Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
Description: Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Description: This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Deacon H.H. Clark rounding Clark's Cove. The first Clark & Parker store, 1861, is at right, Bee's store, 1884, at left. Bryant Bradley's photographic studio shows as a part of Bee's store. The pedestrian is Mr. Campbell.
Description: Deacon H.H. Clark rounding Clark's Cove. The first Clark & Parker store, 1861, is at right, Bee's store, 1884, at left. Bryant Bradley's photographic studio shows as a part of Bee's store. The pedestrian is Mr. Campbell.
The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
Description: The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
Description: The cars are a 1954 Ford on the left and a 1956 Chevrolet on the right. The building just visible on the far right is the Mobil gas station.
The ambulance is shown in front of Gordon & White Garage. The Southwest Harbor / Tremont Nursing Association ambulance is a 1966 Ford 390 and was a gift from Mrs. Richard Payne.
Description: The ambulance is shown in front of Gordon & White Garage. The Southwest Harbor / Tremont Nursing Association ambulance is a 1966 Ford 390 and was a gift from Mrs. Richard Payne.
American Horse Breeder Publishing Co. postcard with hand written local inscription Number 5903. According to Jeff Beaumont, the car in the illustration is a 1906 Rambler. "In Mt. Desert, Tremont and Southwest Harbor nearly all the voters have signed the petitions while in the town of Eden [Bar Harbor] more than half of the voters have signed and a number of names are being added to the list each day. As is well known, practically every summer visitor to the island favors the absolute prohibition of automobiles on the island. The island of Mt. Desert is a dead end, so to speak, and an automobile could cover the whole island in a few hours, making no incentive for a prolonged stay. Yet a great deal of damage could be accomplished in a few hours in such a place as this where practically the entire summer population passes a large portion of each day in driving. The horses are not city broke and the numerous accidents that have already occurred here through the use of autos furnish a good specimen of what would happen were their use more common." - The Bar Harbor Record, December 30, 1908, quoted in the Bar Harbor Times, “Times Past” column by Deborah Dyer, January 1, 2009 See SWHPL 7484 for a photograph of Simeon "Sim" Holden Mayo breaking the rules and driving his automobile in Bar Harbor in 1908.
Description: American Horse Breeder Publishing Co. postcard with hand written local inscription Number 5903. According to Jeff Beaumont, the car in the illustration is a 1906 Rambler. "In Mt. Desert, Tremont and Southwest Harbor nearly all the voters have signed the petitions while in the town of Eden [Bar Harbor] more than half of the voters have signed and a number of names are being added to the list each day. As is well known, practically every summer visitor to the island favors the absolute prohibition of automobiles on the island. The island of Mt. Desert is a dead end, so to speak, and an automobile could cover the whole island in a few hours, making no incentive for a prolonged stay. Yet a great deal of damage could be accomplished in a few hours in such a place as this where practically the entire summer population passes a large portion of each day in driving. The horses are not city broke and the numerous accidents that have already occurred here through the use of autos furnish a good specimen of what would happen were their use more common." - The Bar Harbor Record, December 30, 1908, quoted in the Bar Harbor Times, “Times Past” column by Deborah Dyer, January 1, 2009 See SWHPL 7484 for a photograph of Simeon "Sim" Holden Mayo breaking the rules and driving his automobile in Bar Harbor in 1908. [show more]
The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Description: The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Description: Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Left to right: Albert Erastus Hodgdon (1900-1997) - on tractor Dennis Ezra Norwood (1870-1956) - father-in-law to Albert John or Fred Hodgdon on the seat The tractor is a Caterpillar Ten, introduced in 1928 and manufactured from 1929 to 1932. It was the smallest tractor Caterpillar made at the time, powered by a four-cylinder, gas motor rated at between 15 and 18 horsepower, and weighed 4,420 pounds.
Description: Left to right: Albert Erastus Hodgdon (1900-1997) - on tractor Dennis Ezra Norwood (1870-1956) - father-in-law to Albert John or Fred Hodgdon on the seat The tractor is a Caterpillar Ten, introduced in 1928 and manufactured from 1929 to 1932. It was the smallest tractor Caterpillar made at the time, powered by a four-cylinder, gas motor rated at between 15 and 18 horsepower, and weighed 4,420 pounds.