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10487Alcyone Rogers Bullen with Susan Lane Bullen in Baby Carriage
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1953
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right: Susan Lane Bullen Alcyone Rogers Bullen
Alcyone Rogers Bullen with Susan Lane Bullen in Baby Carriage
Item:
  • 10487   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Frederic Close Towers Family
Description:
Left to Right: Susan Lane Bullen Alcyone Rogers Bullen
5615Alma E. Hallenborg
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 226 Main Street
Alma E. Hallenborg
Item:
  • 5615   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 226 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12021Baby Shower for Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Boomer - Edna Milligan Boomer
  • 1952-10 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 50 Clark Point Road
The party is shown in the den, the front room on the left of the house. Ruthann "Sugar" Grindle Fenton remembers that she was upset because she could not find her doll carriage. Someone had "borrowed" the carriage for her mother's surprise baby shower. The carriage reappeared "when Mum wheeled it home solid full of presents." Left to Right: Mary (Harriman) Carroll, Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll (1910-2003) Lucile A. (Farnsworth) Rich, Mrs. Roger Clifton Rich (1911-1989) - hostess Lizabeth H. (Lawson) Rich, Mrs. Ronald Dean Rich (1912-1978) Eleanor Mary (Brown) White, Mrs. Russell B. White (1917-2002) Helen E. (Turnbull) Kelley, Mrs. Carlton Carroll Kelley (1918-1985) Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard, Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard (1909-1990) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - pregnant with John Paul Grindle (1952-)
Baby Shower for Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle
Item:
  • 12021   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Boomer - Edna Milligan Boomer
Date:
  • 1952-10 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 50 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
Tags:
woman, group, people
Description:
The party is shown in the den, the front room on the left of the house. Ruthann "Sugar" Grindle Fenton remembers that she was upset because she could not find her doll carriage. Someone had "borrowed" the carriage for her mother's surprise baby shower. The carriage reappeared "when Mum wheeled it home solid full of presents." Left to Right: Mary (Harriman) Carroll, Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll (1910-2003) Lucile A. (Farnsworth) Rich, Mrs. Roger Clifton Rich (1911-1989) - hostess Lizabeth H. (Lawson) Rich, Mrs. Ronald Dean Rich (1912-1978) Eleanor Mary (Brown) White, Mrs. Russell B. White (1917-2002) Helen E. (Turnbull) Kelley, Mrs. Carlton Carroll Kelley (1918-1985) Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard, Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard (1909-1990) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - pregnant with John Paul Grindle (1952-) [show more]
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.
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Company and United States Post Office in the John Lawler Commercial Building
Item:
  • 7713   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1954-08-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
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]
7908Birches on Seal Cove Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1959-10
  • Southwest Harbor
Birches on Seal Cove Road
Item:
  • 7908   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1959-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
7892Boats at Beal’s Fish Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1958-07
  • Southwest Harbor
The boat leaving the dock is the Malesca and the Islesford Ferry is at the end of the dock.
Boats at Beal’s Fish Wharf
Item:
  • 7892   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1958-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The boat leaving the dock is the Malesca and the Islesford Ferry is at the end of the dock.
12139Carroll Drug Store Soda Fountain
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950-07-01
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 360 Main Street
Carroll Drug Store Soda Fountain
Item:
  • 12139   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950-07-01
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 360 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
zoomable, store, restaurant, interior
6447Cedarcroft - The Lamb Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1955-08-21
  • Southwest Harbor
Cedarcroft - The Lamb Cottage
Item:
  • 6447   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1955-08-21
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
11721Celestia Gertrude Dix Robinson, Mrs. Ralph Judson Robinson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Celestia Gertrude Dix Robinson, Mrs. Ralph Judson Robinson
Item:
  • 11721   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
10484Charles Crosby Rogers with Granddaughters Alcyone Rogers and Susan Lane Bullen
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1953
  • Southwest Harbor
Bottom to Top: Charles Crosby Rogers Alcyone Rogers Bullen Susan Lane BullenThe "flower" on the left is a metal lawn sprinkler.
Charles Crosby Rogers with Granddaughters Alcyone Rogers and Susan Lane Bullen
Item:
  • 10484   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Frederic Close Towers Family
Description:
Bottom to Top: Charles Crosby Rogers Alcyone Rogers Bullen Susan Lane BullenThe "flower" on the left is a metal lawn sprinkler.
10988Chester Warren Stanley, Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley and Celestia Gertrude (Dix) Robinson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1952 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 376 Main Street
Left to Right: Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley, Mrs. Chester Warren Stanley (1901-1968) Chester Warren Stanley (1900-1971) Celestia "Lessie" Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Adoniram Judson Robinson (1875-1961) - mother of Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanely The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of Chester and Bertha’s daughter Ruth Celestia Stanley or Irene Mabel Stanley’s wedding, both of which took place in 1952. This photograph was taken at Chester Stanley's home - the Adoniram Judson Robinson house. The house shown in this photograph, next to the Robinson house, is 384 Main Street.
Chester Warren Stanley, Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley and Celestia Gertrude (Dix) Robinson
Item:
  • 10988   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1952 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 376 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley
Description:
Left to Right: Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley, Mrs. Chester Warren Stanley (1901-1968) Chester Warren Stanley (1900-1971) Celestia "Lessie" Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Adoniram Judson Robinson (1875-1961) - mother of Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanely The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of Chester and Bertha’s daughter Ruth Celestia Stanley or Irene Mabel Stanley’s wedding, both of which took place in 1952. This photograph was taken at Chester Stanley's home - the Adoniram Judson Robinson house. The house shown in this photograph, next to the Robinson house, is 384 Main Street. [show more]
9464Clark Point from J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Places, Harbor
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1953-09-25
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark Point from J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 9464   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Places, Harbor
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1953-09-25
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
11921Clark Point Road - View West to Main Street in the Snow
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The photograph was taken near 50 Clark Point Road. The building on the left was the Benjamin Conley Worcester Store building, built in 1910, at 46 Clark Point Road, converted to two apartments by the time this photograph was taken. The store front on the right behind the tree and telephone pole - F.S. Mayo Construction / Herrick Building at 45 Clark Point Road, no longer standing.
Clark Point Road - View West to Main Street in the Snow
Item:
  • 11921   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
Description:
The photograph was taken near 50 Clark Point Road. The building on the left was the Benjamin Conley Worcester Store building, built in 1910, at 46 Clark Point Road, converted to two apartments by the time this photograph was taken. The store front on the right behind the tree and telephone pole - F.S. Mayo Construction / Herrick Building at 45 Clark Point Road, no longer standing.
5951Cuz Cafe After it Burned
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • 1955-01-29
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 14 Clark Point Road
Cuz Cafe After it Burned
Item:
  • 5951   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1955-01-29
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 14 Clark Point Road
Tags:
fire
11954David Alfred Worcester's Birthday Party
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1951 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Back Row - Left to Right: Phyllis M. (Grindle) Herrick, Philip Clifton Rich (1941-) Shirley Milford Willey (1940-2010), David Clark Cunio (1942-), Steven Linwood Herrick (1942-), Ruthann Grindle (1942-) - later Mrs. Ralph Dennis Ellis and Mrs. Nathaniel Rochester Fenton, Linda Ann Grindle (1949-) baby on Ruthann's lap - later Mrs. Maurice Stanley Rich Jr. and Mrs. George Henry Dow Jr., Anne Tracy Carroll (1941-) - later Mrs. Donald E. DeGolyer, Juliemae Worcester (1941-) - later Mrs. William Peter Hopkins Front Row - Left to Right: Unknown, David Alfred Worcester (1944-1994), Janet Worcester (1946-) - later Mrs. James Robert Ellis, Charles Wallace Birlem Jr. (1944-), Alice Thurston (1945-) - later Mrs. Berndston"
David Alfred Worcester's Birthday Party
Item:
  • 11954   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1951 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
Description:
Back Row - Left to Right: Phyllis M. (Grindle) Herrick, Philip Clifton Rich (1941-) Shirley Milford Willey (1940-2010), David Clark Cunio (1942-), Steven Linwood Herrick (1942-), Ruthann Grindle (1942-) - later Mrs. Ralph Dennis Ellis and Mrs. Nathaniel Rochester Fenton, Linda Ann Grindle (1949-) baby on Ruthann's lap - later Mrs. Maurice Stanley Rich Jr. and Mrs. George Henry Dow Jr., Anne Tracy Carroll (1941-) - later Mrs. Donald E. DeGolyer, Juliemae Worcester (1941-) - later Mrs. William Peter Hopkins Front Row - Left to Right: Unknown, David Alfred Worcester (1944-1994), Janet Worcester (1946-) - later Mrs. James Robert Ellis, Charles Wallace Birlem Jr. (1944-), Alice Thurston (1945-) - later Mrs. Berndston" [show more]
11448David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1954 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 11448   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1954 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 297 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the David B. Benson Family
11746Dirigo Hotel - South Side
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1958-09
  • Southwest Harbor
Dirigo Hotel - South Side
Item:
  • 11746   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1958-09
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
12702Eliza Jacobus (Newkirk) Rogers (1877-1966)
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
  • 1959-08-23
  • Southwest Harbor
Standing on the deck of the Conant Cottage in Southwest Harbor. She had designed it in 1921.
