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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]
5598The Dirigo House - Group of Six in Wagon
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1893 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Dirigo House - Group of Six in Wagon
Item:
  • 5598   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1893 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
5634The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5634   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5933The James Robinson House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1897 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 410 Main Street
Sitting in the buggy in front of the house are Alton E. Farnsworth and his wife, Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth and their nephew, Christopher Wendell Lawler, son of Emily's sister, Caroline Robinson, Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler. Emily's mother, Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson, is standing in the doorway.
The James Robinson House
Item:
  • 5933   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1897 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 410 Main Street
Description:
Sitting in the buggy in front of the house are Alton E. Farnsworth and his wife, Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth and their nephew, Christopher Wendell Lawler, son of Emily's sister, Caroline Robinson, Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler. Emily's mother, Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson, is standing in the doorway.
6056The Island House - Advertisement - II - After 1890
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1890 after
  • Southwest Harbor
The Island House - Advertisement - II - After 1890
Item:
  • 6056   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1890 after
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
6067First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor, Maine - Showing Spanish Civil War Addition
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1898
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor, Maine - Showing Spanish Civil War Addition
Item:
  • 6067   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1898
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 357 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
6134John T.R. Freeman's Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
John T.R. Freeman's Wharf
Item:
  • 6134   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Date:
  • 1890 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
6331Edgecliff - Summer Residence of Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs - Details - 1186
  • Publication, Book
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Abbott - Lyman Abbott
  • 1896
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 34 Norwood Road
"Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896
Edgecliff - Summer Residence of Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs - Details - 1186
Item:
  • 6331   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Abbott - Lyman Abbott
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 34 Norwood Road
Description:
"Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896
6544Simeon H. Sim Mayo, Jacob Schoppy Mayo and Family at Sim's Bicycle Shop, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1897
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 47 Clark Point Road
Simeon H. Sim Mayo, Jacob Schoppy Mayo and Family at Sim's Bicycle Shop, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6544   
Accession #:
  • 1132
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1897
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 47 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Mayo Family
6550Capt. 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.
6751Mary Ann Carroll
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1895 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Mary Ann Carroll
Item:
  • 6751   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1895 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
7331Capt. 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
Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot
Item:
  • 7331   
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
7694Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 7694   
Accession #:
  • 1132
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Date:
  • 1890 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
7695Emily Robinson Farnsworth and Sisters on the Steps of Her Millinery Shop
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 406 Main Street
The building just visible on the left is the James E. Robinson house at 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor. The building on the right of the store is the Hiram Houston / Eben F. Richardson House at 406 Main Street. The Farnsworth store is now part of this property. Seated on steps Left to Right: Ina Caroline "Cad" (Robinson) Lawler (1865-1959) - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler Possibly Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) - Mrs. James E. Robinson Robinson - Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth (1851-1905) Elvira "Vira" Jane (Robinson) Mayo (1867-1960) - Mrs. Simeon Holden Mayo Unknown man, probably a Robinson. "Cad," Emily and "Vira" were sisters. Emily Robinson was a milliner, and sported fancy hats to advertise her business.
Emily Robinson Farnsworth and Sisters on the Steps of Her Millinery Shop
Item:
  • 7695   
Accession #:
  • 1132
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1890 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 406 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Mayo Family
Description:
The building just visible on the left is the James E. Robinson house at 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor. The building on the right of the store is the Hiram Houston / Eben F. Richardson House at 406 Main Street. The Farnsworth store is now part of this property. Seated on steps Left to Right: Ina Caroline "Cad" (Robinson) Lawler (1865-1959) - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler Possibly Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) - Mrs. James E. Robinson Robinson - Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth (1851-1905) Elvira "Vira" Jane (Robinson) Mayo (1867-1960) - Mrs. Simeon Holden Mayo Unknown man, probably a Robinson. "Cad," Emily and "Vira" were sisters. Emily Robinson was a milliner, and sported fancy hats to advertise her business. [show more]
8945Workers at the Farnsworth Fish Factory, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1892 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Workers at the Farnsworth Fish Factory, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 8945   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1892 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Gladys E. Whitmore Family
9478Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga From the North Side
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1893
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Kinfolk Lane
Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga From the North Side
Item:
  • 9478   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1893
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Kinfolk Lane
Source:
  • Collection of the Kaighn Family
9479Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga - Southwest Corner
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1893
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Kinfolk Lane
Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga - Southwest Corner
Item:
  • 9479   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1893
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Kinfolk Lane
Source:
  • Collection of the Kaighn Family
9881The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage
Item:
  • 9881   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
9944The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage
Item:
  • 9944   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1890 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 121-127 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
10253Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson Bee and Children - Albert Wilson Bee and Charles Everett Bee
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilson Bee and Children - Albert Wilson Bee and Charles Everett Bee
Item:
  • 10253   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1890 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Bar Harbor Historical Society
10449Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Near Completion
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1895 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 24 Dirigo Road
Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Near Completion
Item:
  • 10449   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1895 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 24 Dirigo Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Frederic Close Towers Family
10451Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Building Crew at Completion
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1895 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Building Crew at Completion
Item:
  • 10451   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1895 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Frederic Close Towers Family
10454Samuel Champion Coopers Grandsons, Samuel Inman Cooper, Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. and Mammy
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1899 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right: Samuel Inman Cooper (1894-1974) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. (1899-) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper "Mammy" - holding Joseph - the identity of "Mammy" is unknown. The boys' mother, Nellie Sue (Inman) Cooper came from the Inman family in Atlanta, Georgia, who must have had many black servants. There were comparatively few families summering in Southwest Harbor at the time with black employees.
Samuel Champion Coopers Grandsons, Samuel Inman Cooper, Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. and Mammy
Item:
  • 10454   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1899 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Frederic Close Towers Family
Description:
Left to Right: Samuel Inman Cooper (1894-1974) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. (1899-) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper "Mammy" - holding Joseph - the identity of "Mammy" is unknown. The boys' mother, Nellie Sue (Inman) Cooper came from the Inman family in Atlanta, Georgia, who must have had many black servants. There were comparatively few families summering in Southwest Harbor at the time with black employees. [show more]
6100The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6100   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.