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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
9466Aerial View of The Henry R. Hinckley Company, Manset, and Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Places, Harbor
  • Augustus D. Phillips & Son, Northeast Harbor
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Aerial View of The Henry R. Hinckley Company, Manset, and Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 9466   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Places, Harbor
Publisher:
  • Augustus D. Phillips & Son, Northeast Harbor
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
16720Select Southwest Harbor Annual Reports
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Bar Harbor Times Publishing Company
  • Southwest Harbor
Annual reports for the years 1964 and 1972 as well as a Warrant report for 1965, all for the town of Southwest Harbor
Select Southwest Harbor Annual Reports
Item:
  • 16720   
Accession #:
  • 2058
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Times Publishing Company
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Annual reports for the years 1964 and 1972 as well as a Warrant report for 1965, all for the town of Southwest Harbor
9285Underwood Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • 5 Granville Road
Underwood Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 9285   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 5 Granville Road
Tags:
wharf
15403Hinckley Yachts: An American Icon
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Voulgaris - Nick Voulgaris III
  • Rizzoli (April 29, 2014)
Several images from the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive appear in this book. Hardcover: 224 pages ISBN-10: 9780847842155 ISBN-13: 978-0847842155
Hinckley Yachts: An American Icon
Item:
  • 15403   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Creator:
  • Voulgaris - Nick Voulgaris III
Publisher:
  • Rizzoli (April 29, 2014)
Description:
Several images from the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive appear in this book. Hardcover: 224 pages ISBN-10: 9780847842155 ISBN-13: 978-0847842155
16233Ice Harvesting on the Kennebec
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Text reads: "I did not give you either of these cards did I? If I ever send duplicates, send them back. Carrie"
Ice Harvesting on the Kennebec
Item:
  • 16233   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Text reads: "I did not give you either of these cards did I? If I ever send duplicates, send them back. Carrie"
3479Bass Harbor Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 25 Columbia Avenue
Bass Harbor Boat Shop
Item:
  • 3479   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 25 Columbia Avenue
3495Henry R. Hinckley Company
Manset Boat Yard
Hinckely Company
Hinckley Yachts
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 130 Shore Road
The Hinckley Company started in 1928 as the Manset Boatyard in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Henry R. Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mt. Desert Island. Today Hinckley builds boats at its production facilities in Trenton, Maine, but the original Manset yard is at the heart of the Hinckley legend. Today it ranks as a world class service facility.
Henry R. Hinckley Company
Manset Boat Yard
Hinckely Company
Hinckley Yachts
Item:
  • 3495   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 130 Shore Road
Description:
The Hinckley Company started in 1928 as the Manset Boatyard in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Henry R. Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mt. Desert Island. Today Hinckley builds boats at its production facilities in Trenton, Maine, but the original Manset yard is at the heart of the Hinckley legend. Today it ranks as a world class service facility.
3510Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop
A.W. Bee, Stationers
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • 116 Main Street
The well known Main Street shop which Albert Wilson Bee II conducted for more than 40 years. <br /><br />Albert W. Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. <br /><br />“I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887.
Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop
A.W. Bee, Stationers
Item:
  • 3510   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 116 Main Street
Description:
The well known Main Street shop which Albert Wilson Bee II conducted for more than 40 years. <br /><br />Albert W. Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. <br /><br />“I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887. [show more]
3533Abel's Lobster Pound
Comerest Lobster Pound
Henry R. Abel & Co.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • 13 Abel's Lane
Henry R. Abel moved his lobster pound from Tremont to Mt. Desert in 1938. Abel’s Lobster Pound still exists in 2017 where Henry built it in 1938 at the edge of Somes Sound on Route 198.
Abel's Lobster Pound
Comerest Lobster Pound
Henry R. Abel & Co.
Item:
  • 3533   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 13 Abel's Lane
Description:
Henry R. Abel moved his lobster pound from Tremont to Mt. Desert in 1938. Abel’s Lobster Pound still exists in 2017 where Henry built it in 1938 at the edge of Somes Sound on Route 198.
3558Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • Main Street
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.
Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 3558   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Description:
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.
3583E.A. Lawler Paint Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom
E.A. Lawler Paint Company
Item:
  • 3583   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Description:
Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom
3584Sylvester W. Dorr Carpenter Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Carpentry Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Sylvester W. Dorr Carpenter Shop
Item:
  • 3584   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Carpentry Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 40 Clark Point Road
3582Whitney Electrical Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 40 Clark Point Road
Whitney Electrical Store
Item:
  • 3582   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 40 Clark Point Road
3591The Farrington Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Brewer MA
  • 3 State Street
The Farrington Studio
Item:
  • 3591   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Brewer MA
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 3 State Street
3592Freeman's Wharf
Farnsworth Fish Factory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Southwest Harbor
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
Item:
  • 3592   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Built by John T.R. Freeman around 1885. The wharf was occupied by several canning businesses at various times
3601The Gilley Plumbing Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 21 Clark Point Road
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.
The Gilley Plumbing Company
Item:
  • 3601   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 21 Clark Point Road
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]
3602R.M. Norwood Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Clark Point Road
The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
R.M. Norwood Company
Item:
  • 3602   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Clark Point Road
Description:
The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
3632C.M. Rich Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
The boatshop of Clifton Melbourne Rich. C.M. Rich built the Dory BLB for the Kellams. His sons Robert (Bobby) and Roger also became boat builders, starting their own shops, the Bass Harbor Boat Shop and Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders, respectively.
C.M. Rich Boat Shop
Item:
  • 3632   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The boatshop of Clifton Melbourne Rich. C.M. Rich built the Dory BLB for the Kellams. His sons Robert (Bobby) and Roger also became boat builders, starting their own shops, the Bass Harbor Boat Shop and Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders, respectively.
3637Ronald Rich Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Herrick Road
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.
Ronald Rich Boat Shop
Item:
  • 3637   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Herrick Road
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.
3638Capitol Corner Filling Station
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 280 Tremont Road
The filling station was owned by Roger Dean Rich. He built the filling station in 1937 in front of his parents' house.
Capitol Corner Filling Station
Item:
  • 3638   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 280 Tremont Road
Description:
The filling station was owned by Roger Dean Rich. He built the filling station in 1937 in front of his parents' house.
3653Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
Item:
  • 3653   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Description:
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
3655West Tremont Brick Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Tremont
West Tremont Brick Company
Item:
  • 3655   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
3662McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main St.
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.
McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
Item:
  • 3662   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main St.
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.
3664Nelson Herrick Farm
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
In 1936, Nelson Herrick bought 140 acres of land in Tremont and 18 cows and following in his father's footsteps, began dairy farming. When the children got old enough they helped run the milk route and do other chores
Nelson Herrick Farm
Item:
  • 3664   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
In 1936, Nelson Herrick bought 140 acres of land in Tremont and 18 cows and following in his father's footsteps, began dairy farming. When the children got old enough they helped run the milk route and do other chores
3686J.C. Ralph Studio and Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
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.
J.C. Ralph Studio and Store
Item:
  • 3686   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
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]