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5679New Primary School, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • 1918
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
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.
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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]
5681The New Episcopal Church - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • 1918
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 315 Main Street
5730The Elisha B. Crane House - Before 1918
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1918 before
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main Street
5820Mt. Dessert Island Free Bridge Opening
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1919-07-02 or 1919-07-03
  • Mount Desert Island
5821Mt. Dessert Island Bridge Dedication
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1919-07-02
  • Mount Desert Island
5822Mt. Desert Island Bridge Dedication
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1919-07-02
  • Mount Desert Island
5823Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • 1919 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Clark Point Road
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.
5833Southwest Harbor High School Girls Basketball Team 1915
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1915
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
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)
5839Try House at Try House Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1910 before
  • Tremont, Bernard
5867Mount Desert Rock Light Station - Lighthouse and Buildings - Before 1918
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • 1918 before
  • Frenchboro
  • Mount Desert Rock
5896Eva and Ralph Benson with Sarah Speare and Rhoda Watson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1918 c.
  • Worcester MA
This photograph was taken at the home of Edwin Lucius and Rhoda M. (Lawson) Watson in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Description:
This photograph was taken at the home of Edwin Lucius and Rhoda M. (Lawson) Watson in Worcester, Massachusetts.
5920Workers at the Vat with Crew Member from the Sappho at Stanley Fisheries
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1910-08
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
5956Southwest Harbor Motor Company Garage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • 1919 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 169 Clark Point Road
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]
5968Addison Packing Company and Camps at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • 1918
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 11 Apple Lane
6219Dennis Driscoll Wheeling Mrs. Peterson in a Wheelbarrow
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1910 c.
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
6263Depot Waiting Room and Ticket Counter at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
  • 1912
  • Southwest Harbor
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.
6342Dennis Driscoll and His Dog
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1912 c.
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
6343Mt. Desert Bridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • 1919
  • Mount Desert Island
6402Marian F. and Annie Downs Clark with Mary S. and Gladys Ella Whitmore
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1912 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Possibly taken on the Back Shore in Southwest Harbor.
Description:
Possibly taken on the Back Shore in Southwest Harbor.
6546Students and Teacher of the Center School
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1910
  • Tremont, Center
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]
6551Barton Haxall Grundy's Cottage, Journey's End
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1919-07
  • Southwest Harbor
6556Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1912 before
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 184 Clark Point Road
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
6557Crew in front of Boiler Room Door of the New Underwood Factory at McKinley - After 1912
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
  • 1912 after
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
6558The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1912 after
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
"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]
6559The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1912 before
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley