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11179	Loading Washing Machines at Benson's Laundromat	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Laundromat Business People	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1960-08-01	Southwest Harbor	297 Main Street	Left to Right: Anne B. (Foster) Benson - co-owner William Benson - son of David and Anne Benson Eleanor Hancock - wife of a Coast Guardsman. She worked for the Bensons.	Loading Washing Machines at Benson's Laundromat Item: 11179 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Laundromat Business People Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1960-08-01 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 297 Main Street Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: Left to Right: Anne B. (Foster) Benson - co-owner William Benson - son of David and Anne Benson Eleanor Hancock - wife of a Coast Guardsman. She worked for the Bensons.
7755	William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Fishery Business People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1951-07-14	Southwest Harbor	182 Clark Point Road	From Left to Right: Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child. William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family. The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down” See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110.	William Lukens Elkins Sinkler and Captain Francis Milton Spurling with Tuna at Beal's Fish Wharf Item: 7755 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Fishery Business People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1951-07-14 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 182 Clark Point Road Source: W.H. Ballard Collection Description: From Left to Right: Richard K. Sinkler (1944-2007) - son of William Lukens Elkins Sinkler - or possibly Richard's brother, William L. Sinkler, Jr. - Richard would have been about 8 years old when this photograph was taken. People more informed than we may help us to positively identify this child. William Lukens Elkins Sinkler (1919-) Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) - sailed for the Sinkler family. The fish was a circa 500 lb. tuna (formerly called "Horse Mackerel" in these waters) - possibly the one described as being harpooned in “Leaves Folded Down” See: “Leaves Folded Down” by Louise E. [Elkins] Sinkler, privately published in a limited edition of 300 copies and a second edition of 500 copies of which the Southwest Harbor Public Library copy is number 228, Haverford House, Wayne, Pa., 1971, pages 109-110. [show more]
7822	Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1943	Southwest Harbor			Robert Farnsworth Rich and Crew Lengthening a Boat at Southwest Harbor Boat Corporation Item: 7822 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1943 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Collection
15002	Howe D. Higgins in His Workshop at Harborside Industries	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Other Business People	Ingalls	Bangor Daily News	1951-07-29	Southwest Harbor			Howe D. Higgins in His Workshop at Harborside Industries Item: 15002 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Other Business People Creator: Ingalls Publisher: Bangor Daily News Date: 1951-07-29 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
5970	Arthur L. Somes at the Wheel of his Automobile at the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Businesses, Store Business People	Malden Art Co. Cin. O		1915 c.	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes at the Wheel of his Automobile at the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 5970 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Creator: Malden Art Co. Cin. O Date: 1915 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street Tags: people, hat, automobile, building, man
11164	Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley and Children	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People	McKenna - Peggy McKenna (1947-)			Southwest Harbor			Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley and Children Item: 11164 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Creator: McKenna - Peggy McKenna (1947-) Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley
12538	Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop	Milner - Craig Milner		1976	Southwest Harbor			Ralph Stanley fitting a deck plank on Freedom Item: 12538 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop Creator: Milner - Craig Milner Date: 1976 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
12543	Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop	Milner - Craig Milner		1976	Southwest Harbor		Ralph fitting fascia piece	Friendship Sloop Morning Star - Construction Item: 12543 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop Creator: Milner - Craig Milner Date: 1976 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Ralph fitting fascia piece
6109	Jessie C. Lawton Typing at the Seth W. Norwood Law Office in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Service Business People	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1907 c.	Southwest Harbor			Jessie C. Lawton Typing at the Seth W. Norwood Law Office in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 6109 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Service Business People Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1907 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
6112	Seth W. Norwood and Unknown Man at Norwood's Law Office, Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Service Business People	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1907 c.	Southwest Harbor			Seth W. Norwood and Unknown Man at Norwood's Law Office, Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 6112 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Service Business People Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1907 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal 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.
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
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
14973	Marchers in the 2016 Flamingo Parade	Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph	Businesses, Laundromat Business People	Soules - George John Soules		2016-07-16	Southwest Harbor			Marchers in the 2016 Flamingo Parade Item: 14973 Type: Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph Subject: Businesses, Laundromat Business People Creator: Soules - George John Soules Date: 2016-07-16 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
11967	Ralph Merrill Grindle Working on a Lobster Boat	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People				Southwest Harbor			Ralph Merrill Grindle Working on a Lobster Boat Item: 11967 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of RuthAnn Grindle Fenton
9214	Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People Transportation, Cycle, Bicycle			1914	Southwest Harbor		The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires.	Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Item: 9214 Accession #: 1014 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Transportation, Cycle, Bicycle Date: 1914 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: man, zoomable, woman, apparel, group, bicycle, people Description: The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires.
5971	Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People			1963	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Raymond Percival Somes and his son-in-law, Russell Ernest Ball, in front of Raymond's store in the Second Odd Fellows Building Item: 5971 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1963 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street
5972	Arthur L. Somes on the Steps of his Store in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor - Before 1922	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People			1922 before	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes on the Steps of his Store in the First Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor - Before 1922 Item: 5972 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1922 before Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street
5973	Arthur L. Somes at the Counter of A.L. Somes & Son in the Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People			1935 c.	Southwest Harbor	357 Main Street		Arthur L. Somes at the Counter of A.L. Somes & Son in the Second Odd Fellows Building, Southwest Harbor Item: 5973 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Date: 1935 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 357 Main Street Tags: zoomable
6550	Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business Nature, Animals People			1898 c.	Southwest Harbor		Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.	Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot Item: 6550 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business Nature, Animals People Date: 1898 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.
6556	Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Cannery Business People			1912 before	Southwest Harbor	184 Clark Point Road	In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty	Crew at the Old Factory of the William Underwood Company Lobster Cannery at Steamboat Wharf, Southwest Harbor Item: 6556 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Cannery Business People Date: 1912 before Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 184 Clark Point Road Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: In the photograph are: Alvin Lewis Norwood (1878-1956) Eugene "Gene" Hal Reed (1881-1957) John Thomas "Tom" Lawton (1854-1954) Wilder Reed - probably Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953), Mrs. Unknown Gray, Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott Estelle "Stella" M. (Norwood) Latty (1876-1953), Mrs. Vernon H. Latty
6944	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving the Ice Wagon	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Other Business People			1922 c.-1923	Southwest Harbor	17 Chris' Lane	The woman in the wagon was an unknown Irish maid, a friend of Anne Coffey Lawlor. The horse was named "Dick".	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving the Ice Wagon Item: 6944 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Other Business People Date: 1922 c.-1923 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 17 Chris' Lane Source: Collection of William J. Lawlor Description: The woman in the wagon was an unknown Irish maid, a friend of Anne Coffey Lawlor. The horse was named "Dick".
6945	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving His Ice Wagon	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Other Business People				Southwest Harbor	17 Chris' Lane	Left to Right: Unknown man Joseph Christopher Lawlor (1925-2002) Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) Chris, like many people of his time, used the chassis or wheels or parts of a worn out Ford Model A automobiles or trucks as the base for his hay and ice wagons. The wagon shown here has Model A. wheels.	Christopher Wendell Lawlor Driving His Ice Wagon Item: 6945 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Other Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 17 Chris' Lane Source: Collection of William J. Lawlor Description: Left to Right: Unknown man Joseph Christopher Lawlor (1925-2002) Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) Chris, like many people of his time, used the chassis or wheels or parts of a worn out Ford Model A automobiles or trucks as the base for his hay and ice wagons. The wagon shown here has Model A. wheels.
6981	Bill Leading the Horses at Lawlor Ice Business	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Other Business People				Southwest Harbor	17 Chris' Lane		Bill Leading the Horses at Lawlor Ice Business Item: 6981 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Other Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 17 Chris' Lane Source: Collection of William J. Lawlor
7280	Fred Sidney Mayo on Steps of Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Restaurant Business People				Southwest Harbor	363 Main Street	Fred Mayo holding a wooden ice cream bucket. The building at the far right is the James A. Freeman House (the Inn at Southwest Harbor as of 2016).	Fred Sidney Mayo on Steps of Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor Item: 7280 Accession #: 1023 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 363 Main Street Source: Eleanor R. Mayo Collection Description: Fred Mayo holding a wooden ice cream bucket. The building at the far right is the James A. Freeman House (the Inn at Southwest Harbor as of 2016).

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