Nell and Seth Thornton are shown leaving Southwest Harbor for their home in Houlton, Maine in a beautiful 1910 Model T Ford automobile. Nell sits in the back seat, a man is driving and another stands at the side of the car. The Model T may belong to Seth or the other man who may possibly be driving them to Bar Harbor or Ellsworth to board the train for Houlton. If the Ford belonged to the Thorntons the trip from Southwest Harbor to Houlton would have taken them at least 11 hours by automobile in 1912. They probably would have stopped for at least one night thereby making an even longer trip. The Carroll family celebrated the Fourth of July every year with a picnic at their old family home, The Mountain House, on Carroll hill in Southwest Harbor.
Description: Nell and Seth Thornton are shown leaving Southwest Harbor for their home in Houlton, Maine in a beautiful 1910 Model T Ford automobile. Nell sits in the back seat, a man is driving and another stands at the side of the car. The Model T may belong to Seth or the other man who may possibly be driving them to Bar Harbor or Ellsworth to board the train for Houlton. If the Ford belonged to the Thorntons the trip from Southwest Harbor to Houlton would have taken them at least 11 hours by automobile in 1912. They probably would have stopped for at least one night thereby making an even longer trip. The Carroll family celebrated the Fourth of July every year with a picnic at their old family home, The Mountain House, on Carroll hill in Southwest Harbor. [show more]
A collection of photographs taken at the 1984 Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party. Individuals in these photographs have not yet been identified, please contact archivists at the SWHPL if you have information regarding people in these photographs.
The Claremont Hotel Collection courtesy of the McCue Family
Description: A collection of photographs taken at the 1984 Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party. Individuals in these photographs have not yet been identified, please contact archivists at the SWHPL if you have information regarding people in these photographs.
The photograph belongs to the Clark family, descendants of Nathan Clark and Mercy (Higgins) Clark. Archivists have debated Mary's identity for some time. Their best guess is that she is Amelia Mary Clark (1831-1905), daughter of John Clark and Margaret Adaline (Richardson) Clark, granddaughter of Nathan Clark and Mercy (Higgins) Clark – Mrs. William Thomas Holmes, mother of Anson Irving Holmes. The photograph was likely taken at the Lewis Holmes house on Fernald Point Road.
Collection of the Clark Family - Courtesy of Frances Eliot Foote Stehman
Description: The photograph belongs to the Clark family, descendants of Nathan Clark and Mercy (Higgins) Clark. Archivists have debated Mary's identity for some time. Their best guess is that she is Amelia Mary Clark (1831-1905), daughter of John Clark and Margaret Adaline (Richardson) Clark, granddaughter of Nathan Clark and Mercy (Higgins) Clark – Mrs. William Thomas Holmes, mother of Anson Irving Holmes. The photograph was likely taken at the Lewis Holmes house on Fernald Point Road. [show more]
Left to Right: Floyd Clayson Farley (1915-1990) - tenor banjo, guitar and mandolin Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) - fiddle and piano - holding his Spurling Violin Ruth J. (Gortner) Grierson, Mrs. Stanley O. Grierson - piano and fiddle Clarence G. Gott (1918-1981) - fiddle - not a regular member of the group Frederick M. Black (1926-1999) - guitar and vocals
Description: Left to Right: Floyd Clayson Farley (1915-1990) - tenor banjo, guitar and mandolin Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) - fiddle and piano - holding his Spurling Violin Ruth J. (Gortner) Grierson, Mrs. Stanley O. Grierson - piano and fiddle Clarence G. Gott (1918-1981) - fiddle - not a regular member of the group Frederick M. Black (1926-1999) - guitar and vocals
Back Row - Left to Right: Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) - fiddle and piano - holding his Spurling Violin Farley - Floyd Clayson Farley (1915-1990) - tenor banjo, guitar and mandolin Gott - Clarence G. Gott (1918-1981) - fiddle - not a regular member of the group Stanley - Richard Lewis Stanley (1962-) - son of Ralph Stanley - washtub base Front Row - Left to Right: Black - Frederick M. Black (1926-1999) - guitar and vocals Gortner - Ruth J. (Gortner) Grierson - piano and fiddle
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) - fiddle and piano - holding his Spurling Violin Farley - Floyd Clayson Farley (1915-1990) - tenor banjo, guitar and mandolin Gott - Clarence G. Gott (1918-1981) - fiddle - not a regular member of the group Stanley - Richard Lewis Stanley (1962-) - son of Ralph Stanley - washtub base Front Row - Left to Right: Black - Frederick M. Black (1926-1999) - guitar and vocals Gortner - Ruth J. (Gortner) Grierson - piano and fiddle [show more]