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| 7689 | Abigail Argo (Whitmore) Robinson, Mrs. James E. Robinson with Dorinda Robinson and Jim Stanley |
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| Left to Right: Dorinda Robinson, Abigail Argo Robinson, Jim Stanley Dorinda was Abigail's niece, the daughter of Abigail's sister, Sarah. | 
Description: Left to Right: Dorinda Robinson, Abigail Argo Robinson, Jim Stanley Dorinda was Abigail's niece, the daughter of Abigail's sister, Sarah. | |||
| 6901 | Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage |
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| 7932 | Alton E. Farnsworth and Workers at the Farnsworth Fish Factory, Southwest Harbor |
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| Alton E. Farnsworth stands third from the right in the photograph, wearing a bowler hat. | 
Description: Alton E. Farnsworth stands third from the right in the photograph, wearing a bowler hat. | ||
| 8931 | Alton E. Farnsworth and Workers at the Farnsworth Fish Factory, Southwest Harbor |
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| Alton E. Farnsworth stands far right in the photograph. | 
Description: Alton E. Farnsworth stands far right in the photograph. | ||
| 6693 | Annie Downs Clark and School Students |
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| Annie Downs Clark is in the center - just left of doorway. The sign on the building announcing “Beautiful Stereopticon Views” does not refer to stereograph or stereoscopic views, viewed through a viewer held in one’s hand. "Beautiful Stereopticon Views" - "The word "stereopticon" is frequently confused with "stereograph" and "stereoscope," but has nothing to do with either. The "Stereopticon" was a single lensed device to project lantern slides - transparent pictures on glass used for public lectures - we know it as a "slide show" in the Kodachrome era. The powerful light to project the image was generated by the same type of gas as miners used for their lamps. The event being advertised was an educational event probably showing slides of exotic places that most people from Southwest Harbor would never see except in pictures." - Weston J. Naef - August 2008. | 
Description: Annie Downs Clark is in the center - just left of doorway. The sign on the building announcing “Beautiful Stereopticon Views” does not refer to stereograph or stereoscopic views, viewed through a viewer held in one’s hand. "Beautiful Stereopticon Views" - "The word "stereopticon" is frequently confused with "stereograph" and "stereoscope," but has nothing to do with either. The "Stereopticon" was a single lensed device to project lantern slides - transparent pictures on glass used for public lectures - we know it as a "slide show" in the Kodachrome era. The powerful light to project the image was generated by the same type of gas as miners used for their lamps. The event being advertised was an educational event probably showing slides of exotic places that most people from Southwest Harbor would never see except in pictures." - Weston J. Naef - August 2008. [show more] | |||
| 11767 | Bertha Emily Robinson |
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| "Practically every town in Victorian America boasted a photography studio. The proprietor, whether he knew it or not, was an early chronicler of family life. Newborns, graduates, brides, grooms, and entire families posed for the camera – alongside wicker props. Ornate wicker furniture made its debut in photography studios during the 1870s. Light, airy and noticeably three-dimensional in photographs, wicker props made greater headway in studios during the 1880s and early 1900s. Because it was so inexpensive and easy to store, photographers and the public took wicker to their hearts. In fact, fancy wicker pieces became known as “photographer’s chairs.” Wicker’s popularity in studios created a new market; Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company featured in their 1898 catalogue an extremely ornate five-legged “posing chair” specifically designed as a photographer’s prop." - "Collector’s Guide to American Wicker Furniture," by Richard Saunders, published by Hearst Books, New York, 1983, p. 43. The following pages contain photographs showing various ornate wicker chairs that were used by photographers. The chair shown in this photograph appears on pages 47 and 57. The same chair, obviously used by Southwest Harbor photographer. J.C. Ralph, appears in other photographs in the library collection. | 
