Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
6099	The Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Civic, Library		A.I. Holmes	1900 c.	Southwest Harbor	338 Main Street	A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900	The Southwest Harbor Public Library Item: 6099    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Publisher: A.I. Holmes Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 338 Main Street Source: Gift from Elsie Mae Phillips Marshall, Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall - 1985. Description: A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900
9316	Jesup Memorial Library and Y.W.C.A., Bar Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Civic, Library		American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.		Bar Harbor			Jesup Memorial Library and Y.W.C.A., Bar Harbor, Maine Item: 9316    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Publisher: American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass. Place: Bar Harbor State: ME
7143	Bass Harbor Memorial Library	Image, Photograph	Structures, Civic, Library		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company		Tremont, Bernard	89 Bernard Road		Bass Harbor Memorial Library Item: 7143    Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Address: 89 Bernard Road Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
11185	The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1924	Southwest Harbor	345 Main Street	The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street,	The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor Item: 11185    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1924 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 345 Main Street Source: Collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum Tags: building, theater, automobile Description: The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street, [show more]
13017	Building of Arts, Eden	Reference	Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater	Harding, R. Brewster	Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975		Bar Harbor, Eden		Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232.	Building of Arts, Eden Item: 13017    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater Creator: Harding, R. Brewster Publisher: Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975 Place: Bar Harbor, Eden State: ME Tags: tinted Description: Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232. [show more]
9416	Manset Union Church and Manset Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Civic, Library		Studio of Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.	1910 c.	Southwest Harbor, Manset			Manset Union Church and Manset Library Item: 9416    Accession #: 1034 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Ceremonial, Church Structures, Civic, Library Publisher: Studio of Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me. Date: 1910 c. Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME Source: Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
7005	Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Civic, Community Center		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1908 PM				Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Maine Item: 7005    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Civic, Community Center Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1908 PM State: ME
6994	Building of Arts, Eden	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1908 PM	Bar Harbor, Eden			Building of Arts, Eden Item: 6994    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1908 PM Place: Bar Harbor, Eden State: ME
7022	Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Civic, Library		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1906 c.	Ellsworth ME	State Street		Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine Item: 7022    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1906 c. Place: Ellsworth ME State: ME Address: State Street Tags: tinted
5633	The 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
16115	Seal Harbor, Maine. The Library.	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Civic, Library		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1909	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Mailed to: Mrs. Emily M. Haynes 190 Main Street, Bangor, Maine Signed: L. R. K. (Lottie Rea King)	Seal Harbor, Maine. The Library. Item: 16115    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1909 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection Description: Mailed to: Mrs. Emily M. Haynes 190 Main Street, Bangor, Maine Signed: L. R. K. (Lottie Rea King)
16116	Seal Harbor, Maine. Main Street and Post Office.	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Road Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1911	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine	Seal Harbor, Maine. Main Street and Post Office. Item: 16116    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Road Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1911 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection Description: Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine
15873	Jesup Memorial Library	Reference	Structures, Civic, Library				Bar Harbor	34 Mt. Desert St.	"The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.	Jesup Memorial Library Item: 15873    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Address: 34 Mt. Desert St. Description: "The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.
15936	James 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.
14385	Knights of Pythias Hall	Reference	Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall				Tremont, West Tremont		The building burned in 1948.	Knights of Pythias Hall Item: 14385    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall Place: Tremont, West Tremont State: ME Description: The building burned in 1948.
14669	Southwest Harbor Post Office	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office							Southwest Harbor Post Office Item: 14669    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
14670	Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office				Southwest Harbor	340 Main Street		Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street Item: 14670    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Municipal Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 340 Main Street
14679	Wendell 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.
13862	A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane	Reference	Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office							A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane Item: 13862    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
13893	The Lyceum, Cambridge	Reference	Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures				Boston MA area, Cambridge	Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square		The Lyceum, Cambridge Item: 13893    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures Place: Boston MA area, Cambridge State: MA Address: Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
15014	Bernard Post Office Hinton's Antique Shop	Reference	Businesses, Business Shop Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Commercial, Store				Tremont, Bernard	129 Bernard Road	Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building.	Bernard Post Office Hinton's Antique Shop Item: 15014    Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Business Shop Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Commercial, Store Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Address: 129 Bernard Road Description: Postmasters at Bernard were: George W. Billings (1859-?): Postmaster - 11/26/1906 Hiram H. Condon (1871-1957): Postmaster - 10/17/1914 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Acting Postmaster - 10/31/1941 Mrs. Harriet C. Hinton (1904-1984): Postmaster - 03/25/1942 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Officer-In-Charge - 06/20/1974 Mrs. Hilda Erclin Sylvia (1912-2006): Postmaster - 10/26/1974 Alice Ann Tracy - Officer-In-Charge: 05/01/1987 Linda (Sawyer) Musson (1949-): Postmaster -10/10/1987 Harriet Hinton was the postmaster - then her son Paul Hinton, had the antique store in this building. [show more]
3487	Southwest 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]
15328	Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor	Reference	Structures, Civic, Community Center			1907	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor			Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor Item: 15328    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Community Center Date: 1907 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Clark Family
13270	Manset Library	Reference	Structures, Civic, Library				Southwest Harbor, Manset			Manset Library Item: 13270    Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Civic, Library Place: Southwest Harbor, Manset State: ME
13271	Islesford Historial Museum	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum				Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford		William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796.	Islesford Historial Museum Item: 13271    Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford State: ME Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more]

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