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| 3046 | Southwest Boat Corporation |
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| 3449 | Fred Mayo's Carpenter Shop - 1st Location |
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| Fred S. Mayo’s first carpenter shop was at 45 Clark Point Road. His 2nd carpenter shop was on 28 Village Green Way. | 
Description: Fred S. Mayo’s first carpenter shop was at 45 Clark Point Road. His 2nd carpenter shop was on 28 Village Green Way. | |||
| 3450 | C.E. Clement’s Boat Shop |
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| 3467 | Beal's Fish Wharf Fred Fernald Lobster Business B.R. Simmons Lobster Business H.R. Beal & Sons |
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| 3472 | Beal's Bowling Alley at Southwest Harbor Beal's Bowling Spa - 1951 |
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| Original Owner: Beal - Harvard Riley Beal (1897-1967) Harvard was a successful entrepreneur. His bowling alley, or "spa" was the second bowling alley to be located on Clark Point, replacing a much earlier version owned by the Clark family. |  Beal's Bowling Alley at Southwest Harbor Beal's Bowling Spa - 1951
Description: Original Owner: Beal - Harvard Riley Beal (1897-1967) Harvard was a successful entrepreneur. His bowling alley, or "spa" was the second bowling alley to be located on Clark Point, replacing a much earlier version owned by the Clark family. | ||
| 3582 | Whitney Electrical Store |
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| 3583 | E.A. Lawler Paint Company |
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| Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom | 
Description: Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom | |||
| 3584 | Sylvester W. Dorr Carpenter Shop |
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| 3592 | Freeman's Wharf Farnsworth Fish Factory |
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| Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times |  Freeman's Wharf Farnsworth Fish Factory
Description: Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times | ||||
| 3601 | The Gilley Plumbing Company |
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| The Gilley and Salisbury plumbing shop was at first built by George H. Gilley on his lot near his home on the Main Road and was used there as a plumber's shop for some years. Then it was moved to its present situation and in 1929 it was moved to the rear of the lot and the show rooms and upstairs living apartment were built. Mr. Gilley's grandson, Wendell H. Gilley, now carried on the business. Gilley Plumbing was a part of the Gilley family for at least three generations. Maud Holmes Gilley ran the business with her son Wendell after the death of her husband, Frank Gilley, in 1920. | 
Description: The Gilley and Salisbury plumbing shop was at first built by George H. Gilley on his lot near his home on the Main Road and was used there as a plumber's shop for some years. Then it was moved to its present situation and in 1929 it was moved to the rear of the lot and the show rooms and upstairs living apartment were built. Mr. Gilley's grandson, Wendell H. Gilley, now carried on the business. Gilley Plumbing was a part of the Gilley family for at least three generations. Maud Holmes Gilley ran the business with her son Wendell after the death of her husband, Frank Gilley, in 1920. [show more] | |||
| 3602 | R.M. Norwood Company |
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| The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum. | 
Description: The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum. | |||
| 3637 | Ronald Rich Boat Shop |
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| Ronald Dean Rich's boat shop. Ronald was the son of Clifton Melbourne Rich and the brother of Robert "Bobby" Rich and Roger Clifton Rich, all other skilled boat builders. | 
Description: Ronald Dean Rich's boat shop. Ronald was the son of Clifton Melbourne Rich and the brother of Robert "Bobby" Rich and Roger Clifton Rich, all other skilled boat builders. | |||
| 3662 | McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store |
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| Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les. | 
Description: Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les. | |||
| 3686 | J.C. Ralph Studio and Store |
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| John C. Ralph’s Studio has a complicated history. The J.C. Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician." "Jeweler John C. Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." -“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 57 – 2001. “John D. Lurvey purchased the lot and built thereon a small building which he used as a storehouse for coffins which he made, as he was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. Later this building was used as a public library and was twice moved; once to the northern end of the lot and again to the place now occupied by the Lawton Variety store, where it was used as a drug store, a jeweler’s store, a barber shop and the post office. John C. Ralph kept the post office there and enlarged the building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938. | 
