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6014	A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake	Image, Photograph	People Places, Mountain Transportation, Carriage	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)	1900 c.			The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.	A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake Item: 6014 Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Mountain Transportation, Carriage Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection Description: The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
6015	A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake	Image, Photograph	People Places, Mountain Transportation, Carriage	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)	1900 c.			Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.	A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake Item: 6015 Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Mountain Transportation, Carriage Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection Description: Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
6517	Albert Erastus Hodgdon Moving the Outhouse, Dodge Point, Tremont	Image, Photograph	People Transportation, Tractor			Tremont		Left to right: Albert Erastus Hodgdon (1900-1997) - on tractor Dennis Ezra Norwood (1870-1956) - father-in-law to Albert John or Fred Hodgdon on the seat The tractor is a Caterpillar Ten, introduced in 1928 and manufactured from 1929 to 1932. It was the smallest tractor Caterpillar made at the time, powered by a four-cylinder, gas motor rated at between 15 and 18 horsepower, and weighed 4,420 pounds.	Albert Erastus Hodgdon Moving the Outhouse, Dodge Point, Tremont Item: 6517 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Transportation, Tractor Place: Tremont State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: Left to right: Albert Erastus Hodgdon (1900-1997) - on tractor Dennis Ezra Norwood (1870-1956) - father-in-law to Albert John or Fred Hodgdon on the seat The tractor is a Caterpillar Ten, introduced in 1928 and manufactured from 1929 to 1932. It was the smallest tractor Caterpillar made at the time, powered by a four-cylinder, gas motor rated at between 15 and 18 horsepower, and weighed 4,420 pounds.
12747	Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage		1888-07-21	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Sand Beach	From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958)	Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach Item: 12747 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage Date: 1888-07-21 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Address: Sand Beach Source: Mount Desert Memories Description: From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958) [show more]
5768	Buckboard Party with Driver in Derby Hat	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Transportation, Carriage	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1890				Buckboard Party with Driver in Derby Hat Item: 5768 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Transportation, Carriage Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1890 Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
6336	Buckboard Riding	Image, Art, Drawing	People Transportation, Wagon	Lapham - William Berry Lapham	1887	Bar Harbor		Illustration appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham, P. 58 - 1887.	Buckboard Riding Item: 6336 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: People Transportation, Wagon Creator: Lapham - William Berry Lapham Date: 1887 Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Tags: horse, woman, group, people, man, carriage Description: Illustration appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham, P. 58 - 1887.
7547	Cary Burton Lunt and Child with large Teddy Bear at Lyle Arlington Reed's Store, McKinley, Maine	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Commercial, Store Transportation, Automobile		1952 c.	Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley		The child hidden behind his teddy bear may be Cary’s brother, Brian L. Lunt. The automobile was an Oldsmobile 4 door Super 88 Sedan, probably 1952. It may have belonged to Lyle Arlington Reed or his son-in-law Clarence L. Lunt.	Cary Burton Lunt and Child with large Teddy Bear at Lyle Arlington Reed's Store, McKinley, Maine Item: 7547 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Commercial, Store Transportation, Automobile Date: 1952 c. Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: The child hidden behind his teddy bear may be Cary’s brother, Brian L. Lunt. The automobile was an Oldsmobile 4 door Super 88 Sedan, probably 1952. It may have belonged to Lyle Arlington Reed or his son-in-law Clarence L. Lunt.
10609	CCC Members With Tractor	Image, Photograph	People Transportation, Tractor			Southwest Harbor		The tractor is a Best 30 crawler tractor with open radiator sides, made in 1924-1925 as one of the last models made by the C.L. Best Tractor Company before it merged with Holt Manufacturing to become the Caterpillar Tractor Company.	CCC Members With Tractor Item: 10609 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Transportation, Tractor Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Civilian Conservation Corps Collection Description: The tractor is a Best 30 crawler tractor with open radiator sides, made in 1924-1925 as one of the last models made by the C.L. Best Tractor Company before it merged with Holt Manufacturing to become the Caterpillar Tractor Company.
12523	Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh with Lockheed Vega 5 Airplane	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	People Transportation, Aircraft		1929-09-18	Washington DC		Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh are standing at the side of Lockheed Vega Model 5 Executive NC395H airplane while stopping at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. en route to South America. The five-place monoplane was manufactured during August 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California. It left the factory with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp B engine (S/N 1815) of 450 HP. The aircraft was loaned to Col. Lindbergh by Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont Jr. who built the Belmont Park Racetrack in New York, for Lindbergh’s 7000 mile South American trip. The Lindberghs took off from Bolling Field, the first stop on their trip (which had begun at Roosevelt Field on Long Island) on September 18, 1929. The Lockheed Vega model was designed by John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1981) and Gerard Freebairn Vultee (1900-1938) and manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Limited and first flown on July 4, 1927. Lockheed delivered the Vega 5 in 1929."	Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh with Lockheed Vega 5 Airplane Item: 12523 Accession #: 1014 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: People Transportation, Aircraft Date: 1929-09-18 Place: Washington DC State: DC Source: National Photo Company Collection, Library of Congress Description: Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh are standing at the side of Lockheed Vega Model 5 Executive NC395H airplane while stopping at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. en route to South America. The five-place monoplane was manufactured during August 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California. It left the factory with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp B engine (S/N 1815) of 450 HP. The aircraft was loaned to Col. Lindbergh by Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont Jr. who built the Belmont Park Racetrack in New York, for Lindbergh’s 7000 mile South American trip. The Lindberghs took off from Bolling Field, the first stop on their trip (which had begun at Roosevelt Field on Long Island) on September 18, 1929. The Lockheed Vega model was designed by John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1981) and Gerard Freebairn Vultee (1900-1938) and manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Limited and first flown on July 4, 1927. Lockheed delivered the Vega 5 in 1929." [show more]
6937	Christopher Wendell Lawlor's Family in a Sleigh	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals People Structures, Dwellings, House Transportation, Carriage			Southwest Harbor	415 Main Street	Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler - on porch William Joseph Lawler - in sleigh on left Rosemary Lawler - in sleigh, center Joseph Christopher Lawler - in sleigh on right Christopher Wendell Lawler - at far left "Barney" - the horse	Christopher Wendell Lawlor's Family in a Sleigh Item: 6937 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals People Structures, Dwellings, House Transportation, Carriage Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 415 Main Street Source: Gift of Rosemary Lawler Theriault (1921-1999) Description: Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler - on porch William Joseph Lawler - in sleigh on left Rosemary Lawler - in sleigh, center Joseph Christopher Lawler - in sleigh on right Christopher Wendell Lawler - at far left "Barney" - the horse
6938	Christopher Wendell Lawlor's Family in a Sleigh	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage			Southwest Harbor		Ina Caroline “Cad” (Robinson) Lawler - standing at right William Joseph Lawler - in sleigh on left Rosemary Lawler - in sleigh, center Joseph Christopher Lawler - in sleigh on right Christopher Wendell Lawler - at far left just out of frame "Barney" - the horse	Christopher Wendell Lawlor's Family in a Sleigh Item: 6938 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of William J. Lawlor Description: Ina Caroline “Cad” (Robinson) Lawler - standing at right William Joseph Lawler - in sleigh on left Rosemary Lawler - in sleigh, center Joseph Christopher Lawler - in sleigh on right Christopher Wendell Lawler - at far left just out of frame "Barney" - the horse
9214	Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People Transportation, Cycle, Bicycle		1914	Southwest Harbor		The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires.	Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Item: 9214 Accession #: 1014 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Transportation, Cycle, Bicycle Date: 1914 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: man, zoomable, woman, apparel, group, bicycle, people Description: The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires.
5413	Deacon Henry Higgins Clark and Child Driving a Buggy at Deacon's Cove on Clark Point Road	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Transportation, Carriage	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1892-08-26	Southwest Harbor		Deacon H.H. Clark rounding Clark's Cove. The first Clark & Parker store, 1861, is at right, Bee's store, 1884, at left. Bryant Bradley's photographic studio shows as a part of Bee's store. The pedestrian is Mr. Campbell.	Deacon Henry Higgins Clark and Child Driving a Buggy at Deacon's Cove on Clark Point Road Item: 5413 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Transportation, Carriage Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-08-26 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: Deacon H.H. Clark rounding Clark's Cove. The first Clark & Parker store, 1861, is at right, Bee's store, 1884, at left. Bryant Bradley's photographic studio shows as a part of Bee's store. The pedestrian is Mr. Campbell.
