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6099The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • A.I. Holmes
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6099   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • A.I. Holmes
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • Gift from Elsie Mae Phillips Marshall, Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall - 1985.
Description:
A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900
11185The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1924
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main Street
The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street,
The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11185   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1924
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum
Tags:
building, theater, automobile
Description:
The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street, [show more]
5633The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5633   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
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]
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
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
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
14679Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 4 Herrick Road
The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Item:
  • 14679   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 4 Herrick Road
Description:
The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
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.
12268The Park Theater - Theater Lights
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1922 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Park Theater - Theater Lights
Item:
  • 12268   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1922 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
theater
12269The Park Theater - Theater Lights
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1922 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Park Theater - Theater Lights
Item:
  • 12269   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1922 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
theater
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."
5538The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5538   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1930 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
theater
5634The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5634   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5636The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5636   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5637The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5637   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5638The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 2004 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5638   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 2004 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5639The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Francis Hamabe Mural
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
  • 1983-10
  • Southwest Harbor
In 1955, Walter Cabot Paine gave funds to the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the Francis Hamabe murals in the newly refurbished Children’s Room. Shows the Children's Room before the 1984 remodelling with the Francis Hamabe mural, painted in 1955.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Francis Hamabe Mural
Item:
  • 5639   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
Date:
  • 1983-10
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
In 1955, Walter Cabot Paine gave funds to the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the Francis Hamabe murals in the newly refurbished Children’s Room. Shows the Children's Room before the 1984 remodelling with the Francis Hamabe mural, painted in 1955.
5651The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1903-07-01
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5651   
Accession #:
  • 1109
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1903-07-01
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
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.
6100The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6100   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
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
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.