the dock, M2721A, may have been built by Rich & Grindle for George Dolliver. The excursion boat "Seal" in the center of the photograph was built by Normand Joseph Bouchard for Linwood Boynton Wedge (1913-1961) and Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) to be used as a dragger. "Seal" was owned by Samuel A. Blanchard (1926-2009) who took out fishing parties on her. - Information from Ralph Stanley 05/2011 The boat to the right of "Seal" was "Eva Anita" a 40' lobster boat built in 1959 by Bunker & Ellis for Wesley Bracy of Great Cranberry Island.
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The first lobster boat in the foreground, on the dock, M2721A, may have been built by Rich & Grindle for George Dolliver. The excursion boat "Seal" in the center of the photograph was built by Normand Joseph Bouchard for Linwood Boynton Wedge (1913-1961) and Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) to be used as a dragger. "Seal" was owned by Samuel A. Blanchard (1926-2009) who took out fishing parties on her. - Information from Ralph Stanley 05/2011 The boat to the right of "Seal" was "Eva Anita" a 40' lobster boat built in 1959 by Bunker & Ellis for Wesley Bracy of Great Cranberry Island. [show more]
6448The Henry James Sr. Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1955-01-23
  • Southwest Harbor
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.
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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]
7714Interior of Carroll Drug Store
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1966-05-05
  • Southwest Harbor
7715Carroll Drug Store Pharmacy Department
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1966-05-05
  • Southwest Harbor
7948The Coal Wharf, Buildings and Boats at Clark Point in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
9304William Doane Stanley - Uncle Jimmy
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 102 Clark Point Road
10302Joseph Epes Brown Jr. Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Connor Point Road
10303Ruth Eno Howe and Milo West Wilder Jr. Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
10304Emily S. Rogers Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor