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8966William Lawler (1817-1892)
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1850 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
William Lawler (1817-1892)
Item:
  • 8966   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1850 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
12637Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Lane - Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865)
  • 1852
  • Southwest Harbor
Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h).
Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 12637   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Lane - Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865)
Date:
  • 1852
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
ship, boat, harbor
Description:
Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h). [show more]
6750Elizabeth Cook Carroll Lawler
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1853 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Elizabeth Cook Carroll Lawler
Item:
  • 6750   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1853 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Smallidge Family
7382Almira or Elmira Myra C. Gott
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1853 c.
  • Tremont
Almira or Elmira Myra C. Gott
Item:
  • 7382   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1853 c.
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
10196Freight Bill from the Sidewheel Steamer Rockland
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • 1853-11-02
  • Southwest Harbor
A freight bill for 3 casks of lime for Capt. James Long (1814-1895) signed by Jo. R. Freeman [John T.R. Freeman (1838-1916)] and paid at Mt. Desert on November 2, 1853. As can be seen from the account below, "Rockland" was supposed to have been built in 1853 and to have gone into service in 1854, but this bill of lading clearly shows that she was working in the Mt. Desert area as early as November 1853. She may have gone on the water in 1853 and done some freight work in the area before she started her career on the passenger route in 1854. The 1857 date may just be an error.
Freight Bill from the Sidewheel Steamer Rockland
Item:
  • 10196   
Accession #:
  • 2094
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1853-11-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
A freight bill for 3 casks of lime for Capt. James Long (1814-1895) signed by Jo. R. Freeman [John T.R. Freeman (1838-1916)] and paid at Mt. Desert on November 2, 1853. As can be seen from the account below, "Rockland" was supposed to have been built in 1853 and to have gone into service in 1854, but this bill of lading clearly shows that she was working in the Mt. Desert area as early as November 1853. She may have gone on the water in 1853 and done some freight work in the area before she started her career on the passenger route in 1854. The 1857 date may just be an error. [show more]
12222Town of Tremont - 1854 Tax Collector Sureties
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • 1854-05-10
  • Tremont
Andrew H. Haynes (1812-1896) - 133 Shore Road, Manset Ebenezer Fernald (1810-1884) - 110 Fernald Point Road Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - Deacon Clark John D. Rich (1800-1875) Reuben D. Rich (1827-1863) - son of John D. Rich Samuel G. Rich (1808-1871)
Town of Tremont - 1854 Tax Collector Sureties
Item:
  • 12222   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1854-05-10
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
Description:
Andrew H. Haynes (1812-1896) - 133 Shore Road, Manset Ebenezer Fernald (1810-1884) - 110 Fernald Point Road Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897) - Deacon Clark John D. Rich (1800-1875) Reuben D. Rich (1827-1863) - son of John D. Rich Samuel G. Rich (1808-1871)
2727Map of the City of Belfast, Waldo Co. Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Loring, Short and Harmon
  • 1855
  • Belfast ME
From "History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine, Volume II, 1875-1900" by Joseph Williamson. Showing locations of streets and buildings in 1855.
Map of the City of Belfast, Waldo Co. Maine
Item:
  • 2727   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • Loring, Short and Harmon
Date:
  • 1855
Place:
  • Belfast ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
From "History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine, Volume II, 1875-1900" by Joseph Williamson. Showing locations of streets and buildings in 1855.
8930Mary Ann Carroll
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • 1855 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Mary Ann Carroll
Item:
  • 8930   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1855 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
10194Sidewheel Steamer Rockland
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • 1856
Sidewheel Steamer Rockland
Item:
  • 10194   
Accession #:
  • 2094
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1856
State:
  • ME
10195Timetable for Sidewheel Steamer Rockland
  • Document, Schedule, Timetable
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • 1856
  • Southwest Harbor
The timetable is signed by J.R. Freeman at Southwest Harbor.
Timetable for Sidewheel Steamer Rockland
Item:
  • 10195   
Accession #:
  • 2094
Type:
  • Document, Schedule, Timetable
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1856
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
The timetable is signed by J.R. Freeman at Southwest Harbor.
