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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
9663The Bar Harbor Fire - View from Beech Hill Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-10-23
Somesville is at left and the E.F. Butler house is at left center. The photograph was taken at about 3 p.m. on October 23, 1947..
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Somesville is at left and the E.F. Butler house is at left center. The photograph was taken at about 3 p.m. on October 23, 1947..
16725Photos from Searls' 5 & 10 store and 1962 Gay Nineties Ball
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Events
7405The Horse Show at Robin Hood Park
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Places
  • Bar Harbor
14835The Battle of Norwood's Cove: Southwest Harbor's Victory over the British in the War of 1812
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • Riebel - Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
  • The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • 2014-08
Published in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Norwood's Cove which took place on August 9, 1914. The book describes how the events appeared to those Mainers who participated in the battle, and how those events became part of the local historical narrative.
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Published in honor of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Norwood's Cove which took place on August 9, 1914. The book describes how the events appeared to those Mainers who participated in the battle, and how those events became part of the local historical narrative.
13693Way Back - Gay Nineties Balls
  • Reference
  • Events, Gala
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
The Way Back Balls were held between 1948 and 1957, and possibly before. SWHPL #14597 shows a ticket to the Way Bak Ball in 1928 - note the different spelling. The twenty-five Sou'Westers held a Way Back (gay nineties) ball in the spring of each year during the 1950's at the VIA (Village Improvement Association) hall in Manset (the Thibodeau home in 2006). Miles Grindle talks about Wayback Balls in his recount of growing up in Northeast Harbor in the 1930's: “’Wayback Balls’ were held, when everyone dressed in old fashioned clothes, tux and top hats, long dresses, or overalls with plaid shirts. These dances were by invitation only, restricted to voting age, by a member of chartered ‘Waybackers’. The main snack, provided during intermission, was dry fish. Probably most people reading this journal have not experienced the joy of occasionally eating a piece of dry fish. The local fishermen would catch small codfish, and let the wind dry them on their boats, then strip the fish off the skin, and put them in jars. Alcohol was not allowed on the premises, but those who indulged kept their bottles in their cars.” - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 29 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library.
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The Way Back Balls were held between 1948 and 1957, and possibly before. SWHPL #14597 shows a ticket to the Way Bak Ball in 1928 - note the different spelling. The twenty-five Sou'Westers held a Way Back (gay nineties) ball in the spring of each year during the 1950's at the VIA (Village Improvement Association) hall in Manset (the Thibodeau home in 2006). Miles Grindle talks about Wayback Balls in his recount of growing up in Northeast Harbor in the 1930's: “’Wayback Balls’ were held, when everyone dressed in old fashioned clothes, tux and top hats, long dresses, or overalls with plaid shirts. These dances were by invitation only, restricted to voting age, by a member of chartered ‘Waybackers’. The main snack, provided during intermission, was dry fish. Probably most people reading this journal have not experienced the joy of occasionally eating a piece of dry fish. The local fishermen would catch small codfish, and let the wind dry them on their boats, then strip the fish off the skin, and put them in jars. Alcohol was not allowed on the premises, but those who indulged kept their bottles in their cars.” - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 29 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. [show more]
11753Ralph Warren Stanley Receives the National Endowment for the Arts Award as Master Artist
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1999-09-28
  • Washington DC
Left to Right: First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947-) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Governor John Elias Baldacci of Maine (1955-) On September 28, 1999 the Folk & Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Ralph W. Stanley as a Master Artist “who has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States” and gave him a National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. attended by First Lady Hillary Clinton.
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Left to Right: First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947-) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Governor John Elias Baldacci of Maine (1955-) On September 28, 1999 the Folk & Traditional Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts recognized Ralph W. Stanley as a Master Artist “who has contributed to the shaping of our artistic traditions and to preserving the cultural diversity of the United States” and gave him a National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. attended by First Lady Hillary Clinton. [show more]
16504Dirigo Hotel Ruins After the Fire
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
16503Dirigo Hotel Fire
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
16502Dirigo Hotel Fire
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
12784The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
In 1892 the ladies of Southwest Harbor gathered together to raise money for land upon which to build a library building and then reported how they raised their dollar..The Dollar Social was the first fundraising event held for the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the poem describing it was famous in the community for many years.
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In 1892 the ladies of Southwest Harbor gathered together to raise money for land upon which to build a library building and then reported how they raised their dollar..The Dollar Social was the first fundraising event held for the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the poem describing it was famous in the community for many years.
15003Edgar Bunker's Tractor, Great Cranberry Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • People
  • Motenko - Howie Motenko
  • 2015-05-20
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
An account of honoring Edgar Bunker and his family by creating a light painting of his tractor on the beach.
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An account of honoring Edgar Bunker and his family by creating a light painting of his tractor on the beach.
16460Melissa Carroll, Rosemary Lawler Theriault, and Meda Norwood at Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates' Art Show
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Events
  • People
  • 1977
  • Southwest Harbor
16459Anna Johnston at Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates' Art Show
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Events
  • People
  • 1977
  • Southwest Harbor
16458Tom Ann and Penny Schenck at Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates' Art Show
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Events
  • People
  • 1977
  • Southwest Harbor
16457Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates' Art Show Catalogue
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events
  • Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
  • 1977
  • Southwest Harbor
144311967 Bar Harbor Times Newspaper, Fire of 1947 Anniversary Supplement
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 1967-10-19
  • Bar Harbor
A 12 page special supplement published on the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire.
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A 12 page special supplement published on the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire.
16253J. L. Stanley Wharf Fire of 1918
  • Set
  • Events, Fire
“…the fire started on December 2, 1918, which destroyed the buildings on the waterfront, swept away the fish wharves, the cold storage plant, a restaurant and several small buildings. J. L. Stanley and Sons were heavy losers in this fire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 186-7.
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“…the fire started on December 2, 1918, which destroyed the buildings on the waterfront, swept away the fish wharves, the cold storage plant, a restaurant and several small buildings. J. L. Stanley and Sons were heavy losers in this fire.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 186-7.
13692Stanley Fisheries Fire of 1967
  • Set
  • Events, Fire
550420th Anniversary of the Southwest Harbor Town Band at Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations
  • People
  • 1912
  • 14 Clark Point Road
The building was Dr. Lemont's office and store on the south side of Clark Point Road leaving Main Street. The building, then Cuz's Café, burned on January 30, 1955. It is the site of the Red Sky Restaurant in 2008. The Southwest Harbor band was formed in 1892. This 1912 photograph shows these members: Front Row - left to right: Ralph Judson Robinson (1870-1923) Everton Livingston Gott (1875-1954) - brother of Clyde Smith Gott Frank L. Gilley (1880-1920) Henry Loren Gray (1881-1947) Simeon J. Marshall (1874-1962) Earl Gott (1889-1950) Franze Earl "Wimpy" Walls (1890-1964) Edwin "Ed" George Lord (1878-1955) Note: The name of one person in the front row is missing. Archivists hope a viewer may know who it is and where he is standing. Middle - left to right: H. Chase Bickford (1887-1960) Fred A. Walls (1888-1949) James Crockett (1864-1941) Artemus Jean Haines Richardson (1893-1958) Edward Harold Bennett (1890-1965) - later a band leader, as was his son, Charlie Bennett (1922-1984) (not in photograph) Saunders Ward Newman (1852-1949) Fred Sydney Mayo (1877-1949) - behind drum Back Row - left to right: Clyde Smith Gott (1893-) - brother of Everton Livingston Gott Clifton Robie Foss (1890-1937) Raymond C. Whitmore (1889-1971) Standing on the porch - left to right: The girl to the left of Dr. Lemont, leaning on the rail, is Elsie Phillips - later Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (1905-1988) Dr. Robert James Lemont (1842-1926) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Bertha Robinson - later Mrs. Chester Warren Stanley (1901-1968)
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The building was Dr. Lemont's office and store on the south side of Clark Point Road leaving Main Street. The building, then Cuz's Café, burned on January 30, 1955. It is the site of the Red Sky Restaurant in 2008. The Southwest Harbor band was formed in 1892. This 1912 photograph shows these members: Front Row - left to right: Ralph Judson Robinson (1870-1923) Everton Livingston Gott (1875-1954) - brother of Clyde Smith Gott Frank L. Gilley (1880-1920) Henry Loren Gray (1881-1947) Simeon J. Marshall (1874-1962) Earl Gott (1889-1950) Franze Earl "Wimpy" Walls (1890-1964) Edwin "Ed" George Lord (1878-1955) Note: The name of one person in the front row is missing. Archivists hope a viewer may know who it is and where he is standing. Middle - left to right: H. Chase Bickford (1887-1960) Fred A. Walls (1888-1949) James Crockett (1864-1941) Artemus Jean Haines Richardson (1893-1958) Edward Harold Bennett (1890-1965) - later a band leader, as was his son, Charlie Bennett (1922-1984) (not in photograph) Saunders Ward Newman (1852-1949) Fred Sydney Mayo (1877-1949) - behind drum Back Row - left to right: Clyde Smith Gott (1893-) - brother of Everton Livingston Gott Clifton Robie Foss (1890-1937) Raymond C. Whitmore (1889-1971) Standing on the porch - left to right: The girl to the left of Dr. Lemont, leaning on the rail, is Elsie Phillips - later Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (1905-1988) Dr. Robert James Lemont (1842-1926) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Bertha Robinson - later Mrs. Chester Warren Stanley (1901-1968) [show more]
15570400th Anniversary of MDI's First European Settlement
  • Reference
  • Events
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2013-06-08
10697Invitation to a Conundrum Social for the Benefit of the Seal Cove Cemetery Fence Fund
  • Document, Request, Invitation
  • Events, Gala
  • 1893-10-25
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
The ladies probably served: Corn Chowder - "Husked Common Affliction, Lacteal Fluid" Cake - "You can't eat it and have it too." Cherry Pie - "Berries from a Tree" Apple Pie - "Eve's Temptation" Coffee - "Milkman's Friend"
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The ladies probably served: Corn Chowder - "Husked Common Affliction, Lacteal Fluid" Cake - "You can't eat it and have it too." Cherry Pie - "Berries from a Tree" Apple Pie - "Eve's Temptation" Coffee - "Milkman's Friend"
12692The Mayflower and Mount Desert Island
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events
  • Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021)
  • Plymouth MA
Ralph Stanley has researched the people he knew on Mount Desert Island and their common ancestors who were Mayflower passengers and their descendents.
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Ralph Stanley has researched the people he knew on Mount Desert Island and their common ancestors who were Mayflower passengers and their descendents.
14017Cape Plans Royal Salute on M-Day
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events
  • DesChamps - Grace DesChapms
  • Boston Globe
  • 1957-04-21
  • Provincetown MA
7802WWI Duty Status Leave Card - Andrew Isaac Herrick
  • Document, Permission
  • Events
  • 1919-04-11
Front and reverse of Andrew Isaac Herrick's 1919 Duty Status Leave Card and a page from "Rules for the Troops" in WWI
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Front and reverse of Andrew Isaac Herrick's 1919 Duty Status Leave Card and a page from "Rules for the Troops" in WWI
12559Pilgrims Landing at Plymouth - Original Pilgrim Shallop
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events
  • People
  • 1620
  • Plymouth MA
Date: Circa 1908 Media: Tinted collotype Title: Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620 from the Mayflower Subject: Pilgrim Shallop Publisher: Published in Germany for G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine Postage: 1¢ for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, 2¢ for foreign. Number: 84972 Addressed to Mrs. Eliza S. Gott, McKinley, Maine, Box 22. Front message: "Send me a postcard from Grace E. Gott" Postcard from Grace E. Gott (1896-1920) to her grandmother, Eliza Sawyer Butler, Mrs. Israel Gott (1847-1924) Grace E. Gott married Charles Lewellyn McKay on December 16, 1915. She signed the postcard as Grace E. Gott so archivists conclude that it was sent before that date. Judging by her handwriting, it is probable that she wrote the card c. 1908-1910. G.W. Morris printed their tinted collotype postcards in Germany in the early years of their existence (1901-1922). Archivists have therefore date the postcard as c. 1908.
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Date: Circa 1908 Media: Tinted collotype Title: Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620 from the Mayflower Subject: Pilgrim Shallop Publisher: Published in Germany for G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine Postage: 1¢ for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, 2¢ for foreign. Number: 84972 Addressed to Mrs. Eliza S. Gott, McKinley, Maine, Box 22. Front message: "Send me a postcard from Grace E. Gott" Postcard from Grace E. Gott (1896-1920) to her grandmother, Eliza Sawyer Butler, Mrs. Israel Gott (1847-1924) Grace E. Gott married Charles Lewellyn McKay on December 16, 1915. She signed the postcard as Grace E. Gott so archivists conclude that it was sent before that date. Judging by her handwriting, it is probable that she wrote the card c. 1908-1910. G.W. Morris printed their tinted collotype postcards in Germany in the early years of their existence (1901-1922). Archivists have therefore date the postcard as c. 1908. [show more]