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16124Northeast Harbor from Flying Mt., Southwest Harbor, Maine.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Town
  • Anchor Light Studio
  • 1940-06-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”
Northeast Harbor from Flying Mt., Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 16124   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Anchor Light Studio
Date:
  • 1940-06-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”
16141Looking South from Castle, Southwest Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
  • 1906-10-05
  • Southwest Harbor
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Maine. Text reads: "I am going to write. Jud."
Looking South from Castle, Southwest Harbor, Me.
Item:
  • 16141   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1906-10-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Maine. Text reads: "I am going to write. Jud."
11134Clark Point Road with a View of Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark Point Road with a View of Manset
Item:
  • 11134   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
6839Main Street. Southwest Harbor - Looking South to the Post Office, Ashmont Hotel and Holmes House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1905 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 363 Main Street
The first building at left (363 Main Street) also housed Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor. There is a surveyor working at the edge of the road. The second building on the left, “The Ashmont” hotel at 371 Main Street was built in 1884.
Main Street. Southwest Harbor - Looking South to the Post Office, Ashmont Hotel and Holmes House
Item:
  • 6839   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1905 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 363 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
Description:
The first building at left (363 Main Street) also housed Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor. There is a surveyor working at the edge of the road. The second building on the left, “The Ashmont” hotel at 371 Main Street was built in 1884.
6785View of the Head of Southwest Harbor from Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1904 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
"Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor"
View of the Head of Southwest Harbor from Manset
Item:
  • 6785   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1904 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
"Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor" [show more]
9393Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1928 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 9393   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1928 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
9395Clark Point Road - View to West to Main Street Bandstand
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1925 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Clark Point Road
A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009.
Clark Point Road - View to West to Main Street Bandstand
Item:
  • 9395   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1925 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009. [show more]
11498Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine - Looking North
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1924 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine - Looking North
Item:
  • 11498   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1924 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum
Tags:
building, street, automobile
5964Looking North on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Malden Art Company, Cininnatti, Ohio
  • 1918
  • Southwest Harbor
Looking North on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5964   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Malden Art Company, Cininnatti, Ohio
Date:
  • 1918
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
winter
13379Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Sanborn Map Company
  • Southwest Harbor
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
Item:
  • 13379   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Sanborn Map Company
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
10430View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1935 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine
View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset
Item:
  • 10430   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
  • 1935 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Pilz
Description:
Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine [show more]
6783High Street North from Dirigo House, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Printed in Germany
High Street North from Dirigo House, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6783   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Printed in Germany
9397Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Made in Germany Freeman Store far right
Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 9397   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Made in Germany Freeman Store far right
9398Street View SO. West Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street Looking North
Street View SO. West Harbor, Me.
Item:
  • 9398   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
Main Street Looking North
13432Town of Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
Town of Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 13432   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 14689   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
5126Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office
Item:
  • 5126   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
5127View to the South, Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
View to the South, Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5127   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
5220The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • 1888 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.
The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge
Item:
  • 5220   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1888 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]
5521Clark Point Road - Laying Telephone Wire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1913
  • Southwest Harbor
The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-)
Clark Point Road - Laying Telephone Wire
Item:
  • 5521   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1913
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-) [show more]
5528Clark Point Road and Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1903 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence.
Clark Point Road and Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5528   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1903 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence. [show more]
5533Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building.
Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
Item:
  • 5533   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building. [show more]
5556J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks.
J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5556   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more]
5731Southwest Harbor Corner - Main Street and Clark Point Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1909 before
  • Southwest Harbor
The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence.
Southwest Harbor Corner - Main Street and Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 5731   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1909 before
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence. [show more]
6285Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point
Item:
  • 6285   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Marcus Family