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11217	William Patch Dickey at W.P. Dickey & Co., Bangor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People			Bangor ME		William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps	William Patch Dickey at W.P. Dickey & Co., Bangor, Maine Item: 11217 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Place: Bangor ME State: ME Source: Collection of the Bangor Historical Society Description: William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps [show more]
11853	Haying on Great Cranberry Island	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Farming People			Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island		Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)	Haying on Great Cranberry Island Item: 11853 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Farming People Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island State: ME Source: Collection of the Birlem Family Description: Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
11855	Haying on Great Cranberry Island	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Farming People			Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island		Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)	Haying on Great Cranberry Island Item: 11855 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Farming People Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island State: ME Source: Collection of the Birlem Family Description: Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
11453	Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine	Image, Art, Drawing	Businesses, Fishery Business People	Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947)	1904	Echo Bluffs ME		The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.	Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine Item: 11453 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business People Creator: Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947) Date: 1904 Place: Echo Bluffs ME State: ME Tags: child, people, fish Description: The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
7622	Men at Work at Hall Quarry	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation People			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry			Men at Work at Hall Quarry Item: 7622 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation People Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
16089	D. Marino & Co's. Store, Hall Quarry, Me.	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Businesses, Store Business People			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry			D. Marino & Co's. Store, Hall Quarry, Me. Item: 16089 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
12270	Anna S. (Robinson) Hopkins Passing Boyington & Sons Market and Mayo & Stanley, Carpenters & Builders	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Building Business Businesses, Market Business People		1930 c.	Southwest Harbor	10 Clark Point Road	Back of photograph says “Anna Robinson worked in So West Hbr at same time Edna did as Telephone Operators.” Anna is passing the last shop on Clark Point Road that is part of the old Masonic Building (note granite base). The building is 353 Main Street. The building on the left, then T.W. Jackson's market is 10 Clark Point Road.	Anna S. (Robinson) Hopkins Passing Boyington & Sons Market and Mayo & Stanley, Carpenters & Builders Item: 12270 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Building Business Businesses, Market Business People Date: 1930 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 10 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of the Alton M. Billings Family Tags: masonic, woman, people Description: Back of photograph says “Anna Robinson worked in So West Hbr at same time Edna did as Telephone Operators.” Anna is passing the last shop on Clark Point Road that is part of the old Masonic Building (note granite base). The building is 353 Main Street. The building on the left, then T.W. Jackson's market is 10 Clark Point Road.
7755	William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Fishery Business People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1951-07-14	Southwest Harbor	182 Clark Point Road	From Left to Right: Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child. William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family. The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down” See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110.	William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf Item: 7755 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1951-07-14 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 182 Clark Point Road Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: From Left to Right: Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child. William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family. The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down” See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110. [show more]
7822	Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1943	Southwest Harbor			Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation Item: 7822 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1943 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
11164	Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley and Children	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People	McKenna - Peggy McKenna (1947-)		Southwest Harbor			Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley and Children Item: 11164 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Creator: McKenna - Peggy McKenna (1947-) Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley
6109	Jessie C. Lawton Typing at the Seth W. Norwood Law Office in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Service Business People	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)	1907 c.	Southwest Harbor			Jessie C. Lawton Typing at the Seth W. Norwood Law Office in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 6109 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Service Business People Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1907 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
6112	Seth W. Norwood and Unknown Man at Norwood's Law Office, Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Service Business People	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)	1907 c.	Southwest Harbor			Seth W. Norwood and Unknown Man at Norwood's Law Office, Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 6112 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Service Business People Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1907 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
5168	"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin Lemuel Higgins - III	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Businesses, Blacksmith Business People	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1895-09-05	Southwest Harbor	46 Clark Point Road	The title was given by Henry L. Rand when he catalogued the photograph. Clearly visible on Mr. Higgins’ anvil is the distinctive eagle and anchor mark that distinguishes it as a Fisher & Norris Eagle Anvil. Mark Fisher founded the company in Newport, Maine in 1843. The company later moved to New Jersey. Mr. Higgins left hand is on the lever that controls the air coming into the fire. And a bucket of water stands nearby.	"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin Lemuel Higgins - III Item: 5168 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Businesses, Blacksmith Business People Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1895-09-05 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 46 Clark Point Road Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: The title was given by Henry L. Rand when he catalogued the photograph. Clearly visible on Mr. Higgins’ anvil is the distinctive eagle and anchor mark that distinguishes it as a Fisher & Norris Eagle Anvil. Mark Fisher founded the company in Newport, Maine in 1843. The company later moved to New Jersey. Mr. Higgins left hand is on the lever that controls the air coming into the fire. And a bucket of water stands nearby.