9955	Dr. George Arthur Neal in His Model T Ford Automobile	Image, Photograph	People Transportation, Automobile		1915 c.	Southwest Harbor			Dr. George Arthur Neal in His Model T Ford Automobile Item: 9955 Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Transportation, Automobile Date: 1915 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
7490	Elvira Jane (Robinson) Mayo, Lisa Caroline (Mayo) Wilkinson, and Joan Wilkinson in Bennington, Vermont	Image, Photograph	People Transportation, Automobile		1919	Bennington VT		Automobile is a 1915 Model T Ford	Elvira Jane (Robinson) Mayo, Lisa Caroline (Mayo) Wilkinson, and Joan Wilkinson in Bennington, Vermont Item: 7490 Accession #: 1132 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Transportation, Automobile Date: 1919 Place: Bennington VT State: VT Description: Automobile is a 1915 Model T Ford
12078	Franklin Ward's Children at the Franklin Ward Machine Shop, Manset	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Other Structures Transportation, Automobile		1940	Southwest Harbor, Manset	48 Shore Road		Franklin Ward's Children at the Franklin Ward Machine Shop, Manset Item: 12078 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Other Structures Transportation, Automobile Date: 1940 Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Address: 48 Shore Road Source: The Ward Family Collection
5286	Fred Cutter Parker, Jack Cutter Parker and William "Willie" Edwin Parker on a Buckboard	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1892-08-20	Southwest Harbor		Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.	Fred Cutter Parker, Jack Cutter Parker and William "Willie" Edwin Parker on a Buckboard Item: 5286 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-08-20 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
10385	George W. Fiske Delivering Mail to Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton at Houlton, Maine	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Structures, Dwellings, House Transportation, Carriage	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)		Houlton ME	26 Charles Street		George W. Fiske Delivering Mail to Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton at Houlton, Maine Item: 10385 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Structures, Dwellings, House Transportation, Carriage Creator: Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Place: Houlton ME State: ME Address: 26 Charles Street Source: Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton Collection Tags: horse, man, people, carriage
12451	James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll	Image, Photograph	People Transportation, Automobile		1941 c.	Bangor ME			James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll Item: 12451 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Transportation, Automobile Date: 1941 c. Place: Bangor ME State: ME Source: Collection of the Carroll Family
7582	Kathlyn L. Murphy Reed and Rev. and Mrs. Atwood and Baby on Buckboard	Image, Photograph	People Transportation, Carriage						Kathlyn L. Murphy Reed and Rev. and Mrs. Atwood and Baby on Buckboard Item: 7582 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Transportation, Carriage State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
5183	Marion Quincy Winslow Rand, Mrs. Henry Lathrop Rand - "Our Mayflower Buggy"	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1908-05-11	Mount Desert, Somesville			Marion Quincy Winslow Rand, Mrs. Henry Lathrop Rand - "Our Mayflower Buggy" Item: 5183 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-05-11 Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
5385	Moses Morse Sawin and Sawin's Express on Oxford Street, Cambridge	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1892-04-07	Boston MA area, Cambridge		This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.	Moses Morse Sawin and Sawin's Express on Oxford Street, Cambridge Item: 5385 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Nature, Animals People Transportation, Carriage Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-04-07 Place: Boston MA area, Cambridge State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
16401	Nan Kellam in the Spizzler	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Transportation, Automobile		1940 c.			The Spizzler was Art and Nan Kellam's 1936 Ford Coupe.	Nan Kellam in the Spizzler Item: 16401 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Transportation, Automobile Date: 1940 c. Source: The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection Description: The Spizzler was Art and Nan Kellam's 1936 Ford Coupe.
16278	Nan Kellam with the Spizzler	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Transportation, Automobile					The Spizzler was Art and Nan Kellam's 1936 Ford Coupe. Caption reads: “En route – Russellville”	Nan Kellam with the Spizzler Item: 16278 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Transportation, Automobile Source: The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection Description: The Spizzler was Art and Nan Kellam's 1936 Ford Coupe. Caption reads: “En route – Russellville”
10440	Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton and Seth Sprague Thornton Leaving Southwest Harbor for Houlton	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People Transportation, Automobile	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)	1912-07-10	Southwest Harbor		Nell and Seth Thornton are shown leaving Southwest Harbor for their home in Houlton, Maine in a beautiful 1910 Model T Ford automobile. Nell sits in the back seat, a man is driving and another stands at the side of the car. The Model T may belong to Seth or the other man who may possibly be driving them to Bar Harbor or Ellsworth to board the train for Houlton. If the Ford belonged to the Thorntons the trip from Southwest Harbor to Houlton would have taken them at least 11 hours by automobile in 1912. They probably would have stopped for at least one night thereby making an even longer trip. The Carroll family celebrated the Fourth of July every year with a picnic at their old family home, The Mountain House, on Carroll hill in Southwest Harbor.	Nell Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton and Seth Sprague Thornton Leaving Southwest Harbor for Houlton Item: 10440 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Transportation, Automobile Creator: Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Date: 1912-07-10 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton Collection Description: Nell and Seth Thornton are shown leaving Southwest Harbor for their home in Houlton, Maine in a beautiful 1910 Model T Ford automobile. Nell sits in the back seat, a man is driving and another stands at the side of the car. The Model T may belong to Seth or the other man who may possibly be driving them to Bar Harbor or Ellsworth to board the train for Houlton. If the Ford belonged to the Thorntons the trip from Southwest Harbor to Houlton would have taken them at least 11 hours by automobile in 1912. They probably would have stopped for at least one night thereby making an even longer trip. The Carroll family celebrated the Fourth of July every year with a picnic at their old family home, The Mountain House, on Carroll hill in Southwest Harbor. [show more]

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