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13547Exterior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Set
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Exterior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 13547   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
10051First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1983 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 10051   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1983 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
7269Grace M. Simmons Children's Room
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • 1983-10
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
"... it was 1955 before the library built its second addition. This was a room for the youngest children done in memory of Grace Simmons, who had rebound countless worn library books for the library."
Grace M. Simmons Children's Room
Item:
  • 7269   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
Date:
  • 1983-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Description:
"... it was 1955 before the library built its second addition. This was a room for the youngest children done in memory of Grace Simmons, who had rebound countless worn library books for the library."
13548Interior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Set
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Interior Views of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 13548   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
15936James 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.
12098Last of the Original Trees in Front of the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 2006
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The last of the original trees before its 2006 removal.
Last of the Original Trees in Front of the Library
Item:
  • 12098   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 2006
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Description:
The last of the original trees before its 2006 removal.
16580Librarian Meredith Hutchins in the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1973-01
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main St.
This photograph shows the back of the library before the expansion of the building in 1984.
Librarian Meredith Hutchins in the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 16580   
Accession #:
  • 1038
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1973-01
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main St.
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
This photograph shows the back of the library before the expansion of the building in 1984.
14976Library Book Sale at the Flamingo Festival
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2014-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
Library Book Sale at the Flamingo Festival
Item:
  • 14976   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2014-07-12
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
5552Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5552   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
5584Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5584   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
5585Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5585   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
12922Park Theater, Southwest Harbor
Mayo Picture Theater
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main Street
Park Theater, Southwest Harbor
Mayo Picture Theater
Item:
  • 12922   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main Street
Tags:
theater
11902Postmaster Eugene Shubal Thurston at the United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • 1921
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
This photograph was taken during the time that Eugene Subal Thurston Sr. was Postmaster. Note the VIA (Village Improvement Association) waste bin next to the step. Part of William J. Tower's house is visible to the left of the post office in the picture.
Postmaster Eugene Shubal Thurston at the United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 11902   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
Description:
This photograph was taken during the time that Eugene Subal Thurston Sr. was Postmaster. Note the VIA (Village Improvement Association) waste bin next to the step. Part of William J. Tower's house is visible to the left of the post office in the picture.
16495Samuel Watson Herrick House as the Mt. Mansell Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1959
  • Southwest Harbor
  • High Road
Samuel Watson Herrick House as the Mt. Mansell Museum
Item:
  • 16495   
Accession #:
  • 1095
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Film Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • High Road
Source:
  • Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
Item:
  • 13383   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 250 Main Street
7207Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7207   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007 [show more]
7208Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations.
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7208   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations. [show more]
12615Southwest Harbor Motor Co. as the United States Post Office and Office Building 2015
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-23
  • Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Motor Co. as the United States Post Office and Office Building 2015
Item:
  • 12615   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2015-05-23
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
13566Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157.
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13566   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
Description:
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
14670Southwest 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
3487Southwest 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]
11575Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1990
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 11575   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1990
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
9421Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1934
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 9421   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1934
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
3048Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1998
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
Item:
  • 3048   
Type:
  • Document, MHPC Survey
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
  • 1998
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • MHPC
Description:
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
6064The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.
The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
Item:
  • 6064   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
horse, carriage
Description:
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.