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14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
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“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
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“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
13432Town of Southwest Harbor
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13379Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
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This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
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This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.