Left - Mary Longfellow Cousins (1892-1974) Top Center - Edgar F. Cousins (1888-1983) Bottom Center - Irene Cousins (1887-1973) Right - Herbert Burnham Cousins (1895-1921)
Description: Left - Mary Longfellow Cousins (1892-1974) Top Center - Edgar F. Cousins (1888-1983) Bottom Center - Irene Cousins (1887-1973) Right - Herbert Burnham Cousins (1895-1921)
Archivists are led to believe that the couple in this photograph are either the parents of Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam, Roberta and John Wemmert, or the brother and sister-in-law of Arthur Millis Kellam. Viewers more informed than Southwest Harbor Public Library archivists are invited to correct mistakes about this photograph.
The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
Description: Archivists are led to believe that the couple in this photograph are either the parents of Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam, Roberta and John Wemmert, or the brother and sister-in-law of Arthur Millis Kellam. Viewers more informed than Southwest Harbor Public Library archivists are invited to correct mistakes about this photograph.
The center vessel with the ornate trail board is a Friendship Sloop. A steam ferry lies at left and a motor yacht lies in front of the sardine factory.
Description: The center vessel with the ornate trail board is a Friendship Sloop. A steam ferry lies at left and a motor yacht lies in front of the sardine factory.
“As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
“As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.