5296	"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Businesses, Blacksmith Business People	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1894-08	Southwest Harbor	46 Clark Point Road		"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins Item: 5296 Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Businesses, Blacksmith Business People Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1894-08 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 46 Clark Point Road Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
11448	David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Restaurant Business People		1954 c.	Southwest Harbor	297 Main Street		David Brazer Benson at Dave's Dairy Delight, Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 11448 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business People Date: 1954 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 297 Main Street Source: Collection of the David B. Benson Family
11819	Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Building Business People		1920 c.	Southwest Harbor			Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building Item: 11819 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Building Business People Date: 1920 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family Tags: winter, people, man
12063	Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Building Business People		1920 c.	Southwest Harbor		The house on the right with the peaked roof is the Edwin Leon Higgins House at 39 Clark Point Road, Tax Map 6 – Lot 105, built in 1884, Fred Sidney Mayo purchased the property at 45 Clark Point Road from George Harmon (1875-1942) in 1914 for $75. On it Mayo built the carpentry shop shown in the photograph.	Fred Sidney Mayo at F.S. Mayo Construction in the Herrick Building Item: 12063 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Building Business People Date: 1920 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: winter, people, man Description: The house on the right with the peaked roof is the Edwin Leon Higgins House at 39 Clark Point Road, Tax Map 6 – Lot 105, built in 1884, Fred Sidney Mayo purchased the property at 45 Clark Point Road from George Harmon (1875-1942) in 1914 for $75. On it Mayo built the carpentry shop shown in the photograph.
5970	Arthur L. Somes at the Wheel of his Automobile at the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Store Business People	Malden Art Co. Cin. O	1915 c.	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes at the Wheel of his Automobile at the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 5970 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Creator: Malden Art Co. Cin. O Date: 1915 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street Tags: people, hat, automobile, building, man
5971	Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People		1963	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building Item: 5971 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1963 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street
5972	Arthur L. Somes on the Steps of his Store in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor - Before 1922	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People		1922 before	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes on the Steps of his Store in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor - Before 1922 Item: 5972 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1922 before Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street
5973	Arthur L. Somes at the Counter of A.L. Somes & Son in the Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People		1935 c.	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes at the Counter of A.L. Somes & Son in the Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 5973 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1935 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street Tags: zoomable
6550	Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business Nature, Animals People		1898 c.	Southwest Harbor		Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.	Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot Item: 6550 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business Nature, Animals People Date: 1898 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.
6556	Crew 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	Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor Item: 6556 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Date: 1912 before Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 184 Clark Point Road Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection 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
6944	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving the Ice Wagon	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Other Business People		1922 c.-1923	Southwest Harbor	17 Chris' Lane	The woman in the wagon was an unknown Irish maid, a friend of Anne Coffey Lawlor. The horse was named "Dick".	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving the Ice Wagon Item: 6944 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Other Business People Date: 1922 c.-1923 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 17 Chris' Lane Source: Collection of William J. Lawlor Description: The woman in the wagon was an unknown Irish maid, a friend of Anne Coffey Lawlor. The horse was named "Dick".
6945	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving His Ice Wagon	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Other Business People			Southwest Harbor	17 Chris' Lane	Left to Right: Unknown man Joseph Christopher Lawlor (1925-2002) Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) Chris, like many people of his time, used the chassis or wheels or parts of a worn out Ford Model A automobiles or trucks as the base for his hay and ice wagons. The wagon shown here has Model A. wheels.	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving His Ice Wagon Item: 6945 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Other Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 17 Chris' Lane Source: Collection of William J. Lawlor Description: Left to Right: Unknown man Joseph Christopher Lawlor (1925-2002) Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) Chris, like many people of his time, used the chassis or wheels or parts of a worn out Ford Model A automobiles or trucks as the base for his hay and ice wagons. The wagon shown here has Model A. wheels.

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