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3601The Gilley Plumbing Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 21 Clark Point Road
The Gilley and Salisbury plumbing shop was at first built by George H. Gilley on his lot near his home on the Main Road and was used there as a plumber's shop for some years. Then it was moved to its present situation and in 1929 it was moved to the rear of the lot and the show rooms and upstairs living apartment were built. Mr. Gilley's grandson, Wendell H. Gilley, now carried on the business. Gilley Plumbing was a part of the Gilley family for at least three generations. Maud Holmes Gilley ran the business with her son Wendell after the death of her husband, Frank Gilley, in 1920.
The Gilley Plumbing Company
Item:
  • 3601   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 21 Clark Point Road
Description:
The Gilley and Salisbury plumbing shop was at first built by George H. Gilley on his lot near his home on the Main Road and was used there as a plumber's shop for some years. Then it was moved to its present situation and in 1929 it was moved to the rear of the lot and the show rooms and upstairs living apartment were built. Mr. Gilley's grandson, Wendell H. Gilley, now carried on the business. Gilley Plumbing was a part of the Gilley family for at least three generations. Maud Holmes Gilley ran the business with her son Wendell after the death of her husband, Frank Gilley, in 1920. [show more]
3602R.M. Norwood Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Clark Point Road
The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
R.M. Norwood Company
Item:
  • 3602   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Clark Point Road
Description:
The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
3632C.M. Rich Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
The boatshop of Clifton Melbourne Rich. C.M. Rich built the Dory BLB for the Kellams. His sons Robert (Bobby) and Roger also became boat builders, starting their own shops, the Bass Harbor Boat Shop and Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders, respectively.
C.M. Rich Boat Shop
Item:
  • 3632   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The boatshop of Clifton Melbourne Rich. C.M. Rich built the Dory BLB for the Kellams. His sons Robert (Bobby) and Roger also became boat builders, starting their own shops, the Bass Harbor Boat Shop and Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders, respectively.
3637Ronald Rich Boat Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Herrick Road
Ronald Dean Rich's boat shop. Ronald was the son of Clifton Melbourne Rich and the brother of Robert "Bobby" Rich and Roger Clifton Rich, all other skilled boat builders.
Ronald Rich Boat Shop
Item:
  • 3637   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Herrick Road
Description:
Ronald Dean Rich's boat shop. Ronald was the son of Clifton Melbourne Rich and the brother of Robert "Bobby" Rich and Roger Clifton Rich, all other skilled boat builders.
3638Capitol Corner Filling Station
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 280 Tremont Road
The filling station was owned by Roger Dean Rich. He built the filling station in 1937 in front of his parents' house.
Capitol Corner Filling Station
Item:
  • 3638   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 280 Tremont Road
Description:
The filling station was owned by Roger Dean Rich. He built the filling station in 1937 in front of his parents' house.
3653Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
Item:
  • 3653   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Description:
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
3655West Tremont Brick Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Tremont
West Tremont Brick Company
Item:
  • 3655   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Place:
  • Tremont
State:
  • ME
3662McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main St.
Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les.
McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store
Item:
  • 3662   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main St.
Description:
Started as a contracting business in 1949, Archie McEachern bought out his uncle Jasper Hutchins in 1957 and transitioned the business to a lumber and hardware supply. The store expanded to multiple locations and was taken over by Archie's son, Les.
3664Nelson Herrick Farm
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
In 1936, Nelson Herrick bought 140 acres of land in Tremont and 18 cows and following in his father's footsteps, began dairy farming. When the children got old enough they helped run the milk route and do other chores
Nelson Herrick Farm
Item:
  • 3664   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
In 1936, Nelson Herrick bought 140 acres of land in Tremont and 18 cows and following in his father's footsteps, began dairy farming. When the children got old enough they helped run the milk route and do other chores
3686J.C. Ralph Studio and Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
John C. Ralph’s Studio has a complicated history. The J.C. Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician." "Jeweler John C. Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." -“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 57 – 2001. “John D. Lurvey purchased the lot and built thereon a small building which he used as a storehouse for coffins which he made, as he was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. Later this building was used as a public library and was twice moved; once to the northern end of the lot and again to the place now occupied by the Lawton Variety store, where it was used as a drug store, a jeweler’s store, a barber shop and the post office. John C. Ralph kept the post office there and enlarged the building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938.
