The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Description: The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Front Row - Left to Right: Everett Randall Rich (1902-1920) Malcolm R. Sawyer (1904-1971) Philip Tracy Carroll (1904-1966) Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Alton Elwell Trundy (1903-1978) Ralph Earl Wooster (1903-1979) Second Row - Left to Right: Elizabeth Marlowe Herrick (1903-1957) - later Mrs. John R. Pittman Hope Norwood (1904-1987) - later Mrs. Frank Cecil Bannister Lizzie May Reed (1903-1997) - later Mrs. Lem Sprague Robbins Hilda Louise Clark (1903-1923) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Viola Belle Staples (1903-1985) - later Mrs. Alfred Elmer Rodick Inez Mildred Carter (1904-1979) Esther May Robinson (1901-1983) - later Mrs. Cecil Emmett Hynes Third Row - Left to Right: Halsey C. Pettigrove (1901-1980) Maynard S. Closson (1901-1971) Elsie Mary Torrey (1903-1980) - later Mrs. Leland Francis Hawkins
Description: Front Row - Left to Right: Everett Randall Rich (1902-1920) Malcolm R. Sawyer (1904-1971) Philip Tracy Carroll (1904-1966) Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Alton Elwell Trundy (1903-1978) Ralph Earl Wooster (1903-1979) Second Row - Left to Right: Elizabeth Marlowe Herrick (1903-1957) - later Mrs. John R. Pittman Hope Norwood (1904-1987) - later Mrs. Frank Cecil Bannister Lizzie May Reed (1903-1997) - later Mrs. Lem Sprague Robbins Hilda Louise Clark (1903-1923) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Viola Belle Staples (1903-1985) - later Mrs. Alfred Elmer Rodick Inez Mildred Carter (1904-1979) Esther May Robinson (1901-1983) - later Mrs. Cecil Emmett Hynes Third Row - Left to Right: Halsey C. Pettigrove (1901-1980) Maynard S. Closson (1901-1971) Elsie Mary Torrey (1903-1980) - later Mrs. Leland Francis Hawkins [show more]
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.
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]
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.
Taken on the steps of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Rear left to right: Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-) Henry Kenneth Robbins (1906-1938) Center left to right: Richard William Gilley (1905-1960) Ferdinand Moore Dolliver (1905-1984) - Manager of the Team Ronald G. Billings (1906-1981) Clifford F. Robbins (1904-1978) Front left to right: Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) Eric Olaf "Ollie" Berg (1901-1968), not in the picture, was the Coach.
Description: Taken on the steps of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Rear left to right: Harold Linwood Trundy (1905-) Henry Kenneth Robbins (1906-1938) Center left to right: Richard William Gilley (1905-1960) Ferdinand Moore Dolliver (1905-1984) - Manager of the Team Ronald G. Billings (1906-1981) Clifford F. Robbins (1904-1978) Front left to right: Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987) Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1986) Eric Olaf "Ollie" Berg (1901-1968), not in the picture, was the Coach. [show more]
The white house on the right at 29 Clark Point Road is the Edwin Albert Lawler House The men listed on the back of one copy of this photograph as being in the picture are: Warren Norwood, probably Warren M. Norwood (1889-1927) Harlan Harper, probably Harlan Page Harper (1884-1951) Everett Carson Murphy (1879-1958) - William E. Murphy's brother William E. Murphy (1877-?)
Description: The white house on the right at 29 Clark Point Road is the Edwin Albert Lawler House The men listed on the back of one copy of this photograph as being in the picture are: Warren Norwood, probably Warren M. Norwood (1889-1927) Harlan Harper, probably Harlan Page Harper (1884-1951) Everett Carson Murphy (1879-1958) - William E. Murphy's brother William E. Murphy (1877-?)
The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage is visible on the opposite shore. Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) , in a white shirt, is standing on the lower dock next to his boat, "Trailaway," later Maddy Sue. "Trailaway" was built by Chester Eben Clement.
Description: The John Lawson Stoddard Cottage - The Edward Wyatt Evans Cottage is visible on the opposite shore. Francis Milton Spurling (1896-1958) , in a white shirt, is standing on the lower dock next to his boat, "Trailaway," later Maddy Sue. "Trailaway" was built by Chester Eben Clement.
On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence.
Description: On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence. [show more]
Back Row - Left to Right: Ada Mace (1874-) Katherine "Kate" Carroll (1877-1949) - later Mrs. George Edwin Bacon Louise Freeman Geneva "Neva" V. Gott (1878-1955) - later Mrs. Fred Fernald Winnie Hodgkins Edith Lurvey Lulu Mayo Ella Young Kate Harmon (1876-1958) - later Mrs. Homer E. Brawn Hattie Kimball Mayo (1874-1947) - later Mrs. Byron Sabine Carpenter Hettie M. Handy (1876-1942) - later Mrs. Harry Leslie Lawton Nell Gilley Katherine Benny Freeman (1873-1957) - later Mrs. Fred Abbot Walls Herbert Albert Stanley (1872-1951) Bertha "Birdie" Louise Lemont (1876-) - Mrs. Frederic Hamilton Ralph Grace Lawton (1876-) Everton Livingston Gott (1875-1954) Chattie Adams Edward Fisher Teague (1878-) Thomas W. Ashe (1876-1930) George Lurvey (1867-1906) John Carroll (1874-1964) Teacher - Master A.B. Cole Front Row - Left to Right: Henry Alton Trundy (1878-1967) Roy Savage (1879-) Everett George Stanley (1874-1951) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) Neally Bates Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) Chaney Wells Randall (1879-1951) Clarence Atherton Moore (1876-1943) Robie Melvin Norwood Jr. (1873-1955) Lowell Grindle Hodgkins (1873-) Schuyler Randall Clark (1872-1953) Clayton Willey Thomas C. Stanley (1877-1901) Andrew "Andy" A. Brown (1876-1918) Fred Sidney Mayo (1877-1949) Albert Rowell
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Ada Mace (1874-) Katherine "Kate" Carroll (1877-1949) - later Mrs. George Edwin Bacon Louise Freeman Geneva "Neva" V. Gott (1878-1955) - later Mrs. Fred Fernald Winnie Hodgkins Edith Lurvey Lulu Mayo Ella Young Kate Harmon (1876-1958) - later Mrs. Homer E. Brawn Hattie Kimball Mayo (1874-1947) - later Mrs. Byron Sabine Carpenter Hettie M. Handy (1876-1942) - later Mrs. Harry Leslie Lawton Nell Gilley Katherine Benny Freeman (1873-1957) - later Mrs. Fred Abbot Walls Herbert Albert Stanley (1872-1951) Bertha "Birdie" Louise Lemont (1876-) - Mrs. Frederic Hamilton Ralph Grace Lawton (1876-) Everton Livingston Gott (1875-1954) Chattie Adams Edward Fisher Teague (1878-) Thomas W. Ashe (1876-1930) George Lurvey (1867-1906) John Carroll (1874-1964) Teacher - Master A.B. Cole Front Row - Left to Right: Henry Alton Trundy (1878-1967) Roy Savage (1879-) Everett George Stanley (1874-1951) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) Neally Bates Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) Chaney Wells Randall (1879-1951) Clarence Atherton Moore (1876-1943) Robie Melvin Norwood Jr. (1873-1955) Lowell Grindle Hodgkins (1873-) Schuyler Randall Clark (1872-1953) Clayton Willey Thomas C. Stanley (1877-1901) Andrew "Andy" A. Brown (1876-1918) Fred Sidney Mayo (1877-1949) Albert Rowell [show more]
From the right to left: Hattie B. Savage's Millinery & Dry Goods Store Liston Smith's "Live Yankee" general store A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop Dr. R. J. Lemont's residence and drug store Stephen Harmon's general store William Tower's residence The small building on the left may be Seth W. Norwood's law office - later P.L. Sargent's house The livery stable shown in SWHPL 5184 is just visible on the left.
Description: From the right to left: Hattie B. Savage's Millinery & Dry Goods Store Liston Smith's "Live Yankee" general store A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop Dr. R. J. Lemont's residence and drug store Stephen Harmon's general store William Tower's residence The small building on the left may be Seth W. Norwood's law office - later P.L. Sargent's house The livery stable shown in SWHPL 5184 is just visible on the left. [show more]
The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
Description: The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building.
Businesses in the building at the time of this picture were: A.L. Somes Dry & Fancy Goods - selling, among other things, boots, shoes and rubbers. E.A. Lawler - selling paints, oils, varnishes and groceries - flour and grain. George R. Fuller Law Office George H. Grant Insurance Dr. J.D. Phillips
Description: Businesses in the building at the time of this picture were: A.L. Somes Dry & Fancy Goods - selling, among other things, boots, shoes and rubbers. E.A. Lawler - selling paints, oils, varnishes and groceries - flour and grain. George R. Fuller Law Office George H. Grant Insurance Dr. J.D. Phillips