Description: John C. Ralph’s Studio has a complicated history. The J.C. Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician." "Jeweler John C. Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." -“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 57 – 2001. “John D. Lurvey purchased the lot and built thereon a small building which he used as a storehouse for coffins which he made, as he was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. Later this building was used as a public library and was twice moved; once to the northern end of the lot and again to the place now occupied by the Lawton Variety store, where it was used as a drug store, a jeweler’s store, a barber shop and the post office. John C. Ralph kept the post office there and enlarged the building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938. [show more] | |||
| 3688 | Ralph Stanley Inc. |
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| After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor. Not sure what occupation he wanted to pursue, he decided to try to build a boat. So he earned the money he needed to buy wood and other construction materials and, during the winter of 1951-1952, he built a 28-foot lobster boat. The boat turned out well and a local person bought it. This led to orders for other boats. "I've been building (boats) ever since," he said. Stanley learned how to build boats not by apprenticing himself to another boatbuilder but mainly by keenly observing and using boats and by observing the activities of several professional boatbuilders who specialized in the Mt. Desert Island version of the Maine lobster boat. | 
Description: After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor. Not sure what occupation he wanted to pursue, he decided to try to build a boat. So he earned the money he needed to buy wood and other construction materials and, during the winter of 1951-1952, he built a 28-foot lobster boat. The boat turned out well and a local person bought it. This led to orders for other boats. "I've been building (boats) ever since," he said. Stanley learned how to build boats not by apprenticing himself to another boatbuilder but mainly by keenly observing and using boats and by observing the activities of several professional boatbuilders who specialized in the Mt. Desert Island version of the Maine lobster boat. [show more] | |||
| 5061 | William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point |
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| 5103 | Clark's Wharf and Lobster Factory |
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| 5168 | "The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin Lemuel Higgins - III |
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| The title was given by Henry L. Rand when he catalogued the photograph. Clearly visible on Mr. Higgins’ anvil is the distinctive eagle and anchor mark that distinguishes it as a Fisher & Norris Eagle Anvil. Mark Fisher founded the company in Newport, Maine in 1843. The company later moved to New Jersey. Mr. Higgins left hand is on the lever that controls the air coming into the fire. And a bucket of water stands nearby. | 
Description: The title was given by Henry L. Rand when he catalogued the photograph. Clearly visible on Mr. Higgins’ anvil is the distinctive eagle and anchor mark that distinguishes it as a Fisher & Norris Eagle Anvil. Mark Fisher founded the company in Newport, Maine in 1843. The company later moved to New Jersey. Mr. Higgins left hand is on the lever that controls the air coming into the fire. And a bucket of water stands nearby. | |
| 5225 | Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road |
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| 5296 | "The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins |
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| 5457 | "The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins |
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| 5533 | Main Street Looking North Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left. |
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| 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.
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] | |||
| 5574 | Gordon & White Garage with Gas Pumps |
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| 5575 | Automobiles and Esso Pump at Gordon & White Garage |
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| The cars are a 1954 Ford on the left and a 1956 Chevrolet on the right. The building just visible on the far right is the Mobil gas station. | 
Description: The cars are a 1954 Ford on the left and a 1956 Chevrolet on the right. The building just visible on the far right is the Mobil gas station. | ||
| 5576 | Southwest Harbor Tremont Nursing Association First Ambulance |
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| The ambulance is shown in front of Gordon & White Garage. The Southwest Harbor / Tremont Nursing Association ambulance is a 1966 Ford 390 and was a gift from Mrs. Richard Payne. | 
Description: The ambulance is shown in front of Gordon & White Garage. The Southwest Harbor / Tremont Nursing Association ambulance is a 1966 Ford 390 and was a gift from Mrs. Richard Payne. |
