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12691	Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine	Publication, Book	People Places, Town	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)	Acadia Publishing Company	1938			Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010.	Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine Item: 12691 Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Places, Town Creator: Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Publisher: Acadia Publishing Company Date: 1938 Description: Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010. [show more]
10680	Article from Happy Days - Civilian Conservation Camp Newspaper	Publication, Clipping	Places, Camp	CCC	Civilian Conservation Corps	1934-02-10	Southwest Harbor	59 Long Pond Road	Text of article reads: "BELIEVE IT OR NOT - but Co. 158, Great Pond Camp, Southwest Harbor, Maine: Is located on an island in the Atlantic ocean - Mountains, lakes and sea surround it - Fishing and swimming are to be enjoyed in the summer - Hunting in the fall and skating, skiing, snowshoeing, basketball and dancing in the winter - Has had no casualties since its origin - Has a CCC member 75 years old - Has a "dream-walking" who usually is picking himself up all day long - Has curtains (given by C.O.'s wife) a fireplace, orange and brown furniture and games in its attractive Recreation Room - Has a radio in each barracks - Has city water and lights - Has constructed fish pools where trout are being raised for the state - Has the prettiest log cabin ever built for the C.O. and his family - Has mass said on Saturdays until the boys didn't know whether they were Jewish or Catholic - Has been running itself for three months without help of regular army soldiers - Has First Lieutenant P.A. Harris, C.A.C. for a C.O. Take a look at our fireplace, barracks and our beautiful company street. What do you think? - The Boss Reporter"	Article from Happy Days - Civilian Conservation Camp Newspaper Item: 10680 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Places, Camp Creator: CCC Publisher: Civilian Conservation Corps Date: 1934-02-10 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 59 Long Pond Road Tags: camp, ccc, ANP Description: Text of article reads: "BELIEVE IT OR NOT - but Co. 158, Great Pond Camp, Southwest Harbor, Maine: Is located on an island in the Atlantic ocean - Mountains, lakes and sea surround it - Fishing and swimming are to be enjoyed in the summer - Hunting in the fall and skating, skiing, snowshoeing, basketball and dancing in the winter - Has had no casualties since its origin - Has a CCC member 75 years old - Has a "dream-walking" who usually is picking himself up all day long - Has curtains (given by C.O.'s wife) a fireplace, orange and brown furniture and games in its attractive Recreation Room - Has a radio in each barracks - Has city water and lights - Has constructed fish pools where trout are being raised for the state - Has the prettiest log cabin ever built for the C.O. and his family - Has mass said on Saturdays until the boys didn't know whether they were Jewish or Catholic - Has been running itself for three months without help of regular army soldiers - Has First Lieutenant P.A. Harris, C.A.C. for a C.O. Take a look at our fireplace, barracks and our beautiful company street. What do you think? - The Boss Reporter" [show more]
10287	Summit of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Mountain		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1938	Acadia National Park	Cadillac Mountain		Summit of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park Item: 10287 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Mountain Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1938 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Cadillac Mountain
6235	Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Places, Camp		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1932 c.	Southwest Harbor		"The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring.	Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 6235 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Camp Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1932 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: SWHPL Postcard Collection - MDI Tags: camp, winter Description: "The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring. [show more]
10933	Fernald's Store, Library and Somes Cottage, Somesville, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Harbor Places, Town		Georgia Somes Smith	1939-08-01 PM	Mount Desert, Somesville		Published by Georgia Somes Smith, Mt. Desert, Me.	Fernald's Store, Library and Somes Cottage, Somesville, Maine Item: 10933 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Publisher: Georgia Somes Smith Date: 1939-08-01 PM Place: Mount Desert, Somesville State: ME Description: Published by Georgia Somes Smith, Mt. Desert, Me.
