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16300Ladies of the Rebekah Lodge at Odd Fellows Hall
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
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
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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
16232Students at the Southwest Harbor High School, Unknown Year
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  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
Row 1 (Back): Christopher Wendell Lawler, Dan Lawton, P. Edwards, John Ward, Elmer Marshall, Reginald King Row 2: Jesse Newell Mills, Paul Sawyer, Artemas Jean Haines Richardson, Edward Harold Bennett Row 3: Andrew Bennett, Lauriel Johanson, Lu Corent, Hattie Bickford, Martha Richardson, Gladys Higgins, Earl Marrison, Clyde Gott, Clarence Norwood Row 4: Grace Louise Lunt Clement, Lulu Newman, Carrie Evelyn Ralph Bennett, Edward Sawyer, Raymond Somes Row 5 (Front): Blanche Dolliver, Florence Parker Jay, Uldine Farrar, Thelma Dolliver Ward, Mamie (Mrs Charles) Rich, Marion F. Clark, Mildred Whitman, Etta Lunt, Marguerite (Gilley) Perkins, Millie Dorr, Korence Knowles Bonsey
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Row 1 (Back): Christopher Wendell Lawler, Dan Lawton, P. Edwards, John Ward, Elmer Marshall, Reginald King Row 2: Jesse Newell Mills, Paul Sawyer, Artemas Jean Haines Richardson, Edward Harold Bennett Row 3: Andrew Bennett, Lauriel Johanson, Lu Corent, Hattie Bickford, Martha Richardson, Gladys Higgins, Earl Marrison, Clyde Gott, Clarence Norwood Row 4: Grace Louise Lunt Clement, Lulu Newman, Carrie Evelyn Ralph Bennett, Edward Sawyer, Raymond Somes Row 5 (Front): Blanche Dolliver, Florence Parker Jay, Uldine Farrar, Thelma Dolliver Ward, Mamie (Mrs Charles) Rich, Marion F. Clark, Mildred Whitman, Etta Lunt, Marguerite (Gilley) Perkins, Millie Dorr, Korence Knowles Bonsey [show more]
16222Southwest Harbor Water Company Reservoir
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  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Places
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
  • The buildings behind the reservoir include the Deacon Clark's Island House complex at the far left of the photograph. To the right of the complex is the Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House, the structure with six windows on the side. The Lawton Canning Factory is the building along the shore. There is a grounded schooner visible next to the factory. A large canoe can be seen to the right of the photograph tied to the mud flats.
  • Southwest Harbor
16188Teacher's Convention at the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
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  • Organizations, School Institution
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  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 29 High Road
“Teacher’s convention in the early days of the new church building.”
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“Teacher’s convention in the early days of the new church building.”
15936James Albert Freeman Post Office
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  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 8 Brook Passage
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
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This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
14687Southwest Harbor Police Department
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Village Green Way
14670Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
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  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
13700Group Photos of Grammar School Students
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  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
13699Group Photos of Southwest Harbor High School Students
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  • Organizations, School Institution
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
13698Southwest Harbor High School Athletic Teams
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  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
13681Southwest Harbor Schoolhouse
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
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
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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]
13610Southwest Harbor Water Company
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  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Southwest Harbor
The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
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The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
13566Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157.
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"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
13411Norwood Cove School
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 25 Fernald Point Road
Nell Thornton, who attended this school, says, "The schoolhouse lot was purchased of William Thomas Holmes (1829-1910) on March 27, 1860, and the building erected that year to take the place of the old one which stood opposite Mr. John F. Young's house." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 132-133. (See Thornton, p. 130-131 for an account of an earlier school at Norwood Cove, which stood at the south corner of Main Street & Fernald Point Road. That land is now part of the Causeway Club.) "In 1913 the school at Norwood's Cove was abolished and since that time the pupils have attended the schools at the village. Throughout the years this school district maintained a high rank of scholarship and many earnest and gifted teachers have taught in the little building, which was painted yellow with white trimmings and for equipment had a large desk for the teacher, a chair, one or two maps and part of the time a water pail and tin dipper." In 1923 Allston Sargent (1875-1944) of East Orange, New Jersey, bought the school property from the Town of Southwest Harbor. (HRD 584/14). The deed, dated November 6, 1923, says that the lot is 1/5 acre together with the building thereon formerly used as a school house. The school building was razed in 1937 by Lawrence S. Robinson (1897-1980), who recycled the lumber for an addition to his house at 28 Fernald Point Road, Map 9 - Lot 28. The Robinson house has since been razed. In 1946 Robinson's sister, Esther M. (Robinson) Hynes (1901-1983) and her husband, Cecil E. Hynes bought the property and built a summer cottage on it. It was sold out of the family until 1980 when Lawrence Robinson's daughter, Joan (Robinson) Terry and her husband, Wilbert Terry, purchased the property and made it their year round home.