Description: "Practically every town in Victorian America boasted a photography studio. The proprietor, whether he knew it or not, was an early chronicler of family life. Newborns, graduates, brides, grooms, and entire families posed for the camera – alongside wicker props. Ornate wicker furniture made its debut in photography studios during the 1870s. Light, airy and noticeably three-dimensional in photographs, wicker props made greater headway in studios during the 1880s and early 1900s. Because it was so inexpensive and easy to store, photographers and the public took wicker to their hearts. In fact, fancy wicker pieces became known as “photographer’s chairs.” Wicker’s popularity in studios created a new market; Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company featured in their 1898 catalogue an extremely ornate five-legged “posing chair” specifically designed as a photographer’s prop." - "Collector’s Guide to American Wicker Furniture," by Richard Saunders, published by Hearst Books, New York, 1983, p. 43. The following pages contain photographs showing various ornate wicker chairs that were used by photographers. The chair shown in this photograph appears on pages 47 and 57. The same chair, obviously used by Southwest Harbor photographer. J.C. Ralph, appears in other photographs in the library collection. [show more] | ||
| 6117 | Buildings on Shore Road, Manset, from Water |
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| There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch. | 
Description: There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch. [show more] | ||
| 9489 | Causeway Dam Construction |
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| Robert Kaighn is at the forefront right, consulting with one of the workmen. | 
Description: Robert Kaighn is at the forefront right, consulting with one of the workmen. | |||
| 9490 | Causeway Dam Construction |
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| Robert Kaighn is at the forefront 4th from right, consulting with one of the workmen. | 
Description: Robert Kaighn is at the forefront 4th from right, consulting with one of the workmen. | |||
| 9491 | Causeway Dam Construction |
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| 9492 | Causeway Dam Construction |
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| The men are using a wooden sledge and there is a lady sketching the scene with her basket on the rocks before her. | 
Description: The men are using a wooden sledge and there is a lady sketching the scene with her basket on the rocks before her. | |||
| 6085 | Clark Point and Claremont Hotel from Manset |
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| 5985 | Clark Point from Manset Looking North up Somes Sound |
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| 5528 | Clark Point Road and Main Street, Southwest Harbor |
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| The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence. | 
Description: The sign probably says Tremont or Bass Harbor - 3 miles. The corner of the Elisha B. Crane house is visible on the left. The horses are standing in front of P.L. Sargent's Livery Stable on Clark Point Road. The first house beyond the livery stable was built about 1902 by William Wallace and sold to E.A. Lawler. Next beyond that, with dark shutters, is the house built by E.L. Higgins, on Maple Lane, in 1884. On the right, part of the Old Masonic Hall may be seen, followed by A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop, Dr. R.J. Lemont's Drug Store and residence, Stephen Harmon's General Store, and William J. Tower's residence. [show more] | |||
| 6072 | Clark's Cove, Southwest Harbor |
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| 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. | 
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. | ||
| 12242 | Commodore Arthur Curtiss James' Brigantine Aloha and Steam Yacht Lorna at Southwest Harbor |
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| 12241 | Commodore Arthur Curtiss James' Brigantine Aloha I at Southwest Harbor |
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| 5982 | Deacon's Cove |
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| 5877 | Dr. George Arthur Neal Residence |
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| Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. A man driving a horse and buggy is just emerging from his drive (perhaps Dr. George Neal?). | 
Description: Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. A man driving a horse and buggy is just emerging from his drive (perhaps Dr. George Neal?). | |
| 9349 | Dr. George Arthur Neal's Horse, Buggy and Dog at Home |
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| 5878 | Dr. George Arthur Neal's Horse, Buggy and Dog in Front of His Home |
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| Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. Two men and a horse and buggy are parked in front of the house. A black dog (labrador?) sits on the walk. Lace curtains and geraniums may be seen in the windows. | 
Description: Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. Two men and a horse and buggy are parked in front of the house. A black dog (labrador?) sits on the walk. Lace curtains and geraniums may be seen in the windows. | |
| 7690 | Elvira Jane Robinson Mayo - Mrs. Simeon Holden Mayo at Home in Southwest Harbor |
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| 7460 | Elvira 'Vira' Jane (Robinson) Mayo, Lisa Caroline Mayo and Friends at Steamboat Wharf |
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| 5931 | Everton Livingston Gott's House |
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| 11552 | First Football Team at the Southwest Harbor High School |
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