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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
6608Catalog Page for 1924 Essex Automobile
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1924
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
This photograph is included to illustrate a story that Ralph Stanley tells about his "Uncle Jimmy and the Essex Car." Ralph recounted the story while helping to identify the houses shown in SWHPL 6138.
Catalog Page for 1924 Essex Automobile
Item:
  • 6608   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1924
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Description:
This photograph is included to illustrate a story that Ralph Stanley tells about his "Uncle Jimmy and the Essex Car." Ralph recounted the story while helping to identify the houses shown in SWHPL 6138.
14547Advertisement for the Clifton Melbourne Rich Boat Shop
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1923
The advertisement appeared on page 54 of the 1923 Southwest Harbor Cottage Directory.
Advertisement for the Clifton Melbourne Rich Boat Shop
Item:
  • 14547   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Date:
  • 1923
Description:
The advertisement appeared on page 54 of the 1923 Southwest Harbor Cottage Directory.
9566The Claremont Hotel - Brochure Cover
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1923
  • Southwest Harbor
The Claremont Hotel - Brochure Cover
Item:
  • 9566   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
12398Eugene Shubal Thurston Sr.'s Appointment to Southwest Harbor Postmaster
  • Document, Certificate
  • People
  • 1921-12-21
  • Southwest Harbor
Eugene Shubal Thurston Sr.'s Appointment to Southwest Harbor Postmaster
Item:
  • 12398   
Type:
  • Document, Certificate
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1921-12-21
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
10151Inquest Report of the Death of Elizabeth S. Peterson - Gotts Island
  • Document, Report
  • People
  • 1925-01-30
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
Elizabeth Safford Peterson died when her house on Gotts Island was destroyed by fire on January 29, 1925. “An inquest held at Gotts Island Me. with the county of Hancock the 30th day of January 1925 before Daniel G. Benson one of the select-man of the town of Tremont, upon the premises of Elizabeth S. Peterson at Gotts Island and made a thorough examination and by evidence found that she came to her death by accidental burning. cause of fire unknown Signed by. Philip Moore [1871-1937 - father of author Ruth Moore] Harvey A. Moore [1900-1971] Charles H. Harding [1883-1972] Frank Babbidge [Frank Austin Babbidge 1880-1957] Clarence E. Harding [1895-1993] Daniel G. Benson, Select-man Tremont [1858-1931] Lewis Chester Morrison – Priest-in-charge [1884-? - Apparently at St. John's Church in Southwest Harbor in 1926] (Spiritual pastor of Deceased) Dated Jan 30 1925 at Gotts Island”
Inquest Report of the Death of Elizabeth S. Peterson - Gotts Island
Item:
  • 10151   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1925-01-30
Place:
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Town of Tremont
Description:
Elizabeth Safford Peterson died when her house on Gotts Island was destroyed by fire on January 29, 1925. “An inquest held at Gotts Island Me. with the county of Hancock the 30th day of January 1925 before Daniel G. Benson one of the select-man of the town of Tremont, upon the premises of Elizabeth S. Peterson at Gotts Island and made a thorough examination and by evidence found that she came to her death by accidental burning. cause of fire unknown Signed by. Philip Moore [1871-1937 - father of author Ruth Moore] Harvey A. Moore [1900-1971] Charles H. Harding [1883-1972] Frank Babbidge [Frank Austin Babbidge 1880-1957] Clarence E. Harding [1895-1993] Daniel G. Benson, Select-man Tremont [1858-1931] Lewis Chester Morrison – Priest-in-charge [1884-? - Apparently at St. John's Church in Southwest Harbor in 1926] (Spiritual pastor of Deceased) Dated Jan 30 1925 at Gotts Island” [show more]
16388Howe D. Higgins' Report of Mounted Inspector to Collector of Customs
  • Document, Report
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1921 c.
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from November 14, 1921 through July 7, 1922. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
Howe D. Higgins' Report of Mounted Inspector to Collector of Customs
Item:
  • 16388   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
  • 1921 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from November 14, 1921 through July 7, 1922. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
16389Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as Customs Officer
  • Document, Report
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 1928 c.
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from October 1, 1928 through June 30, 1930. This covers nearly the last two years of his employment as a customs officer. The documents include more detailed information on Howe’s daily movements on the back sides of the documents. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as Customs Officer
Item:
  • 16389   
Accession #:
  • 2000
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
  • 1928 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Howe D. Higgins Collection
Description:
This collection of documents contains Howe Dwain Higgins’ collection of work logs spanning from October 1, 1928 through June 30, 1930. This covers nearly the last two years of his employment as a customs officer. The documents include more detailed information on Howe’s daily movements on the back sides of the documents. The index includes the documents’ file number, dates, and people or vessels of interest mentioned in the documents.
12648Edward Northwood Kenway - Three Years Old
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • People
  • Leffingwell - Lucia Dodge Leffingwell (1866-1944)
  • 1927 c.
Probably painted on Gotts Island as Lucia Leffingwell had a cottage there and the Kenways also owned a house and vacationed on the island. Originally the painting may have been framed showing less than shown here, hence the discoloration toward the bottom.
Edward Northwood Kenway - Three Years Old
Item:
  • 12648   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Leffingwell - Lucia Dodge Leffingwell (1866-1944)
Date:
  • 1927 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Edward Northwood Kenway
Tags:
child, people, portrait
Description:
Probably painted on Gotts Island as Lucia Leffingwell had a cottage there and the Kenways also owned a house and vacationed on the island. Originally the painting may have been framed showing less than shown here, hence the discoloration toward the bottom.
