The signage in this photograph advertises bicycle repairing, bicycle sundries, galvanizing, horse shoeing, carriage work. wood or iron, brazing, tinkering, ship yacht and fancy iron work, and saws filed. Archivists surmise that one of the men in the photo must be Alvah, but this has not been confirmed.
Description: The signage in this photograph advertises bicycle repairing, bicycle sundries, galvanizing, horse shoeing, carriage work. wood or iron, brazing, tinkering, ship yacht and fancy iron work, and saws filed. Archivists surmise that one of the men in the photo must be Alvah, but this has not been confirmed.
Advertising from the "Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont" The top ad reads: “F. S. MAYO - Carpenter and Builder - Fine Furniture Repairing - Woodworker and Cabinet Maker - We take the Machine to the Job. - Electric Floor Finishing. Tel. 9 - Wesley Ave. Southwest Harbor. The bottom ad reads: "Office hours by Appointment - Telephone 28. Dr. G. A. Neal - Special Attention Given to Children - Main Road Southwest Harbor"
Description: Advertising from the "Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont" The top ad reads: “F. S. MAYO - Carpenter and Builder - Fine Furniture Repairing - Woodworker and Cabinet Maker - We take the Machine to the Job. - Electric Floor Finishing. Tel. 9 - Wesley Ave. Southwest Harbor. The bottom ad reads: "Office hours by Appointment - Telephone 28. Dr. G. A. Neal - Special Attention Given to Children - Main Road Southwest Harbor" [show more]
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.
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.
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.
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.
“As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
“As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.