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| 11289 | Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor - Farnsworth's Lobster, Clam and Sardine factory |
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| 11735 | Fish Flakes at a Codfish Station at Manset |
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| 5895 | Children's Day at the Methodist Church in Northeast Harbor |
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| “It shall be the duty of every Pastor to cause every Sunday School under his charge to observe the second Sunday in June, or such other Sunday as may be more convenient, as Children’s Day, and upon said day, as part of the service, he shall take a collection to be devoted to the Sunday School Children’s Fund. The Pastor shall forward the collection aforesaid directly to the same to his Annual Conference under the head of “Children’s Fund;” and all educational money, except the Children’s Fund, shall be reported to the Annual Conference under the head of “Other educational objects.”” Quoted from“The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892” p. 164 – From the Collection of the Harvard Library, Google Book Search. | 
Description: “It shall be the duty of every Pastor to cause every Sunday School under his charge to observe the second Sunday in June, or such other Sunday as may be more convenient, as Children’s Day, and upon said day, as part of the service, he shall take a collection to be devoted to the Sunday School Children’s Fund. The Pastor shall forward the collection aforesaid directly to the same to his Annual Conference under the head of “Children’s Fund;” and all educational money, except the Children’s Fund, shall be reported to the Annual Conference under the head of “Other educational objects.”” Quoted from“The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1892” p. 164 – From the Collection of the Harvard Library, Google Book Search. [show more] | |||
| 6022 | The Jonathan Rich Family at the John Melbourne Rich House I |
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| The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. The people in the photograph left to right: Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) Roseanna B. (Dix) Rich - Mrs. Jonathan Rich (1841-1916) Avah Dalton Rich, Sr. (1876-1908) Unknown lady in a white shirtwaist Unknown seated lady Rena “Teenie” or “Tiny” May Thurston - a dwarf (1866-1905) Unknown lady in a hat Unknown man in a suit | 
Description: The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. The people in the photograph left to right: Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) Roseanna B. (Dix) Rich - Mrs. Jonathan Rich (1841-1916) Avah Dalton Rich, Sr. (1876-1908) Unknown lady in a white shirtwaist Unknown seated lady Rena “Teenie” or “Tiny” May Thurston - a dwarf (1866-1905) Unknown lady in a hat Unknown man in a suit [show more] | |
| 6174 | Jacob William and Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll at The Mountain House |
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| 11684 | Students and Teacher of the West Tremont School |
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| SWHPL 6545 is a duplicate of this item (may have been reversed) Back Row - Left to Right: Maybird Dolliver - Teacher - Mary Alice Morris (1876-1956) - Mrs. Stillman Stanley Dolliver Maude M. Candage (1888-1937) – later Mrs. Lester Lewis Dorr Evelyn Frances Pomroy (1885-1973) – later Mrs. Alvah Dalton Rich and Mrs. Charles Edwin Hamblen Bertha C. Murphy (1887-1968) – later Mrs. George A. Neal Edna Lunt Julia L. Clark (1888-) Lida J. Rumill (1889-1979) – later Mrs. Rudolph A. Gilley Ida May Kelley (1887-1980) – later Mrs. Leroy E. Sweeney Beatrice K. Lunt (1888-) – later Mrs. Ralph Bancroft Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953) – later Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott and Mrs. Gray Bernice B. Murphy (1886-1957) – later Mrs. Walter Hilton Hamblen Middle Row - Left to Right: Dora Maude Dow (1888-1948) – later Mrs. Harold G. Lawson Emma Almira Reed (1889-1961) – later Mrs. Ernest L. Smith Hallie Murphy (1891-1983) – later Mrs. Raymond Percival Somes Eva F. Springer (1875-1967) – later Mrs. Jasper E. Norwood and Mrs. Oscar Arey Tolma Mildred Carver Reed (1890-1979) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Evelyn Laurania Lunt (1892-1955) – later Mrs. Merle Albert Farley William Augustus Clark (1891-1919) Donald E. Robbins (1888-) Mabel L. Gott (1892-) Gertrude L. Rumill – Grammar School Teacher (1875-1963) – later Mrs. Jason Perley Kane Florence “Flossie” Day or Dane Front Row – Left to Right: Frank Stinson Eugene W. Gordius (1888-1964) Carrie M. Thurston (1893-1979) – later Mrs. Raymond Oswell Staples Lucy Leona Reed (1892-1919) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Julia Aljava Norwood (1891-1974) – later Mrs. James Everett Parker Herbert S. Reed (1892-1918) Zulma Emma Norwood (1894-1992) – later Mrs. Albert Erastus Hodgdon Basil E. Reed (1893-1905) Esther F. Gott (1893-) Elmer Dalton Reed (1893-1992) Carl B. Pomroy (1893-1953) twin of Cush B. Pomroy (1893-1963) Harold Lester Thurston (1888-) Roy Francis Eaton (1890-1947) Hollis Gardner Reed (1888-1967) | 
Description: SWHPL 6545 is a duplicate of this item (may have been reversed) Back Row - Left to Right: Maybird Dolliver - Teacher - Mary Alice Morris (1876-1956) - Mrs. Stillman Stanley Dolliver Maude M. Candage (1888-1937) – later Mrs. Lester Lewis Dorr Evelyn Frances Pomroy (1885-1973) – later Mrs. Alvah Dalton Rich and Mrs. Charles Edwin Hamblen Bertha C. Murphy (1887-1968) – later Mrs. George A. Neal Edna Lunt Julia L. Clark (1888-) Lida J. Rumill (1889-1979) – later Mrs. Rudolph A. Gilley Ida May Kelley (1887-1980) – later Mrs. Leroy E. Sweeney Beatrice K. Lunt (1888-) – later Mrs. Ralph Bancroft Wilda D. Reed (1886-1953) – later Mrs. Leslie Elroy Hamblen and Mrs. Charles A. Gott and Mrs. Gray Bernice B. Murphy (1886-1957) – later Mrs. Walter Hilton Hamblen Middle Row - Left to Right: Dora Maude Dow (1888-1948) – later Mrs. Harold G. Lawson Emma Almira Reed (1889-1961) – later Mrs. Ernest L. Smith Hallie Murphy (1891-1983) – later Mrs. Raymond Percival Somes Eva F. Springer (1875-1967) – later Mrs. Jasper E. Norwood and Mrs. Oscar Arey Tolma Mildred Carver Reed (1890-1979) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Evelyn Laurania Lunt (1892-1955) – later Mrs. Merle Albert Farley William Augustus Clark (1891-1919) Donald E. Robbins (1888-) Mabel L. Gott (1892-) Gertrude L. Rumill – Grammar School Teacher (1875-1963) – later Mrs. Jason Perley Kane Florence “Flossie” Day or Dane Front Row – Left to Right: Frank Stinson Eugene W. Gordius (1888-1964) Carrie M. Thurston (1893-1979) – later Mrs. Raymond Oswell Staples Lucy Leona Reed (1892-1919) – later Mrs. Benjamin John Gott Julia Aljava Norwood (1891-1974) – later Mrs. James Everett Parker Herbert S. Reed (1892-1918) Zulma Emma Norwood (1894-1992) – later Mrs. Albert Erastus Hodgdon Basil E. Reed (1893-1905) Esther F. Gott (1893-) Elmer Dalton Reed (1893-1992) Carl B. Pomroy (1893-1953) twin of Cush B. Pomroy (1893-1963) Harold Lester Thurston (1888-) Roy Francis Eaton (1890-1947) Hollis Gardner Reed (1888-1967) [show more] | ||
| 5598 | The Dirigo House - Group of Six in Wagon |
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| 6877 | Sarah Louise Lawler Smallidge with Her Son Robert Lindsay Smallidge, Sr. and Unknown Girl |
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Description: The photograph was taken at the Elmer Ellsworth Smallidge House. | ||
| 10451 | Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Building Crew at Completion |
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| 10454 | Samuel Champion Coopers Grandsons, Samuel Inman Cooper, Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. and Mammy |
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| Left to Right: Samuel Inman Cooper (1894-1974) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. (1899-) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper "Mammy" - holding Joseph - the identity of "Mammy" is unknown. The boys' mother, Nellie Sue (Inman) Cooper came from the Inman family in Atlanta, Georgia, who must have had many black servants. There were comparatively few families summering in Southwest Harbor at the time with black employees. | 
Description: Left to Right: Samuel Inman Cooper (1894-1974) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. (1899-) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper "Mammy" - holding Joseph - the identity of "Mammy" is unknown. The boys' mother, Nellie Sue (Inman) Cooper came from the Inman family in Atlanta, Georgia, who must have had many black servants. There were comparatively few families summering in Southwest Harbor at the time with black employees. [show more] | |||
| 6887 | The Dix / Holden House and Boat House - Before 1897 |
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| 5556 | J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor |
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| The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. | 
Description: The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more] | |||
| 5126 | Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office |
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| There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. | 
Description: There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more] | |||
| 5139 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte |
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| Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses. | 
Description: Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses. | |
| 5632 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| 5635 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| 6100 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| 5634 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| 6160 | Ocean House Hotel, Ocean House Cottage/Annex and Tremont Baptist Parsonage from the Shore |
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| 10677 | The Hotel St. Sauveur, Bar Harbor, Maine |
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| 9881 | The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage |
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| 9944 | The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage |
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| 5554 | Wilford Howard Kittredge in a Sleigh at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Store and Southwest Harbor Post Office |
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| The Adelbert Alden Gilley house at 12 Maple Lane, Map 6 – Lot 102, Southwest Harbor can be seen in the reflection of the window of the Ralph store. |  Wilford Howard Kittredge in a Sleigh at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Store and Southwest Harbor Post Office
Description: The Adelbert Alden Gilley house at 12 Maple Lane, Map 6 – Lot 102, Southwest Harbor can be seen in the reflection of the window of the Ralph store. | ||
| 6544 | Simeon H. Sim Mayo, Jacob Schoppy Mayo and Family at Sim's Bicycle Shop, Southwest Harbor |
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| 7695 | Emily Robinson Farnsworth and Sisters on the Steps of Her Millinery Shop |
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| The building just visible on the left is the James E. Robinson house at 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor. The building on the right of the store is the Hiram Houston / Eben F. Richardson House at 406 Main Street. The Farnsworth store is now part of this property. Seated on steps Left to Right: Ina Caroline "Cad" (Robinson) Lawler (1865-1959) - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler Possibly Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) - Mrs. James E. Robinson Robinson - Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth (1851-1905) Elvira "Vira" Jane (Robinson) Mayo (1867-1960) - Mrs. Simeon Holden Mayo Unknown man, probably a Robinson. "Cad," Emily and "Vira" were sisters. Emily Robinson was a milliner, and sported fancy hats to advertise her business. | 
Description: The building just visible on the left is the James E. Robinson house at 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor. The building on the right of the store is the Hiram Houston / Eben F. Richardson House at 406 Main Street. The Farnsworth store is now part of this property. Seated on steps Left to Right: Ina Caroline "Cad" (Robinson) Lawler (1865-1959) - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler Possibly Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) - Mrs. James E. Robinson Robinson - Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth (1851-1905) Elvira "Vira" Jane (Robinson) Mayo (1867-1960) - Mrs. Simeon Holden Mayo Unknown man, probably a Robinson. "Cad," Emily and "Vira" were sisters. Emily Robinson was a milliner, and sported fancy hats to advertise her business. [show more] |
