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14386McKinley Fish & Freezer Co.
The Cold Storage
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • 53 Grandville Road
“Maine – McKinley - The McKinley Fish & Freezer Co., recently organized, with S.S. Nickerson, president, is building a modern fish freezing and cold storage plant, the latter to have storage space for about 10,000 barrels of fish. Two 30-ton Palson absorption refrigerating machines will be installed. The sharp freezer, with capacity for about 200 barrels of fish per day, will be located on the third floor, all of which it will occupy, and will be piped with 25,000 feet of 1¼-inch d.e. piping. The two lower floors will be cooled by air circulation from the sharp freezer. A small ice making system will also be added. Plant is to be ready for operation in May. 1911.” – “Ice and Refrigeration” Vol. 39, by Southern Ice Exchange, published by H.S. Rich & Co., p. 317, 1910. The building, always known simply as the "Cold Storage," became Sim Davis' boat shop, later was owned by the Hinckley Co., part of the Morris Yachts property in 2008. Perry Warrington Richardson (1839-1918) was an early President (1915) of the McKinley Fish & Freezer Co. His son, Herbert Perry Richardson (1863-1938) was the Treasurer.
McKinley Fish & Freezer Co.
The Cold Storage
Item:
  • 14386   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 53 Grandville Road
Description:
“Maine – McKinley - The McKinley Fish & Freezer Co., recently organized, with S.S. Nickerson, president, is building a modern fish freezing and cold storage plant, the latter to have storage space for about 10,000 barrels of fish. Two 30-ton Palson absorption refrigerating machines will be installed. The sharp freezer, with capacity for about 200 barrels of fish per day, will be located on the third floor, all of which it will occupy, and will be piped with 25,000 feet of 1¼-inch d.e. piping. The two lower floors will be cooled by air circulation from the sharp freezer. A small ice making system will also be added. Plant is to be ready for operation in May. 1911.” – “Ice and Refrigeration” Vol. 39, by Southern Ice Exchange, published by H.S. Rich & Co., p. 317, 1910. The building, always known simply as the "Cold Storage," became Sim Davis' boat shop, later was owned by the Hinckley Co., part of the Morris Yachts property in 2008. Perry Warrington Richardson (1839-1918) was an early President (1915) of the McKinley Fish & Freezer Co. His son, Herbert Perry Richardson (1863-1938) was the Treasurer. [show more]
3467Beal's Fish Wharf
Fred Fernald Lobster Business
B.R. Simmons Lobster Business
H.R. Beal & Sons
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 182 Clark Point Road
Beal's Fish Wharf
Fred Fernald Lobster Business
B.R. Simmons Lobster Business
H.R. Beal & Sons
Item:
  • 3467   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 182 Clark Point Road
15107Dried Cod, and Fish Flakes
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Origins of Dried Cod (and other fish) "In the Mediterranean world, where there were not only salt deposits but a strong enough sun to dry sea salt, salting to preserve food was not a new idea. In pre classical times, Egyptians and Romans had salted fish and developed a thriving trade. Salted meats were popular, and Roman Gaul had been famous for salted and smoked hams. Before they turned to cod, the Basques had sometimes salted whale meat; salt whale was found to be good with peas, and the most prized part of the whale, the tongue, was also often salted. …Even dried salted cod will turn if kept long enough in hot humid weather. But for the Middle Ages it was remarkably long-lasting – a miracle comparable to the discovery of the fast-freezing process in the twentieth century, which also debuted with cod. Not only did cod last longer than other salted fish, but it tasted better too. Once dried or salted – or both – and then properly restored through soaking, this fish presents a flaky flesh that to many tastes, even in the modern age of refrigeration, is far superior to the bland white meat of fresh cod. For the poor who could rarely afford fresh fish, it was cheap, high-quality nutrition." - "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" by Mark Kurlansky, Walker Publishing, 1997. p. 22-24. “Fish Flakes” were “A rack or platform for drying fish.” This New England term goes back to 1635. - “Dictionary of American Regional English” by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall, published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1996 For years the "flakes" were set out on wire racks to dry under the sun. Sea Gulls passed over them repeatedly. Today, Federal regulations would not allow this "unsanitary" practice and the racks of drying fish have disappeared.
Dried Cod, and Fish Flakes
Item:
  • 15107   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
Origins of Dried Cod (and other fish) "In the Mediterranean world, where there were not only salt deposits but a strong enough sun to dry sea salt, salting to preserve food was not a new idea. In pre classical times, Egyptians and Romans had salted fish and developed a thriving trade. Salted meats were popular, and Roman Gaul had been famous for salted and smoked hams. Before they turned to cod, the Basques had sometimes salted whale meat; salt whale was found to be good with peas, and the most prized part of the whale, the tongue, was also often salted. …Even dried salted cod will turn if kept long enough in hot humid weather. But for the Middle Ages it was remarkably long-lasting – a miracle comparable to the discovery of the fast-freezing process in the twentieth century, which also debuted with cod. Not only did cod last longer than other salted fish, but it tasted better too. Once dried or salted – or both – and then properly restored through soaking, this fish presents a flaky flesh that to many tastes, even in the modern age of refrigeration, is far superior to the bland white meat of fresh cod. For the poor who could rarely afford fresh fish, it was cheap, high-quality nutrition." - "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" by Mark Kurlansky, Walker Publishing, 1997. p. 22-24. “Fish Flakes” were “A rack or platform for drying fish.” This New England term goes back to 1635. - “Dictionary of American Regional English” by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall, published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1996 For years the "flakes" were set out on wire racks to dry under the sun. Sea Gulls passed over them repeatedly. Today, Federal regulations would not allow this "unsanitary" practice and the racks of drying fish have disappeared. [show more]
13694J.L. Stanley Fisheries Ice Pond
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
“The beginning of the ice industry was in the 1880's when Capt. John L. Stanley constructed an artificial pond in the swamp at the back of his house, built an ice house, dug a well and prepared to sell ice and water to the fishing vessels at his wharf. He soon enlarged his ice house and he continued in the business all his life, enlarging and improving from time to time and carrying on an extensive fish business. Capt. Benjamin Robinson had a pond constructed on his property and established an ice delivery business in the village, which still continues being now owned by Christopher W, Lawler.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 92. “J.L. Stanley has commenced to cut ice on his Lily pond and has put in one day’s hauling, in his ice house, of very superior quality and about ten inches thick.” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888.
J.L. Stanley Fisheries Ice Pond
Item:
  • 13694   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
“The beginning of the ice industry was in the 1880's when Capt. John L. Stanley constructed an artificial pond in the swamp at the back of his house, built an ice house, dug a well and prepared to sell ice and water to the fishing vessels at his wharf. He soon enlarged his ice house and he continued in the business all his life, enlarging and improving from time to time and carrying on an extensive fish business. Capt. Benjamin Robinson had a pond constructed on his property and established an ice delivery business in the village, which still continues being now owned by Christopher W, Lawler.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 92. “J.L. Stanley has commenced to cut ice on his Lily pond and has put in one day’s hauling, in his ice house, of very superior quality and about ten inches thick.” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888. [show more]
14954Benson's Laundromat
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
The business was started in 1954. Known as "Benson's Laundromat" in 1960, the washing machines were Westinghouse Commercial machines.
Benson's Laundromat
Item:
  • 14954   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 297 Main Street
Description:
The business was started in 1954. Known as "Benson's Laundromat" in 1960, the washing machines were Westinghouse Commercial machines.
14971Village Wash Tub
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 297 Main Street
Village Wash Tub
Item:
  • 14971   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Laundromat Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 297 Main Street
13933Ocean View Hotel
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Swans Island
was still standing in 1987
Ocean View Hotel
Item:
  • 13933   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
Place:
  • Swans Island
State:
  • ME
Description:
was still standing in 1987
14957Southwest Motor Inn
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 214 Main Street
The Motel, named the "Southwest Motor Inn," was built in 1970 and ran until 1980. New Motel Planned For Area "Southwest Harbor - Three businessmen here have combined resources to build a new 32-unit motel on Route 102 overlooking Norwood Cove. Foundation work is now being done and the motel will be ready for occupancy by June 1, said David Benson, one of the three partners. Druggist George McVety and lawyer Frederick Burrill are Benson's Associates in the business venture. The quarter-million-dollar motel will have two levels, with an outside corridor, plus an office and quarters for the manager. Hanson is acting as contractor for the project. The major subcontractor is John Goodwin, who is handling concrete work. The motel will be built entirely of concrete blocks. The three businessmen have not yet decided on a name for the new motel." - Bangor Daily News, 1971 The property was later Norwood Cove Housing, owned by the Ellsworth and MDI Housing Authorities who provide housing assistance and related services to individuals and families who face income or other life challenges.