5682Clark's Wharf, Southwest Harbor by Charles Morris Young
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
  • Young - Charles Morris Young (1869-1964)
  • 1923-10
  • Southwest Harbor
Steamboat Wharf
Clark's Wharf, Southwest Harbor by Charles Morris Young
Item:
  • 5682   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil Painting
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
Creator:
  • Young - Charles Morris Young (1869-1964)
Date:
  • 1923-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Steamboat Wharf
12106Torpedo Destroyer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Mills - Olaus L. Mills (1856-1939)
  • 1921-07-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Torpedo Destroyer
Item:
  • 12106   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Mills - Olaus L. Mills (1856-1939)
Date:
  • 1921-07-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • DALEN
12228Sylvia Bessie Leland
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • The Hall Studio, Bar Harbor, Me.
  • 1923 c.
  • Bar Harbor
Sylvia Bessie Leland
Item:
  • 12228   
Accession #:
  • 1014
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • The Hall Studio, Bar Harbor, Me.
Date:
  • 1923 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Alton M. Billings Family Collection
6136Schooner Northern Light Wrecked on Rockland Breakwater
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1926
  • Rockland ME
"Northern Light" was wrecked on the Rockland Breakwater in 1926. The photograph shows two schooners - a smaller one, a wrecking schooner, with another two masts, is behind and to the right of "Northern Light." On board "Northern Light" one can see at least one man in the crow's nest, one on board and two men hanging off the bowsprit. The vessel is being stripped of anything salvageable.
Schooner Northern Light Wrecked on Rockland Breakwater
Item:
  • 6136   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1926
Place:
  • Rockland ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
"Northern Light" was wrecked on the Rockland Breakwater in 1926. The photograph shows two schooners - a smaller one, a wrecking schooner, with another two masts, is behind and to the right of "Northern Light." On board "Northern Light" one can see at least one man in the crow's nest, one on board and two men hanging off the bowsprit. The vessel is being stripped of anything salvageable.
7268Ticket for the Way Bak Ball from Rebecca Carroll Clark's Scrapbook
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1928-02-22
  • Southwest Harbor
Rebecca, an attractive and lively teenager, was 15 years old at the time of this dance. Judging from her scrapbook she seems to have enjoyed all the social events of her time and wrote on this ticket, "Wonderful Time."
Ticket for the Way Bak Ball from Rebecca Carroll Clark's Scrapbook
Item:
  • 7268   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1928-02-22
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Rebecca, an attractive and lively teenager, was 15 years old at the time of this dance. Judging from her scrapbook she seems to have enjoyed all the social events of her time and wrote on this ticket, "Wonderful Time."
7285Eleanor Ruth Mayo
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1921 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
At 18 months old, Eleanor is sitting on the lumber that her father was using to build the Mayo house on Wesley Avenue. The house in the background no longer exists, but was on the corner of Main Street and Wesley Avenue. Part of the Carroll building is visible to the left.
Eleanor Ruth Mayo
Item:
  • 7285   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1921 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Description:
At 18 months old, Eleanor is sitting on the lumber that her father was using to build the Mayo house on Wesley Avenue. The house in the background no longer exists, but was on the corner of Main Street and Wesley Avenue. Part of the Carroll building is visible to the left.
7300Eleanor Ruth Mayo
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1924 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Eleanor is 4 years old in this photograph.
Eleanor Ruth Mayo
Item:
  • 7300   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1924 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Description:
Eleanor is 4 years old in this photograph.
7326Eleanor Ruth Mayo
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1924 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Eleanor is 4 years old in this photograph.
Eleanor Ruth Mayo
Item:
  • 7326   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1924 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Description:
Eleanor is 4 years old in this photograph.
10861Rudolph Eugene Dolliver
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1920 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Rudolph Eugene Dolliver
Item:
  • 10861   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1920 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Catherine Arlene Dolliver Spurling
10940Four Men with Fish Carts Near the Stanley Fisheries Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • 1925 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Four Men with Fish Carts Near the Stanley Fisheries Wharf
Item:
  • 10940   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1925 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
11290Nathaniel Pinkham Mitchell Jr. and Mary Louise Mae Mitchell Aboard Lobster Boat Togo
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1923
  • Southwest Harbor
Nathaniel Pinkham Mitchell Jr. and Mary Louise Mae Mitchell Aboard Lobster Boat Togo
Item:
  • 11290   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Carol M. (Reed) Walsh
11291Nathaniel Pinkham Mitchell Jr. and Mary Louise Mae Mitchell Aboard Lobster Boat Togo
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1923
  • Southwest Harbor
Nathaniel Pinkham Mitchell Jr. and Mary Louise Mae Mitchell Aboard Lobster Boat Togo
Item:
  • 11291   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Carol M. (Reed) Walsh
11705Howard Wesley Reed
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1927
  • Southwest Harbor
Howard Wesley Reed
Item:
  • 11705   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1927
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11711The Howard Wesley Reed House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1929
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 12 Wesley Avenue
The Howard Wesley Reed House
Item:
  • 11711   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 12 Wesley Avenue
Source:
  • Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11955Charles Glidden Grindle and son, Ralph Merrill Grindle with Stephen Richardson
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1920
Charles Glidden Grindle and son, Ralph Merrill Grindle with Stephen Richardson
Item:
  • 11955   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1920
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
11956Ruth M. Grindle, Stephen Grindle, Charlena Carney F. Grindle and Ralph Merrill Grindle
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1920
Ruth M. Grindle, Stephen Grindle, Charlena Carney F. Grindle and Ralph Merrill Grindle
Item:
  • 11956   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1920
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
11957Ralph Merrill Grindle
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1927 c.
Ralph Merrill Grindle
Item:
  • 11957   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1927 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton