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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
11770View of the Shorefront at Bar Harbor from the West End Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Pollock - Charles Pollock (1828-1900)
  • 1882
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
This photograph was probably from an 1882 series of photographic views of New Hampshire and Maine published by Charles Pollock. The series included four views of Bar Harbor.
View of the Shorefront at Bar Harbor from the West End Hotel
Item:
  • 11770   
Accession #:
  • 2094
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Pollock - Charles Pollock (1828-1900)
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
This photograph was probably from an 1882 series of photographic views of New Hampshire and Maine published by Charles Pollock. The series included four views of Bar Harbor.
16687Photos of Southwest Harbor businesses and locations
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Town
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Subjects include: - Ambulance - Beals Bowling Alley - Bar Harbor Banking and Trust - Southwest Harbor Bus Lines bus - The Causeway Club and sale water swimming pool - Clark Point - Elmwood Cafe - Gordon & White garage - Harbor View Motel - Library - Main Street - The Moorings - Pumping station - Pemetic School - Steam Boat Wharf - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. - Medical Center on Herrick Road - Tydol gas station Some of the images are photos of old photos. Many of these images appear individually in other items in the Digital Archive.
Photos of Southwest Harbor businesses and locations
Item:
  • 16687   
Accession #:
  • 1175
Type:
  • Uncurated Accession
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Subjects include: - Ambulance - Beals Bowling Alley - Bar Harbor Banking and Trust - Southwest Harbor Bus Lines bus - The Causeway Club and sale water swimming pool - Clark Point - Elmwood Cafe - Gordon & White garage - Harbor View Motel - Library - Main Street - The Moorings - Pumping station - Pemetic School - Steam Boat Wharf - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. - Medical Center on Herrick Road - Tydol gas station Some of the images are photos of old photos. Many of these images appear individually in other items in the Digital Archive. [show more]
15391Photos from the making of Stephen King's Storm of the Century
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Filmmaking
  • Places, Town
  • Grady - Ann Magdalene (Grady) Seavey
  • 1998
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main Street
Anny Seavey who took these photographs said “The film crew was here in Jan of ’98. It was a lot of fun for all of us.” In the main image above, notice the 55 lb bags of Canadian instant mashed potato flakes used to make snow. This item contains 44 of the 55 snapshots Anny took. Images that were nearly identical to others have been omitted.
Photos from the making of Stephen King's Storm of the Century
Item:
  • 15391   
Accession #:
  • 1093
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Other, Filmmaking
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Grady - Ann Magdalene (Grady) Seavey
Date:
  • 1998
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Source:
  • Anny Seavey
Description:
Anny Seavey who took these photographs said “The film crew was here in Jan of ’98. It was a lot of fun for all of us.” In the main image above, notice the 55 lb bags of Canadian instant mashed potato flakes used to make snow. This item contains 44 of the 55 snapshots Anny took. Images that were nearly identical to others have been omitted.
16581Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Town
  • 1973-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main St.
View of stores Somes and Whitneys taken from the Post Office in August 1973.
Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 16581   
Accession #:
  • 1038
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1973-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main St.
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
View of stores Somes and Whitneys taken from the Post Office in August 1973.
16582Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Town
  • 1973-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Main St.
View of Sawyer's Market, Post Office, and Bar Harbor Bank taken from Whitneys in August 1973.
Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 16582   
Accession #:
  • 1038
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1973-08
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main St.
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
View of Sawyer's Market, Post Office, and Bar Harbor Bank taken from Whitneys in August 1973.
16692Rephotography of historical photos of Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
Six images which merge historical and contemporary images of Southwest Harbor in these locations: - Main Street - The Carroll Building (item 5559) - The Causeway Under Construction (item 5084) - Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road (item 5225) - John R. Tinker House (item 7348) - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. (item 10247) - The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church (item 11229)
Rephotography of historical photos of Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 16692   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Source:
  • Collection of George Soules
Description:
Six images which merge historical and contemporary images of Southwest Harbor in these locations: - Main Street - The Carroll Building (item 5559) - The Causeway Under Construction (item 5084) - Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road (item 5225) - John R. Tinker House (item 7348) - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. (item 10247) - The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church (item 11229)
12602Main Street Looking North
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-03
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street Looking North
Item:
  • 12602   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2015-05-03
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
“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.
Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 14689   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
“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]
16483Southwest Harbor looking East from Little Island
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
The Coast Station is shown at the left, and the Hinckley Boat Yard and the Elizabeth Febiger Spahr House are shown at the right.
