The building at the extreme left edge of this picture is St. John's Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. Adelbert Alden Gilley built the house in the left rear of this photograph, now 12 Maple Lane. The Ladies Aid of the Congregational Church purchased it in 1914 for use as a parsonage. -Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 159 - 1938. The building second left, just visible behind the school, was built about 1905 and owned by Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Atherton. Peter T. Benson moved the buildings to a lot on Clark Point Road, now 57 Clark Point Road, in 1937 and sold them to Russell White. The town then purchased the Atherton lot to become part of the school lot and the site of the new [Pemetic] High School building of 1938. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 159 - 1938. The house to the right rear next to the school, now 29 Clark Point Road, the Edwin Albert Lawler House. To the right of the Lawler House is a house built by William J. Tower for himself, now 38 Clark Point Road. Also visible is part of 30 Clark Point Road, also built by Mr. Tower, where he kept the post office for a number of years before selling it to E.S. Thurston when he became postmaster. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 157 - 1938. After George Harmon bought the old wooden Southwest Harbor high school building in 1906 and moved it (see SWHPL 5680 for details), a new wooden high school was built on the schoolhouse lot, but further back from Main Street. This building later became Southwest Harbor's elementary school and is currently Harbor House. - 2007 Part of this building can be seen on the far right edge of this picture. Arthur T. Richardson was the architect and Henry Tracy the builder. R.M. Norwood built the additions.
Description: The building at the extreme left edge of this picture is St. John's Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. Adelbert Alden Gilley built the house in the left rear of this photograph, now 12 Maple Lane. The Ladies Aid of the Congregational Church purchased it in 1914 for use as a parsonage. -Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 159 - 1938. The building second left, just visible behind the school, was built about 1905 and owned by Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Atherton. Peter T. Benson moved the buildings to a lot on Clark Point Road, now 57 Clark Point Road, in 1937 and sold them to Russell White. The town then purchased the Atherton lot to become part of the school lot and the site of the new [Pemetic] High School building of 1938. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 159 - 1938. The house to the right rear next to the school, now 29 Clark Point Road, the Edwin Albert Lawler House. To the right of the Lawler House is a house built by William J. Tower for himself, now 38 Clark Point Road. Also visible is part of 30 Clark Point Road, also built by Mr. Tower, where he kept the post office for a number of years before selling it to E.S. Thurston when he became postmaster. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 157 - 1938. After George Harmon bought the old wooden Southwest Harbor high school building in 1906 and moved it (see SWHPL 5680 for details), a new wooden high school was built on the schoolhouse lot, but further back from Main Street. This building later became Southwest Harbor's elementary school and is currently Harbor House. - 2007 Part of this building can be seen on the far right edge of this picture. Arthur T. Richardson was the architect and Henry Tracy the builder. R.M. Norwood built the additions. [show more]
The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Description: The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Left to Right: Dorothy M. Sawyer (1902-1968) - later Mrs. Allen Gay Lora B. Mayo (1897-1949) - later Mrs. Sanford Webster Margaret Dolliver (1897-1972) - later Mrs. Herman Leslie and Mrs. Henry R. Gleckler Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977) - later Mrs. Reuben Harrison Lancaster Leola Gertrude Rumill (1898-1988) - later Mrs. James Elliott Clement Jr. Grace Margaret Clark (1898-1980)
Description: Left to Right: Dorothy M. Sawyer (1902-1968) - later Mrs. Allen Gay Lora B. Mayo (1897-1949) - later Mrs. Sanford Webster Margaret Dolliver (1897-1972) - later Mrs. Herman Leslie and Mrs. Henry R. Gleckler Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977) - later Mrs. Reuben Harrison Lancaster Leola Gertrude Rumill (1898-1988) - later Mrs. James Elliott Clement Jr. Grace Margaret Clark (1898-1980)
The Southwest Harbor Motor Company Garage was originally owned and operated by Sim Mayo. The chauffeur standing at left in the photograph is representative of the "summer business." There is a round metal "MICHELIN" sign to the left of the door. The car on the left (with chauffeur) is a Pierce-Arrow, a 1915 Model 38, 5-passenger touring car. The second car from the left is a 1916 Overland Model 83B 5 or 7-passenger touring car. The third car from left is a 1916 Hudson Super Six 5 or 7-passenger phaeton. The last car on the right is probably a 1912 Cadillac 7-passenger touring car. In 1940 the phone number for Southwest Motor Company was 51-2.
Description: The Southwest Harbor Motor Company Garage was originally owned and operated by Sim Mayo. The chauffeur standing at left in the photograph is representative of the "summer business." There is a round metal "MICHELIN" sign to the left of the door. The car on the left (with chauffeur) is a Pierce-Arrow, a 1915 Model 38, 5-passenger touring car. The second car from the left is a 1916 Overland Model 83B 5 or 7-passenger touring car. The third car from left is a 1916 Hudson Super Six 5 or 7-passenger phaeton. The last car on the right is probably a 1912 Cadillac 7-passenger touring car. In 1940 the phone number for Southwest Motor Company was 51-2. [show more]
Left to right: George Dunton - Eastern Steamship Company agent Grace Clark (R.P. Clark's niece ?) Roderick Pepper Clark - Maine Central Railroad and American Express Company agent.
Description: Left to right: George Dunton - Eastern Steamship Company agent Grace Clark (R.P. Clark's niece ?) Roderick Pepper Clark - Maine Central Railroad and American Express Company agent.
Back Row - Left to Right: Frank R. Harper (1896-) Paris E. Gray (1897-1979) Isaac Ewin Reed (1899-1958) Earl Gray Murphy (1902-1974) Howard Clifford Pervear (1896-1950) Kenneth Lewis Hodgdon (at window) (1897-1971) Atwood R. Farrell (1899-1977) Lucy A. Reed - later Mrs. Miles M. McIntire (1896-1979) Lawrence W. Harper (born 1894) Second Row Down - Left to Right: Milan R. Ober (1902-1970) Eleanor G. Hodgdon - later Mrs. Jay N. Whitmore (1901-1992) Gladys I. Gray (1892-bef 1979) Grace Gray - [Grace M. Gray - later Mrs. Leslie D. Carter (1898-1994)?] Marjorie I. Hodgdon (1897-1914) Marion F. Hodgdon - later Mrs. Andrew Everett Bickford (1895-1986) Iola Campbell (1900-1974) - later Mrs. Lester C. Barthelemy or Bartholomew Mary Bartlett - later Mrs. Byron L. Campbell (1896-1987) Luella Butler - later Mrs. Neil Farrell - then Mrs. Alden A. Kelley (1898-1979) Third Row Down - Left to Right: Kathryn "Katie" A. Butler (1905-) - later Mrs. Edwin W. Seavey Jr. and Mrs. Ira C. Hooper Madolen Edna Farrell (1902-1975) - later Mrs. Garold Wentworth Moore Teacher - Rena Viola Reed - later Mrs. Clinton E. Gray (1884-1967) Rena appears to be wearing her engagement ring prominently displayed on her left hand. Letha Maria Bartlett - later Mrs. Leon W. Pierce (1904-1993) Olive Butler - later Mrs. Dana R. Swazey (1903-1985) Dorothy A. Reed - later Mrs. Leslie I. Dunton (1905-1967) Beulah A. Farrell - later Mrs. Austin H. Ingalls (1904-1945) Augustus M. Murphy (1903-1989) Front Row - Left to Right: Eugene Archel Harper (1905-1969) Lyda W. Butler (1903-2001) - later Mrs. Karl F. Carter then Mrs. Chandler L. Noyes Hazel R. Reed - later Mrs. Chester Johnson (1902-1973) Mary L. Ober (1904-1991) - later Mrs. Philip Durgain Wessell
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Frank R. Harper (1896-) Paris E. Gray (1897-1979) Isaac Ewin Reed (1899-1958) Earl Gray Murphy (1902-1974) Howard Clifford Pervear (1896-1950) Kenneth Lewis Hodgdon (at window) (1897-1971) Atwood R. Farrell (1899-1977) Lucy A. Reed - later Mrs. Miles M. McIntire (1896-1979) Lawrence W. Harper (born 1894) Second Row Down - Left to Right: Milan R. Ober (1902-1970) Eleanor G. Hodgdon - later Mrs. Jay N. Whitmore (1901-1992) Gladys I. Gray (1892-bef 1979) Grace Gray - [Grace M. Gray - later Mrs. Leslie D. Carter (1898-1994)?] Marjorie I. Hodgdon (1897-1914) Marion F. Hodgdon - later Mrs. Andrew Everett Bickford (1895-1986) Iola Campbell (1900-1974) - later Mrs. Lester C. Barthelemy or Bartholomew Mary Bartlett - later Mrs. Byron L. Campbell (1896-1987) Luella Butler - later Mrs. Neil Farrell - then Mrs. Alden A. Kelley (1898-1979) Third Row Down - Left to Right: Kathryn "Katie" A. Butler (1905-) - later Mrs. Edwin W. Seavey Jr. and Mrs. Ira C. Hooper Madolen Edna Farrell (1902-1975) - later Mrs. Garold Wentworth Moore Teacher - Rena Viola Reed - later Mrs. Clinton E. Gray (1884-1967) Rena appears to be wearing her engagement ring prominently displayed on her left hand. Letha Maria Bartlett - later Mrs. Leon W. Pierce (1904-1993) Olive Butler - later Mrs. Dana R. Swazey (1903-1985) Dorothy A. Reed - later Mrs. Leslie I. Dunton (1905-1967) Beulah A. Farrell - later Mrs. Austin H. Ingalls (1904-1945) Augustus M. Murphy (1903-1989) Front Row - Left to Right: Eugene Archel Harper (1905-1969) Lyda W. Butler (1903-2001) - later Mrs. Karl F. Carter then Mrs. Chandler L. Noyes Hazel R. Reed - later Mrs. Chester Johnson (1902-1973) Mary L. Ober (1904-1991) - later Mrs. Philip Durgain Wessell [show more]
In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty
Description: In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty
"During the winter months [in the 1930's], Dad clammed to bring in additional income; sometimes his three sons joined him. After completing the clamming, we would bring the clams home, and start processing them to seel to the Underwood Canning Co. located in Bass Harbor…"" - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 9 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library."
Description: "During the winter months [in the 1930's], Dad clammed to bring in additional income; sometimes his three sons joined him. After completing the clamming, we would bring the clams home, and start processing them to seel to the Underwood Canning Co. located in Bass Harbor…"" - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 9 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library." [show more]