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5552Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5552   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
5584Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5584   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
5585Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5585   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
Item:
  • 13383   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 250 Main Street
15936James Albert Freeman Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • 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.
James Albert Freeman Post Office
Item:
  • 15936   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 8 Brook Passage
Description:
This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
3487Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988)
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 3487   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Description:
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
12269The Park Theater - Theater Lights
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1922 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Park Theater - Theater Lights
Item:
  • 12269   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1922 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
theater
14976Library Book Sale at the Flamingo Festival
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2014-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
Library Book Sale at the Flamingo Festival
Item:
  • 14976   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2014-07-12
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
6064The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.
The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
Item:
  • 6064   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
horse, carriage
Description:
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.
14679Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Herrick Road
The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Item:
  • 14679   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 4 Herrick Road
Description:
The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
12589Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-23
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Herrick Road
Wendell Gilley Museum
Item:
  • 12589   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2015-05-23
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 4 Herrick Road
16495Samuel Watson Herrick House as the Mt. Mansell Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1959
  • Southwest Harbor
  • High Road
Samuel Watson Herrick House as the Mt. Mansell Museum
Item:
  • 16495   
Accession #:
  • 1095
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • High Road
Source:
  • Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
16496The Mt. Mansell Museum
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1959-09-03
  • Southwest Harbor
  • High Road
The Mt. Mansell Museum
Item:
  • 16496   
Accession #:
  • 1095
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1959-09-03
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • High Road
Source:
  • Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
7207Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
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
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7207   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
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]
7208Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
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.
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7208   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
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]
5139The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte
Item:
  • 5139   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Description:
Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses.
5632The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5632   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
5635The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5635   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
6100The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6100   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
3048Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1998
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
Item:
  • 3048   
Type:
  • Document, MHPC Survey
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
  • 1998
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • MHPC
Description:
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
5633The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5633   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
5634The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5634   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5636The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5636   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5637The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5637   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5638The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 2004 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5638   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 2004 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street