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| 2682 | 1945 Map of Gott Islands, Hancock County, Maine |
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| From “Gotts Island Maine, Its People 1880-1992” by Rita Johnson Kenway, Penobscot Press, Bass Harbor, Me., 1993. | 
Description: From “Gotts Island Maine, Its People 1880-1992” by Rita Johnson Kenway, Penobscot Press, Bass Harbor, Me., 1993. | ||
| 9184 | Schooner Fred C. Holden in Bass Harbor Passing the Shore at Bernard |
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| View from Bass Harbor to Bernard. | 
Description: View from Bass Harbor to Bernard. | ||
| 11490 | Aerial View of Bernard, Maine |
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| Shows the area around Columbia Avenue. | ||||
| 5510 | Steamboat Wharf Road and Try House Point - Bernard |
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| Notice the two children standing in front of the small structure located just left and below center of the photo. The building at the left on the point just to the top right of the trees is the Try House for boiling whale oil. The house on the far right is the Freeman and Vesta Gott house - the Trask house in 2006. | 
Description: Notice the two children standing in front of the small structure located just left and below center of the photo. The building at the left on the point just to the top right of the trees is the Try House for boiling whale oil. The house on the far right is the Freeman and Vesta Gott house - the Trask house in 2006. | ||
| 15225 | View of Bass Harbor from the Underwood Water Tower |
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| See item 9337 for details about the subjects in this image. | 
Description: See item 9337 for details about the subjects in this image. | ||
| 15361 | Winter View of the Underwood Factory in Bass Harbor from Bernard |
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| The cannery was housed in the brick building at left (now Hopkins Landing condominiums). | 
Description: The cannery was housed in the brick building at left (now Hopkins Landing condominiums). | ||
| 6152 | The Manset Shore |
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| The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001 | 
Description: The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001 [show more] | ||||
| 6156 | The Haynes Point Area on the Manset Shore |
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| The photograph was probably taken from the Stanley House. The grey shingled building with sagging roof on the front left is Albert Bartlett's sail loft. The building to the left of the horizontally striped building is James Parker's fish shed. The mansard roofs of Ocean House Hotel and Cottage are visible just under the horizon. The photograph shows the Durgain shed and James Parker's Wharf. | 
Description: The photograph was probably taken from the Stanley House. The grey shingled building with sagging roof on the front left is Albert Bartlett's sail loft. The building to the left of the horizontally striped building is James Parker's fish shed. The mansard roofs of Ocean House Hotel and Cottage are visible just under the horizon. The photograph shows the Durgain shed and James Parker's Wharf. | ||||
| 6079 | Buildings on the Shore Road in Manset |
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| 5063 | The Dolliver Brothers Cleaning Fish at Seawall |
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| Edward T. Dolliver and William H. Dolliver | 
Description: Edward T. Dolliver and William H. Dolliver | ||
| 10671 | Buildings on Shore Road in Manset |
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| 15224 | Panorama of Sea Ledges |
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| With kind permission from the owners, George Soules made this panorama below on the summer solstice at 5:23 AM. He used a Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR camera and a Canon 45mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens shooting 1/125 sec, f/5.6 at ISO 100. The pano is a combination of 16 images stitched together to capture a view of approximately 270°. | 
Description: With kind permission from the owners, George Soules made this panorama below on the summer solstice at 5:23 AM. He used a Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR camera and a Canon 45mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens shooting 1/125 sec, f/5.6 at ISO 100. The pano is a combination of 16 images stitched together to capture a view of approximately 270°. | |
| 2448 | 1951 Map and Cottage Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine |
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| Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine compliments of L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance. The numbered locations on this map are index numbers which are explained on the reverse side of the map (the second image of this item). | 
Description: Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine compliments of L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance. The numbered locations on this map are index numbers which are explained on the reverse side of the map (the second image of this item). | ||
| 2709 | 1921 Sanborn Map Sheet 1 of Manset Shore and Southwest Harbor, Maine |
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| 2710 | 1921 Sanborn Map Sheet 2 of Downtown Southwest Harbor, Maine |
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| 2711 | 1921 Sanborn Map Sheet 3 of Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, Maine |
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| 5126 | Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office |
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| 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] | |||
| 5506 | View from Manset Town Dock to Clark Point |
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| The house on the left is the Tyson-Madeira house and dock. | 
Description: The house on the left is the Tyson-Madeira house and dock. | ||
| 5220 | The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge |
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| "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] | |||
| 5924 | Lawn Tennis at the Island House |
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| The view is toward the head of Southwest Harbor. The house in the far background at the extreme left is the James E. Robinson house, which then occupied what is now 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor – Map 3 – Lot 44 – MHPC #405-0145. The building to its right in the photograph is the Farnsworth Store. The house in the foreground right - behind the tennis players is: Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House ME – SWH – Clark Point Road - 114 The tennis players were most probably guests at the Island House across Clark Point Road from where they are playing on its lawn. | 
Description: The view is toward the head of Southwest Harbor. The house in the far background at the extreme left is the James E. Robinson house, which then occupied what is now 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor – Map 3 – Lot 44 – MHPC #405-0145. The building to its right in the photograph is the Farnsworth Store. The house in the foreground right - behind the tennis players is: Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House ME – SWH – Clark Point Road - 114 The tennis players were most probably guests at the Island House across Clark Point Road from where they are playing on its lawn. [show more] | ||||
| 6117 | Buildings on Shore Road, Manset, from Water |
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| 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] | ||
| 6294 | Buoy Depot on Clark Point at Old Steamboat Wharf Site |
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| Aerial view of the United States Coast Guard Light House Service Buoy Depot, now referred to as the Aids to Navigation Team. | 
Description: Aerial view of the United States Coast Guard Light House Service Buoy Depot, now referred to as the Aids to Navigation Team. | |
| 9737 | Aerial View - Building the Stone Causeway at Deacon's Cove on Clark Point |
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| Left scow was Lyle Newman’s scow. Right scow was Harvard Beal’s scow. | 
Description: Left scow was Lyle Newman’s scow. Right scow was Harvard Beal’s scow. | |||
| 12583 | Aerial image of Southwest Harbor, Clark Point Area, and Greening Island |
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| This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point. | 
Description: This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point. | ||
| 12602 | Main Street Looking North |
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