Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
12637	Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor	Image, Art, Painting	Places, Harbor Places, Sound Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Lane - Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865)		1852	Southwest Harbor		Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h).	Entrance of Somes Sound from Southwest Harbor Item: 12637    Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Sound Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Lane - Fitz Henry Lane (1804-1865) Date: 1852 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: ship, boat, harbor Description: Fitz Henry Lane painted one of the earliest views of Southwest Harbor, and seems to have studied the shore carefully. The view shows a lumber schooner loading its long cargo through a port in the bow of the vessel. The white house immediately to the left of the vessel probably shows an early version of the Seth Higgins Clark House. The white house at the center of the shore is the Nathan Clark II House. The white building at the far left is Deacon Henry Higgins Clark's Island House Hotel, early in its career, before it was expanded into several stories with a mansard roof. Clark descendants, and their houses, are still in Southwest Harbor. William Howe Witherle (1821–1906) accompanied Lane on his trip around Mount Desert Island and recorded many of their adventures in his diary. On August 21 he wrote, "… George, Joe & myself took breakfast this morning at the Island House – and a fine one it was – price 25 cts – Mr. Lane took 2 sketches here…” The sketches referred to were of the shore and harbor, not the hotel. See: Witherle, William Howe. William Witherle Diary (unpublished manuscript) (August 16–21, 1852). Personal diary in the collection of the Wilson Museum, Castine, Maine (A00060-1a-1h). [show more]
5645	View from Clark Point to Manset	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places, Harbor	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1878 c.	Southwest Harbor			View from Clark Point to Manset Item: 5645    Accession #: 1033 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1878 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Bryant Bradley Stereo Collection
5800	Steamer Sappho at Steamer Wharf in Southwest Harbor - Between 1886 and 1911	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Vessels, Steamboat			1886 c.	Southwest Harbor			Steamer Sappho at Steamer Wharf in Southwest Harbor - Between 1886 and 1911 Item: 5800    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Steamboat Date: 1886 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Copies Collection
6320	Steamer Sappho at Steamboat Wharf in Southwest Harbor - Between 1886 and 1911	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Vessels, Steamboat			1886 c.	Southwest Harbor		The steamer, "Sappho," of the Maine Central Railroad, is at the Steamboat Wharf.	Steamer Sappho at Steamboat Wharf in Southwest Harbor - Between 1886 and 1911 Item: 6320    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Steamboat Date: 1886 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: W.H. Ballard Copies Collection Description: The steamer, "Sappho," of the Maine Central Railroad, is at the Steamboat Wharf.
5524	View of Fishing Boats in Southwest Harbor from Freeman Ridge	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor			1888	Southwest Harbor		Photograph was taken from near the present standpipes on Freeman Ridge Road [2006]. Clark & Parker 2nd store (on the point on left) was built in 1885. The 2nd Stanley House (on the point at the right) was built in 1885. See Photograph #5090 for another view of the fleet in the harbor.	View of Fishing Boats in Southwest Harbor from Freeman Ridge Item: 5524    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Date: 1888 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: Photograph was taken from near the present standpipes on Freeman Ridge Road [2006]. Clark & Parker 2nd store (on the point on left) was built in 1885. The 2nd Stanley House (on the point at the right) was built in 1885. See Photograph #5090 for another view of the fleet in the harbor.
5220	The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town			1888 c.	Southwest Harbor		"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.	The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge Item: 5220    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Date: 1888 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Tags: zoomable Description: "From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]
5037	At Head of Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Harbor	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1890	Southwest Harbor			At Head of Southwest Harbor Item: 5037    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1890 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
5202	Southeast Harbor from Henry L. Rand's Room at the Clark Cottage	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Harbor	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1890	Southwest Harbor	141 Clark Point Road		Southeast Harbor from Henry L. Rand's Room at the Clark Cottage Item: 5202    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1890 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 141 Clark Point Road Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
5646	View from Clark Point to Manset	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places, Harbor	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1890 c.	Southwest Harbor	184 Seawall Road	Stereoscopic view	View from Clark Point to Manset Item: 5646    Accession #: 1033 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1890 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 184 Seawall Road Source: Bryant Bradley Stereo Collection Tags: harbor Description: Stereoscopic view
5652	Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places, Harbor Places, Shore	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1890 c.	Southwest Harbor			Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point Item: 5652    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Shore Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1890 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Bryant Bradley Stereo Collection
5668	Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places, Harbor Places, Shore	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		1890 c.	Southwest Harbor			Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point Item: 5668    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Shore Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1890 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Bryant Bradley Stereo Collection
5069	Schooner Palestine in Deacon's Harbor, Clark Point	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1891-08-12	Southwest Harbor		Photograph taken near the end of Clark Point Road at Deacon's Cove.	Schooner Palestine in Deacon's Harbor, Clark Point Item: 5069    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1891-08-12 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: Photograph taken near the end of Clark Point Road at Deacon's Cove.
