Lettering on a truck parked on Main Street says "E & M Ice Cream". The building across the street with striped awning is the present-day (2022) Davis Agency realty office.
Description: Lettering on a truck parked on Main Street says "E & M Ice Cream". The building across the street with striped awning is the present-day (2022) Davis Agency realty office.
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.
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.
The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
Description: The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
The boat in front is the "Sweet Pea'' owned by "Peter" Richardson, Great Cranberry Island. Lewis Gilley Stanley was sailing her the day the picture was taken. The yawl behind "Sweet Pea" is "Electron II" owned by Professor Holmes of the University of Vermont Physics department. He adjusted and fixed compasses for fishermen for free.
Description: The boat in front is the "Sweet Pea'' owned by "Peter" Richardson, Great Cranberry Island. Lewis Gilley Stanley was sailing her the day the picture was taken. The yawl behind "Sweet Pea" is "Electron II" owned by Professor Holmes of the University of Vermont Physics department. He adjusted and fixed compasses for fishermen for free.
1937 was the last year of high school in the old Freeman Grammar school building. The band's uniforms were embroidered with "PHS" for Pemetic High School, but the big drum was yet to be repainted. Standing Back Row - Left to Right: Drum Major - Annabelle Janet Dam (1921-1979), later Mrs. Benjamin Conley Worcester Jr. Instructor and Assistant Principal - Harold Libby Girland Leroy Robinson (1917-2005) Harold Otis Worcester (1917-2005) Leslie Stanwood Hamblen (1919-1991) Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal (1920-2010) Jack London Bennett (1917-1978) Arthur Kittredge (1920-2005) Frederick A. Ginn (1921-2008) Mildred Roberts (1920-1974), later Mrs. Volney M. Phillips Seated Front Row - Left to Right: Herschel A. Norwood (1919-) Herbert McKinley Leighton Jr. (1918-1979) Frank Palmer Gillery (1922-2003) Richard A. Black (1920-2007) Victor Page Dam (1920-1988) - brother to Annabelle Janet Dam Benjamin Conley Worcester Jr. (1921-2012)
Description: 1937 was the last year of high school in the old Freeman Grammar school building. The band's uniforms were embroidered with "PHS" for Pemetic High School, but the big drum was yet to be repainted. Standing Back Row - Left to Right: Drum Major - Annabelle Janet Dam (1921-1979), later Mrs. Benjamin Conley Worcester Jr. Instructor and Assistant Principal - Harold Libby Girland Leroy Robinson (1917-2005) Harold Otis Worcester (1917-2005) Leslie Stanwood Hamblen (1919-1991) Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal (1920-2010) Jack London Bennett (1917-1978) Arthur Kittredge (1920-2005) Frederick A. Ginn (1921-2008) Mildred Roberts (1920-1974), later Mrs. Volney M. Phillips Seated Front Row - Left to Right: Herschel A. Norwood (1919-) Herbert McKinley Leighton Jr. (1918-1979) Frank Palmer Gillery (1922-2003) Richard A. Black (1920-2007) Victor Page Dam (1920-1988) - brother to Annabelle Janet Dam Benjamin Conley Worcester Jr. (1921-2012) [show more]
Back Row - Left to Right: Coach - Esther (Moore) Trask (1909-2002) - Mrs. Charles Orville Trask Alecha Leonard (1924-) - later Mrs. John D. Joy Prudence Myra Benson (1920-) - later Mrs. Elmer L. Beal Hazel "Snooks" Esther Stanley (1920-2006) - later Mrs. Nils Filmore Peterson Ella Ruth Bulger (1921-2006) - later Mrs. Edward Flewelling Lucile M. Foss (1916-) - later Mrs. Harold Otis Worcester Front Row - Left to Right: Charlotte R. Turner (1919-2010) - later Mrs. Harvey Melvin Sawyer Nina Bunker Stanley (1919-2009) - later Mrs. Melvin Monroe Turner, Sr. Vera Adele Beal (1918-1996) - later Mrs. Maurice Stanley Rich Nettie Florence Beal (1917-1987) - later Mrs. Alfred W. Vine Barbara S. Dolliver (1921-1996) - later Mrs. Coombs
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Coach - Esther (Moore) Trask (1909-2002) - Mrs. Charles Orville Trask Alecha Leonard (1924-) - later Mrs. John D. Joy Prudence Myra Benson (1920-) - later Mrs. Elmer L. Beal Hazel "Snooks" Esther Stanley (1920-2006) - later Mrs. Nils Filmore Peterson Ella Ruth Bulger (1921-2006) - later Mrs. Edward Flewelling Lucile M. Foss (1916-) - later Mrs. Harold Otis Worcester Front Row - Left to Right: Charlotte R. Turner (1919-2010) - later Mrs. Harvey Melvin Sawyer Nina Bunker Stanley (1919-2009) - later Mrs. Melvin Monroe Turner, Sr. Vera Adele Beal (1918-1996) - later Mrs. Maurice Stanley Rich Nettie Florence Beal (1917-1987) - later Mrs. Alfred W. Vine Barbara S. Dolliver (1921-1996) - later Mrs. Coombs [show more]