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Nell Thornton, who attended this school, says, "The schoolhouse lot was purchased of William Thomas Holmes (1829-1910) on March 27, 1860, and the building erected that year to take the place of the old one which stood opposite Mr. John F. Young's house." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 132-133. (See Thornton, p. 130-131 for an account of an earlier school at Norwood Cove, which stood at the south corner of Main Street & Fernald Point Road. That land is now part of the Causeway Club.) "In 1913 the school at Norwood's Cove was abolished and since that time the pupils have attended the schools at the village. Throughout the years this school district maintained a high rank of scholarship and many earnest and gifted teachers have taught in the little building, which was painted yellow with white trimmings and for equipment had a large desk for the teacher, a chair, one or two maps and part of the time a water pail and tin dipper." In 1923 Allston Sargent (1875-1944) of East Orange, New Jersey, bought the school property from the Town of Southwest Harbor. (HRD 584/14). The deed, dated November 6, 1923, says that the lot is 1/5 acre together with the building thereon formerly used as a school house. The school building was razed in 1937 by Lawrence S. Robinson (1897-1980), who recycled the lumber for an addition to his house at 28 Fernald Point Road, Map 9 - Lot 28. The Robinson house has since been razed. In 1946 Robinson's sister, Esther M. (Robinson) Hynes (1901-1983) and her husband, Cecil E. Hynes bought the property and built a summer cottage on it. It was sold out of the family until 1980 when Lawrence Robinson's daughter, Joan (Robinson) Terry and her husband, Wilbert Terry, purchased the property and made it their year round home. [show more]
13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
13197American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 22 Village Greenway
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.
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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.
13141Pemetic High School
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
13137Southwest Harbor Primary School
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  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
12552Pemetic High School - Student Council
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  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-01-20
  • Southwest Harbor
Back Row – Left to Right: Myrna Elisabeth Fahey (1933-1973) Walter John Norwood (1933-) Ben Worcester Long (1935-2001) Middle Row – Left to Right: Betty F. (Rice) King (1934-) Melvin Dana Phillips (1931-2011) Ann M. (Moore) Rich (1932-1984) Nancy Dunbar Bulger (1935-2004), later Mrs. Richard H. Bulger Galen S. Wilson (1931-1996) Teacher - Marion (Waterman) Meyer (1921-), later John Austin Meyer Front Row – Left to Right: Billy Ray Griffin (1931-2008) Vance Robert Frost (1930-) Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Barbara A. (Kenney) Moser (1930-), later Mrs. Earl R. Moser Jr.
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Back Row – Left to Right: Myrna Elisabeth Fahey (1933-1973) Walter John Norwood (1933-) Ben Worcester Long (1935-2001) Middle Row – Left to Right: Betty F. (Rice) King (1934-) Melvin Dana Phillips (1931-2011) Ann M. (Moore) Rich (1932-1984) Nancy Dunbar Bulger (1935-2004), later Mrs. Richard H. Bulger Galen S. Wilson (1931-1996) Teacher - Marion (Waterman) Meyer (1921-), later John Austin Meyer Front Row – Left to Right: Billy Ray Griffin (1931-2008) Vance Robert Frost (1930-) Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Barbara A. (Kenney) Moser (1930-), later Mrs. Earl R. Moser Jr. [show more]
12551Pemetic High School - National Honor Society Members
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  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-01-20
  • Southwest Harbor
Back Row – Left to Right: Lawrence Eaton Sinclair (1930-) Jean (Boomer) Emerson (1930-), later Mrs. Charles W. Emerson Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Edith (Worcester) Radcliffe (1930-), later Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. Clarence Herbert LaCount (1930-2001) Pemetic School Principal – Carroll B. Ronco (1914-2003) Front Row – Left to Right: Richard E. Allen (1930-) William Thomas Searls II (1930-1951) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Vance Robert Frost (1930-)
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Back Row – Left to Right: Lawrence Eaton Sinclair (1930-) Jean (Boomer) Emerson (1930-), later Mrs. Charles W. Emerson Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Edith (Worcester) Radcliffe (1930-), later Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. Clarence Herbert LaCount (1930-2001) Pemetic School Principal – Carroll B. Ronco (1914-2003) Front Row – Left to Right: Richard E. Allen (1930-) William Thomas Searls II (1930-1951) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Vance Robert Frost (1930-) [show more]
12400Students at the Freeman Grammar School
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  • 1925 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
The teacher appears to be the same teacher as shown in SWHPL 11903 – with Freeman Grammar School 1926 students. She may have been either Feodora Woodworth or Doris Motz both of whom taught in the "common school" in 1925-1926 and 1926-1927. Doris Motz's husband, Ralph Motz, also taught at the Freeman Grammar School.