5068	Schooner Caroline C and Pinky Zanita in Deacon's Cove on Clark Point	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1893-08-27	Southwest Harbor			Schooner Caroline C and Pinky Zanita in Deacon's Cove on Clark Point Item: 5068    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1893-08-27 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
5090	Fleet of Offshore Fishing Schooners - The Mackerel Fleet in Southwest Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1895 c.	Southwest Harbor		The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006	Fleet of Offshore Fishing Schooners - The Mackerel Fleet in Southwest Harbor, Maine Item: 5090    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1895 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection Tags: zoomable Description: The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006 [show more]
5604	Fleet of Offshore Fishing Schooners - Mackerel Fleet	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Photomechanical Print	Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1895 c.	Southwest Harbor		The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006	Fleet of Offshore Fishing Schooners - Mackerel Fleet Item: 5604    Accession #: 2094 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Photomechanical Print Subject: Places, Harbor Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1895 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection Tags: panorama Description: The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006 [show more]
6072	Clark's Cove, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor		The photograph shows one of the Indian shacks on Indian Lot on the rise across the road on the right, two horses and buggies rounding the bend, a dory, a cat boat (?), a canoe and the "sunken vessel", probably the Schooner Palestine.. The white barn on the left belonged to William Gilman Parker, Deacon Henry Higgins Clark’s son-in-law. The dark shed-like building at the edge of the water was part of the Deacon’s shipyard.	Clark's Cove, Southwest Harbor Item: 6072    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection Description: The photograph shows one of the Indian shacks on Indian Lot on the rise across the road on the right, two horses and buggies rounding the bend, a dory, a cat boat (?), a canoe and the "sunken vessel", probably the Schooner Palestine.. The white barn on the left belonged to William Gilman Parker, Deacon Henry Higgins Clark’s son-in-law. The dark shed-like building at the edge of the water was part of the Deacon’s shipyard.
6085	Clark Point and Claremont Hotel from Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			Clark Point and Claremont Hotel from Manset Item: 6085    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
5982	Deacon's Cove	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			Deacon's Cove Item: 5982    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
5985	Clark Point from Manset Looking North up Somes Sound	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Sound Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			Clark Point from Manset Looking North up Somes Sound Item: 5985    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Sound Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
5986	View of Clark Point from Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Shore	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			View of Clark Point from Manset Item: 5986    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Shore Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
5987	View of Clark Point from Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Shore	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			View of Clark Point from Manset Item: 5987    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Shore Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
5988	View of Southwest Harbor from Manset	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			View of Southwest Harbor from Manset Item: 5988    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
6035	View from Manset to Clark Point Across Little Island and Black's Ledge	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Town	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.	Southwest Harbor			View from Manset to Clark Point Across Little Island and Black's Ledge Item: 6035    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Town Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection
6785	View of the Head of Southwest Harbor from Manset	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Harbor Places, Shore Places, Town		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1904 c.	Southwest Harbor		"Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor"	View of the Head of Southwest Harbor from Manset Item: 6785    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Shore Places, Town Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1904 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Description: "Dick: that is my house with the arrow over it. the place has changed some since that was taken. on that wharf there is a large factory now and eleven houses down there in the field. [on face of postcard] [on reverse of postcard] To Mr. Dexter Fowler, 56 Pine Street, Bath, Maine. Dear Friend Dick – I guess you thought I had forgotten you. But I should say not. I am a great fellow to put off writing. Have they had any fights at the shop since I left: I arrived home Sat. and went to work Wed. Raymond Whitmore, Southwest Harbor" [show more]
6223	Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point	Image, Photograph	Places, Harbor Places, Shore	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1905 c.	Southwest Harbor			Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point Item: 6223    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Harbor Places, Shore Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1905 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection

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