Just visible to the lower right of the Whitmore farm is the E. Stanley (Everett George Stanley) house shown on the map. That house was 4 Bass Harbor Road on Tax Map 2 - Lot 24 - MHPC #405-012. The house with the mansard roof on the left, partially obscured by the horizontal support for the clothes line was the Henry R. Hinckley house - now [2017] the site of Western Way Condominiums, built in 1986 at 10-5 to 10-22 Robinson Lane, Southwest Harbor - Tax Map 16 - Lot 3. Notice the corset out to dry on the clothes line.
Description: Just visible to the lower right of the Whitmore farm is the E. Stanley (Everett George Stanley) house shown on the map. That house was 4 Bass Harbor Road on Tax Map 2 - Lot 24 - MHPC #405-012. The house with the mansard roof on the left, partially obscured by the horizontal support for the clothes line was the Henry R. Hinckley house - now [2017] the site of Western Way Condominiums, built in 1986 at 10-5 to 10-22 Robinson Lane, Southwest Harbor - Tax Map 16 - Lot 3. Notice the corset out to dry on the clothes line. [show more]
Freshman Class Front Row - Left to Right: Dwight Franklin Hamblen (1912-1986) John Edwin Dunbar (1911-1991) Ronald Dean Rich (1913-1997) Ralph Fulton Ellis, Jr. (1910-1994) Gilbert Black (1912-1999) Morris Stanley Rich (1913-1988) Robert Henry Dolliver (1911-1973) Ralph Clarence Bennett (1913-2000) Drexel Madison Latty (1913-1999) Middle Row, Left to Right: Dorothy Gay Wooster (1914-1987) - later Mrs. Freeman Laurie Burgess Wilma Stanley (1914-2002) - later Mrs. Allen M. Hill Rena May Roberts (1912-1997 - later Mrs. Malcolm A. Hodgkins Alfreida Robinson Dorr (1912-1981) - later Mrs. Howard M. Leonard Pauline Nason (1912-1983) - later Mrs. Charles A. Benak Rebecca Carroll Clark (1912-1993) - later later Mrs. Arthur C. Foote Rachel Carroll (1913-1999) - later Mrs. Leslie Robertson Phalen Freeman Laurie Burgess (1913-1978) Back Row, Left to Right: Theodora Wentworth (1913-2008) - later Mrs. Everett Beal Leita Mildred Lopaus (1913-1975) - later Mrs. Reginald Leroy Bartlett Ruth E. Brown (1910-1980) - later Mrs. Clinton D. Pomroy Mildred Olga Dolliver (1913-2006) - later Mrs. Carlton E. Hill Mertie M. Latty ((1912-1996) ? later Mrs. Ernest A. Murphy, Jr. Beatrice A. Pettigrove (1915-1999) ? later Mrs. Rodney G. Latty Absent: Roger Clifton Rich, 1913-1996
Description: Freshman Class Front Row - Left to Right: Dwight Franklin Hamblen (1912-1986) John Edwin Dunbar (1911-1991) Ronald Dean Rich (1913-1997) Ralph Fulton Ellis, Jr. (1910-1994) Gilbert Black (1912-1999) Morris Stanley Rich (1913-1988) Robert Henry Dolliver (1911-1973) Ralph Clarence Bennett (1913-2000) Drexel Madison Latty (1913-1999) Middle Row, Left to Right: Dorothy Gay Wooster (1914-1987) - later Mrs. Freeman Laurie Burgess Wilma Stanley (1914-2002) - later Mrs. Allen M. Hill Rena May Roberts (1912-1997 - later Mrs. Malcolm A. Hodgkins Alfreida Robinson Dorr (1912-1981) - later Mrs. Howard M. Leonard Pauline Nason (1912-1983) - later Mrs. Charles A. Benak Rebecca Carroll Clark (1912-1993) - later later Mrs. Arthur C. Foote Rachel Carroll (1913-1999) - later Mrs. Leslie Robertson Phalen Freeman Laurie Burgess (1913-1978) Back Row, Left to Right: Theodora Wentworth (1913-2008) - later Mrs. Everett Beal Leita Mildred Lopaus (1913-1975) - later Mrs. Reginald Leroy Bartlett Ruth E. Brown (1910-1980) - later Mrs. Clinton D. Pomroy Mildred Olga Dolliver (1913-2006) - later Mrs. Carlton E. Hill Mertie M. Latty ((1912-1996) ? later Mrs. Ernest A. Murphy, Jr. Beatrice A. Pettigrove (1915-1999) ? later Mrs. Rodney G. Latty Absent: Roger Clifton Rich, 1913-1996 [show more]
The teacher appears to be the same teacher as shown in SWHPL 11903 – with Freeman Grammar School 1926 students. She may have been either Feodora Woodworth or Doris Motz both of whom taught in the "common school" in 1925-1926 and 1926-1927. Doris Motz's husband, Ralph Motz, also taught at the Freeman Grammar School.
