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| 9214 | Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor |
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| The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires. | 
Description: The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires. | |||
| 6689 | Deacon Henry Higgins Clark and the Staff of the Island House Hotel |
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| Four Standing Men in Back Row - Left to Right: Sullivan Edgar Gilley - later married Louise Amelia Sachs Eben Hodgkins Admiral Unknown or Unknown Admiral Eben Richardson (1863-1940) - later married Elminia Mariah Savage Nine Standing Women in Middle Row - Left to Right: Unknown Lida Ellen (Clark) Cousins - Mrs. Osborne W. Cousins (1864-1951) Unknown Unknown Unknown Lena A. Tinker - later Mrs. Wilder Blanchard Robbins (1866-1926) - in sixth place Unknown Unknown Unknown Nine Seated Women and Children in Front Row: Elizabeth Belle [Jacob Schoppy Mayo dau.] Holmes - Mrs. William Herbert Holmes (1860-1930) - Island House cook Unknown Unknown Probably Ada Eldora (Clark) Parker - Mrs. William Gilman Parker (1850-1917), daughter of Deacon Clark Unknown Josephine (Clark) Stanley - Mrs. Charles E. Stanley (1848-1926), daughter of Deacon Clark Unknown Unknown Unknown Deacon Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897), wearing a hat, is seated in front of the group with his arms crossed. | 
Description: Four Standing Men in Back Row - Left to Right: Sullivan Edgar Gilley - later married Louise Amelia Sachs Eben Hodgkins Admiral Unknown or Unknown Admiral Eben Richardson (1863-1940) - later married Elminia Mariah Savage Nine Standing Women in Middle Row - Left to Right: Unknown Lida Ellen (Clark) Cousins - Mrs. Osborne W. Cousins (1864-1951) Unknown Unknown Unknown Lena A. Tinker - later Mrs. Wilder Blanchard Robbins (1866-1926) - in sixth place Unknown Unknown Unknown Nine Seated Women and Children in Front Row: Elizabeth Belle [Jacob Schoppy Mayo dau.] Holmes - Mrs. William Herbert Holmes (1860-1930) - Island House cook Unknown Unknown Probably Ada Eldora (Clark) Parker - Mrs. William Gilman Parker (1850-1917), daughter of Deacon Clark Unknown Josephine (Clark) Stanley - Mrs. Charles E. Stanley (1848-1926), daughter of Deacon Clark Unknown Unknown Unknown Deacon Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897), wearing a hat, is seated in front of the group with his arms crossed. [show more] | |||
| 11783 | Dragger Under Construction |
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| Note the thickness of the wooden deck. The boat was being built by Southwest Boat Corporation where this photograph was taken. | 
Description: Note the thickness of the wooden deck. The boat was being built by Southwest Boat Corporation where this photograph was taken. | |||
| 11432 | Edwin Leon Higgins, House Carpenter and Crew, at Work on His House |
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| Edwin Leon Higgins - third from left at forefront wearing dark trousers and holding a hammer. Christopher Wendell Lawlor last man on the right. | 
Description: Edwin Leon Higgins - third from left at forefront wearing dark trousers and holding a hammer. Christopher Wendell Lawlor last man on the right. | |||
| 5090 | Fleet of Offshore Fishing Schooners - The Mackerel Fleet in Southwest Harbor, Maine |
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| The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006 | 
Description: The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006 [show more] | ||
| 6295 | Foggy Morning at Southwest Harbor - Excursion Boat Seal and Bunker & Ellis Lobster Boat Eva Anita at the Dock |
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| The first lobster boat in the foreground, on the dock, M2721A, may have been built by Rich & Grindle for George Dolliver. The excursion boat "Seal" in the center of the photograph was built by Normand Joseph Bouchard for Linwood Boynton Wedge (1913-1961) and Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) to be used as a dragger. "Seal" was owned by Samuel A. Blanchard (1926-2009) who took out fishing parties on her. - Information from Ralph Stanley 05/2011 The boat to the right of "Seal" was "Eva Anita" a 40' lobster boat built in 1959 by Bunker & Ellis for Wesley Bracy of Great Cranberry Island. | 
Description: The first lobster boat in the foreground, on the dock, M2721A, may have been built by Rich & Grindle for George Dolliver. The excursion boat "Seal" in the center of the photograph was built by Normand Joseph Bouchard for Linwood Boynton Wedge (1913-1961) and Woodrow Wilson Herrick (1914-2002) to be used as a dragger. "Seal" was owned by Samuel A. Blanchard (1926-2009) who took out fishing parties on her. - Information from Ralph Stanley 05/2011 The boat to the right of "Seal" was "Eva Anita" a 40' lobster boat built in 1959 by Bunker & Ellis for Wesley Bracy of Great Cranberry Island. [show more] | ||
| 11919 | George Benjamin Dolliver Aboard His No-Name Wesley Bracy Boat at Beal's Fish Wharf |
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| George Benjamin Dolliver is in the center of the picture on the peaked hood lobster boat with a stay sail originally built by Charles Wesley Bracy for his son Wesley. Large vessels at the Southwest Boat dock in the background - from Left to Right: "Hornet" - sardine carrier, dragger, seiner - built in 1944 "Grace M. Cribby" - 49.8' lobster smack - built in 1914 "Elva L. Beal" - dragger, purse seiner - built in 1945 Unknown vessel "Sandra & Jean" - dragger - built in 1945 The Ballard photograph was taken as a black and white photograph and hand -tinted by Willis or one of his family. | 
Description: George Benjamin Dolliver is in the center of the picture on the peaked hood lobster boat with a stay sail originally built by Charles Wesley Bracy for his son Wesley. Large vessels at the Southwest Boat dock in the background - from Left to Right: "Hornet" - sardine carrier, dragger, seiner - built in 1944 "Grace M. Cribby" - 49.8' lobster smack - built in 1914 "Elva L. Beal" - dragger, purse seiner - built in 1945 Unknown vessel "Sandra & Jean" - dragger - built in 1945 The Ballard photograph was taken as a black and white photograph and hand -tinted by Willis or one of his family. [show more] | ||
| 9267 | Grading the Dirt Road near the Simeon Amasa Holden House, Tremont, Maine |
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| The man in the dress suit near his automobile is Colson Henry Robbins (1858-1935). His car is a touring car. Other men in the photograph are: James Hopkins Vernon Robinson Jay Robbins Ed Ingalls The Holden (Dix family) stable is in the center background of the photograph at 15 Stable Lane. The dirt road is Route 102A. | 
Description: The man in the dress suit near his automobile is Colson Henry Robbins (1858-1935). His car is a touring car. Other men in the photograph are: James Hopkins Vernon Robinson Jay Robbins Ed Ingalls The Holden (Dix family) stable is in the center background of the photograph at 15 Stable Lane. The dirt road is Route 102A. | ||
| 9656 | Grand March - Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1951 |
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| 6330 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| 11828 | Group Photo of Teacher and Students, Including Seven Carroll Children, at the Norwood Cove School |
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| 11300 | Harbor View Motel - Nearing Completion |
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| 13326 | Harborside Studio - Lamps, Souvenirs, Frames, Novelties Howe D. Higgins House |
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| Notice the oil paintings along the road. The sign on the ground leaning against the signpost reads in all capital letters "These pictures are all paintings finished with damar varnish. All are washable. Price includes frame & sales tax." "Aug 1974" is written on the back of the photo. |  Harborside Studio - Lamps, Souvenirs, Frames, Novelties Howe D. Higgins House
Description: Notice the oil paintings along the road. The sign on the ground leaning against the signpost reads in all capital letters "These pictures are all paintings finished with damar varnish. All are washable. Price includes frame & sales tax." "Aug 1974" is written on the back of the photo. | ||
| 6933 | Houses at Hall Quarry |
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| The image shown here is put together from two postcards that were meant as one panorama. | 
Description: The image shown here is put together from two postcards that were meant as one panorama. | ||||
| 6974 | Ina Caroline Cad Robinson Lawler, Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler and Students at Manset School Spring Picnic |
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| Back Row - Left to Right: 1 - Holsie Walls 2 - Derby Stanley (1886-1947) 3 - William Knowles (1888-1965) 4 - James Everett Parker (1890-1972) 5 - Herman Leslie Smith (1886-1969) 6 - Helen T. Clark (1886-1652) - Later Mrs. Fred William Lawton 7 - Ethel M. King (1884-1971) - Later Mrs. Lyle Dennis Newman Teacher - Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler (1865-1959) Third Row from Front - Left to Right: 1 - Bessie T. Moore - Later Mrs. Twaddle of Bangor. 2 - Abbie Torrey (1889-1982) - Later Mrs. Wellington C. Robbins 3 - Franklin Gilbert Smith? (1889-) 4 - Unknown 5 - Unknown 6 - Lottie Rea King (1890-1957) - Later Mrs. Howard Milton Reed 7 - Marion E. Newman (1890-1976) - Later Mrs. Fred W. Wescott 8 - Inez M. Torrey (1887-1953) - Later Mrs. Arthur E. Ginn Second Row from Front - Left to Right: 1 - Unknown Dolliver 2 - Uldene V. Fernald (1891-1984) - Later Mrs. Millard F. Farrar 3 - Andrew W. Bennett (1892-) - Later married Carrie Evelyn Ralph 4 - Unknown Dolliver 5 - Florence M. Parker (1895-1906) 6 - Chester S. Gray (1892-1969) 7 - Edward Harold "Harry" Bennett (1890-1965) 8 - Blanche Elizabeth Staples (1892-1956) - Later Mrs. Harry W. Sprague 9 - Celia Maud Wilson (1888-1961) - Later Mrs. George E. Hamilton Front Row - Left to Right: 1 - "Charlotte Lurvey's Aunt" - probably Dorothy Bernice Lurvey (1893-1975) - Later Mrs. William W. Colby 2 - Unknown 3 - Milton F. Torrey? (1893-1932) 4 - Mary "Mamie" Lena Bennett (1894-1977) - Later Mrs. Charles Henry Rich 5 - "Charlotte Lurvey's Uncle" - probably Reginald Lurvey (1890-) 6 - Clifton R. Foss (1890-1937) 7 - Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) - son of teacher - Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler | 
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: 1 - Holsie Walls 2 - Derby Stanley (1886-1947) 3 - William Knowles (1888-1965) 4 - James Everett Parker (1890-1972) 5 - Herman Leslie Smith (1886-1969) 6 - Helen T. Clark (1886-1652) - Later Mrs. Fred William Lawton 7 - Ethel M. King (1884-1971) - Later Mrs. Lyle Dennis Newman Teacher - Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler (1865-1959) Third Row from Front - Left to Right: 1 - Bessie T. Moore - Later Mrs. Twaddle of Bangor. 2 - Abbie Torrey (1889-1982) - Later Mrs. Wellington C. Robbins 3 - Franklin Gilbert Smith? (1889-) 4 - Unknown 5 - Unknown 6 - Lottie Rea King (1890-1957) - Later Mrs. Howard Milton Reed 7 - Marion E. Newman (1890-1976) - Later Mrs. Fred W. Wescott 8 - Inez M. Torrey (1887-1953) - Later Mrs. Arthur E. Ginn Second Row from Front - Left to Right: 1 - Unknown Dolliver 2 - Uldene V. Fernald (1891-1984) - Later Mrs. Millard F. Farrar 3 - Andrew W. Bennett (1892-) - Later married Carrie Evelyn Ralph 4 - Unknown Dolliver 5 - Florence M. Parker (1895-1906) 6 - Chester S. Gray (1892-1969) 7 - Edward Harold "Harry" Bennett (1890-1965) 8 - Blanche Elizabeth Staples (1892-1956) - Later Mrs. Harry W. Sprague 9 - Celia Maud Wilson (1888-1961) - Later Mrs. George E. Hamilton Front Row - Left to Right: 1 - "Charlotte Lurvey's Aunt" - probably Dorothy Bernice Lurvey (1893-1975) - Later Mrs. William W. Colby 2 - Unknown 3 - Milton F. Torrey? (1893-1932) 4 - Mary "Mamie" Lena Bennett (1894-1977) - Later Mrs. Charles Henry Rich 5 - "Charlotte Lurvey's Uncle" - probably Reginald Lurvey (1890-) 6 - Clifton R. Foss (1890-1937) 7 - Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) - son of teacher - Ina Caroline (Robinson) Lawler [show more] | ||
| 6385 | Interior of T.W. Jackson & Son's Market |
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| Richard Benson Jackson owned the store at the time this photograph was taken. | 
Description: Richard Benson Jackson owned the store at the time this photograph was taken. | ||
| 12149 | Jordan Pond House from the Lawn |
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| 5924 | Lawn Tennis at the Island House |
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| The view is toward the head of Southwest Harbor. The house in the far background at the extreme left is the James E. Robinson house, which then occupied what is now 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor – Map 3 – Lot 44 – MHPC #405-0145. The building to its right in the photograph is the Farnsworth Store. The house in the foreground right - behind the tennis players is: Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House ME – SWH – Clark Point Road - 114 The tennis players were most probably guests at the Island House across Clark Point Road from where they are playing on its lawn. | 
Description: The view is toward the head of Southwest Harbor. The house in the far background at the extreme left is the James E. Robinson house, which then occupied what is now 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor – Map 3 – Lot 44 – MHPC #405-0145. The building to its right in the photograph is the Farnsworth Store. The house in the foreground right - behind the tennis players is: Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House ME – SWH – Clark Point Road - 114 The tennis players were most probably guests at the Island House across Clark Point Road from where they are playing on its lawn. [show more] | ||||
| 6073 | Lunt's Harbor |
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| Notice the three women in hats and dresses near the center of the photograph. | 
Description: Notice the three women in hats and dresses near the center of the photograph. | |
| 7858 | Main Street, Southwest Harbor - View South from Pemetic School Sidewalk |
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| 5826 | McMullen Quarry on Somes Sound - I |
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| This photograph was taken during the McMullen era of the quarry. - Steven Haynes - Maine Granite Industry Historical Society - 2007 The large building on the left housed the compressor. The two story building on the right had offices on the first floor and draftsmen above. The blacksmith shop was in the center of the picture. The long structure in the background was a traveling crane to carry the stone for the cutter."- MH - Mt. Desert Islander - 2007. | 
Description: This photograph was taken during the McMullen era of the quarry. - Steven Haynes - Maine Granite Industry Historical Society - 2007 The large building on the left housed the compressor. The two story building on the right had offices on the first floor and draftsmen above. The blacksmith shop was in the center of the picture. The long structure in the background was a traveling crane to carry the stone for the cutter."- MH - Mt. Desert Islander - 2007. [show more] | |||
| 12143 | New Buildings at Jackson Memorial Laboratory |
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| The Kebo Valley Club Race Track is visible behind the newly constructed buildings at the Jackson Lab. Originally the site of Robin Hood Park. | 
Description: The Kebo Valley Club Race Track is visible behind the newly constructed buildings at the Jackson Lab. Originally the site of Robin Hood Park. | ||
| 9523 | Opening Day at the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor |
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| Automobiles along the road at front - Left to Right: The automobile with the hood open is a 1954 Ford Hardtop. 1948 Chrysler 1950-1951 Studebaker Behind tree - 1953 Ford station wagon. W.H. Ballard wrote this note on the negative sleeve for the photograph: "“Bluenose” Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor, ME; taken the day the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry was officially welcomed (service had been on since the early part of January). Blowing a hard SE gale, and I had to press down so hard on the camera that the tripod sagged. I was the only one who remained on the ridge." | 
Description: Automobiles along the road at front - Left to Right: The automobile with the hood open is a 1954 Ford Hardtop. 1948 Chrysler 1950-1951 Studebaker Behind tree - 1953 Ford station wagon. W.H. Ballard wrote this note on the negative sleeve for the photograph: "“Bluenose” Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor, ME; taken the day the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry was officially welcomed (service had been on since the early part of January). Blowing a hard SE gale, and I had to press down so hard on the camera that the tripod sagged. I was the only one who remained on the ridge." [show more] | ||
| 10674 | Orman Charles Worcester, Alton Elwell Tundy and Roscoe D. Worcester at Trundy's Store in Southwest Harbor, Maine |
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| Left to right: Worcester - Orman Charles Worcester (1901-1994) Trundy - Alton Elwell Trundy (1903-1978) Worcester - Roscoe D. Worcester (1914-2005) | 
Description: Left to right: Worcester - Orman Charles Worcester (1901-1994) Trundy - Alton Elwell Trundy (1903-1978) Worcester - Roscoe D. Worcester (1914-2005) | ||
| 6428 | Railway Express Depot and Underwood Cannery at Steamboat Wharf |
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| This item replaces item 6262. Written on back: "Steamboat Wharf - Clark Point Southwest Harbor Eastern Steamship Lines American Railway Express Agency always in Clark Family" Left to Right: Grace Clark (Carroll) Clark, Mrs. Roderick Pepper Clark (1882-1949) - in doorway Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) William Edwin Parker (1890-1962) Jack Cutter Parker (1887-1980) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) - Maine Central Railroad agent Probably George E. Dunton (1883-1969) - Eastern Steamship Company agent Unidentified man Probably Harold K. Parker (1901-) Lawrence S. Robinson (1897-1980) "Prince" at the delivery cart (horse) | 
Description: This item replaces item 6262. Written on back: "Steamboat Wharf - Clark Point Southwest Harbor Eastern Steamship Lines American Railway Express Agency always in Clark Family" Left to Right: Grace Clark (Carroll) Clark, Mrs. Roderick Pepper Clark (1882-1949) - in doorway Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) William Edwin Parker (1890-1962) Jack Cutter Parker (1887-1980) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) - Maine Central Railroad agent Probably George E. Dunton (1883-1969) - Eastern Steamship Company agent Unidentified man Probably Harold K. Parker (1901-) Lawrence S. Robinson (1897-1980) "Prince" at the delivery cart (horse) [show more] |