9941Tintype of Anne E. Smedley Carried by her Husband, Charles F. Hallock During the Civil War
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
  • People
  • Case by J. Lewis Baldwin, Thermoplastic Case Manufacturer
  • 1857 c.
  • Norwalk CT
A note in the front half of the case reads, “Anne Smedley - carried all thru Civil War by Chas. F. Hallock - They married @ end of war”
Tintype of Anne E. Smedley Carried by her Husband, Charles F. Hallock During the Civil War
Item:
  • 9941   
Accession #:
  • 1014
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Direct Positive, Tintype
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Case by J. Lewis Baldwin, Thermoplastic Case Manufacturer
Date:
  • 1857 c.
Place:
  • Norwalk CT
State:
  • CT
Description:
A note in the front half of the case reads, “Anne Smedley - carried all thru Civil War by Chas. F. Hallock - They married @ end of war”
2739Poor's Mills Directory of Belfast
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • J. Chace
  • 1859
  • Belfast ME
Poor's Mills Directory of Belfast
Item:
  • 2739   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • J. Chace
Date:
  • 1859
Place:
  • Belfast ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Map of Waldo County, Maine / from actual surveys by D. Kelsey & D.H. Davison under the direction of J. Chace, Jr., civ. & topographical engineer, Portland, Maine
8214The Lyceum Building, Cambridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1860 c.
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
The Lyceum Building, Cambridge
Item:
  • 8214   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1860 c.
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
9217Frances Fannie Newell (Walls) Wasgatt Leighton Greening Savage - Probably as Mrs. James Greening
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1860 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
Frances Fannie Newell (Walls) Wasgatt Leighton Greening Savage - Probably as Mrs. James Greening
Item:
  • 9217   
Accession #:
  • 1014
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1860 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
State:
  • ME
12520Inlet to Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Heywood - John D. Heywood
  • American Stereoscopic Co.
  • 1860 c.
  • Acadia National Park
  • Echo Lake
Inlet to Echo Lake
Item:
  • 12520   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Heywood - John D. Heywood
Publisher:
  • American Stereoscopic Co.
Date:
  • 1860 c.
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Echo Lake
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
6696Wilson Hall, East Maine Conference Seminary
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Tuttle - W.C. Tuttle, Belfast, Maine
  • 1860 c.
  • Bucksport ME
The building on the right was Wilson Hall. The large building on the left was the dormitory.
Wilson Hall, East Maine Conference Seminary
Item:
  • 6696   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Creator:
  • Tuttle - W.C. Tuttle, Belfast, Maine
Date:
  • 1860 c.
Place:
  • Bucksport ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of The Tremont Historical Society
Description:
The building on the right was Wilson Hall. The large building on the left was the dormitory.
12168Frances Fannie Newell (Walls) Wasgatt Leighton Greening Savage - Probably as Mrs. James Greening
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1860 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
Frances Fannie Newell (Walls) Wasgatt Leighton Greening Savage - Probably as Mrs. James Greening
Item:
  • 12168   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1860 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Greening Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Mills Family
9418Water Pitcher from the Island House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Other Object
  • 1861
  • Southwest Harbor
Gift to Deacon Henry Higgins Clark from Guests - August 3, 1861. This silver plated water pitcher is typical of its era. It probably had an inner air jacket to keep the iced water cold. The inscription reads: "Henry H. Clark from the Guests of the Island House August 3rd, 1861"
Water Pitcher from the Island House
Item:
  • 9418   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
Date:
  • 1861
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
object
Description:
Gift to Deacon Henry Higgins Clark from Guests - August 3, 1861. This silver plated water pitcher is typical of its era. It probably had an inner air jacket to keep the iced water cold. The inscription reads: "Henry H. Clark from the Guests of the Island House August 3rd, 1861"
11822Ezra Herrick Dodge III
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1863 c.
  • Tremont
Ezra Herrick Dodge III
Item:
  • 11822   
Accession #:
  • 1014
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1863 c.
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
12723A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
  • Places, Landscape
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
  • 1864
A Sketch at Mount Desert, Maine, 1864
Item:
  • 12723   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
Date:
  • 1864
Source:
  • Courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina.