2685	1934 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine, Showing Acadia National Park	Map, Base Map	Places	The National Survey, Chester VT	Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)	1934	Mount Desert Island			1934 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine, Showing Acadia National Park Item: 2685 Type: Map, Base Map Subject: Places Creator: The National Survey, Chester VT Publisher: Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974) Date: 1934 Place: Mount Desert Island State: ME Tags: zoomable
10430	View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Harbor Places, Town		The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY	1935 PM	Southwest Harbor		Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine	View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset Item: 10430 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Publisher: The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY Date: 1935 PM Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Pilz Description: Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine [show more]
12726	Hunters Beach Head	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore		The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY	1935	Acadia National Park		Published for Bee’s, Bar Harbor, Maine	Hunters Beach Head Item: 12726 Accession #: 1090 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Publisher: The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY Date: 1935 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Description: Published for Bee’s, Bar Harbor, Maine
12453	United States Stamp - Great Head at Acadia National Park - Issued October 2, 1934	Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp	Places, Shore	Benzing - Joachim Clarence Benzing Jr. (1880-1970)	United States Postal Service	1934-10-02	Acadia National Park	Great Head	Engraved postage stamp	United States Stamp - Great Head at Acadia National Park - Issued October 2, 1934 Item: 12453 Type: Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Benzing - Joachim Clarence Benzing Jr. (1880-1970) Publisher: United States Postal Service Date: 1934-10-02 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Great Head Source: Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Tags: postage stamp, shore Description: Engraved postage stamp
2628	1930 Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine	Map, Base Map	Places	Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909) Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916) Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)	Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston	1930	Acadia National Park			1930 Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine Item: 2628 Type: Map, Base Map Subject: Places Creator: Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909) Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916) Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) Publisher: Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston Date: 1930 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Tags: zoomable, hiking trail
6626	Elias Heavenly Crown Rich - Tombstone - Reverse	Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative	Places, Cemetery	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1937-08	Tremont, Bernard			Elias Heavenly Crown Rich - Tombstone - Reverse Item: 6626 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative Subject: Places, Cemetery Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1937-08 Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: gravestone, cemetery
11830	Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street	Image, Photograph	Places			1930 c.	Southwest Harbor	Clark Point Road	Notable buildings Left to Right: E.A. Lawler Paint Company, 40 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 108, MHPC #405-0165. William Joseph Tower house (roof peak only), 38 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 106, MHPC #405-0164. Masonic Hall - 353 Main Street, Map 3 - Lot 96, MHPC #405-0161 - just visible as the large peaked roof on the left at the end of Clark Point Road. 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. Perry "Ped" L. Sargent's Livery Stable - 7-19 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - visible as the small building near the right corner of Clark Point Road and Main Street. Gilley Plumbing Company - 21 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - both the livery stable and the plumbing shop were later subsumed into the later Post Office parking lot. Wilbur C. Wallace house, 29 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 100, MHPC #405-0083.	Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street Item: 11830 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Date: 1930 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: Clark Point Road Source: Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family Description: Notable buildings Left to Right: E.A. Lawler Paint Company, 40 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 108, MHPC #405-0165. William Joseph Tower house (roof peak only), 38 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 106, MHPC #405-0164. Masonic Hall - 353 Main Street, Map 3 - Lot 96, MHPC #405-0161 - just visible as the large peaked roof on the left at the end of Clark Point Road. 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. Perry "Ped" L. Sargent's Livery Stable - 7-19 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - visible as the small building near the right corner of Clark Point Road and Main Street. Gilley Plumbing Company - 21 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - both the livery stable and the plumbing shop were later subsumed into the later Post Office parking lot. Wilbur C. Wallace house, 29 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 100, MHPC #405-0083. [show more]
11831	Clark 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.	Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street Item: 11831 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Date: 1930 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family Description: 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.
5948	Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Events, Fire Places, Town	Agnes R.		1939-01-28	Southwest Harbor			Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor Item: 5948 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Events, Fire Places, Town Creator: Agnes R. Date: 1939-01-28 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
7597	Rift in the Rocks at Hunters Beach Head	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1938-12	Acadia National Park		On the shore between Schooner Head and Seal Harbor in Acadia National Park.	Rift in the Rocks at Hunters Beach Head Item: 7597 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1938-12 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: On the shore between Schooner Head and Seal Harbor in Acadia National Park.
7700	Bar Harbor and Mountains from Bar Island	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1936-08	Bar Harbor		Shows the old Eastern Yacht Club Pier, later the Bar Harbor Reading Room Pier. Also shows the Shore Club, later the Mount Desert Reading Room.	Bar Harbor and Mountains from Bar Island Item: 7700 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1936-08 Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: zoomable Description: Shows the old Eastern Yacht Club Pier, later the Bar Harbor Reading Room Pier. Also shows the Shore Club, later the Mount Desert Reading Room.
9367	Bear Island Light with Schooner Yacht and Coast Guard Buoy Boat	Image, Photograph	Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1938 c.	Cranberry Isles, Bear Island			Bear Island Light with Schooner Yacht and Coast Guard Buoy Boat Item: 9367 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1938 c. Place: Cranberry Isles, Bear Island State: ME Source: Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
10692	Acadia National Park - Frenchman Bay from the Precipice Trail	Image, Photograph	Places, Hiking Trail	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1938-09	Acadia National Park	Precipice Trail		Acadia National Park - Frenchman Bay from the Precipice Trail Item: 10692 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Hiking Trail Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1938-09 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Precipice Trail Source: Collection of George Rodman Lucas
11276	South Bubble Cliff Trail - Acadia National Park	Image, Photograph	Places, Hiking Trail Places, Mountain	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1933-09-07	Acadia National Park			South Bubble Cliff Trail - Acadia National Park Item: 11276 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Hiking Trail Places, Mountain Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1933-09-07 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
11279	Moonlight at Deep Cove	Image, Photograph	Places	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1933-09	Mount Desert			Moonlight at Deep Cove Item: 11279 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1933-09 Place: Mount Desert State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
11286	Acadia National Park - Shack on Sand Beach	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1935-06	Acadia National Park	Sand Beach		Acadia National Park - Shack on Sand Beach Item: 11286 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1935-06 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Sand Beach Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
11287	Acadia National Park - Shack on Sand Beach	Image, Photograph	Places, Shore	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1936-08	Acadia National Park	Sand Beach		Acadia National Park - Shack on Sand Beach Item: 11287 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1936-08 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Sand Beach Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
11897	Bar Harbor and the Porcupine Islands from the Pulpit Rock Trail, Acadia National Park	Image, Photograph	Places, Island Places, Mountain	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1935-10	Acadia National Park		Pulpit Rock is on the summit, just to the left out of this photograph.	Bar Harbor and the Porcupine Islands from the Pulpit Rock Trail, Acadia National Park Item: 11897 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Island Places, Mountain Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1935-10 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: Pulpit Rock is on the summit, just to the left out of this photograph.
12052	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps	Image, Photograph, Negative	Places, Camp Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1935-09-02		1281 Main Street (Route 102)	Automobiles: Far left – 1931 Packard Coupe Middle – 1933 or 1934 Ford 2 Door Sedan Right – 1934 Hudson Sedan	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Item: 12052 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Places, Camp Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1935-09-02 State: ME Address: 1281 Main Street (Route 102) Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: restaurant, camp, zoomable, building, gas pump, automobile Description: Automobiles: Far left – 1931 Packard Coupe Middle – 1933 or 1934 Ford 2 Door Sedan Right – 1934 Hudson Sedan
12053	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps	Image, Photograph, Negative	Places, Camp	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1937-07	Mount Desert	1281 Main Street (Route 102)	Ernest T. Richardson is most probably standing on the porch watching Ballard photograph his business. Automobiles: Left – Dodge Middle – 1928 Buick Right – 1933 or 34 Ford Note the woman pumping gas.	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Item: 12053 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Places, Camp Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1937-07 Place: Mount Desert State: ME Address: 1281 Main Street (Route 102) Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: restaurant, camp, people, building, man, woman, automobile, gas pump Description: Ernest T. Richardson is most probably standing on the porch watching Ballard photograph his business. Automobiles: Left – Dodge Middle – 1928 Buick Right – 1933 or 34 Ford Note the woman pumping gas.

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