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The teacher appears to be the same teacher as shown in SWHPL 11903 – with Freeman Grammar School 1926 students. She may have been either Feodora Woodworth or Doris Motz both of whom taught in the "common school" in 1925-1926 and 1926-1927. Doris Motz's husband, Ralph Motz, also taught at the Freeman Grammar School.
12356Southwest Harbor Basketball Team 1925-1926
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  • 1926
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
Back Row - Left to Right: Richard Thornton Carroll (1908-1993) Charles Orville Trask (1908-1961) Eric Olaf Berg (1901-1968) - Coach Lester Martin Clark (1908-1977) Front Row - Seated Left to Right: Kenneth Thomas Lord (1908-1968) Sheldon Edwin Spurling (1907-2003) Ronald G. Billings (1906-1981) Henry Kenneth Robbins (1906-1938) Oliver Warren Robinson (1906-1962) - probably
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Back Row - Left to Right: Richard Thornton Carroll (1908-1993) Charles Orville Trask (1908-1961) Eric Olaf Berg (1901-1968) - Coach Lester Martin Clark (1908-1977) Front Row - Seated Left to Right: Kenneth Thomas Lord (1908-1968) Sheldon Edwin Spurling (1907-2003) Ronald G. Billings (1906-1981) Henry Kenneth Robbins (1906-1938) Oliver Warren Robinson (1906-1962) - probably
12355Southwest Harbor Basketball Championship Team 1924-1925
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  • 1925
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
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)
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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)
12101Southwest Harbor Public Library - The Original Fireplace Screen
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Mosely - Gordon G. Mosely
  • Southwest Harbor
Dramatis Personae: Harris - Chloa (Harris) Searls (1906-1982) Mosley - Gordon G. Mosley Mosley - Ronald A. Mosley, Sr. (1919-2016), 1946 Interim Director Southwest Harbor-Tremont Larger Parish Searls - Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986)
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Dramatis Personae: Harris - Chloa (Harris) Searls (1906-1982) Mosley - Gordon G. Mosley Mosley - Ronald A. Mosley, Sr. (1919-2016), 1946 Interim Director Southwest Harbor-Tremont Larger Parish Searls - Thomas Searls Jr. (1908-1986)
12034Southwest Harbor Grammar School Basketball Team
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  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1961-03-24
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
Standing - Left to Right: Paul Blanchette (1948-) Phil Alan Whitney (1949-) William S. Lunt (1947-) Bernard W. Johnson (1908-1985) - Principal, teacher and coach Gary Mitchell (1949-) Brian D. Worcester (1949-) Jeffrey Joseph Foss (1950-) Sitting - Left to Right: Erland E. "Tyke" Seavey (1950-) James "Jimmy" Hancock (1950-) Owen Francis Bradford (1949-1966) Robert L. Hebron (1949-1963) Ronald "Ronnie" L. Reed (1950-) Andrew Jackson "Jackie" Harkins Jr. (1949-)
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Standing - Left to Right: Paul Blanchette (1948-) Phil Alan Whitney (1949-) William S. Lunt (1947-) Bernard W. Johnson (1908-1985) - Principal, teacher and coach Gary Mitchell (1949-) Brian D. Worcester (1949-) Jeffrey Joseph Foss (1950-) Sitting - Left to Right: Erland E. "Tyke" Seavey (1950-) James "Jimmy" Hancock (1950-) Owen Francis Bradford (1949-1966) Robert L. Hebron (1949-1963) Ronald "Ronnie" L. Reed (1950-) Andrew Jackson "Jackie" Harkins Jr. (1949-) [show more]