Southwest Motor Inn
Item:
  • 14957   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 214 Main Street
Description:
The Motel, named the "Southwest Motor Inn," was built in 1970 and ran until 1980. New Motel Planned For Area "Southwest Harbor - Three businessmen here have combined resources to build a new 32-unit motel on Route 102 overlooking Norwood Cove. Foundation work is now being done and the motel will be ready for occupancy by June 1, said David Benson, one of the three partners. Druggist George McVety and lawyer Frederick Burrill are Benson's Associates in the business venture. The quarter-million-dollar motel will have two levels, with an outside corridor, plus an office and quarters for the manager. Hanson is acting as contractor for the project. The major subcontractor is John Goodwin, who is handling concrete work. The motel will be built entirely of concrete blocks. The three businessmen have not yet decided on a name for the new motel." - Bangor Daily News, 1971 The property was later Norwood Cove Housing, owned by the Ellsworth and MDI Housing Authorities who provide housing assistance and related services to individuals and families who face income or other life challenges. [show more]
13485Seawall Motel
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • 560 Seawall Road
Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
Seawall Motel
Item:
  • 13485   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 560 Seawall Road
Description:
Annabelle owned and operated Seawall Dining Room, Manset, from 1959 to 2000. In 1982 she added the motel.
12983Sawyer's Market
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 344 Main Street
Sawyer's Market
Item:
  • 12983   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 344 Main Street
14374The Medical Office of Dr. Abigail Fulton and Dr. Alexander Fulton
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Medical Business
  • Ellsworth ME
In 1881 Dr. Fulton’s office and residence were on the northeast corner of Main Street and School Street (now 194 Main Street, Tax Map 136 – Lot 210) in Ellsworth. The building has an ell on School Street with a separate entrance. This was typical of Dr.’s offices of the time and probably served both Alexander and Abby’s patients. In 1883 Alexander Fulton was listed as a member of the Board of Health in Ellsworth, Maine. Physicians practicing in Ellsworth were: Emerson Googins, L. W. Hodgkins, Geo. Parcher, K. H. Swett, Alexander Fulton, Mrs. Abby Fulton, G. A. Phillips, O. M. Drake and Walter M. Haines, Hon. Alexander was still practicing in Ellsworth in 1887.
The Medical Office of Dr. Abigail Fulton and Dr. Alexander Fulton
Item:
  • 14374   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Medical Business
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
In 1881 Dr. Fulton’s office and residence were on the northeast corner of Main Street and School Street (now 194 Main Street, Tax Map 136 – Lot 210) in Ellsworth. The building has an ell on School Street with a separate entrance. This was typical of Dr.’s offices of the time and probably served both Alexander and Abby’s patients. In 1883 Alexander Fulton was listed as a member of the Board of Health in Ellsworth, Maine. Physicians practicing in Ellsworth were: Emerson Googins, L. W. Hodgkins, Geo. Parcher, K. H. Swett, Alexander Fulton, Mrs. Abby Fulton, G. A. Phillips, O. M. Drake and Walter M. Haines, Hon. Alexander was still practicing in Ellsworth in 1887. [show more]
16033The Oceanarium
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 172 Clark Point Road
The Oceanarium
Item:
  • 16033   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 172 Clark Point Road
14536Alden Designs
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
Alden Designs
Item:
  • 14536   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
13883Sawin's Cambridge Express
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
Moses Morse Sawin bought Buck's Express on August 14, 1860, "He conducted this business several years under its old name, then changed it to Sawin’s Express, which became one of the best known and most flourishing of the suburban express lines about Boston. His business was in transporting baggage and merchandise between Boston and Cambridge. He continued business until 1905, when he sold out to the Boston & Suburban Express Company, and retired from active business." - A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1630-1913) by Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. Together With Biographies of Cambridge People – The Cambridge Tribune, p. 243-4 – 1913 Sawin's Express was such a fixture of life at Harvard, transporting students' luggage to and from school, that it appeared often in jokes, skits and in Harvard alumnae publications.
Sawin's Cambridge Express
Item:
  • 13883   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Description:
Moses Morse Sawin bought Buck's Express on August 14, 1860, "He conducted this business several years under its old name, then changed it to Sawin’s Express, which became one of the best known and most flourishing of the suburban express lines about Boston. His business was in transporting baggage and merchandise between Boston and Cambridge. He continued business until 1905, when he sold out to the Boston & Suburban Express Company, and retired from active business." - A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1630-1913) by Samuel Atkins Eliot, A.M., D.D. Together With Biographies of Cambridge People – The Cambridge Tribune, p. 243-4 – 1913 Sawin's Express was such a fixture of life at Harvard, transporting students' luggage to and from school, that it appeared often in jokes, skits and in Harvard alumnae publications. [show more]
14265Stanley Dry Plate Company
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
Stanley Dry Plate Company
Item:
  • 14265   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
State:
  • ME
15001Harborside Industries
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Southwest Harbor
Howe D. Higgins turned a hobby into a profitable business making plaster figurines and souvenirs of the state of Maine.
Harborside Industries
Item:
  • 15001   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Howe D. Higgins turned a hobby into a profitable business making plaster figurines and souvenirs of the state of Maine.
15113Jackson Laboratory
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor
  • 600 Main Street
Originally the site of Robin Hood Park
Jackson Laboratory
Item:
  • 15113   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 600 Main Street
Description:
Originally the site of Robin Hood Park
13261Lawlor Ice Business
Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond
Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 17 Chris' Lane
In the 21st Century we may think of ice as something that comes out of the doors of our refrigerator or a nice skating surface in an indoor rink, but, in the 18th and early 19th centuries the ice business produced a very necessary product and employed many people. See: “Ice Harvesting Sampler” DVD, produced by Northeast Historic Film, Black & White, NTSC, 33 minutes - 1994. This “compilation of newsreel and amateur footage of ice harvesting operations in Maine includes ice-house interiors with massive ice blocks being maneuvered at high speed, and horse teams delivering ice to brownstones in Boston.” “America’s Icemen: An Illustrative History of the United States Natural Ice Industry 1665-1925” by Joseph C. Jones Jr., published by Jobeco Books, 1984. “The American Ice Harvests: A Historical Study in Technology, 1800-1918” by Richard O. Cummings, published by the University of Calfornia Press, 1949.
Lawlor Ice Business
Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond
Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond
Item:
  • 13261   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 17 Chris' Lane
Description:
In the 21st Century we may think of ice as something that comes out of the doors of our refrigerator or a nice skating surface in an indoor rink, but, in the 18th and early 19th centuries the ice business produced a very necessary product and employed many people. See: “Ice Harvesting Sampler” DVD, produced by Northeast Historic Film, Black & White, NTSC, 33 minutes - 1994. This “compilation of newsreel and amateur footage of ice harvesting operations in Maine includes ice-house interiors with massive ice blocks being maneuvered at high speed, and horse teams delivering ice to brownstones in Boston.” “America’s Icemen: An Illustrative History of the United States Natural Ice Industry 1665-1925” by Joseph C. Jones Jr., published by Jobeco Books, 1984. “The American Ice Harvests: A Historical Study in Technology, 1800-1918” by Richard O. Cummings, published by the University of Calfornia Press, 1949. [show more]
13276Henry C. Rand & Co.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Boston MA
  • 45 Merchants Row
Henry C. Rand & Co.
Item:
  • 13276   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • 45 Merchants Row
15814Loring Studios Inc.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Loring Studios Inc.
Item:
  • 15814   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
14371Bryant Bradley Studio, Southwest Harbor
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Southwest Harbor
Bryant Bradley Studio, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 14371   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
14141F.C. Weston Photography Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Weston advertised providing instantaneous frames for all styles, copying of all kinds, crayon portraits and negatives preserved for future orders.
F.C. Weston Photography Studio
Item:
  • 14141   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Description:
Weston advertised providing instantaneous frames for all styles, copying of all kinds, crayon portraits and negatives preserved for future orders.
14162I.T. Moore's Photography Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Bar Harbor
I.T. Moore's Photography Studio
Item:
  • 14162   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
14168Ernest Emery Photography Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Bar Harbor
Ernest Emery Photography Studio
Item:
  • 14168   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
14169Benjamin Franklin Joy Photography Studio
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Ellsworth ME
Benjamin Franklin Joy Photography Studio
Item:
  • 14169   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME