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| 6608 | Catalog Page for 1924 Essex Automobile |
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| This photograph is included to illustrate a story that Ralph Stanley tells about his "Uncle Jimmy and the Essex Car." Ralph recounted the story while helping to identify the houses shown in SWHPL 6138. | 
Description: This photograph is included to illustrate a story that Ralph Stanley tells about his "Uncle Jimmy and the Essex Car." Ralph recounted the story while helping to identify the houses shown in SWHPL 6138. | |||
| 6700 | Advertisement for S.H. Mayo Motor Boats and Automobiles |
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| 8095 | Design Influence for Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser |
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| ""Just as it had been Edsel's [Edsel Ford] idea to buy Lincoln to give the company an elegant car to match GM's Cadillac, so in the midthirties, as Ford's competitive position continued to slip, he tried to get a part of the middle-priced market through the Zephyr. The Zephyr began as the Briggs Manufacturing Company ""dream car."" which Edsel saw in prototype at the 1933 automobile show. He was excited by it, having wanted for some time a car in price and quality between the Ford and the Lincoln. He bought the rights from Briggs and then brought in Eugene T. Gregorie, a former boat designer, to carry out his vision of a sleek auto for the middle-class buyer."" - “The Fords: An American Epic” by Peter Collier and David Horowitz, p. 158-159 - illustration #40 - 1987 Apparently design direction worked both ways. ""The design (above the water line) of speed boats of the 30's, 40's and 50's was influenced by automobile design of that era."" - Interview with Charles Morrill - 10/20/08 Morrill - Charles Barrett Morrill (1934-) ""Bink was obsessed with Lincoln Zephyr cars. He stove up three within two weeks. They all had this streamlined look."" - Interview with Ralph Stanley October 20, 2008 A photograph of the Lincoln Zephyr that is supremely evocative of the design era that influenced Bink Sargent appears in “Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company,” curated by Pierre Apraxine, with plates by Richard Benson, and notes to the plates by Lee Marks. 480 pp. 199 plates and a frontispiece. Large folio (16 by 18.25 inches), bound in original half maroon calf over linen covered boards, in a slipcase. [Verona: Stamperia Valdonega for] The White Oak Press, 1985. Limited edition of 1200. Copy Number 466 in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. See: Plate 188, Lincoln Zephyr 1936 by Grancel Fitz (1894–1963) The original photograph, ""Lincoln Zephyr with Graf Zeppelin,"" is in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987. | 
Description: ""Just as it had been Edsel's [Edsel Ford] idea to buy Lincoln to give the company an elegant car to match GM's Cadillac, so in the midthirties, as Ford's competitive position continued to slip, he tried to get a part of the middle-priced market through the Zephyr. The Zephyr began as the Briggs Manufacturing Company ""dream car."" which Edsel saw in prototype at the 1933 automobile show. He was excited by it, having wanted for some time a car in price and quality between the Ford and the Lincoln. He bought the rights from Briggs and then brought in Eugene T. Gregorie, a former boat designer, to carry out his vision of a sleek auto for the middle-class buyer."" - “The Fords: An American Epic” by Peter Collier and David Horowitz, p. 158-159 - illustration #40 - 1987 Apparently design direction worked both ways. ""The design (above the water line) of speed boats of the 30's, 40's and 50's was influenced by automobile design of that era."" - Interview with Charles Morrill - 10/20/08 Morrill - Charles Barrett Morrill (1934-) ""Bink was obsessed with Lincoln Zephyr cars. He stove up three within two weeks. They all had this streamlined look."" - Interview with Ralph Stanley October 20, 2008 A photograph of the Lincoln Zephyr that is supremely evocative of the design era that influenced Bink Sargent appears in “Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company,” curated by Pierre Apraxine, with plates by Richard Benson, and notes to the plates by Lee Marks. 480 pp. 199 plates and a frontispiece. Large folio (16 by 18.25 inches), bound in original half maroon calf over linen covered boards, in a slipcase. [Verona: Stamperia Valdonega for] The White Oak Press, 1985. Limited edition of 1200. Copy Number 466 in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. See: Plate 188, Lincoln Zephyr 1936 by Grancel Fitz (1894–1963) The original photograph, ""Lincoln Zephyr with Graf Zeppelin,"" is in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987. [show more] | ||
| 5559 | Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor |
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| The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building. | 
Description: The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building. | ||
| 6466 | Kenneth Usher and His Dog in his 1930 Ford Model A Roadster |
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| The automobile in the background is a 1935 Ford Sedan. | 
Description: The automobile in the background is a 1935 Ford Sedan. | ||||
| 7488 | Simeon Holden Mayo at the Wheel of his 1907 Maxwell Automobile |
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| To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009 | 
Description: To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009 | ||||
| 7490 | Elvira Jane (Robinson) Mayo, Lisa Caroline (Mayo) Wilkinson, and Joan Wilkinson in Bennington, Vermont |
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| Automobile is a 1915 Model T Ford | 
Description: Automobile is a 1915 Model T Ford | |||
| 11513 | Raymond Adelbert Bunker and Wilfred Allison Bunker with Automobiles on the Pool, Great Cranberry |
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| Automobiles 1936 Ford Pickup Truck 1930 Chevrolet Coupe | 
Description: Automobiles 1936 Ford Pickup Truck 1930 Chevrolet Coupe | |||
| 11514 | Raymond Adelbert Bunker and Wilfred Allison Bunker with Automobiles on the Pool, Great Cranberry |
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| Automobiles: 1936 Ford Pickup Truck 1930 Chevrolet Coupe The house on the right in the background is the John Henry Hamor House at 4 Murch Lane | 
Description: Automobiles: 1936 Ford Pickup Truck 1930 Chevrolet Coupe The house on the right in the background is the John Henry Hamor House at 4 Murch Lane | |||
| 5575 | Automobiles and Esso Pump at Gordon & White Garage |
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| The cars are a 1954 Ford on the left and a 1956 Chevrolet on the right. The building just visible on the far right is the Mobil gas station. | 
Description: The cars are a 1954 Ford on the left and a 1956 Chevrolet on the right. The building just visible on the far right is the Mobil gas station. | ||
| 5576 | Southwest Harbor Tremont Nursing Association First Ambulance |
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| The ambulance is shown in front of Gordon & White Garage. The Southwest Harbor / Tremont Nursing Association ambulance is a 1966 Ford 390 and was a gift from Mrs. Richard Payne. | 
Description: The ambulance is shown in front of Gordon & White Garage. The Southwest Harbor / Tremont Nursing Association ambulance is a 1966 Ford 390 and was a gift from Mrs. Richard Payne. | ||
| 7701 | Winifred Dole Mann Presenting the Keys to the First Ambulance, Southwest Harbor Tremont Nursing Association |
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| This photograph was taken in front of the Gordon & White Garage. | 
Description: This photograph was taken in front of the Gordon & White Garage. | ||
| 7759 | Gordon & White Garage with Five Taxis and their Drivers |
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| The taxis are from Left to Right: 1941 Ford 1941 Ford 1941 Ford 1937 Buick Sedan 1937 Packard Formal Sedan | 
Description: The taxis are from Left to Right: 1941 Ford 1941 Ford 1941 Ford 1937 Buick Sedan 1937 Packard Formal Sedan | ||
| 7761 | Gordon & White Garage with Automobiles |
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| Vehicles from Left to Right: c. 1946 Ford Pickup Truck - in front of garage 1950 Ford - on side of garage 1951 Ford 1953 Ford c. 1953 Ford Truck 1941 Chevrolet | 
Description: Vehicles from Left to Right: c. 1946 Ford Pickup Truck - in front of garage 1950 Ford - on side of garage 1951 Ford 1953 Ford c. 1953 Ford Truck 1941 Chevrolet | ||
| 7762 | Gordon & White Garage with Automobiles and Trucks |
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| The vehicles from Left to Right: c. 1949 International Harvester Truck - far left at back facing camera c. 1950 Mercury facing camera (in front of unknown car) Gordon & White's 1950 Ford Tow Truck Unknown wood stake truck c. 1947 Ford c. 1946 Dodge 1949 Ford 1950 Chevrolet - company vehicle for a Bar Harbor Chevrolet dealer c. 1939 Pontiac c. 1931 Ford - spoke wheel just visible at right front of photograph | 
Description: The vehicles from Left to Right: c. 1949 International Harvester Truck - far left at back facing camera c. 1950 Mercury facing camera (in front of unknown car) Gordon & White's 1950 Ford Tow Truck Unknown wood stake truck c. 1947 Ford c. 1946 Dodge 1949 Ford 1950 Chevrolet - company vehicle for a Bar Harbor Chevrolet dealer c. 1939 Pontiac c. 1931 Ford - spoke wheel just visible at right front of photograph | ||
| 11232 | Ralph Stanley's First Lobster Boat |
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| Automobiles Left to Right: Unknown Unknown truck 1949-1950 Ford wood panelled station wagon 1950-1951 Pontiac sedan Unknown truck 1950 Plymouth 4-door sedan | 
Description: Automobiles Left to Right: Unknown Unknown truck 1949-1950 Ford wood panelled station wagon 1950-1951 Pontiac sedan Unknown truck 1950 Plymouth 4-door sedan | ||||
| 11341 | Wesley Boynton Carroll and Touring Car |
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| 11820 | Clark Point Road in the Snow |
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| The automobile is a 1929 Ford Model A. Therefore, this photo was taken no earlier than 1929. The buildings left to right: -The Edwin Leon Higgins house – 39 Clark Point Road -The Isaac Herrick house – 43 Clark Point Road -The Herrick Building – 45 Clark Point Road -The William Irving Mayo House (The Central House) – 51 Clark Point Road. | 
Description: The automobile is a 1929 Ford Model A. Therefore, this photo was taken no earlier than 1929. The buildings left to right: -The Edwin Leon Higgins house – 39 Clark Point Road -The Isaac Herrick house – 43 Clark Point Road -The Herrick Building – 45 Clark Point Road -The William Irving Mayo House (The Central House) – 51 Clark Point Road. | ||
| 7486 | Simeon Holden Mayo at the Wheel of his 1907 Maxwell Automobile |
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| 7487 | Simeon Holden Mayo at the Wheel of his 1907 Maxwell Automobile |
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| 9652 | The Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1951 |
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| The automobile on the left is a 1947 Oldsmobile. The one on the right is a Chrysler product, probably a Plymouth. | 
Description: The automobile on the left is a 1947 Oldsmobile. The one on the right is a Chrysler product, probably a Plymouth. | ||
| 9668 | The Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1951 |
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| The automobile on the left is a 1949 Lincoln. | 
Description: The automobile on the left is a 1949 Lincoln. | ||
| 7484 | Simeon Holden Mayo and his 1907 Maxwell Automobile at the Florence Hotel, Bar Harbor |
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| 7489 | Simeon "Sim" Holden Mayo and Joan Wilkinson Loading an Automobile in Bennington, Vermont |
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| The automobile is a 1915 Ford Model T. | 
Description: The automobile is a 1915 Ford Model T. | |||
| 7547 | Cary Burton Lunt and Child with large Teddy Bear at Lyle Arlington Reed's Store, McKinley, Maine |
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| 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. | 
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. |