J.C. Ralph Studio and Store
Item:
  • 3686   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Description:
John C. Ralph’s Studio has a complicated history. The J.C. Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician." "Jeweler John C. Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." -“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 57 – 2001. “John D. Lurvey purchased the lot and built thereon a small building which he used as a storehouse for coffins which he made, as he was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. Later this building was used as a public library and was twice moved; once to the northern end of the lot and again to the place now occupied by the Lawton Variety store, where it was used as a drug store, a jeweler’s store, a barber shop and the post office. John C. Ralph kept the post office there and enlarged the building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938. [show more]
3688Ralph Stanley Inc.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 102-104 Clark Point Road
After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor. Not sure what occupation he wanted to pursue, he decided to try to build a boat. So he earned the money he needed to buy wood and other construction materials and, during the winter of 1951-1952, he built a 28-foot lobster boat. The boat turned out well and a local person bought it. This led to orders for other boats. "I've been building (boats) ever since," he said. Stanley learned how to build boats not by apprenticing himself to another boatbuilder but mainly by keenly observing and using boats and by observing the activities of several professional boatbuilders who specialized in the Mt. Desert Island version of the Maine lobster boat.
Ralph Stanley Inc.
Item:
  • 3688   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 102-104 Clark Point Road
Description:
After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor. Not sure what occupation he wanted to pursue, he decided to try to build a boat. So he earned the money he needed to buy wood and other construction materials and, during the winter of 1951-1952, he built a 28-foot lobster boat. The boat turned out well and a local person bought it. This led to orders for other boats. "I've been building (boats) ever since," he said. Stanley learned how to build boats not by apprenticing himself to another boatbuilder but mainly by keenly observing and using boats and by observing the activities of several professional boatbuilders who specialized in the Mt. Desert Island version of the Maine lobster boat. [show more]
3718William Underwood Factory at McKinley
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • 5 Granville Road
A sardine cannery in McKinely, now Bass Harbor.
William Underwood Factory at McKinley
Item:
  • 3718   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 5 Granville Road
Description:
A sardine cannery in McKinely, now Bass Harbor.
4002Unknown Businesses
  • Set
  • Businesses, Other Business
These images depict businesses that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these businesses or the photos.
Unknown Businesses
Item:
  • 4002   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Description:
These images depict businesses that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these businesses or the photos.
5061William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor
William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf on Clark Point
Item:
  • 5061   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5103Clark's Wharf and Lobster Factory
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1895-09-05
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark's Wharf and Lobster Factory
Item:
  • 5103   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1895-09-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5168"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin Lemuel Higgins - III
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1895-09-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 46 Clark Point Road
The title was given by Henry L. Rand when he catalogued the photograph. Clearly visible on Mr. Higgins’ anvil is the distinctive eagle and anchor mark that distinguishes it as a Fisher & Norris Eagle Anvil. Mark Fisher founded the company in Newport, Maine in 1843. The company later moved to New Jersey. Mr. Higgins left hand is on the lever that controls the air coming into the fire. And a bucket of water stands nearby.
"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin Lemuel Higgins - III
Item:
  • 5168   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1895-09-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 46 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
The title was given by Henry L. Rand when he catalogued the photograph. Clearly visible on Mr. Higgins’ anvil is the distinctive eagle and anchor mark that distinguishes it as a Fisher & Norris Eagle Anvil. Mark Fisher founded the company in Newport, Maine in 1843. The company later moved to New Jersey. Mr. Higgins left hand is on the lever that controls the air coming into the fire. And a bucket of water stands nearby.
5225Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 5225   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Station Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures, Automotive Repair
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
5296"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 46 Clark Point Road
"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins
Item:
  • 5296   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1894-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 46 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5395Fish Flakes at Manset, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-08-11
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The photograph also shows 4 fishing schooners in the harbor at Manset, Maine.
Fish Flakes at Manset, Maine
Item:
  • 5395   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1892-08-11
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
The photograph also shows 4 fishing schooners in the harbor at Manset, Maine.
5457"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1895-09-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 46 Clark Point Road
"The Village Blacksmith" - Edwin L. Higgins
Item:
  • 5457   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1895-09-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 46 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5497Henry C. Rand & Co. - 45 Merchants Row, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1902-03-31
  • Boston MA
  • 45 Merchants Row
Henry C. Rand & Co. - 45 Merchants Row, Boston, Massachusetts
Item:
  • 5497   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1902-03-31
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • 45 Merchants Row
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5526Stanley Fisheries - Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • 1918
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Stanley Fisheries - Manset
Item:
  • 5526   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1918
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
5533Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building.
Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
Item:
  • 5533   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building. [show more]
5574Gordon & White Garage with Gas Pumps
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-02
  • Southwest Harbor
Gordon & White Garage with Gas Pumps
Item:
  • 5574   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1948-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
gas pump
5575Automobiles and Esso Pump at Gordon & White Garage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1960-07-21
  • Southwest Harbor
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.
Automobiles and Esso Pump at Gordon & White Garage
Item:
  • 5575   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1960-07-21
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
automobile
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.