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12286 | Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor |
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| 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. | ||
6235 | Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine |
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| "The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring. | Description: "The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring. [show more] | ||
10945 | View South from the High Road |
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10946 | View of the Head of the Harbor from the High Road |
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11578 | View of Southwest Harbor |
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10944 | The High Road - View Northwest |
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| Left to Right on the High Road: Robie M. Norwood Jr. House - 17 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 19 - MHPC #405-0834 Mrs. Seth S. Thornton House - 23 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 23 - MHPC #405-0835 Mt. Desert Congregational Church - 29 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 25 - MHPC #405-0836 | Description: Left to Right on the High Road: Robie M. Norwood Jr. House - 17 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 19 - MHPC #405-0834 Mrs. Seth S. Thornton House - 23 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 23 - MHPC #405-0835 Mt. Desert Congregational Church - 29 High Road - Map 5 - Lot 25 - MHPC #405-0836 | |||
7739 | View from Deacon's Cove to the Head of Southwest Harbor |
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| The old Clark & Parker store. | ||||
11617 | View of the High Road and the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church |
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11579 | Clark Point Road From Three Chimneys to the James Francis Ross House |
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10615 | CCC Members Constructing Southwest Harbor Village Green |
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| The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf | Description: The automobile on the left is a Model A. The one on the right is a 1933 Ford. The sign on the corner of the old first Masonic Hall building across Main Street says, “Pine Tree Shoe Repair.” Left to Right: Harold Cass Bill (unknown) H. Greenleaf | ||
9737 | Aerial View - Building the Stone Causeway at Deacon's Cove on Clark Point |
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| Left scow was Lyle Newman’s scow. Right scow was Harvard Beal’s scow. | Description: Left scow was Lyle Newman’s scow. Right scow was Harvard Beal’s scow. | |||
5594 | The Claremont Hotel Dock Looking Up Somes Sound - After 1930 |
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10430 | View of Clark Point in Southwest Harbor from Manset |
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| Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine | Description: Postcard written to Miss Ruth Nibblelink 178 W. 12th St. Holland, Michigan "July 3, '35 Sunny Meadow Cottage Sea Wall, Me. Thank you for your card received some months ago. Papa, Aunt E. Abie Gifford & I drove down here the 17th. We are getting on nicely - I hope you are well and your mother. Do write me when you feel like it. Lovingly, Edith Grandgent" Printed for Carroll's Drug Store, Southwest Harbor, Maine [show more] | ||
9468 | View of Southwest Harbor Back Shore - The Claremont House, The Larches, and Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga |
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5948 | Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor |
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11830 | Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street |
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| Notable buildings Left to Right: E.A. Lawler Paint Company, 40 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 108, MHPC #405-0165. William Joseph Tower house (roof peak only), 38 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 106, MHPC #405-0164. Masonic Hall - 353 Main Street, Map 3 - Lot 96, MHPC #405-0161 - just visible as the large peaked roof on the left at the end of Clark Point Road. The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman," is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it. Perry "Ped" L. Sargent's Livery Stable - 7-19 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - visible as the small building near the right corner of Clark Point Road and Main Street. Gilley Plumbing Company - 21 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - both the livery stable and the plumbing shop were later subsumed into the later Post Office parking lot. Wilbur C. Wallace house, 29 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 100, MHPC #405-0083. | Description: Notable buildings Left to Right: E.A. Lawler Paint Company, 40 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 108, MHPC #405-0165. William Joseph Tower house (roof peak only), 38 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 106, MHPC #405-0164. Masonic Hall - 353 Main Street, Map 3 - Lot 96, MHPC #405-0161 - just visible as the large peaked roof on the left at the end of Clark Point Road. The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman," is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it. Perry "Ped" L. Sargent's Livery Stable - 7-19 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - visible as the small building near the right corner of Clark Point Road and Main Street. Gilley Plumbing Company - 21 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - both the livery stable and the plumbing shop were later subsumed into the later Post Office parking lot. Wilbur C. Wallace house, 29 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 100, MHPC #405-0083. [show more] | ||
11831 | Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street |
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| The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it. | Description: The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it. | |||
9954 | View of Main Street, Southwest Harbor Looking South from Dr. George Neal's Garden |
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| The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School" | Description: The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School" | |
12287 | Schooners Lillian - in Southwest Harbor - Fragment of SWHPL 12286 |
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| Fragment of SWHPL 12286. Uncle Jimmy's boathouse and his boat "Leader" are visible on the shore just beyond the bowsprit of Lillian. | Description: Fragment of SWHPL 12286. Uncle Jimmy's boathouse and his boat "Leader" are visible on the shore just beyond the bowsprit of Lillian. | ||
7956 | Four-Masted Schooner Theoline in Somes Sound |
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| Shows "House of Four Winds" on Fernald Point. | Description: Shows "House of Four Winds" on Fernald Point. | ||
6788 | Clark Point After 1937 |
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| Shows the Buoy Depot on the opposite shore. | |||
6844 | Girl Scout Camp at Echo Lake |
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| The camp was at the sand beach end of Echo Lake. |