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16579	View of Wharf at Clark Point, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf			1930 c.				View of Wharf at Clark Point, Southwest Harbor Item: 16579 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Date: 1930 c. State: ME Source: Donation of Linda Hayward
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
16226	Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin Henry Ward and Ingrid Ward	Image, Photograph	People Places, Harbor			1934 c.				Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin Henry Ward and Ingrid Ward Item: 16226 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Harbor Date: 1934 c. Source: The Ward Family Collection
16195	Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Ingrid, William, and Franklin Ward on Unknown Beach	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore			1934 c.				Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Ingrid, William, and Franklin Ward on Unknown Beach Item: 16195 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Date: 1934 c. Source: The Ward Family Collection
16192	Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin, William, and Ingrid Ward	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore			1934 c.				Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin, William, and Ingrid Ward Item: 16192 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Date: 1934 c. Source: The Ward Family Collection
12286	Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1937-06	Southwest Harbor		The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.	Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor Item: 12286 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1937-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
10084	Stream and Mountain in Winter, Mount Desert Island	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Stream	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1935-03-29	Mount Desert Island			Stream and Mountain in Winter, Mount Desert Island Item: 10084 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Stream Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1935-03-29 Place: Mount Desert Island State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
9337	View of Bass Harbor from the Underwood Water Tower	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017)		1938 c.	Tremont, Bass Harbor		The building with the tower in the distant background was the Charles B. Dix / Simeon Amassa Holden house and the stable (now moved) is the large building in the field behind it. The boathouse for that property, the Captain Charles B. Dix (1836-1906) Boat House, is on the white house directly on the shore next to the large clump of trees. It was the Lyle Arlington Reed house at the time the picture was taken - 143 Harbor Drive (Route 102A), Tremont, Maine. The building out on the spit is Little Island Marine, begun after WWII c. 1945-1946. The business on the shore just to the right of the wharf building was Lyle Arlington Reed’s store - 35 Shore Road, Bass Harbor (formerly McKinley), Maine. The small brown house in the middle of the large lot at the right, almost at the corner of McMullen Avenue and the Shore Road belonged to George Al Lovejoy (1903-1964). The house is now gone. It probably sat on the 9 McMullen Avenue property, Map 12 – Lot 44. The large building in the right foreground was owned by H.G. Reed and housed the Post Office on the ground floor facing the Shore Road – 45 Shore Road, Bass Harbor, Maine – Map 12 – Lot 43 The building at the left foreground was W.H. Thurston's General Store – later the Seafood Ketch restaurant – 47 Shore Road – Map 12 – Lot 42.	View of Bass Harbor from the Underwood Water Tower Item: 9337 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017) Date: 1938 c. Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor State: ME Description: The building with the tower in the distant background was the Charles B. Dix / Simeon Amassa Holden house and the stable (now moved) is the large building in the field behind it. The boathouse for that property, the Captain Charles B. Dix (1836-1906) Boat House, is on the white house directly on the shore next to the large clump of trees. It was the Lyle Arlington Reed house at the time the picture was taken - 143 Harbor Drive (Route 102A), Tremont, Maine. The building out on the spit is Little Island Marine, begun after WWII c. 1945-1946. The business on the shore just to the right of the wharf building was Lyle Arlington Reed’s store - 35 Shore Road, Bass Harbor (formerly McKinley), Maine. The small brown house in the middle of the large lot at the right, almost at the corner of McMullen Avenue and the Shore Road belonged to George Al Lovejoy (1903-1964). The house is now gone. It probably sat on the 9 McMullen Avenue property, Map 12 – Lot 44. The large building in the right foreground was owned by H.G. Reed and housed the Post Office on the ground floor facing the Shore Road – 45 Shore Road, Bass Harbor, Maine – Map 12 – Lot 43 The building at the left foreground was W.H. Thurston's General Store – later the Seafood Ketch restaurant – 47 Shore Road – Map 12 – Lot 42. [show more]
15225	View of Bass Harbor from the Underwood Water Tower	Image, Photograph, Negative	Places, Town	Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017)		1938 c.	Tremont, Bass Harbor		See item 9337 for details about the subjects in this image.	View of Bass Harbor from the Underwood Water Tower Item: 15225 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Places, Town Creator: Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017) Date: 1938 c. Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Edward Northwood Kenway Tags: zoomable Description: See item 9337 for details about the subjects in this image.
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]
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]
10945	View South from the High Road	Image, Photograph	Places, Town			1932	Southwest Harbor	High Road		View South from the High Road Item: 10945 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Date: 1932 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: High Road Source: Collection of Mrs. Donald Lunn Appleby Sawyer
10946	View of the Head of the Harbor from the High Road	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor			1932	Southwest Harbor	High Road		View of the Head of the Harbor from the High Road Item: 10946 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Date: 1932 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: High Road Source: Collection of Mrs. Donald Lunn Appleby Sawyer
11578	View of Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Town			1934	Southwest Harbor			View of Southwest Harbor Item: 11578 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Town Date: 1934 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Mills Family
10944	The High Road - View Northwest	Image, Photograph	Places, Town			1932	Southwest Harbor		Left to Right on the High Road: Robie M. Norwood Jr. House - 17 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 19 - MHPC #405-0834 Mrs. Seth S. Thornton House - 23 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 23 - MHPC #405-0835 Mt. Desert Congregational Church - 29 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 25 - MHPC #405-0836	The High Road - View Northwest Item: 10944 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Date: 1932 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Mrs. Donald Lunn Appleby Sawyer Description: Left to Right on the High Road: Robie M. Norwood Jr. House - 17 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 19 - MHPC #405-0834 Mrs. Seth S. Thornton House - 23 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 23 - MHPC #405-0835 Mt. Desert Congregational Church - 29 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 25 - MHPC #405-0836
7739	View from Deacon's Cove to the Head of Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Shore			1933 c.	Southwest Harbor		The old Clark & Parker store.	View from Deacon's Cove to the Head of Southwest Harbor Item: 7739 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Shore Date: 1933 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: The old Clark & Parker store.
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
10083	Mount Desert Island - Mountain and Stream in Winter	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Mountain Places, Stream	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1935-03-29				Mount Desert Island - Mountain and Stream in Winter Item: 10083 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Mountain Places, Stream Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1935-03-29 State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
12746	First Day Cover of Acadia National Park with Great Head Stamp - October 2, 1934	Document, Correspondence	Places, Park			1934-10-02			Envelope is printed with the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain motif. First Day Cover for launching of Great Head Stamp – features the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain and the Great Head Stamp Mailed from Bar Harbor on launch day – October 2, 1934 6.5” x 3.625” Correspondence envelope – pointed flap Obviously addressed to a stamp collector Mrs. A. Zimmerman, 86 South Westover [Road], Columbus, Ohio See SWHPL 12453 for the stamp info	First Day Cover of Acadia National Park with Great Head Stamp - October 2, 1934 Item: 12746 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Places, Park Date: 1934-10-02 Tags: object Description: Envelope is printed with the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain motif. First Day Cover for launching of Great Head Stamp – features the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain and the Great Head Stamp Mailed from Bar Harbor on launch day – October 2, 1934 6.5” x 3.625” Correspondence envelope – pointed flap Obviously addressed to a stamp collector Mrs. A. Zimmerman, 86 South Westover [Road], Columbus, Ohio See SWHPL 12453 for the stamp info [show more]
11895	Bar Harbor and the Porcupine Islands from the Pulpit Rock Trail, Acadia National Park	Image, Photograph, Negative	Places, Mountain	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1935-10	Acadia National Park	Cadillac Mountain	At the summit of Cadillac mountain.	Bar Harbor and the Porcupine Islands from the Pulpit Rock Trail, Acadia National Park Item: 11895 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Places, Mountain Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1935-10 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Cadillac Mountain Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Tags: zoomable Description: At the summit of Cadillac mountain.
6625	Elias Heavenly Crown Rich - Tombstone	Image, Photograph	Places, Cemetery	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1937-08	Tremont, Bernard			Elias Heavenly Crown Rich - Tombstone Item: 6625 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Cemetery Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1937-08 Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
9312	Abel's Lobster Pound, Bernard, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore			1930 c.	Tremont, Bernard		The gambrel roofed cottage just visible at the far right was the summer home of Paul Shields and his family. The cottage is at 41 Gunlow Road, Richtown, Maine - Map 3 - Lot 73 A.	Abel's Lobster Pound, Bernard, Maine Item: 9312 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Shore Date: 1930 c. Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Source: Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Description: The gambrel roofed cottage just visible at the far right was the summer home of Paul Shields and his family. The cottage is at 41 Gunlow Road, Richtown, Maine - Map 3 - Lot 73 A.
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
2608	1931 Topographic Map of Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine	Map, Base Map	Places	U.S. Geological Survey		1931	Acadia National Park		Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service from U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps Surveyed in 1901 and 1902	1931 Topographic Map of Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine Item: 2608 Type: Map, Base Map Subject: Places Creator: U.S. Geological Survey Date: 1931 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Source: Library of Congress Tags: zoomable, topo map Description: Prepared in cooperation with the National Park Service from U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps Surveyed in 1901 and 1902
2609	1935 Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, Maine	Map, Base Map	Places	U.S. Geological Survey		1935	Acadia National Park		A printed note in the upper right section of page, outside the map area reads "Advanced sheet. Subject to correction."	1935 Map of Acadia National Park and Vicinity, Maine Item: 2609 Type: Map, Base Map Subject: Places Creator: U.S. Geological Survey Date: 1935 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Source: Library of Congress Gift of Frances Anne (Weston) McGowan Tags: zoomable, topo map Description: A printed note in the upper right section of page, outside the map area reads "Advanced sheet. Subject to correction."

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