Photograph was taken from near the present standpipes on Freeman Ridge Road [2006]. Clark & Parker 2nd store (on the point on left) was built in 1885. The 2nd Stanley House (on the point at the right) was built in 1885. See Photograph #5090 for another view of the fleet in the harbor.
Description: Photograph was taken from near the present standpipes on Freeman Ridge Road [2006]. Clark & Parker 2nd store (on the point on left) was built in 1885. The 2nd Stanley House (on the point at the right) was built in 1885. See Photograph #5090 for another view of the fleet in the harbor.
There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “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.
Description: There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “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]
The first building at left (363 Main Street) also housed Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor. There is a surveyor working at the edge of the road. The second building on the left, “The Ashmont” hotel at 371 Main Street was built in 1884.
Description: The first building at left (363 Main Street) also housed Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor. There is a surveyor working at the edge of the road. The second building on the left, “The Ashmont” hotel at 371 Main Street was built in 1884.
Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Description: Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine [show more]
"Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor"
Description: "Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor" [show more]
This postcard was mailed from Southwest Harbor July 7, 1916 and is addressed to Mr. G.B. Junkins, Kenduskeag, Me., R.D. 2. The back of the card reads: "This picture is just back of Cousins' cottage. Doesn't look much like home does it? It is like home in this. They have cows just over the way, and they have just begun haying around the house." Signed Elsie Junkins
Description: This postcard was mailed from Southwest Harbor July 7, 1916 and is addressed to Mr. G.B. Junkins, Kenduskeag, Me., R.D. 2. The back of the card reads: "This picture is just back of Cousins' cottage. Doesn't look much like home does it? It is like home in this. They have cows just over the way, and they have just begun haying around the house." Signed Elsie Junkins
The front of the postcard is titled Harbor View, Southwest Harbor and shows a view of Deacon's Cove at low tide. Black's Ledge is in the foreground and Deacon's Cove is left of center. The photograph was taken from the western point of Clark or Deacon's Cove, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The ledge is an extension of the point. "Clark's" or "Deacon's Cove" which refers to Deacon Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897), a patriarch of Southwest Harbor. The postcard was written by Annie Matilda (Crozier) Rand - Mrs. Edward Lothrop Rand, staying at the Seaside Inn at Seal Harbor to one year old Hollis Theodore Greenleaf in North Edgecomb, Maine. Annie has just left her brother-in-law Henry L. Rand's house, "Fox Dens," in Southwest Harbor. The back of the postcard reads: "Dear Hollis, This is a picture of the harbor where I stayed for a week before coming here. But you cannot see where "Fox Dens" is. That is what the place is called where I stayed before coming here. The land is covered with trees and right in among the rocks near the shore is built a bungalow. You would love to lie in your carriage on the piazza & look over the water. But you live in a very beautiful place. My kind rembrances to your mother & all. Love from A.M. Rand" The back of the postcard was originally SWHPL 8482, but has been combined with this item.
Description: The front of the postcard is titled Harbor View, Southwest Harbor and shows a view of Deacon's Cove at low tide. Black's Ledge is in the foreground and Deacon's Cove is left of center. The photograph was taken from the western point of Clark or Deacon's Cove, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The ledge is an extension of the point. "Clark's" or "Deacon's Cove" which refers to Deacon Henry Higgins Clark (1811-1897), a patriarch of Southwest Harbor. The postcard was written by Annie Matilda (Crozier) Rand - Mrs. Edward Lothrop Rand, staying at the Seaside Inn at Seal Harbor to one year old Hollis Theodore Greenleaf in North Edgecomb, Maine. Annie has just left her brother-in-law Henry L. Rand's house, "Fox Dens," in Southwest Harbor. The back of the postcard reads: "Dear Hollis, This is a picture of the harbor where I stayed for a week before coming here. But you cannot see where "Fox Dens" is. That is what the place is called where I stayed before coming here. The land is covered with trees and right in among the rocks near the shore is built a bungalow. You would love to lie in your carriage on the piazza & look over the water. But you live in a very beautiful place. My kind rembrances to your mother & all. Love from A.M. Rand" The back of the postcard was originally SWHPL 8482, but has been combined with this item. [show more]
The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
Description: The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.
Description: "From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]
The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-)
Description: The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-) [show more]
The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence.
Description: The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence. [show more]