Note the brick driveway photograph - shows the remains of the carriage turntable that enabled carriages and buggies to be turned to face Garfield Avenue in the limited space available.
Description: Note the brick driveway photograph - shows the remains of the carriage turntable that enabled carriages and buggies to be turned to face Garfield Avenue in the limited space available.
Six images which merge historical and contemporary images of Southwest Harbor in these locations: - Main Street - The Carroll Building (item 5559) - The Causeway Under Construction (item 5084) - Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road (item 5225) - John R. Tinker House (item 7348) - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. (item 10247) - The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church (item 11229)
Description: Six images which merge historical and contemporary images of Southwest Harbor in these locations: - Main Street - The Carroll Building (item 5559) - The Causeway Under Construction (item 5084) - Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road (item 5225) - John R. Tinker House (item 7348) - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. (item 10247) - The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church (item 11229)
Robert Kaighn originally owned the top of Western Mountain and hiked during his time on the island. "This is a photo I took of what has been termed Kaighn's "rustic summerhouse" on top of Bernard Mountain. He owned the land from the West Peak to Great Notch, which he later gave to the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Note the four iron spikes outlining a square and a iron ring in the middle. If this is in fact his rustic summer house, then it was nothing more than a hut or shelter, given its small size. There was a path named for Robert Kaighn on top of Bernard Mountain. I haven't yet found that path, altho I did "discover" another old abandoned one called the Spring Trail from which it branched." - Don Lenahan 2009
Description: Robert Kaighn originally owned the top of Western Mountain and hiked during his time on the island. "This is a photo I took of what has been termed Kaighn's "rustic summerhouse" on top of Bernard Mountain. He owned the land from the West Peak to Great Notch, which he later gave to the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. Note the four iron spikes outlining a square and a iron ring in the middle. If this is in fact his rustic summer house, then it was nothing more than a hut or shelter, given its small size. There was a path named for Robert Kaighn on top of Bernard Mountain. I haven't yet found that path, altho I did "discover" another old abandoned one called the Spring Trail from which it branched." - Don Lenahan 2009 [show more]
Ralph Stanley and Charles B. Morrill went out to the Cranberry Isles in Ralph's boat, "Seven Sisters", on October 29, 2009 to photograph the boiler for the story in SWHPL 9935. While searching for the rock they came across this old 2 cycle, 2 cylinder Knox engine. Ralph remembered that the engine, an old "hand cranker, had originally belonged to his grandfather, Arno Preston Stanley (1865-1937). He never did anything with it. Ralph considered putting it in his first boat, but it was too heavy. The engine lay on the wharf for years and when the wharf was blew down in a storm c. 1978 the workers tossed it, or it fell, onto the rocks below where it is today. "The Boiler" started out at the end of Fish Point on Great Cranberry. Ralph is standing near the point of the arrow on the map where the boiler is now. The blue house in the background of the photograph was Charles "Peter" Emery Richardson's boat house. Peter was born to Meltiah Jordan and Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson on January 14, 1885. Peter married Nellie G. Curley who was born in 1884 and died in 1957. Peter died on July 14, 1971.
Description: Ralph Stanley and Charles B. Morrill went out to the Cranberry Isles in Ralph's boat, "Seven Sisters", on October 29, 2009 to photograph the boiler for the story in SWHPL 9935. While searching for the rock they came across this old 2 cycle, 2 cylinder Knox engine. Ralph remembered that the engine, an old "hand cranker, had originally belonged to his grandfather, Arno Preston Stanley (1865-1937). He never did anything with it. Ralph considered putting it in his first boat, but it was too heavy. The engine lay on the wharf for years and when the wharf was blew down in a storm c. 1978 the workers tossed it, or it fell, onto the rocks below where it is today. "The Boiler" started out at the end of Fish Point on Great Cranberry. Ralph is standing near the point of the arrow on the map where the boiler is now. The blue house in the background of the photograph was Charles "Peter" Emery Richardson's boat house. Peter was born to Meltiah Jordan and Mary Catherine "Carrie" Stanley Richardson on January 14, 1885. Peter married Nellie G. Curley who was born in 1884 and died in 1957. Peter died on July 14, 1971. [show more]
This photograph of Ralph as a dancing master was taken and stylized by Jeff Dobbs as cover art for "Dancing at the Mill" - Life on Mount Desert Island from the mid-1700s through the late 1940s. Produced by Jeff Dobbs and Bing Miller of Dobbs Productions, written by Gunnar Hansen, Documentary Video, August 2011. The photographs were taken in an old barn near Kennebec Place in Bar Harbor.
Description: This photograph of Ralph as a dancing master was taken and stylized by Jeff Dobbs as cover art for "Dancing at the Mill" - Life on Mount Desert Island from the mid-1700s through the late 1940s. Produced by Jeff Dobbs and Bing Miller of Dobbs Productions, written by Gunnar Hansen, Documentary Video, August 2011. The photographs were taken in an old barn near Kennebec Place in Bar Harbor.