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10191Letter from the Charles J. Jager Co. to Jesse H. Pease Regarding a New Water Pump and Windmill
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Places, Town
  • 1895-04-04
  • Southwest Harbor
9954View of Main Street, Southwest Harbor Looking South from Dr. George Neal's Garden
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1935 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 314 Main Street
The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School"
Description:
The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School"
11921Clark Point Road - View West to Main Street in the Snow
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The photograph was taken near 50 Clark Point Road. The building on the left was the Benjamin Conley Worcester Store building, built in 1910, at 46 Clark Point Road, converted to two apartments by the time this photograph was taken. The store front on the right behind the tree and telephone pole - F.S. Mayo Construction / Herrick Building at 45 Clark Point Road, no longer standing.
Description:
The photograph was taken near 50 Clark Point Road. The building on the left was the Benjamin Conley Worcester Store building, built in 1910, at 46 Clark Point Road, converted to two apartments by the time this photograph was taken. The store front on the right behind the tree and telephone pole - F.S. Mayo Construction / Herrick Building at 45 Clark Point Road, no longer standing.
12583Aerial image of Southwest Harbor, Clark Point Area, and Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Bakel - Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photo
  • 2015-05-07
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
Description:
This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
12590Site of the George Arthur Neal House - Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Company
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-19
  • Southwest Harbor
6800Southwest Harbor from Flying Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
  • Southwest Harbor
11831Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it.
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The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it.
11579Clark Point Road From Three Chimneys to the James Francis Ross House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1934
  • Southwest Harbor
11617View of the High Road and the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
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.
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.
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"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-)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
6612View of Clark Point from Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
6837The First Masonic Hall and the First Odd Fellows Building
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1909 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The far building at photo right, behind the bare trees, is Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor.
Description:
The far building at photo right, behind the bare trees, is Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor.
10615CCC Members Constructing Southwest Harbor Village Green
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • 1934
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf
Description:
The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf
10944The High Road - View Northwest
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1932
  • Southwest Harbor
Left to Right on the High Road: Robie M. Norwood Jr. House - 17 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 19 - MHPC #405-0834 Mrs. Seth S. Thornton House - 23 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 23 - MHPC #405-0835 Mt. Desert Congregational Church - 29 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 25 - MHPC #405-0836
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Left to Right on the High Road: Robie M. Norwood Jr. House - 17 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 19 - MHPC #405-0834 Mrs. Seth S. Thornton House - 23 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 23 - MHPC #405-0835 Mt. Desert Congregational Church - 29 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 25 - MHPC #405-0836
10945View South from the High Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1932
  • Southwest Harbor
  • High Road
6117Buildings on Shore Road, Manset, from Water
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch.
Description:
There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch. [show more]
10340Aerial View of Manset and Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
5552Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
Description:
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.