Description: The photographer and date are unknown, but judging from the gasoline pumps at the end of the wharf, the photo could be as early as the 1920s.
A collection of photographs taken at the 1984 Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party. Individuals in these photographs have not yet been identified, please contact archivists at the SWHPL if you have information regarding people in these photographs.
The Claremont Hotel Collection courtesy of the McCue Family
Description: A collection of photographs taken at the 1984 Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party. Individuals in these photographs have not yet been identified, please contact archivists at the SWHPL if you have information regarding people in these photographs.
Description: Nellie was sentimental about her life. The title for this photograph included a reference to her other cat, "Moses wants his picture too."
The John Dix House is shown at the right of the photograph. The barn is shown at the left. Three members of the Dix family are visible near the doorway of the house, most likely Emily Bartlett Dix and two of her children.
Description: The John Dix House is shown at the right of the photograph. The barn is shown at the left. Three members of the Dix family are visible near the doorway of the house, most likely Emily Bartlett Dix and two of her children.
Caption reads: "The barn - as was." This barn was built by the previous owners of Placentia Island and was used by Art and Nan Kellam as the beginning structure of their house, Homewood.
The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
Description: Caption reads: "The barn - as was." This barn was built by the previous owners of Placentia Island and was used by Art and Nan Kellam as the beginning structure of their house, Homewood.
Description: The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward.
Probably looking from the top of one of the hotels to the water. Stereograph Date - c. 1876 Size - 7” x 3.5” Media - sepia photograph Title - Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Photographer - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909) Publisher - B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Number - 20400
Description: Probably looking from the top of one of the hotels to the water. Stereograph Date - c. 1876 Size - 7” x 3.5” Media - sepia photograph Title - Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Photographer - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909) Publisher - B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Number - 20400