The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
Description: The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
Left to Right: Cora Bragg, Cad Spurling, Maud Annis, Manda Richardson, Nora King, Susie King, Kate Carroll, Lou Mayo, Cara Haynes, Annie Lawton, Edith Gilley Mrs. Jones Tracy, Laura Haddock, Unidentified Woman, Linnie Wilson
Description: Left to Right: Cora Bragg, Cad Spurling, Maud Annis, Manda Richardson, Nora King, Susie King, Kate Carroll, Lou Mayo, Cara Haynes, Annie Lawton, Edith Gilley Mrs. Jones Tracy, Laura Haddock, Unidentified Woman, Linnie Wilson
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988)
Description: Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence.
Description: On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence. [show more]
Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr.
Description: Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. [show more]
Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
Description: Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
Taken on the steps of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Rear left to right: Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-) Henry Kenneth Robbins (1906-1938) Center left to right: Richard William Gilley (1905-1960) Ferdinand Moore Dolliver (1905-1984) - Manager of the Team Ronald G. Billings (1906-1981) Clifford F. Robbins (1904-1978) Front left to right: Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) Eric Olaf "Ollie" Berg (1901-1968), not in the picture, was the Coach.
Description: Taken on the steps of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Rear left to right: Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-) Henry Kenneth Robbins (1906-1938) Center left to right: Richard William Gilley (1905-1960) Ferdinand Moore Dolliver (1905-1984) - Manager of the Team Ronald G. Billings (1906-1981) Clifford F. Robbins (1904-1978) Front left to right: Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) Eric Olaf "Ollie" Berg (1901-1968), not in the picture, was the Coach. [show more]
Taken on the steps of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Back Row – Left to Right: Sheldon Edwin Spurling (1907-2003) Kenneth Thomas Lord (1908-1988) Richard William Gilley (1905-1960) Eric Olaf Berg (1901-1968) – Coach Lester Martin Clark (1908-1977) Charles Orville Trask (1908-1961) Front Row – Left to Right: Richard Thornton Carroll (1908-1993) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-1963)
Description: Taken on the steps of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Back Row – Left to Right: Sheldon Edwin Spurling (1907-2003) Kenneth Thomas Lord (1908-1988) Richard William Gilley (1905-1960) Eric Olaf Berg (1901-1968) – Coach Lester Martin Clark (1908-1977) Charles Orville Trask (1908-1961) Front Row – Left to Right: Richard Thornton Carroll (1908-1993) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-1963)
The one room schoolhouse used from 1862 to 1906. "[The Free High School, built c. 1862] was still a one-room school with but one teacher and every year more students came to study. The interests of the widely separated parts of the town were so different that it was impossible to come to an agreement and when the building of a new schoolhouse was suggested it was impossible to agree on a new location. Finally, when the Southwest Harbor citizens demanded new buildings at the village and at Manset, those in the western part of the town decided to separate themselves from Southwest Harbor. This was agreed upon by both sides and the town of Southwest Harbor was incorporated February 21, 1905 [this dividing the Southwest Harbor area from Tremont.] The new town voted to build a new schoolhouse at the village and raised the sum of $4500 to do so. This sum included the purchase of additional land. The old building stood close to the main road and had but little land surrounding it, and the new one was to be set farther back with a playground in front of it. The old building was sold to George Harmon and moved to the lot south of the school lot where it is now used for stores and apartments." The Harmon Block at 339 Main Street. - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 84-85 & p. 148 - 1938
Description: The one room schoolhouse used from 1862 to 1906. "[The Free High School, built c. 1862] was still a one-room school with but one teacher and every year more students came to study. The interests of the widely separated parts of the town were so different that it was impossible to come to an agreement and when the building of a new schoolhouse was suggested it was impossible to agree on a new location. Finally, when the Southwest Harbor citizens demanded new buildings at the village and at Manset, those in the western part of the town decided to separate themselves from Southwest Harbor. This was agreed upon by both sides and the town of Southwest Harbor was incorporated February 21, 1905 [this dividing the Southwest Harbor area from Tremont.] The new town voted to build a new schoolhouse at the village and raised the sum of $4500 to do so. This sum included the purchase of additional land. The old building stood close to the main road and had but little land surrounding it, and the new one was to be set farther back with a playground in front of it. The old building was sold to George Harmon and moved to the lot south of the school lot where it is now used for stores and apartments." The Harmon Block at 339 Main Street. - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 84-85 & p. 148 - 1938 [show more]
Second row from front - girl in Middy - Lena G. Norwood (1897-1992) - Later Mrs. Austin Malvery Mitchell Front row second from right - Rudolph Eugene Dolliver (1899-1975)
Description: Second row from front - girl in Middy - Lena G. Norwood (1897-1992) - Later Mrs. Austin Malvery Mitchell Front row second from right - Rudolph Eugene Dolliver (1899-1975)
Back Row - the four boys - Left to Right: Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) - tallest boy in center Lawrence Dana Phillips (1903-1971) Joseph L. Trask (1904-1988) David Wilbur Fuller (1907-2001) Third Row - Left to Right: Leah May Norwood (1900-1971) - later Mrs. George E. Syverson Elsie May Robinson (1903-1984) - later Mrs. Milton Haynes Dolliver Eva E. Norwood (1903-1984) - later Mrs. Eugene Sprague Robbins Sylvia Bessie Leland (1906-1981) Virginia Eaton Young (1905-1986) - later Mrs. Donald Elisha Wilbur Teacher - Ruth Avery Marjorie Eula Ash (1904-1980) - later Mrs. Gilford B. Willey Edna Saloma Billings (1904-2001) - later Mrs. Perley M. Sprague Dorothy Winifred Brown (1905-1993) - later Mrs. Harvard E. Sinclair Second Row - Seated - Left to Right: Elsie May Phillips (1905-1988) - later Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall Unknown girl Unknown girl Edna Mae King (1906-1994) Rosamund P. Fernald (1906-1984)- later Mrs. Frank S. Apte Unknown girl Doris M. Marshall (1902-1929) Unknown girl Elizabeth Marlowe Herrick (1903-1957) - later Mrs. John R. Pitman Front Row - Left to Right: Clifford Franklin Robbins (1904-1978) Davis Billings Robinson (1904-1970) Francis Carroll Young (1903-1984) Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Unknown boy Stanwood Hart King (1905-1996) Alston Theodore Mayo (1906-1966)
Description: Back Row - the four boys - Left to Right: Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) - tallest boy in center Lawrence Dana Phillips (1903-1971) Joseph L. Trask (1904-1988) David Wilbur Fuller (1907-2001) Third Row - Left to Right: Leah May Norwood (1900-1971) - later Mrs. George E. Syverson Elsie May Robinson (1903-1984) - later Mrs. Milton Haynes Dolliver Eva E. Norwood (1903-1984) - later Mrs. Eugene Sprague Robbins Sylvia Bessie Leland (1906-1981) Virginia Eaton Young (1905-1986) - later Mrs. Donald Elisha Wilbur Teacher - Ruth Avery Marjorie Eula Ash (1904-1980) - later Mrs. Gilford B. Willey Edna Saloma Billings (1904-2001) - later Mrs. Perley M. Sprague Dorothy Winifred Brown (1905-1993) - later Mrs. Harvard E. Sinclair Second Row - Seated - Left to Right: Elsie May Phillips (1905-1988) - later Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall Unknown girl Unknown girl Edna Mae King (1906-1994) Rosamund P. Fernald (1906-1984)- later Mrs. Frank S. Apte Unknown girl Doris M. Marshall (1902-1929) Unknown girl Elizabeth Marlowe Herrick (1903-1957) - later Mrs. John R. Pitman Front Row - Left to Right: Clifford Franklin Robbins (1904-1978) Davis Billings Robinson (1904-1970) Francis Carroll Young (1903-1984) Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Unknown boy Stanwood Hart King (1905-1996) Alston Theodore Mayo (1906-1966) [show more]
