Addressed to Miss Annie Spooner, Plymouth, Mass., message on the back reads: "Saturday, A.M., Just off for a half day on the water to Baker's Island. Home Tuesday noon. Wiah you were here. J.S."
Description: Addressed to Miss Annie Spooner, Plymouth, Mass., message on the back reads: "Saturday, A.M., Just off for a half day on the water to Baker's Island. Home Tuesday noon. Wiah you were here. J.S."
This postcard photograph is valuable to historians interested in Manset, Maine. The image shown here has, therefore, been cleaned for study. The original postcard, untouched, remains in the collection, as do all other images, in its original, scanned version. When archivists enlarged the photograph for study they could see that the original photograph had been altered before printing to blank out the sky. The area above the horizon was removed.
Description: This postcard photograph is valuable to historians interested in Manset, Maine. The image shown here has, therefore, been cleaned for study. The original postcard, untouched, remains in the collection, as do all other images, in its original, scanned version. When archivists enlarged the photograph for study they could see that the original photograph had been altered before printing to blank out the sky. The area above the horizon was removed.
Description: The old fish flakes structure at the John Hopkins wharf. The property probably belonged to J.L. Stanley & Sons when this photograph was taken.
The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street,
Description: The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street, [show more]
A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. 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: A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. 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. [show more]
The building with the tower in the distant background was the Charles B. Dix / Simeon Amassa Holden house and the stable (now moved) is the large building in the field behind it. The boathouse for that property, the Captain Charles B. Dix (1836-1906) Boat House, is on the white house directly on the shore next to the large clump of trees. It was the Lyle Arlington Reed house at the time the picture was taken - 143 Harbor Drive (Route 102A), Tremont, Maine. The building out on the spit is Little Island Marine, begun after WWII c. 1945-1946. The business on the shore just to the right of the wharf building was Lyle Arlington Reed’s store - 35 Shore Road, Bass Harbor (formerly McKinley), Maine. The small brown house in the middle of the large lot at the right, almost at the corner of McMullen Avenue and the Shore Road belonged to George Al Lovejoy (1903-1964). The house is now gone. It probably sat on the 9 McMullen Avenue property, Map 12 – Lot 44. The large building in the right foreground was owned by H.G. Reed and housed the Post Office on the ground floor facing the Shore Road – 45 Shore Road, Bass Harbor, Maine – Map 12 – Lot 43 The building at the left foreground was W.H. Thurston's General Store – later the Seafood Ketch restaurant – 47 Shore Road – Map 12 – Lot 42.
Description: The building with the tower in the distant background was the Charles B. Dix / Simeon Amassa Holden house and the stable (now moved) is the large building in the field behind it. The boathouse for that property, the Captain Charles B. Dix (1836-1906) Boat House, is on the white house directly on the shore next to the large clump of trees. It was the Lyle Arlington Reed house at the time the picture was taken - 143 Harbor Drive (Route 102A), Tremont, Maine. The building out on the spit is Little Island Marine, begun after WWII c. 1945-1946. The business on the shore just to the right of the wharf building was Lyle Arlington Reed’s store - 35 Shore Road, Bass Harbor (formerly McKinley), Maine. The small brown house in the middle of the large lot at the right, almost at the corner of McMullen Avenue and the Shore Road belonged to George Al Lovejoy (1903-1964). The house is now gone. It probably sat on the 9 McMullen Avenue property, Map 12 – Lot 44. The large building in the right foreground was owned by H.G. Reed and housed the Post Office on the ground floor facing the Shore Road – 45 Shore Road, Bass Harbor, Maine – Map 12 – Lot 43 The building at the left foreground was W.H. Thurston's General Store – later the Seafood Ketch restaurant – 47 Shore Road – Map 12 – Lot 42. [show more]
Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”
Description: Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”