This large (20" x 6") panorama print, found in a very old frame in a storeroom at the Southwest Harbor Public Library, has seen a lot of wear. Archivists who have studied it in a magnified state, have formed the impression that whoever made the print so long ago found it a difficult task. The early view is, however, valuable for the love that went into it and respect for its creator. Mount Desert Island has always inspired those who viewed it with the desire to capture what they have seen. The view is from Jordan Mountain which was later changed to Penobscot Mountain.
Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
Description: This large (20" x 6") panorama print, found in a very old frame in a storeroom at the Southwest Harbor Public Library, has seen a lot of wear. Archivists who have studied it in a magnified state, have formed the impression that whoever made the print so long ago found it a difficult task. The early view is, however, valuable for the love that went into it and respect for its creator. Mount Desert Island has always inspired those who viewed it with the desire to capture what they have seen. The view is from Jordan Mountain which was later changed to Penobscot Mountain. [show more]
The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-)
Description: The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone. Houses left to right: John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road. The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894. The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road. The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road. At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property. The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885. The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right: Lawrence Dana Phillips John Dix Lawler (1906-1997) The dog is "Dot" Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-) [show more]
The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The large yacht in the harbor was Ernest Blaney Dane's auxiliary schooner, "Cone" The massive stone cottage that can be seen in the distance above the fore mast of "Cone" is "Wild Cliff," built by Rev. Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911). Other visible buildings: Gray Rock, Joseph Allen Cottage Eyrie, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cottage St. Jude's Episcopal Church Seal Harbor Congregational Church
Description: The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The large yacht in the harbor was Ernest Blaney Dane's auxiliary schooner, "Cone" The massive stone cottage that can be seen in the distance above the fore mast of "Cone" is "Wild Cliff," built by Rev. Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911). Other visible buildings: Gray Rock, Joseph Allen Cottage Eyrie, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cottage St. Jude's Episcopal Church Seal Harbor Congregational Church [show more]
The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The steamship "Norumbega" is shown leaving steamboat wharf and heading out of the harbor. The steamship "Sappho" is just outside the harbor.
Description: The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The steamship "Norumbega" is shown leaving steamboat wharf and heading out of the harbor. The steamship "Sappho" is just outside the harbor.