"This is a picture of the 5th and 6th graders at the Freeman Grammar School taken in 1916. It appears to be a special occasion with the flowers on the desk and the students all looking so serious as their photograph is being taken. This room is located upstairs at Harbor House on the side of the building next to the Lawrence S. Robinson Co. I attended the 4th and 5th grades in that room. It was sunnier than the rooms on the north side of the building, so when my fourth grade teacher, Gladys Whitmore, retired the fifth grade teacher, Bertha Reed, seized the opportunity to move the fifth grade across the hall. I recall feeling a bit disappointed at first that I would not get to be in a different room in the fifth grade, but as I like lots of sun, I think overall I lucked out after all." - Meredith Hutchins 01/24/2012
Description: "This is a picture of the 5th and 6th graders at the Freeman Grammar School taken in 1916. It appears to be a special occasion with the flowers on the desk and the students all looking so serious as their photograph is being taken. This room is located upstairs at Harbor House on the side of the building next to the Lawrence S. Robinson Co. I attended the 4th and 5th grades in that room. It was sunnier than the rooms on the north side of the building, so when my fourth grade teacher, Gladys Whitmore, retired the fifth grade teacher, Bertha Reed, seized the opportunity to move the fifth grade across the hall. I recall feeling a bit disappointed at first that I would not get to be in a different room in the fifth grade, but as I like lots of sun, I think overall I lucked out after all." - Meredith Hutchins 01/24/2012 [show more]
Back Row Standing - Left to Right: Ralph Dennis Ellis (1942-) Reynolds W. "Bouncy" Smith (1942-) Charles Fred Bradford (1942-) Coach and Grade School Principal - Bernard W. Johnson (1908-1985) Shirley Milford Willey (1940-2010) David Clark Cunio (1942-) Steven Linwood Herrick (1942-) Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Alphonse Morris Michaud, Jr. (1941-) Frederick Walter Pinkham (1941-2011) Henry Leighton Wass (1942-) William J. Carroll (1942-) Howard S. Dorr (1941-)
Description: Back Row Standing - Left to Right: Ralph Dennis Ellis (1942-) Reynolds W. "Bouncy" Smith (1942-) Charles Fred Bradford (1942-) Coach and Grade School Principal - Bernard W. Johnson (1908-1985) Shirley Milford Willey (1940-2010) David Clark Cunio (1942-) Steven Linwood Herrick (1942-) Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Alphonse Morris Michaud, Jr. (1941-) Frederick Walter Pinkham (1941-2011) Henry Leighton Wass (1942-) William J. Carroll (1942-) Howard S. Dorr (1941-) [show more]
Back Row - Left to Right: Coach - Esther (Moore) Trask (1909-2002) - Mrs. Charles Orville Trask Alecha Leonard (1924-) - later Mrs. John D. Joy Prudence Myra Benson (1920-) - later Mrs. Elmer L. Beal Hazel "Snooks" Esther Stanley (1920-2006) - later Mrs. Nils Filmore Peterson Ella Ruth Bulger (1921-2006) - later Mrs. Edward Flewelling Lucile M. Foss (1916-) - later Mrs. Harold Otis Worcester Front Row - Left to Right: Charlotte R. Turner (1919-2010) - later Mrs. Harvey Melvin Sawyer Nina Bunker Stanley (1919-2009) - later Mrs. Melvin Monroe Turner, Sr. Vera Adele Beal (1918-1996) - later Mrs. Maurice Stanley Rich Nettie Florence Beal (1917-1987) - later Mrs. Alfred W. Vine Barbara S. Dolliver (1921-1996) - later Mrs. Coombs
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Coach - Esther (Moore) Trask (1909-2002) - Mrs. Charles Orville Trask Alecha Leonard (1924-) - later Mrs. John D. Joy Prudence Myra Benson (1920-) - later Mrs. Elmer L. Beal Hazel "Snooks" Esther Stanley (1920-2006) - later Mrs. Nils Filmore Peterson Ella Ruth Bulger (1921-2006) - later Mrs. Edward Flewelling Lucile M. Foss (1916-) - later Mrs. Harold Otis Worcester Front Row - Left to Right: Charlotte R. Turner (1919-2010) - later Mrs. Harvey Melvin Sawyer Nina Bunker Stanley (1919-2009) - later Mrs. Melvin Monroe Turner, Sr. Vera Adele Beal (1918-1996) - later Mrs. Maurice Stanley Rich Nettie Florence Beal (1917-1987) - later Mrs. Alfred W. Vine Barbara S. Dolliver (1921-1996) - later Mrs. Coombs [show more]