12494U.S. Revenue Cutter, Levi Woodbury - Between 1864 and 1900
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1864 c.
Vessel Name – Mahoning – renamed Levi Woodbury “Woodbury” April 1898 – renamed Laksco after 1915 Class – Topsail Schooner / Steamer – Pawtuxet-class tender Hull – wood – oak, locust and white oak w. iron diagonal bracing Masts - 2 Rig – topsail schooner Build date – 1863 Commissioned – July 18, 1864 Built by – J.W. Lynn & Sons Built at – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built for – U.S. Revenue Service Named for – Mahoning creek and valley, Pennsylvania – 1898 for Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Supreme Court Justice Power – steam engine with 2 oscillating cylinders; single 8’ screw Displacement – 350 tons Length – 138’ Beam – 26’6” Draft – 11’ Crew – 7 officers, 34 enlisted Armament – 1 x 30-pound Parrott rifle; 5 x 24-pound howitzers Number – Disposition – By 1913, Woodbury was not only the Coast Guard's oldest cutter, she was the oldest active-duty vessel in U.S. government service, as well as being the only ship to have seen active service in both the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Decommissioned by Coast Guard, July 19, 1915, Portland, Maine. Sold to Thomas Butler & Co., Boston, Massachusetts August 10, 1915. Woodbury's decommission ended 51 years with the Revenue Cutter Service, making her one of the longest serving cutters in the organization's history. After her final decommission in 1915, Levi Woodbury was placed into service as the merchant Laksco. She disappears from shipping records in 1932.
U.S. Revenue Cutter, Levi Woodbury - Between 1864 and 1900
Item:
  • 12494   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1864 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of U.S. Naval Historical Center
Description:
Vessel Name – Mahoning – renamed Levi Woodbury “Woodbury” April 1898 – renamed Laksco after 1915 Class – Topsail Schooner / Steamer – Pawtuxet-class tender Hull – wood – oak, locust and white oak w. iron diagonal bracing Masts - 2 Rig – topsail schooner Build date – 1863 Commissioned – July 18, 1864 Built by – J.W. Lynn & Sons Built at – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Built for – U.S. Revenue Service Named for – Mahoning creek and valley, Pennsylvania – 1898 for Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Supreme Court Justice Power – steam engine with 2 oscillating cylinders; single 8’ screw Displacement – 350 tons Length – 138’ Beam – 26’6” Draft – 11’ Crew – 7 officers, 34 enlisted Armament – 1 x 30-pound Parrott rifle; 5 x 24-pound howitzers Number – Disposition – By 1913, Woodbury was not only the Coast Guard's oldest cutter, she was the oldest active-duty vessel in U.S. government service, as well as being the only ship to have seen active service in both the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Decommissioned by Coast Guard, July 19, 1915, Portland, Maine. Sold to Thomas Butler & Co., Boston, Massachusetts August 10, 1915. Woodbury's decommission ended 51 years with the Revenue Cutter Service, making her one of the longest serving cutters in the organization's history. After her final decommission in 1915, Levi Woodbury was placed into service as the merchant Laksco. She disappears from shipping records in 1932. [show more]
12724The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
  • Places, Landscape
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
  • 1864 c.
The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 12724   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Gifford - Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880)
Date:
  • 1864 c.
Source:
  • Courtesyof the National Gallery of Art. Gift of Jo Ann and Julian Ganz, Jr. in honor of John Wilmerding.
12273The Hadlock Family at the Epps L. Hadlock House
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1864 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
  • 314 Seawall Road
The Hadlock Family at the Epps L. Hadlock House
Item:
  • 12273   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1864 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 314 Seawall Road
7611Letter from Antoinette (Brown) Harmon, Mrs. John Cummins Harmon to her Husband
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
  • 1864-10-25
  • Southwest Harbor
Letter from Antoinette (Brown) Harmon, Mrs. John Cummins Harmon to her Husband
Item:
  • 7611   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1864-10-25
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Herrick Family
2648Map of the City of Cambridge
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Chase - J.G. Chase
  • 1865
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
Map of the City of Cambridge
Item:
  • 2648   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Chase - J.G. Chase
Date:
  • 1865
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA

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