The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007
Description: The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007 [show more]
The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations.
Description: The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations. [show more]
Left to Right: Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley, Mrs. Chester Warren Stanley (1901-1968) Chester Warren Stanley (1900-1971) Celestia "Lessie" Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Adoniram Judson Robinson (1875-1961) - mother of Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanely The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of Chester and Bertha’s daughter Ruth Celestia Stanley or Irene Mabel Stanley’s wedding, both of which took place in 1952. This photograph was taken at Chester Stanley's home - the Adoniram Judson Robinson house. The house shown in this photograph, next to the Robinson house, is 384 Main Street.
Description: Left to Right: Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanley, Mrs. Chester Warren Stanley (1901-1968) Chester Warren Stanley (1900-1971) Celestia "Lessie" Gertrude (Dix) Robinson, Mrs. Adoniram Judson Robinson (1875-1961) - mother of Bertha Emily (Robinson) Stanely The photograph was probably taken on the occasion of Chester and Bertha’s daughter Ruth Celestia Stanley or Irene Mabel Stanley’s wedding, both of which took place in 1952. This photograph was taken at Chester Stanley's home - the Adoniram Judson Robinson house. The house shown in this photograph, next to the Robinson house, is 384 Main Street. [show more]
On the left side is the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company - Southwest Harbor Branch. On the right side (to the right of the Post Office box is The United States Post Office at Southwest Harbor. "The Salisbury building which now houses the local branch of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, the post office and a plumbing shop, was built by the late Archie R. Salisbury in 1933-4." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 150.
Description: On the left side is the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company - Southwest Harbor Branch. On the right side (to the right of the Post Office box is The United States Post Office at Southwest Harbor. "The Salisbury building which now houses the local branch of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Company, the post office and a plumbing shop, was built by the late Archie R. Salisbury in 1933-4." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 150. [show more]
"The stage of what was then the Pemetic High School - now [2011] Pemetic Elementary School Front Row Seated on Stage Floor - Left to Right: Unknown man Unknown man Unknown man Possibly Cuthbert Downey Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Irma (Donnell) Black (1915-1986) - Mrs. Paul Ernest Black Marguerite Mae Hamblen (1935-2004) - Later Mrs. Seldon Bernstein Roscoe C. Marshall (1911-1968) Wilma Jane Hamblen (1937-) - Later Mrs. Charles F. Turner Unknown man Joan Marilyn Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbur Terry John Donald Jumper (1914-1998) Florence Esperance Thatcher (1913-1990) - Mrs. Robins Herbert Thatcher, later Mrs. Vernon Sanford McFarland Unknown man kneeling Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Harold Townsend (1905-1989) Faith A. (Whitmore) Ramsdell (1919-2000) - Mrs. Ralph Ramsdell Cathy Bollars Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen (1915-2001) - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen Unknown man Charlotte Lurvey (1910-2000) Back Row - Left to Right: Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard (1909-1990) - Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard Milton Webster Norwood (1899-1990) Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986) Unknown man Unknown man Leslie L. Greenlaw (1913-1994) Ann Mary (Whitmore) Harkins (1930-) - Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Mary A. (Harkins) Sargent (1927-) - Mrs. Lennox Ledyard Sargent (""Bink"" Sargent) June B. (Hamblen) Sanner (1924-) - Mrs. William Walter Sanner Phyllis Norwood (1916-1999) - Mrs. James Franklin Norwood Paul Merrill Robinson (1918-) Dorothy A. (Robinson) Worcester (1925-) - Mrs. Warren R. Worcester Bernard Johnson (1908-1985) “The high school building is the third educational edifice to stand on the same lot...” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 147 – 1938 “Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Atherton built their house on Maple Lane about 1905. After Mr. Atherton died his widow sold the place to Peter T. Benson (1937), who moved the buildings to a lot on the Clark Point Road and sold to Russell White. The Atherton lot was then purchased by the town as a part of the school lot and the site of the new high school building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 158-159 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, the work of excavating for the foundation of a new high school building on the Southwest Harbor village school lot was begun.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 88 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, ground was broken for a new brick building for the high school to be built partly by the town and partly by a grant from the Federal government. W. H. McPherson of Bangor was the contractor.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938"
Description: "The stage of what was then the Pemetic High School - now [2011] Pemetic Elementary School Front Row Seated on Stage Floor - Left to Right: Unknown man Unknown man Unknown man Possibly Cuthbert Downey Front Row Seated - Left to Right: Irma (Donnell) Black (1915-1986) - Mrs. Paul Ernest Black Marguerite Mae Hamblen (1935-2004) - Later Mrs. Seldon Bernstein Roscoe C. Marshall (1911-1968) Wilma Jane Hamblen (1937-) - Later Mrs. Charles F. Turner Unknown man Joan Marilyn Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbur Terry John Donald Jumper (1914-1998) Florence Esperance Thatcher (1913-1990) - Mrs. Robins Herbert Thatcher, later Mrs. Vernon Sanford McFarland Unknown man kneeling Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Harold Townsend (1905-1989) Faith A. (Whitmore) Ramsdell (1919-2000) - Mrs. Ralph Ramsdell Cathy Bollars Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen (1915-2001) - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen Unknown man Charlotte Lurvey (1910-2000) Back Row - Left to Right: Ruth Farnham (Blood) Ballard (1909-1990) - Mrs. Willis Humphreys Ballard Milton Webster Norwood (1899-1990) Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986) Unknown man Unknown man Leslie L. Greenlaw (1913-1994) Ann Mary (Whitmore) Harkins (1930-) - Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Mary A. (Harkins) Sargent (1927-) - Mrs. Lennox Ledyard Sargent (""Bink"" Sargent) June B. (Hamblen) Sanner (1924-) - Mrs. William Walter Sanner Phyllis Norwood (1916-1999) - Mrs. James Franklin Norwood Paul Merrill Robinson (1918-) Dorothy A. (Robinson) Worcester (1925-) - Mrs. Warren R. Worcester Bernard Johnson (1908-1985) “The high school building is the third educational edifice to stand on the same lot...” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 147 – 1938 “Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Atherton built their house on Maple Lane about 1905. After Mr. Atherton died his widow sold the place to Peter T. Benson (1937), who moved the buildings to a lot on the Clark Point Road and sold to Russell White. The Atherton lot was then purchased by the town as a part of the school lot and the site of the new high school building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 158-159 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, the work of excavating for the foundation of a new high school building on the Southwest Harbor village school lot was begun.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 88 – 1938 “Monday morning, December 6, 1937, ground was broken for a new brick building for the high school to be built partly by the town and partly by a grant from the Federal government. W. H. McPherson of Bangor was the contractor.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938" [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]