"Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13.
Description: "Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13. [show more]
The Southwest Harbor Band is visible on the right. The photograph was taken from the window at the peak of the roof of the house on the northwest corner of Main Street and Seal Cove Road - Tax Map 9 - Lot 8, 196 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "…the house on the corner…was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938.
Description: The Southwest Harbor Band is visible on the right. The photograph was taken from the window at the peak of the roof of the house on the northwest corner of Main Street and Seal Cove Road - Tax Map 9 - Lot 8, 196 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "…the house on the corner…was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938. [show more]
This photograph was taken at Demuro's Top of the Hill Restaurant at 1 Main Street (Route 102), Southwest Harbor, Maine Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Man Beverly Louise (Hill) Stanek, Mrs Howard G. Stanek (1934-) Man Man Jack Hadlock Gilley (1933-) Jay J. Boomer (1935-) Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Audrey June( Wass) Estvanik, Mrs. Stephen Estvanik (1935-1917) Judith May (Carroll) Stockbridge, Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. (1935-) Jeffery Allen Robbins (1960-) - son of Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Front Row - Seated Left to Right: Marguerite Mae (Hamblen) Murphy Bernstein, Mrs. Seldon E. Bernstein (1935-2004) Elizabeth B. (Emerson) Kelley, Mrs. Shirley R. Kelley (1934-) Janet (Newman) Cutliffe, Mrs. Dawson Ronald Cutliffe (1935-) Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger, Mrs. Richard H. Bulger (1935-2004) Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley
Description: This photograph was taken at Demuro's Top of the Hill Restaurant at 1 Main Street (Route 102), Southwest Harbor, Maine Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Man Beverly Louise (Hill) Stanek, Mrs Howard G. Stanek (1934-) Man Man Jack Hadlock Gilley (1933-) Jay J. Boomer (1935-) Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Audrey June( Wass) Estvanik, Mrs. Stephen Estvanik (1935-1917) Judith May (Carroll) Stockbridge, Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. (1935-) Jeffery Allen Robbins (1960-) - son of Nancy Eleanor (Stanley) Robbins Stone Front Row - Seated Left to Right: Marguerite Mae (Hamblen) Murphy Bernstein, Mrs. Seldon E. Bernstein (1935-2004) Elizabeth B. (Emerson) Kelley, Mrs. Shirley R. Kelley (1934-) Janet (Newman) Cutliffe, Mrs. Dawson Ronald Cutliffe (1935-) Nancy (Dunbar) Bulger, Mrs. Richard H. Bulger (1935-2004) Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley [show more]
Left to Right: Probably mother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II Unknown woman Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - groom Unknown man Eleanor Lucille Clark Gesner - bride Arthur Foote II - brother-in-law of the bride Rebecca Carroll Clark Foote - Maid of Honor - sister of the bride Roderick Pepper Clark - father of the bride Grace Clark Carroll Clark - mother of the bride Unknown minister - Herbert Mortimer Gesner? - father of the groom? Unknown man - probably brother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - brother of the groom
Description: Left to Right: Probably mother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II Unknown woman Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - groom Unknown man Eleanor Lucille Clark Gesner - bride Arthur Foote II - brother-in-law of the bride Rebecca Carroll Clark Foote - Maid of Honor - sister of the bride Roderick Pepper Clark - father of the bride Grace Clark Carroll Clark - mother of the bride Unknown minister - Herbert Mortimer Gesner? - father of the groom? Unknown man - probably brother of Herbert Mortimer Gesner II - brother of the groom [show more]
Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
Description: Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
Description: This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."