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15918Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
  • Bar Harbor
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
Civilian Conservation Corps - Company 154
Eagle Lake Camp
Item:
  • 15918   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Camp
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 MacFarland Hill Drive
Description:
The Eagle Lake CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camp (NP-1), Company 154, at Bar Harbor was operated under the supervision of the National Park Service from May 1934 to June 1942. Its primary function was forest culture (roads, trails, recreation).
15588The Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2015-03-13
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Item:
  • 15588   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Creator:
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
Date:
  • 2015-03-13
14852The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Item:
  • 14852   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. [show more]
14687Southwest Harbor Police Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Village Green Way
Southwest Harbor Police Department
Item:
  • 14687   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Village Green Way
14624Order of the Eastern Star
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
A fraternal order open to both men and women related to Freemasonry. There appear to have been chapter in Tremont and Portland
Order of the Eastern Star
Item:
  • 14624   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
A fraternal order open to both men and women related to Freemasonry. There appear to have been chapter in Tremont and Portland
13566Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157.
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13566   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
Description:
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
Item:
  • 13383   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 250 Main Street
13271Islesford Historial Museum
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796.
Islesford Historial Museum
Item:
  • 13271   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
Description:
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more]
13197American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 22 Village Greenway
The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69
Item:
  • 13197   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 22 Village Greenway
Description:
The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
12894Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 45 Shore Road
Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
Item:
  • 12894   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 45 Shore Road
12155The West Tremont 4-H Club
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1953-02-14
  • Tremont, West Tremont
Back Row – Left to Right: Mildred Bartlett (1943-2007) – later Mrs. Donald A. Porter Marilyn E. Holt (1938-) – later Mrs. John Lanpher and Mrs. Patrick T. Perry Elsie L. (Bridges) Lawson (1901-1993) – Leader – Mrs. Edwin W. Lawson Emily Butler (1939-2007) – later Mrs. Henry Harland Beers Jr. and Mrs. Lyndon Emerson Colby Donna Patricia Goodwin (1943-) – later Mrs. Alphonse Morris Michaud Jr. Judith Ann Murphy (1943-) – later Mrs. Robert Ames Front Row – Left to Right: Clayton Robert Holt Jr. (1943-) Unknown girl Shirley E. Goodwin (c.1936-) – later Mrs. Wayne P. Smith Unknown girl Carl Eugene Butler (1941-)
The West Tremont 4-H Club
Item:
  • 12155   
Accession #:
  • 1041
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1953-02-14
Place:
  • Tremont, West Tremont
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Back Row – Left to Right: Mildred Bartlett (1943-2007) – later Mrs. Donald A. Porter Marilyn E. Holt (1938-) – later Mrs. John Lanpher and Mrs. Patrick T. Perry Elsie L. (Bridges) Lawson (1901-1993) – Leader – Mrs. Edwin W. Lawson Emily Butler (1939-2007) – later Mrs. Henry Harland Beers Jr. and Mrs. Lyndon Emerson Colby Donna Patricia Goodwin (1943-) – later Mrs. Alphonse Morris Michaud Jr. Judith Ann Murphy (1943-) – later Mrs. Robert Ames Front Row – Left to Right: Clayton Robert Holt Jr. (1943-) Unknown girl Shirley E. Goodwin (c.1936-) – later Mrs. Wayne P. Smith Unknown girl Carl Eugene Butler (1941-) [show more]
10621Sleeping Tents at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1933
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 59 Long Pond Road
Sleeping Tents at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10621   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1933
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 59 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp, ccc, people, man, tent, ANP
10620Long Pond Road and Western Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Mountain
  • Southwest Harbor
Long Pond Road and Western Mountain
Item:
  • 10620   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10619Flag at CCC Camp Entrance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Southwest Harbor
Flag at CCC Camp Entrance
Item:
  • 10619   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10618Cabin of CCC Commander Paul A. Harris
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • Southwest Harbor
Cabin of CCC Commander Paul A. Harris
Item:
  • 10618   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10613CCC Member Snow Shoeing
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Member Snow Shoeing
Item:
  • 10613   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10612CCC Member George Hall Snow Shoeing a Trail to Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Member George Hall Snow Shoeing a Trail to Mountain
Item:
  • 10612   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10611CCC Member George Hall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Member George Hall
Item:
  • 10611   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10610CCC Members With Snow Shoes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right: Albert Labin Walter Katon George Hall
CCC Members With Snow Shoes
Item:
  • 10610   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Albert Labin Walter Katon George Hall
10608CCC Members
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right: Walter Katon George Hall Charles Chevalier
CCC Members
Item:
  • 10608   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Walter Katon George Hall Charles Chevalier
10607CCC Members Moving a Tree
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Members Moving a Tree
Item:
  • 10607   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10606CCC Members in the Snow
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Members in the Snow
Item:
  • 10606   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10605CCC Member Carrying a Log
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Member Carrying a Log
Item:
  • 10605   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10604CCC Member
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Member
Item:
  • 10604   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10603CCC Member in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
CCC Member in Winter
Item:
  • 10603   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection