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11217	William Patch Dickey at W.P. Dickey & Co., Bangor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People			Bangor ME		William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps	William Patch Dickey at W.P. Dickey & Co., Bangor, Maine Item: 11217 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Place: Bangor ME State: ME Source: Collection of the Bangor Historical Society Description: William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps [show more]
11853	Haying on Great Cranberry Island	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Farming People			Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island		Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)	Haying on Great Cranberry Island Item: 11853 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Farming People Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island State: ME Source: Collection of the Birlem Family Description: Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
11855	Haying on Great Cranberry Island	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Farming People			Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island		Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)	Haying on Great Cranberry Island Item: 11855 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Farming People Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island State: ME Source: Collection of the Birlem Family Description: Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
11453	Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine	Image, Art, Drawing	Businesses, Fishery Business People	Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947)	1904	Echo Bluffs ME		The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.	Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine Item: 11453 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business People Creator: Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947) Date: 1904 Place: Echo Bluffs ME State: ME Tags: child, people, fish Description: The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
7622	Men at Work at Hall Quarry	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Quarry Operation People			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry			Men at Work at Hall Quarry Item: 7622 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Quarry Operation People Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
16089	D. Marino & Co's. Store, Hall Quarry, Me.	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Businesses, Store Business People			Mount Desert, Hall Quarry			D. Marino & Co's. Store, Hall Quarry, Me. Item: 16089 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Place: Mount Desert, Hall Quarry State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
12538	Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop	Milner - Craig Milner	1976	Southwest Harbor			Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom Item: 12538 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop Creator: Milner - Craig Milner Date: 1976 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
12543	Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop	Milner - Craig Milner	1976	Southwest Harbor		Ralph fitting fascia piece	Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction Item: 12543 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop Creator: Milner - Craig Milner Date: 1976 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Ralph fitting fascia piece
11245	Cora Enola Mills and Jesse Newell Mills at J.N. Mills & Co. Cash Store	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Store Business People		1930-06	Southwest Harbor	172 Clark Point Road		Cora Enola Mills and Jesse Newell Mills at J.N. Mills & Co. Cash Store Item: 11245 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1930-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 172 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of the Mills Family
11373	Crew at Work in the Boat Shop at Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People			Southwest Harbor	50 Clark Point Road	Ralph Merrill Grindle is on the left.	Crew at Work in the Boat Shop at Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders Item: 11373 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 50 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins Description: Ralph Merrill Grindle is on the left.
11492	The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Howie Robinson in a Lobster Boat	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat			Southwest Harbor	168 Clark Point Road	The Sheet Metal shop is on the left and the Lower Shop is on the right. Howie Robinson at left.	The Henry R. Hinckley Company - Southwest Boat Corporation - Howie Robinson in a Lobster Boat Item: 11492 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 168 Clark Point Road Source: Collection of Margo Harkins Stanley Description: The Sheet Metal shop is on the left and the Lower Shop is on the right. Howie Robinson at left.
11647	Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop		1977	Southwest Harbor		Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen	Launching Friendship Sloop Freedom Built for Richard Beebe Dudman Item: 11647 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop Date: 1977 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Ralph Warren Stanley Collection Description: Left to Right: Dudman - Richard Beebe Dudman (1918-) Sloane - Helen R. (Sloane) Dudman (1918-) Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Two unknown workmen
11714	Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People		1923 c.	Southwest Harbor	11 Apple Lane		Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Item: 11714 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Date: 1923 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 11 Apple Lane Source: Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11715	Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People		1923 c.	Southwest Harbor	11 Apple Lane		Packer on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Item: 11715 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Date: 1923 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 11 Apple Lane Source: Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11716	Packer Wading on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People		1923 c.	Southwest Harbor	11 Apple Lane		Packer Wading on Break at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Item: 11716 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Date: 1923 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 11 Apple Lane Source: Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11717	Young Boy at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People		1923 c.	Southwest Harbor	11 Apple Lane		Young Boy at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Item: 11717 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Date: 1923 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 11 Apple Lane Source: Collection of Carol Reed Walsh
11967	Ralph Merrill Grindle Working on a Lobster Boat	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People			Southwest Harbor			Ralph Merrill Grindle Working on a Lobster Boat Item: 11967 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
11179	Loading Washing Machines at Benson's Laundromat	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Laundromat Business People	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1960-08-01	Southwest Harbor	297 Main Street	Left to Right: Anne B. (Foster) Benson - co-owner William Benson - son of David and Anne Benson Eleanor Hancock - wife of a Coast Guardsman. She worked for the Bensons.	Loading Washing Machines at Benson's Laundromat Item: 11179 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Laundromat Business People Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1960-08-01 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 297 Main Street Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: Left to Right: Anne B. (Foster) Benson - co-owner William Benson - son of David and Anne Benson Eleanor Hancock - wife of a Coast Guardsman. She worked for the Bensons.
5970	Arthur L. Somes at the Wheel of his Automobile at the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Store Business People	Malden Art Co. Cin. O	1915 c.	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes at the Wheel of his Automobile at the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 5970 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Creator: Malden Art Co. Cin. O Date: 1915 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street Tags: people, hat, automobile, building, man
5971	Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People		1963	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building Item: 5971 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1963 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street
5972	Arthur L. Somes on the Steps of his Store in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor - Before 1922	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People		1922 before	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes on the Steps of his Store in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor - Before 1922 Item: 5972 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1922 before Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street
5973	Arthur L. Somes at the Counter of A.L. Somes & Son in the Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People		1935 c.	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes at the Counter of A.L. Somes & Son in the Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 5973 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1935 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street Tags: zoomable
6550	Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business Nature, Animals People		1898 c.	Southwest Harbor		Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.	Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot Item: 6550 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business Nature, Animals People Date: 1898 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.
6556	Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People		1912 before	Southwest Harbor	184 Clark Point Road	In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty	Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor Item: 6556 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Date: 1912 before Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 184 Clark Point Road Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty
6944	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving the Ice Wagon	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Other Business People		1922 c.-1923	Southwest Harbor	17 Chris' Lane	The woman in the wagon was an unknown Irish maid, a friend of Anne Coffey Lawlor. The horse was named "Dick".	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving the Ice Wagon Item: 6944 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Other Business People Date: 1922 c.-1923 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 17 Chris' Lane Source: Collection of William J. Lawlor Description: The woman in the wagon was an unknown Irish maid, a friend of Anne Coffey Lawlor. The horse was named "Dick".

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