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13083Eastern Steamship Company and Wharf at Belfast
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
  • Belfast ME
Eastern Steamship Company and Wharf at Belfast
Item:
  • 13083   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
Place:
  • Belfast ME
State:
  • ME
6778Postcard with Charles A. Townsend Logo
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
  • Belfast ME
Postcard with Charles A. Townsend Logo
Item:
  • 6778   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Creator:
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
Place:
  • Belfast ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
14398M.T. Sheahan Publisher, Boston, Mass.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
  • Boston MA
  • 297 Congress Street
From 1903 - 1910 M.T. Sheahan was a fine art printer and publisher, who in addition to producing prints created many postcards on themes of animals, humor, greetings, and mottos.
M.T. Sheahan Publisher, Boston, Mass.
Item:
  • 14398   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • 297 Congress Street
Description:
From 1903 - 1910 M.T. Sheahan was a fine art printer and publisher, who in addition to producing prints created many postcards on themes of animals, humor, greetings, and mottos.
14411Metropolitan News Company, Boston, MA.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
  • Boston MA
From 1905 - 1916 the Metropolitan News Company was a major publisher and printer of view-cards in color, black & white, sepia, and with hand coloring in both halftones and in collotype. They captured views throughout the American Northeast but postcards of New England scenery were produced in greatest number. Many of their cards have a heavy look resembling early chromolithographs. They had a close relationship with Robbins Brothers for who they made many postcards. Their cards were printed in Germany. The name Metropolitan News & Publishing Company appears on some cards.
Metropolitan News Company, Boston, MA.
Item:
  • 14411   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Description:
From 1905 - 1916 the Metropolitan News Company was a major publisher and printer of view-cards in color, black & white, sepia, and with hand coloring in both halftones and in collotype. They captured views throughout the American Northeast but postcards of New England scenery were produced in greatest number. Many of their cards have a heavy look resembling early chromolithographs. They had a close relationship with Robbins Brothers for who they made many postcards. Their cards were printed in Germany. The name Metropolitan News & Publishing Company appears on some cards. [show more]
14460Eastern Steamship Company, Boston
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Boston MA
Eastern Steamship Company, Boston
Item:
  • 14460   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
13276Henry C. Rand & Co.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Boston MA
  • 45 Merchants Row
Henry C. Rand & Co.
Item:
  • 13276   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • 45 Merchants Row
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
5929Henry 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:
  • 5929   
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
10228Advertisement for William Underwood & Co
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • The Outlook Monthly Magazine
  • 1906
  • Boston MA
Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906.
Advertisement for William Underwood & Co
Item:
  • 10228   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
Creator:
  • The Outlook Monthly Magazine
Date:
  • 1906
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Source:
  • The Outlook - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Description:
Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906.
3591The Farrington Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Brewer MA
  • 3 State Street
The Farrington Studio
Item:
  • 3591   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Brewer MA
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 3 State Street
9423Business Card of Charles Leon Lawson
  • Document, Advertising, Advertising Card
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Brighton MA
Business Card of Charles Leon Lawson
Item:
  • 9423   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertising Card
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Place:
  • Brighton MA
State:
  • MA
14114The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
  • Brooklyn NY
  • 205 Adams Street
A important printer and publisher since 1887 that utilized the albertype process. They first started printing books and then pioneer cards by 1893 going on to become a major publisher of national view-cards. Their postcards were not numbered and their name appears within the stamp box on their early cards. When the divided back postcard was authorized, the Albertype company created a line down the back of their cards with the words Post Cards of Quality and later with The Finest American Made View Post Cards. Many publishers large and small printed cards though the Albertype Co. They were purchased by Art Vue Post Card Company in 1952. Original Owner: Adolph and Herman Wittemann Known for: Fine View Cards printed with good detail. Duration: 1887-1952 Sold to Art Vue Post Card Company in 1952. See: “Publishers,” Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York, http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersa1.html
The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Item:
  • 14114   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Place:
  • Brooklyn NY
State:
  • NY
Address:
  • 205 Adams Street
Description:
A important printer and publisher since 1887 that utilized the albertype process. They first started printing books and then pioneer cards by 1893 going on to become a major publisher of national view-cards. Their postcards were not numbered and their name appears within the stamp box on their early cards. When the divided back postcard was authorized, the Albertype company created a line down the back of their cards with the words Post Cards of Quality and later with The Finest American Made View Post Cards. Many publishers large and small printed cards though the Albertype Co. They were purchased by Art Vue Post Card Company in 1952. Original Owner: Adolph and Herman Wittemann Known for: Fine View Cards printed with good detail. Duration: 1887-1952 Sold to Art Vue Post Card Company in 1952. See: “Publishers,” Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York, http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersa1.html [show more]
14406The Book Room, Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
  • Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax
The Book Room, Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia
Item:
  • 14406   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Place:
  • Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax
State:
  • NS
14413Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
  • Chicago IL
The Curt Teich Co. was in existence from 1898 - 1978.
Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
Item:
  • 14413   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Place:
  • Chicago IL
State:
  • IL
Description:
The Curt Teich Co. was in existence from 1898 - 1978.
11545Dorothy Rush and Lynne Birlem in Front of the Charles Eaton Spurling Store
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • 2000
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • 45 Cranberry Road
Dorothy Rush and Lynne Birlem in Front of the Charles Eaton Spurling Store
Item:
  • 11545   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
Date:
  • 2000
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 45 Cranberry Road
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
11853Haying on Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
Haying on Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 11853   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Viola Florence Joy (1887-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
11855Haying on Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
Haying on Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 11855   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
Left to Right: Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974) Clyde E. Spurling (1910-1934)
11453Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
  • Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947)
  • 1904
  • Echo Bluffs ME
The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
Children Cutting Sardines at the Fish Factory, Echo Bluffs, Maine
Item:
  • 11453   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Drawing
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • People
Creator:
  • Brand - Edith Browning (Brand) Hannah (1875-1947)
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Echo Bluffs ME
State:
  • ME
Tags:
child, people, fish
Description:
The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
14169Benjamin Franklin Joy Photography Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Ellsworth ME
Benjamin Franklin Joy Photography Studio
Item:
  • 14169   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
14374The Medical Office of Dr. Abigail Fulton and Dr. Alexander Fulton
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Medical Business
  • Ellsworth ME
In 1881 Dr. Fulton’s office and residence were on the northeast corner of Main Street and School Street (now 194 Main Street, Tax Map 136 – Lot 210) in Ellsworth. The building has an ell on School Street with a separate entrance. This was typical of Dr.’s offices of the time and probably served both Alexander and Abby’s patients. In 1883 Alexander Fulton was listed as a member of the Board of Health in Ellsworth, Maine. Physicians practicing in Ellsworth were: Emerson Googins, L. W. Hodgkins, Geo. Parcher, K. H. Swett, Alexander Fulton, Mrs. Abby Fulton, G. A. Phillips, O. M. Drake and Walter M. Haines, Hon. Alexander was still practicing in Ellsworth in 1887.
The Medical Office of Dr. Abigail Fulton and Dr. Alexander Fulton
Item:
  • 14374   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Medical Business
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
In 1881 Dr. Fulton’s office and residence were on the northeast corner of Main Street and School Street (now 194 Main Street, Tax Map 136 – Lot 210) in Ellsworth. The building has an ell on School Street with a separate entrance. This was typical of Dr.’s offices of the time and probably served both Alexander and Abby’s patients. In 1883 Alexander Fulton was listed as a member of the Board of Health in Ellsworth, Maine. Physicians practicing in Ellsworth were: Emerson Googins, L. W. Hodgkins, Geo. Parcher, K. H. Swett, Alexander Fulton, Mrs. Abby Fulton, G. A. Phillips, O. M. Drake and Walter M. Haines, Hon. Alexander was still practicing in Ellsworth in 1887. [show more]
14399J.A. Thompson, Ellsworth, Me.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
  • Ellsworth ME
J.A. Thompson was a gift and stationery store on Main Street in Ellsworth, Maine.
J.A. Thompson, Ellsworth, Me.
Item:
  • 14399   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
J.A. Thompson was a gift and stationery store on Main Street in Ellsworth, Maine.
12669Logo of B.F.Joy's Photographic Art Studio on the reserve of a cabinet photo
  • Document, Advertising, Advertising Card
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Joy - Benjamin Franklin Joy (1848-1912)
  • 1889 c.
  • Ellsworth ME
Logo on reverse of a cabinet photo of an unknown man.
Logo of B.F.Joy's Photographic Art Studio on the reserve of a cabinet photo
Item:
  • 12669   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Advertising Card
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Creator:
  • Joy - Benjamin Franklin Joy (1848-1912)
Date:
  • 1889 c.
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Found by Ralph Stanley in remains of the Franklin Ward Machine Shop
Description:
Logo on reverse of a cabinet photo of an unknown man.
13784Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Places, Camp
  • Mount Desert
  • 1281 Main Street (Route 102)
"Beginning with the history of the houses of Somesville at the southern end of the settlement on the road to Southwest Harbor: there are several camps and cottages built in recent years around the shores of Echo Lake. Ernest Richardson has built two on the western side, Rolf Motz built a cottage close to the road on the eastern shore which he sold in 1935 to Mrs. O. C. Nutting. There are several others which have been owned by different people, and Ernest Richardson has a store and some overnight camps built in 1935-6 close to the road." – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 257. For some time Ernest was in business with his friend Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) [O.C. Nutting] with whom he went hunting and fishing. "There are several small houses on the right side of the road [on the eastern shore of Echo Lake], owned by people who have been employed by Nutting and Richardson in their lumbering operations. This firm operated a portable saw mill in this vicinity for a few years." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 258.
Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps
Item:
  • 13784   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Places, Camp
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 1281 Main Street (Route 102)
Description:
"Beginning with the history of the houses of Somesville at the southern end of the settlement on the road to Southwest Harbor: there are several camps and cottages built in recent years around the shores of Echo Lake. Ernest Richardson has built two on the western side, Rolf Motz built a cottage close to the road on the eastern shore which he sold in 1935 to Mrs. O. C. Nutting. There are several others which have been owned by different people, and Ernest Richardson has a store and some overnight camps built in 1935-6 close to the road." – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 257. For some time Ernest was in business with his friend Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) [O.C. Nutting] with whom he went hunting and fishing. "There are several small houses on the right side of the road [on the eastern shore of Echo Lake], owned by people who have been employed by Nutting and Richardson in their lumbering operations. This firm operated a portable saw mill in this vicinity for a few years." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 258. [show more]
11304Echo Vista Restaurant and Beech Cliff on Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Places, Lake
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
  • 1952 c.
  • Mount Desert
Echo Vista Restaurant and Beech Cliff on Echo Lake
Item:
  • 11304   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Places, Lake
Publisher:
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1952 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
11568Abel's Lobster Pound, Mount Desert, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
  • 1938 c.
  • Mount Desert
Abel's Lobster Pound, Mount Desert, Maine
Item:
  • 11568   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Publisher:
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1938 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs