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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
14687Southwest Harbor Police Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Village Green Way
Southwest Harbor Police Department
Item:
  • 14687   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Village Green Way
14852The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Item:
  • 14852   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Description:
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. In much smaller but more famous projects the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. [show more]
15588The Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2015-03-13
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Item:
  • 15588   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Creator:
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
Date:
  • 2015-03-13
10621Sleeping Tents at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1933
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 59 Long Pond Road
Sleeping Tents at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10621   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1933
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 59 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp, ccc, people, man, tent, ANP
9444Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Object, Furnishings, Doily
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1934-03-14
  • Southwest Harbor
Reginald Ingalls (1906-1974) - Superintendent - Technical Personnel Born in Bar Harbor Technical Personnel Superintendent, Company 154, Bar Harbor Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Millard D. McLaughlin Captain, Commanding Officer at Company 1130, Camden, Maine Morris Young (1890-?) Born in Gouldsboro Married Geneva Unknown father of Manuel and Vincent Young of Tremont or Morris A. Young (1910-1993) Born on November 22, 1910 in Trenton Married Doris Leavitt (1906-1995) on November 28, 1934 Died on January 16, 1993 in Ellsworth, Maine Benjamin Conley Worcester (1882-1978) Born in Columbia Falls on July 19, 1882 Married Sophie E. Ramsdell (1887-1996) Died in Southwest Harbor June 10, 1978 Owned the land where the SWH CCC camp was built Technical Personnel, Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Charles Edward Shea Sr. (1907-1962) Son of J.M. Shea – mason contractor in Bar Harbor Married Abbie Louise Peach (1886-) Technical Personnel, Assistant Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor H. Arthur Gray Herbert Arthur Gray? Married Beatrice Boynton (1909-?) Possibly from Lisbon, Maine Possibly at Bridgton, Maine Company 1124 Fred Main Possibly son of Amos and Olive J. (Stanley) Main of the Cranberry Isles Amos Main (1850-1923) Olive Stanley Main (1850-1922) or Possibly Fred Main Son of Charles and Annie Main Born circa 1902 Living in Crystal, Arrostook County, Maine in 1920 Horace Hiram Liscomb, Jr. (1895-1939) Born on December 14, 1895 in Bar Harbor, Maine Married Annie T. Heery (1888-1982) Francis Jesse “Jess” Atwood (1906-1958) Born in Otter Creek Married Beatrice H. Grindle (1914-2004) on May 16, 1936, in Seal Harbor Died in Seal Harbor Technical Personnel, Construction Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor William Blaine Campbell (1892-1950) Born August 10, 1892 in Maine Married Pheobe Adelaide Marshall (1892-1986) Died on June 4, 1950 in Bar Harbor, Maine Technical Personnel, Park Ranger, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Abner McPheters ? Probably a woodsman from the Old Town area Fernald Boyley James Byrnes Rutherford B. Hayes (1908-?) [Not to be confused with President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)] Born in Massachusetts 1st Lieutenant, Exchange Officer, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Lt. Paul A. Harris born November 1893 to Bert H. and Florence A. (Morgan) Harris in Indianapolis, Indiana Bert was a railroad official (Trainmaster) for the Pennsylvania Line entered Purdue University in 1914 Regular Army Officer – volunteered in May 1917 Retired as a Colonel wife – Yvonne Simond Harris daughter - Genevieve Marie “Mimi” Harris (1927-2010) Living in South Portland, Maine in 1930 8th Cavalry, Southwest Harbor Commanding Officer September 1, 1933-1934
Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9444   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Doily
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 1934-03-14
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Description:
Reginald Ingalls (1906-1974) - Superintendent - Technical Personnel Born in Bar Harbor Technical Personnel Superintendent, Company 154, Bar Harbor Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Millard D. McLaughlin Captain, Commanding Officer at Company 1130, Camden, Maine Morris Young (1890-?) Born in Gouldsboro Married Geneva Unknown father of Manuel and Vincent Young of Tremont or Morris A. Young (1910-1993) Born on November 22, 1910 in Trenton Married Doris Leavitt (1906-1995) on November 28, 1934 Died on January 16, 1993 in Ellsworth, Maine Benjamin Conley Worcester (1882-1978) Born in Columbia Falls on July 19, 1882 Married Sophie E. Ramsdell (1887-1996) Died in Southwest Harbor June 10, 1978 Owned the land where the SWH CCC camp was built Technical Personnel, Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Charles Edward Shea Sr. (1907-1962) Son of J.M. Shea – mason contractor in Bar Harbor Married Abbie Louise Peach (1886-) Technical Personnel, Assistant Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor H. Arthur Gray Herbert Arthur Gray? Married Beatrice Boynton (1909-?) Possibly from Lisbon, Maine Possibly at Bridgton, Maine Company 1124 Fred Main Possibly son of Amos and Olive J. (Stanley) Main of the Cranberry Isles Amos Main (1850-1923) Olive Stanley Main (1850-1922) or Possibly Fred Main Son of Charles and Annie Main Born circa 1902 Living in Crystal, Arrostook County, Maine in 1920 Horace Hiram Liscomb, Jr. (1895-1939) Born on December 14, 1895 in Bar Harbor, Maine Married Annie T. Heery (1888-1982) Francis Jesse “Jess” Atwood (1906-1958) Born in Otter Creek Married Beatrice H. Grindle (1914-2004) on May 16, 1936, in Seal Harbor Died in Seal Harbor Technical Personnel, Construction Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor William Blaine Campbell (1892-1950) Born August 10, 1892 in Maine Married Pheobe Adelaide Marshall (1892-1986) Died on June 4, 1950 in Bar Harbor, Maine Technical Personnel, Park Ranger, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Abner McPheters ? Probably a woodsman from the Old Town area Fernald Boyley James Byrnes Rutherford B. Hayes (1908-?) [Not to be confused with President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)] Born in Massachusetts 1st Lieutenant, Exchange Officer, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Lt. Paul A. Harris born November 1893 to Bert H. and Florence A. (Morgan) Harris in Indianapolis, Indiana Bert was a railroad official (Trainmaster) for the Pennsylvania Line entered Purdue University in 1914 Regular Army Officer – volunteered in May 1917 Retired as a Colonel wife – Yvonne Simond Harris daughter - Genevieve Marie “Mimi” Harris (1927-2010) Living in South Portland, Maine in 1930 8th Cavalry, Southwest Harbor Commanding Officer September 1, 1933-1934 [show more]
9438Dispensary at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936-10-20
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 59 Long Pond Road
Dispensary at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9438   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936-10-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 59 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
9440Officer's Recreation Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Officer's Recreation Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9440   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
9442Barracks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Barracks
Item:
  • 9442   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
9443School House at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
School House at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9443   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
9446Aerial View of Great Pond Camp in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
Aerial View of Great Pond Camp in Winter
Item:
  • 9446   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp, aerial view
Description:
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
9447Aerial View of Great Pond Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
  • 1936 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
Aerial View of Great Pond Camp
Item:
  • 9447   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit
Date:
  • 1936 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp, aerial view
Description:
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
9445Entrance to Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit - A Brilianione Print
  • 1934-02-09
  • Southwest Harbor
Entrance to Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9445   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Publisher:
  • Probably Spencer & Wyckoff, Detroit - A Brilianione Print
Date:
  • 1934-02-09
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10571Aerial View of Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1937-09-05
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
Aerial View of Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10571   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 1937-09-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp, zoomable, aerial view
Description:
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
10572Aerial View of Great Pond CCC Camp in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
Aerial View of Great Pond CCC Camp in Winter
Item:
  • 10572   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
aerial view, zoomable
Description:
Benjamin Conley Worcester's blueberry barren on the other side of Long Pond Road, is visible at the upper left of the photograph.
10588Entrance to Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Southwest Harbor
Entrance to Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10588   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10589Bunkhouse Interior at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Bunkhouse
  • Southwest Harbor
Bunkhouse Interior at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10589   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Bunkhouse
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
camp
10590Mess Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Southwest Harbor
Mess Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10590   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10591Water Tower and Camp at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Tower
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1933
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 67 Long Pond Road
The automobile on the left is a 1929 Ford Model A. The one on the right is probably a 1928 or 1929 Chevrolet.
Water Tower and Camp at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 10591   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Tower
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1933
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 67 Long Pond Road
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Tags:
automobile, camp
Description:
The automobile on the left is a 1929 Ford Model A. The one on the right is probably a 1928 or 1929 Chevrolet.
10592Storage Shed and Automobile
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1933
  • Southwest Harbor
The automobile is a 1929 Ford Model A.
Storage Shed and Automobile
Item:
  • 10592   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1933
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Description:
The automobile is a 1929 Ford Model A.
10618Cabin of CCC Commander Paul A. Harris
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
  • Southwest Harbor
Cabin of CCC Commander Paul A. Harris
Item:
  • 10618   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Dwellings, Camp House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
10619Flag at CCC Camp Entrance
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Southwest Harbor
Flag at CCC Camp Entrance
Item:
  • 10619   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
3612Island Telephone Company
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Southwest Harbor
Established in 1907 for Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and the Cranberry Isles.
Island Telephone Company
Item:
  • 3612   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Established in 1907 for Southwest Harbor, Tremont, and the Cranberry Isles.
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.
13610Southwest Harbor Water Company
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Southwest Harbor
The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
Southwest Harbor Water Company
Item:
  • 13610   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The Southwest Harbor Water Company was founded by Dr. Joseph Dana Phillips, Anson I. Holmes, Jesse H. Pease, Alton E. Farnsworth, summer resident, Robert Kaighn, and lawyer, George R. Fuller. - "Acts and Resolves of the Sixty-sixth Legislature of the State of Maine, 1893, p. 621-623.
12799An Act to Incorporate the Island Telephone Company
  • Document, Government, Act
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • 1907
  • Augusta ME
An act of the 73rd Legislature of the State of Maine, 1907
An Act to Incorporate the Island Telephone Company
Item:
  • 12799   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Act
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Augusta ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
An act of the 73rd Legislature of the State of Maine, 1907