Southwest Harbor looking East from Little Island
Item:
  • 16483   
Accession #:
  • 1095
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Lenhard - Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates (1900-1983)
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Mary Emma Wamsley (Lenhard) Coates Collection
Description:
The Coast Station is shown at the left, and the Hinckley Boat Yard and the Elizabeth Febiger Spahr House are shown at the right.
16245Islesford, Maine, Looking West
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Morse - Frederick Wesley Morse (1870-1929)
  • 1913-05-24
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine Text reads: I am coming up to see you some day with love from Earle"
Islesford, Maine, Looking West
Item:
  • 16245   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Morse - Frederick Wesley Morse (1870-1929)
Date:
  • 1913-05-24
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine Text reads: I am coming up to see you some day with love from Earle"
16242Islesford, Maine, Looking West from Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Morse - Frederick Wesley Morse (1870-1929)
  • A. M. Spurling
  • 1907-01-09
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Mailed to: Miss Lottie King, Manset, Me
Islesford, Maine, Looking West from Hotel
Item:
  • 16242   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Morse - Frederick Wesley Morse (1870-1929)
Publisher:
  • A. M. Spurling
Date:
  • 1907-01-09
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Lottie King, Manset, Me
26021886 Bird's Eye View of Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places, Town
  • Poole - A. F. Poole
  • J.J. Stoner, Madison, Wis.
  • 1886
  • Bar Harbor
Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image.
1886 Bird's Eye View of Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 2602   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Poole - A. F. Poole
Publisher:
  • J.J. Stoner, Madison, Wis.
Date:
  • 1886
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Boston Public Library
Tags:
hotel, bird's eye view, zoomable, church, building
Description:
Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image. [show more]
16141Looking South from Castle, Southwest Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
  • 1906-10-05
  • Southwest Harbor
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Maine. Text reads: "I am going to write. Jud."
Looking South from Castle, Southwest Harbor, Me.
Item:
  • 16141   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1906-10-05
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mr. William H. Rea Pembroke, Maine. Text reads: "I am going to write. Jud."
5556J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “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. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks.
J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5556   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
Description:
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “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. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more]
16184Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
“Another view of Main Street about the turn of the century.” The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a man standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Several carriages can be seen in the photograph, including one from Birch Tree Farm in Lamoine, Maine. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it on the left side is the Odd Fellows building.
Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 16184   
Accession #:
  • 2004
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Gift of Charles Carroll
Description:
“Another view of Main Street about the turn of the century.” The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a man standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Several carriages can be seen in the photograph, including one from Birch Tree Farm in Lamoine, Maine. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it on the left side is the Odd Fellows building. [show more]
16090Winter Scene at Hall Quarry, Me
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Winter Scene at Hall Quarry, Me
Item:
  • 16090   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16130Southwest Harbor, Maine. Main Street Looking South.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor, Maine. Main Street Looking South.
Item:
  • 16130   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16122Atlantic, Me. Golden Gate.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me.
  • 1909-10-21
  • Swans Island
Mailed to: Mrs. Clara Philips, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Signed: Vira Joyce
Atlantic, Me. Golden Gate.
Item:
  • 16122   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me.
Date:
  • 1909-10-21
Place:
  • Swans Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Clara Philips, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Signed: Vira Joyce
16124Northeast Harbor from Flying Mt., Southwest Harbor, Maine.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Town
  • Anchor Light Studio
  • 1940-06-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”
Northeast Harbor from Flying Mt., Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Item:
  • 16124   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Anchor Light Studio
Date:
  • 1940-06-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mr. Hesley Reed Yacht Trade Winds, Marster’s Dock, New London, Conn. Text reads: “Dear Father, I have the wood all split and piled up. Donald has been riding my bike but it is a little to big for him. I have been working for Mrs. Scott today. Your son, Wesley”
16116Seal Harbor, Maine. Main Street and Post Office.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1911
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine
Seal Harbor, Maine. Main Street and Post Office.
Item:
  • 16116   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1911
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine
16076Looking down Bass Harbor, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908-06-11
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Mailed to: Miss Lottie King, Manset, Me.
Looking down Bass Harbor, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 16076   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908-06-11
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Lottie King, Manset, Me.
16088Outer Long Island, off Mt. Desert, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
  • Frenchboro
Outer Long Island, off Mt. Desert, Me.
Item:
  • 16088   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
Place:
  • Frenchboro
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
11134Clark Point Road with a View of Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark Point Road with a View of Manset
Item:
  • 11134   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
12500Pickering Square, Bangor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907 PM
  • Bangor ME
Printed in Germany
Pickering Square, Bangor, Maine
Item:
  • 12500   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1907 PM
Place:
  • Bangor ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Printed in Germany
12915Pickering Square
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Bangor ME
Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market.
Pickering Square
Item:
  • 12915   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Bangor ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market.