Eliza Jacobus (Newkirk) Rogers (1877-1966)
Item:
  • 12702   
Accession #:
  • 1095
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
Date:
  • 1959-08-23
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
Description:
Standing on the deck of the Conant Cottage in Southwest Harbor. She had designed it in 1921.
11827Eugene M. Norwood Square
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Walsh - Elizabeth Cantril (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza
  • 1954 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Eugene M. Norwood Square
Item:
  • 11827   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Walsh - Elizabeth Cantril (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza
Date:
  • 1954 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Leza Colquhoun
9220Eugene Norwood American Legion Post Production of Hometown USA Show
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1953 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
"The stage of what was then the Pemetic High School - now [2011] Pemetic Elementary School Front Row Seated on Stage Floor - Left to Right: Unknown man Unknown man Unknown man Possibly Cuthbert Downey Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Irma (Donnell) Black (1915-1986) - Mrs. Paul Ernest Black Marguerite Mae Hamblen (1935-2004) - Later Mrs. Seldon Bernstein Roscoe C. Marshall (1911-1968) Wilma Jane Hamblen (1937-) - Later Mrs. Charles F. Turner Unknown man Joan Marilyn Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbur Terry John Donald Jumper (1914-1998) Florence Esperance Thatcher (1913-1990) - Mrs. Robins Herbert Thatcher, later Mrs. Vernon Sanford McFarland Unknown man kneeling Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Harold Townsend (1905-1989) Faith A. (Whitmore) Ramsdell (1919-2000) - Mrs. Ralph Ramsdell Cathy Bollars Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen (1915-2001) - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen Unknown man Charlotte Lurvey (1910-2000) Back Row - Left to Right: Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard (1909-1990) - Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard Milton Webster Norwood (1899-1990) Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986) Unknown man Unknown man Leslie L. Greenlaw (1913-1994) Ann Mary (Whitmore) Harkins (1930-) - Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Mary A. (Harkins) Sargent (1927-) - Mrs. Lennox Ledyard Sargent (""Bink"" Sargent) June B. (Hamblen) Sanner (1924-) - Mrs. William Walter Sanner Phyllis Norwood (1916-1999) - Mrs. James Franklin Norwood Paul Merrill Robinson (1918-) Dorothy A. (Robinson) Worcester (1925-) - Mrs. Warren R. Worcester Bernard Johnson (1908-1985) “The high school building is the third educational edifice to stand on the same lot...” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 147 – 1938 “Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Atherton built their house on Maple Lane about 1905. After Mr. Atherton died his widow sold the place to Peter T. Benson (1937), who moved the buildings to a lot on the Clark Point Road and sold to Russell White. The Atherton lot was then purchased by the town as a part of the school lot and the site of the new high school building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 158-159 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, the work of excavating for the foundation of a new high school building on the Southwest Harbor village school lot was begun.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 88 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, ground was broken for a new brick building for the high school to be built partly by the town and partly by a grant from the Federal government. W. H. McPherson of Bangor was the contractor.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938"
Eugene Norwood American Legion Post Production of Hometown USA Show
Item:
  • 9220   
Accession #:
  • 1014
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1953 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 329 Main Street
Description:
"The stage of what was then the Pemetic High School - now [2011] Pemetic Elementary School Front Row Seated on Stage Floor - Left to Right: Unknown man Unknown man Unknown man Possibly Cuthbert Downey Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Irma (Donnell) Black (1915-1986) - Mrs. Paul Ernest Black Marguerite Mae Hamblen (1935-2004) - Later Mrs. Seldon Bernstein Roscoe C. Marshall (1911-1968) Wilma Jane Hamblen (1937-) - Later Mrs. Charles F. Turner Unknown man Joan Marilyn Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbur Terry John Donald Jumper (1914-1998) Florence Esperance Thatcher (1913-1990) - Mrs. Robins Herbert Thatcher, later Mrs. Vernon Sanford McFarland Unknown man kneeling Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Harold Townsend (1905-1989) Faith A. (Whitmore) Ramsdell (1919-2000) - Mrs. Ralph Ramsdell Cathy Bollars Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen (1915-2001) - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen Unknown man Charlotte Lurvey (1910-2000) Back Row - Left to Right: Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard (1909-1990) - Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard Milton Webster Norwood (1899-1990) Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986) Unknown man Unknown man Leslie L. Greenlaw (1913-1994) Ann Mary (Whitmore) Harkins (1930-) - Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Mary A. (Harkins) Sargent (1927-) - Mrs. Lennox Ledyard Sargent (""Bink"" Sargent) June B. (Hamblen) Sanner (1924-) - Mrs. William Walter Sanner Phyllis Norwood (1916-1999) - Mrs. James Franklin Norwood Paul Merrill Robinson (1918-) Dorothy A. (Robinson) Worcester (1925-) - Mrs. Warren R. Worcester Bernard Johnson (1908-1985) “The high school building is the third educational edifice to stand on the same lot...” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 147 – 1938 “Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Atherton built their house on Maple Lane about 1905. After Mr. Atherton died his widow sold the place to Peter T. Benson (1937), who moved the buildings to a lot on the Clark Point Road and sold to Russell White. The Atherton lot was then purchased by the town as a part of the school lot and the site of the new high school building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 158-159 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, the work of excavating for the foundation of a new high school building on the Southwest Harbor village school lot was begun.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 88 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, ground was broken for a new brick building for the high school to be built partly by the town and partly by a grant from the Federal government. W. H. McPherson of Bangor was the contractor.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938" [show more]
12020Eugene Shubal Thurston's daughters at the Dirigo Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1958-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right: Esther A. (Thurston) Williams, Mrs. William G. Williams (1907-2005) Elizabeth M. (Thurston) King, Mrs. Stanwood Hart King (1905-2009) - owner of the Dirigo Hotel. Mary E. (Thurston) Fleming, Mrs. Paul E. Fleming (1912-1979) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - the head waitress at the hotel.
Eugene Shubal Thurston's daughters at the Dirigo Hotel
Item:
  • 12020   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1958-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
Description:
Left to Right: Esther A. (Thurston) Williams, Mrs. William G. Williams (1907-2005) Elizabeth M. (Thurston) King, Mrs. Stanwood Hart King (1905-2009) - owner of the Dirigo Hotel. Mary E. (Thurston) Fleming, Mrs. Paul E. Fleming (1912-1979) Ruth May (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) - the head waitress at the hotel.
7945Eva Grace, Lawrence Wayne and El Placita in the Snow at Clark Point, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1956-03-15
  • Southwest Harbor
Vessels Left to Right: "Eva Grace" El Placita - Schooner Steam Yacht as a sardine carrier "Lawrence Wayne" The Mayo / Hinckley house is just visible in the background to the right of the "Eva Grace" rigging.
Eva Grace, Lawrence Wayne and El Placita in the Snow at Clark Point, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 7945   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sardine Carrier
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1956-03-15
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Vessels Left to Right: "Eva Grace" El Placita - Schooner Steam Yacht as a sardine carrier "Lawrence Wayne" The Mayo / Hinckley house is just visible in the background to the right of the "Eva Grace" rigging.
7899Fishing Boats at Southwest Harbor - Helen McColl and Glen Ellen
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1959-04-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Third from right at dock - "Helen McColl" Far right at dock - "Glen Ellen"
Fishing Boats at Southwest Harbor - Helen McColl and Glen Ellen
Item:
  • 7899   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1959-04-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Third from right at dock - "Helen McColl" Far right at dock - "Glen Ellen"
11182Florence C. Parritt Young House and Shop in the Snow
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950-01-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 307 Main Street
Florence C. Parritt Young House and Shop in the Snow
Item:
  • 11182   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950-01-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 307 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
6442"Fox Dens" In the Snow
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1955-01-24
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 62 Norwood Road
"Fox Dens" In the Snow
Item:
  • 6442   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1955-01-24
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 62 Norwood Road