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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13526Village of Manset and Manset Shore
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
6848Birdseye view of Manset, Me
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Stanley Fisheries Sluice from Ice Pond to Ice House
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Stanley Fisheries Sluice from Ice Pond to Ice House
6079Buildings on the Shore Road in Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
6152The Manset Shore
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001
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The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001 [show more]
7074Buildings on Shore Road in Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Th Welton Store is in the background on the right.
Description:
Th Welton Store is in the background on the right.
12365Aerial View of Manset Town Dock to The Henry R. Hinckley Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • 1998
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
13379Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Sanborn Map Company
  • Southwest Harbor
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
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This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
13432Town of Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
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“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
6783High Street North from Dirigo House, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Printed in Germany
Description:
Printed in Germany
11134Clark Point Road with a View of Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
  • Southwest Harbor
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.
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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.
12583Aerial image of Southwest Harbor, Clark Point Area, and Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Bakel - Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photo
  • 2015-05-07
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
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This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
12587View of Herrick Road Toward Main Street in 2015
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-05
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph shows was taken in the same location as item 12131 which depicts the Fuller House as it was moved from it's location on Main Street to make room for the Wendell Gilley Museum.
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This photograph shows was taken in the same location as item 12131 which depicts the Fuller House as it was moved from it's location on Main Street to make room for the Wendell Gilley Museum.
12590Site of the George Arthur Neal House - Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor
12602Main Street Looking North
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-03
  • Southwest Harbor
12618Clark Point Road - May 3, 2015
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-03
  • Southwest Harbor
The look of the road and many of the houses have changed, but many of the stones in the low wall in the foreground at the edge of 50 Clark Point Road are still in place as they were in 1913.
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The look of the road and many of the houses have changed, but many of the stones in the low wall in the foreground at the edge of 50 Clark Point Road are still in place as they were in 1913.
12620The site of Sim Mayo’s Bicycle Shop and William Lloyd Carroll's Cash Market
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-06-05
  • Southwest Harbor
The Bicycle Shop was moved and finally remodeled as the Herrick Building at 45 Clark Point Road next to the William Edgar and Fanny Carnes (Harmon) Herrick House, at 43 Clark Point Road. Both building are now gone.
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The Bicycle Shop was moved and finally remodeled as the Herrick Building at 45 Clark Point Road next to the William Edgar and Fanny Carnes (Harmon) Herrick House, at 43 Clark Point Road. Both building are now gone.
12623View Northeast on the High Road
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-27
  • Southwest Harbor
The church steeple is just visible between the trees to the left of the telephone pole. Rebecca Carroll's house, 7 High Road is the first house on the left. The second visible house, number 11, was built by her son, Phillip Tracy Carroll, in 1932. The third visible house, number 17, was built by builder Robie Melvin Norwood Jr. for himself in 1924. Rebecca’s daughter Nellie “Nell” Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton built at 23 High Road in 1922. Another daughter, Alice (Carroll) Young built at 38 High Road in 1907. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 6350 in which Rebecca is shown standing at about the second tree on the left in this photograph.
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The church steeple is just visible between the trees to the left of the telephone pole. Rebecca Carroll's house, 7 High Road is the first house on the left. The second visible house, number 11, was built by her son, Phillip Tracy Carroll, in 1932. The third visible house, number 17, was built by builder Robie Melvin Norwood Jr. for himself in 1924. Rebecca’s daughter Nellie “Nell” Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton built at 23 High Road in 1922. Another daughter, Alice (Carroll) Young built at 38 High Road in 1907. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 6350 in which Rebecca is shown standing at about the second tree on the left in this photograph. [show more]
12624The Island House Site
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2012-04-05
  • Southwest Harbor
12626The William Gilman Parker House Site
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 148 Clark Point Road
The large old tree behind the fence on the right is the same one that is visible in SWHPL 6361 which shows the tree in front of the house inside the corner of that fence.
Description:
The large old tree behind the fence on the right is the same one that is visible in SWHPL 6361 which shows the tree in front of the house inside the corner of that fence.
9397Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Made in Germany Freeman Store far right
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Made in Germany Freeman Store far right
9398Street View SO. West Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street Looking North
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Main Street Looking North
6800Southwest Harbor from Flying Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
  • Southwest Harbor
11831Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it.
Description:
The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it.