The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown here are from the 1887 magazine. They depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
Cirker, Blanche, ed. Victorian House Designs in Authentic Full Color: 75 Plates from the ‘Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition,’ 1885-1894 (Dover Publications, 1996).
Description: The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown here are from the 1887 magazine. They depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens.
Description: David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. [show more]
This is a transcription of a talk given by Meredith Hutchins as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005. Meredith describes the history of the library from 1884 through 2005 and recalls the people and events that shaped the library.
Description: This is a transcription of a talk given by Meredith Hutchins as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005. Meredith describes the history of the library from 1884 through 2005 and recalls the people and events that shaped the library.
Advertisement from "Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles," by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 64 – 1871 – Found online using Google Book Search.
Description: Advertisement from "Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles," by Ezra A. Dodge, published by N.K. Sawyer, Printer in Ellsworth, p. 64 – 1871 – Found online using Google Book Search.
Describes the schedules for the Sidewheel Steamers City of Richmond and Lewiston in 1874. From the endpages in Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine by Clara Barnes Martin.
Description: Describes the schedules for the Sidewheel Steamers City of Richmond and Lewiston in 1874. From the endpages in Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine by Clara Barnes Martin.
The page shows advertisements for: The Southwest Harbor Public Library Park Theater, Southwest Harbor R. L. Hodgkins Electrical Shop Mrs. B. C. Worcester Flowers
Description: The page shows advertisements for: The Southwest Harbor Public Library Park Theater, Southwest Harbor R. L. Hodgkins Electrical Shop Mrs. B. C. Worcester Flowers
Advertising from the "Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont" The top ad reads: “F. S. MAYO - Carpenter and Builder - Fine Furniture Repairing - Woodworker and Cabinet Maker - We take the Machine to the Job. - Electric Floor Finishing. Tel. 9 - Wesley Ave. Southwest Harbor. The bottom ad reads: "Office hours by Appointment - Telephone 28. Dr. G. A. Neal - Special Attention Given to Children - Main Road Southwest Harbor"
Description: Advertising from the "Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont" The top ad reads: “F. S. MAYO - Carpenter and Builder - Fine Furniture Repairing - Woodworker and Cabinet Maker - We take the Machine to the Job. - Electric Floor Finishing. Tel. 9 - Wesley Ave. Southwest Harbor. The bottom ad reads: "Office hours by Appointment - Telephone 28. Dr. G. A. Neal - Special Attention Given to Children - Main Road Southwest Harbor" [show more]