Advertisement from "Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles," by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 64 – 1871 – Found online using Google Book Search.
Description: Advertisement from "Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles," by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 64 – 1871 – Found online using Google Book Search.
Description: The picture shows one of the earliest views of Main Street. The house at the far right is the home of Jacob Schoppy Mayo on Clark Point Road.
Probably looking from the top of one of the hotels to the water. Stereograph Date - c. 1876 Size - 7” x 3.5” Media - sepia photograph Title - Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Photographer - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909) Publisher - B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Number - 20400
Description: Probably looking from the top of one of the hotels to the water. Stereograph Date - c. 1876 Size - 7” x 3.5” Media - sepia photograph Title - Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Photographer - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909) Publisher - B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Number - 20400
Probably by Bryant Brandley. Information written on the reverse: Ellen Cooper beside driver (Ellen K. McInnes's aunt) Sarah Kaighn in back of driver (Ellen K. McInnes's aunt) Howard Cooper in back of Sarah Kaighn (Howard C. Johnson's uncle) 1877 Judging from other photographs, Robert Kaighn possibly may be identified as the gentleman 4th from left on the near side of the buckboard and it seems probably that his wife, Mary (Cooper) Kaighn, is on his right, 3rd from left.
Description: Probably by Bryant Brandley. Information written on the reverse: Ellen Cooper beside driver (Ellen K. McInnes's aunt) Sarah Kaighn in back of driver (Ellen K. McInnes's aunt) Howard Cooper in back of Sarah Kaighn (Howard C. Johnson's uncle) 1877 Judging from other photographs, Robert Kaighn possibly may be identified as the gentleman 4th from left on the near side of the buckboard and it seems probably that his wife, Mary (Cooper) Kaighn, is on his right, 3rd from left. [show more]
Captain Edmund Badenhausen (1840-1902) was master of the Hamburg-American Steamship Line's S.S. Cimbria, chartered by the Russian Navy, when she spent some months in Southwest Harbor in 1878. From a portrait by an unknown photographer presented by the captain to Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth (1851-1905). Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth, to whom Capt. Badenhausen gave his photograph, was born to James E. and Abigail (Whitmore) Robinson on April 5, 1851. She was the 27 years old wife of Alton E. Farnsworth when the Cimbria visited Southwest Harbor. The photograph was given to the Southwest Harbor Public Library by Rosemary (Lawler) Theriault, granddaughter of Emily's sister, Caroline (Robinson) Lawler.
Description: Captain Edmund Badenhausen (1840-1902) was master of the Hamburg-American Steamship Line's S.S. Cimbria, chartered by the Russian Navy, when she spent some months in Southwest Harbor in 1878. From a portrait by an unknown photographer presented by the captain to Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth (1851-1905). Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth, to whom Capt. Badenhausen gave his photograph, was born to James E. and Abigail (Whitmore) Robinson on April 5, 1851. She was the 27 years old wife of Alton E. Farnsworth when the Cimbria visited Southwest Harbor. The photograph was given to the Southwest Harbor Public Library by Rosemary (Lawler) Theriault, granddaughter of Emily's sister, Caroline (Robinson) Lawler. [show more]
This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907.
Description: This index was kept by Geo. A. Lurvey, Justice of the Peace. Included are records of marriages, weddings, and other town records from Southwest Harbor, Maine from approximately 1878 to 1907.
Tag on the back of the picture says, "“Caroline Robinson Lawler – former teacher – mother of Christopher and Mark Lawler – date of picture late 18 hundreds – Trustee of Library for many years – one of first Trustees.”
Description: Tag on the back of the picture says, "“Caroline Robinson Lawler – former teacher – mother of Christopher and Mark Lawler – date of picture late 18 hundreds – Trustee of Library for many years – one of first Trustees.”