Description: The teacher appears to be the same teacher as shown in SWHPL 11903 – with Freeman Grammar School 1926 students. She may have been either Feodora Woodworth or Doris Motz both of whom taught in the "common school" in 1925-1926 and 1926-1927. Doris Motz's husband, Ralph Motz, also taught at the Freeman Grammar School.
Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Mr. Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956) Leslie Victor Stanley (1905-1995) Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-) Francis Carroll Young (1903-1984) Mr. Faulkingham - Coach Middle Row - Sitting Left to Right: Ferdinand Moore Dolliver (1905-1984) Kenneth V. Watson (1905-1994) Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) - Captain Clifford F. Robbins (1904-1978) Joseph W. Trask (1904-1988) Front Row - Sitting Left to Right: Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986)
Description: Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Mr. Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956) Leslie Victor Stanley (1905-1995) Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-) Francis Carroll Young (1903-1984) Mr. Faulkingham - Coach Middle Row - Sitting Left to Right: Ferdinand Moore Dolliver (1905-1984) Kenneth V. Watson (1905-1994) Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) - Captain Clifford F. Robbins (1904-1978) Joseph W. Trask (1904-1988) Front Row - Sitting Left to Right: Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) [show more]
Front Row - Left to Right: Kenneth V. Watson (1905-1994) Ralph Earl Wooster (1903-1979) Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Back Row - Left to Right: Joseph L. Trask (1904-1988) Lindsay Jackson March (1897-1985) - Principal Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956) - father of Lester Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987)
Description: Front Row - Left to Right: Kenneth V. Watson (1905-1994) Ralph Earl Wooster (1903-1979) Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Back Row - Left to Right: Joseph L. Trask (1904-1988) Lindsay Jackson March (1897-1985) - Principal Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956) - father of Lester Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987)
"This is a picture of the 5th and 6th graders at the Freeman Grammar School taken in 1916. It appears to be a special occasion with the flowers on the desk and the students all looking so serious as their photograph is being taken. This room is located upstairs at Harbor House on the side of the building next to the Lawrence S. Robinson Co. I attended the 4th and 5th grades in that room. It was sunnier than the rooms on the north side of the building, so when my fourth grade teacher, Gladys Whitmore, retired the fifth grade teacher, Bertha Reed, seized the opportunity to move the fifth grade across the hall. I recall feeling a bit disappointed at first that I would not get to be in a different room in the fifth grade, but as I like lots of sun, I think overall I lucked out after all." - Meredith Hutchins 01/24/2012
Description: "This is a picture of the 5th and 6th graders at the Freeman Grammar School taken in 1916. It appears to be a special occasion with the flowers on the desk and the students all looking so serious as their photograph is being taken. This room is located upstairs at Harbor House on the side of the building next to the Lawrence S. Robinson Co. I attended the 4th and 5th grades in that room. It was sunnier than the rooms on the north side of the building, so when my fourth grade teacher, Gladys Whitmore, retired the fifth grade teacher, Bertha Reed, seized the opportunity to move the fifth grade across the hall. I recall feeling a bit disappointed at first that I would not get to be in a different room in the fifth grade, but as I like lots of sun, I think overall I lucked out after all." - Meredith Hutchins 01/24/2012 [show more]
Left to Right: Dorothy M. Sawyer (1902-1968) - later Mrs. Allen Gay Lora B. Mayo (1897-1949) - later Mrs. Sanford Webster Margaret Dolliver (1897-1972) - later Mrs. Herman Leslie and Mrs. Henry R. Gleckler Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977) - later Mrs. Reuben Harrison Lancaster Leola Gertrude Rumill (1898-1988) - later Mrs. James Elliott Clement Jr. Grace Margaret Clark (1898-1980)
Description: Left to Right: Dorothy M. Sawyer (1902-1968) - later Mrs. Allen Gay Lora B. Mayo (1897-1949) - later Mrs. Sanford Webster Margaret Dolliver (1897-1972) - later Mrs. Herman Leslie and Mrs. Henry R. Gleckler Elizabeth F. Staples (1896-1977) - later Mrs. Reuben Harrison Lancaster Leola Gertrude Rumill (1898-1988) - later Mrs. James Elliott Clement Jr. Grace Margaret Clark (1898-1980)
Left to Right: Lena Caroline Clark (1898-1969) - later Mrs. Thomas Leggett Eagan Helen E. Mayo (1898-1987) - later Mrs. George W. King Lena G. Norwood (1897-1992) - later Mrs. Austin Malvery Mitchell Emma Etta Holmes (1895-1988) - later Mrs. Frank William Deininger Winifred Russell Carroll (1897-1988) - later Mrs. Albanus Moulton Pottle
Description: Left to Right: Lena Caroline Clark (1898-1969) - later Mrs. Thomas Leggett Eagan Helen E. Mayo (1898-1987) - later Mrs. George W. King Lena G. Norwood (1897-1992) - later Mrs. Austin Malvery Mitchell Emma Etta Holmes (1895-1988) - later Mrs. Frank William Deininger Winifred Russell Carroll (1897-1988) - later Mrs. Albanus Moulton Pottle
Back Row - Left to Right: Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) Daniel Edwin Lawton (1894-1954) Mr. Corson - teacher - Linwood Ernest Corson (1879-1941) John Ward (1892-1963) - graduated in 1912 Elmer Stanley Marshall (1894-1969) - graduated in 1912 Reginald Albertie King (1894-1931) Third Row - Left to Right: Jesse Newell Mills (1894-1972) Paul Alger Sawyer (1891-1971) Artemus Jean Haines Richardson (1893-1958) Edward Harold "Harry" Bennett (1890-1965) Gladys I. Higgins (1893-1972) - later Mrs. Jesse Ulmont Mayo Earle Frank Morrison (1892-1965) Clyde Smith Gott (1893-) Clarence Everett Norwood (1891-1955) Second Row - Left to Right: Andrew Walter Bennett (1892-1972) Louise Smallidge Johnson (1892-1963) - later Mrs. Herbert Guy LaCount - graduated in 1912 Hattie J. Mayo (1893-1947) - later Mrs. Lowell Arlington Bickford Martha T. Mayo (1891-1972) - later Mrs. Artemus Jean Haines Richardson Grace L. Lunt (1890-1987) - later Mrs. Chester Eben Clement Lula H. Newman (1894-) - later Mrs. Raymond G. Kent Carrie Evelyn Ralph (1894-1965) - later Mrs. Andrew Walter Bennett Edward E. Sawyer (1895-1917) - graduated in 1912 Raymond Percival Somes (1893-1983) - graduated in 1912 First Row - Left to Right: Blanche Dolliver (1892-1909) Florence Parker (1894-1988) - later Mrs. Clarence Freeman Joy - graduated in 1912 Uldene V. Fernald (1891-1984) - later Mrs. Millard Fillmore Farrar Thelma Dolliver (1891-1973) - later Mrs. George A. Ward Mary Lena Bennett (1894-1977) - later Mrs. Charles Henry Rich - graduated in 1912 Marion Frances Clark (1893-1973) Mildred Marion Savage (1892-1987) - later Mrs. Raymond Charles Whitmore Etta Lunt (1893-) - later Mrs. Everett C. Robinson Marguerite Neola Gilley (1891-1956) - later Mrs. William Frank Perkins Nellie Myra Robinson (1894-1991) - later Mrs. Sylvester Warren Dorr - graduated in 1912 Florence E. Knowles (1892-1957) - later Mrs. Frank Harvard Bonsey - graduated in 1912
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Christopher Wendell Lawlor (1893-1956) Daniel Edwin Lawton (1894-1954) Mr. Corson - teacher - Linwood Ernest Corson (1879-1941) John Ward (1892-1963) - graduated in 1912 Elmer Stanley Marshall (1894-1969) - graduated in 1912 Reginald Albertie King (1894-1931) Third Row - Left to Right: Jesse Newell Mills (1894-1972) Paul Alger Sawyer (1891-1971) Artemus Jean Haines Richardson (1893-1958) Edward Harold "Harry" Bennett (1890-1965) Gladys I. Higgins (1893-1972) - later Mrs. Jesse Ulmont Mayo Earle Frank Morrison (1892-1965) Clyde Smith Gott (1893-) Clarence Everett Norwood (1891-1955) Second Row - Left to Right: Andrew Walter Bennett (1892-1972) Louise Smallidge Johnson (1892-1963) - later Mrs. Herbert Guy LaCount - graduated in 1912 Hattie J. Mayo (1893-1947) - later Mrs. Lowell Arlington Bickford Martha T. Mayo (1891-1972) - later Mrs. Artemus Jean Haines Richardson Grace L. Lunt (1890-1987) - later Mrs. Chester Eben Clement Lula H. Newman (1894-) - later Mrs. Raymond G. Kent Carrie Evelyn Ralph (1894-1965) - later Mrs. Andrew Walter Bennett Edward E. Sawyer (1895-1917) - graduated in 1912 Raymond Percival Somes (1893-1983) - graduated in 1912 First Row - Left to Right: Blanche Dolliver (1892-1909) Florence Parker (1894-1988) - later Mrs. Clarence Freeman Joy - graduated in 1912 Uldene V. Fernald (1891-1984) - later Mrs. Millard Fillmore Farrar Thelma Dolliver (1891-1973) - later Mrs. George A. Ward Mary Lena Bennett (1894-1977) - later Mrs. Charles Henry Rich - graduated in 1912 Marion Frances Clark (1893-1973) Mildred Marion Savage (1892-1987) - later Mrs. Raymond Charles Whitmore Etta Lunt (1893-) - later Mrs. Everett C. Robinson Marguerite Neola Gilley (1891-1956) - later Mrs. William Frank Perkins Nellie Myra Robinson (1894-1991) - later Mrs. Sylvester Warren Dorr - graduated in 1912 Florence E. Knowles (1892-1957) - later Mrs. Frank Harvard Bonsey - graduated in 1912 [show more]
There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch.
Description: There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch. [show more]
While the photograph is old and in disrepair, up close the desks and chairs can be seen to shine indicating that, if not new, they were at least kept very clean. The side wall on the left of this old school was constructed of boards tightly nailed together. The back wall was painted brick. The drawings of children with pinafores, pinned to the left wall, were done by the children and in crayon. We know that the photograph was taken in October from the owls and black cats and autumn leaf décor, still universally used in school rooms around Halloween. Students Rows Left to Right - Front to Back: First Row on Left: Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown girl Teacher - standing Second Row: Marian F. Clark (1893-1973) Unknown boy Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown boy Third Row: Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown boy Unknown girl Unknown girl Fourth Row Far Right: Unknown boy Unknown boy Unknown girl Unknown boy Unknown boy Unknown boy
Description: While the photograph is old and in disrepair, up close the desks and chairs can be seen to shine indicating that, if not new, they were at least kept very clean. The side wall on the left of this old school was constructed of boards tightly nailed together. The back wall was painted brick. The drawings of children with pinafores, pinned to the left wall, were done by the children and in crayon. We know that the photograph was taken in October from the owls and black cats and autumn leaf décor, still universally used in school rooms around Halloween. Students Rows Left to Right - Front to Back: First Row on Left: Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown girl Teacher - standing Second Row: Marian F. Clark (1893-1973) Unknown boy Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown boy Third Row: Unknown girl Unknown girl Unknown boy Unknown girl Unknown girl Fourth Row Far Right: Unknown boy Unknown boy Unknown girl Unknown boy Unknown boy Unknown boy [show more]
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]