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6436Loren Bascom Taber Johnson Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1941-07-11
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 Winding Lane
7525Leonard Neal Mayo in Long Pants
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1941 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Wesley Avenue
The building in the background, on Main Street, housed the "Elmwood Caf‚" and "Nifty Nook" restaurants.
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The building in the background, on Main Street, housed the "Elmwood Caf‚" and "Nifty Nook" restaurants.
12144Kenneth and Ruth Amiro's Seawall Dining Room
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-08-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 560 Seawall Road
The photograph was taken for David Kenneth Amiro (1906-2001) who owned the Seawall Dining Room with his wife, Ruth (Billings) Amiro (1910-1998), from 1944 to 1957.
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The photograph was taken for David Kenneth Amiro (1906-2001) who owned the Seawall Dining Room with his wife, Ruth (Billings) Amiro (1910-1998), from 1944 to 1957.
10300Jonathan Stewart House - 1st House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-10-07
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 361 Seawall Road
The first house that Jonathan built in Southwest Harbor, at Seawall, resembles other houses in the area, unlike his second house whose form is reminiscent of the house he grew up in back in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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The first house that Jonathan built in Southwest Harbor, at Seawall, resembles other houses in the area, unlike his second house whose form is reminiscent of the house he grew up in back in Aberdeen, Scotland.
11742Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage as the Frederick Fox Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-05-17
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 73 Seawall Road
11743Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage as the Frederick Fox Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-05-17
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 73 Seawall Road
10371Title Page - Frances Pepper Scott - A Sketch
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1942
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Rocky Pasture Lane
9404Andy's Little Store as Andy's Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1943 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 432 Main Street
10056Fred Eaton Young in his Blacksmith Shop, Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Bangor Daily News
  • 1948-05-02
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 397 Main Street
The shop, now gone, was located at 397 Main Street, on the north side of the property, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
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The shop, now gone, was located at 397 Main Street, on the north side of the property, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
7783The Seth H. Higgins / Simeon Holden Mayo House, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1940 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 396 Main Street
11011The Chester Warren Stanley and Philip Tracy Carroll Children Looking Across Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1945 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 379 Main Street
Left to Right: Judith “Judy” May Carroll (1935-), later Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. Nancy Eleanor Stanley (1934-2022), later Mrs. Raymond Eugene Robbins, Jr. Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-), later Mrs. Carol Carter Murphy Myrna Lorraine Stanley (1942-2022), later Mrs. Karl Julius Ritterskamp Sally Camilla Carroll (1933-), later Mrs. Harold Alan Fernald Jr. Nancy Jane Carroll (1936-), later Mrs. Joseph Mello Cynthia Farnham Carroll (1937-2005), later Mrs. Robert Allen Aikman III Esther Laverne Stanley (1936-1984), later Mrs. Michael Willis The children are sitting on the lawn of the Adoniram Judson Robinson house at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, watching a moving van at the Arthur L. Somes house across the street.
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Left to Right: Judith “Judy” May Carroll (1935-), later Mrs. Joseph T. Stockbridge Jr. Nancy Eleanor Stanley (1934-2022), later Mrs. Raymond Eugene Robbins, Jr. Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-), later Mrs. Carol Carter Murphy Myrna Lorraine Stanley (1942-2022), later Mrs. Karl Julius Ritterskamp Sally Camilla Carroll (1933-), later Mrs. Harold Alan Fernald Jr. Nancy Jane Carroll (1936-), later Mrs. Joseph Mello Cynthia Farnham Carroll (1937-2005), later Mrs. Robert Allen Aikman III Esther Laverne Stanley (1936-1984), later Mrs. Michael Willis The children are sitting on the lawn of the Adoniram Judson Robinson house at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, watching a moving van at the Arthur L. Somes house across the street. [show more]
6388Civil Defense Nursing Class, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-03-06
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 363 Main Street
The photograph was taken at the Congregational Church Parish Hall. A group of women who gathered at the Congregational Church Parish Hall in Southwest Harbor during World War II for nursing courses. Back Row Standing - Left to right: Maud (Gooch) Phillips, R.N. (1902-1987) Mary (Harriman) Carroll (1910-2003) Marguerite E. (Bradbury) Newman - Mrs. Thomas H. Newman (1906-1990) Maude (Whitten) Sullivan - Mrs. Donald Ivan Sullivan (1906-1996) Eleanor M. (Hadlock) Gilley - Mrs. Richard W. Gilley (1908-1999) Ruth (Woster) Herrick - Mrs. Millard Herrick (1907-1994) Irene Louise (Smith) Closson - Mrs. Maynard S. Closson (1905-1995) Ora E. (Newman) Seavey (1900-1975) Effie Madora (Wardwell) Rice - Mrs. Warren Gilbert Rice (1908-1997) Gussie E. (Moore) Chalmers - Mrs. Francis T. Chalmers (1897-1948) Front Row Seated - Left to right: Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen, Sr. (1915-2001) Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Charlotte E. Lurvey (1910-2000) Mary Evelyn (Pearl) Dunham - Mrs. Reginald H. Dunham (1914-1996) Marjorie (Hamblen) Robinson - Mrs. Lawrence S. Robinson (1910-1991) Elizabeth (Thurston) King (1905-2009) Also in the class, but not in the photograph: Albra Marion (Staples) Stanley - Mrs. Leverett Sherman Stanley (1901-1965) Phyllis (Whitmore) Closson - Mrs. Lewis E. Closson (1914-2003) Helen (Wass) Worcester - Mrs. Orman Worcester (1902-1996)
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The photograph was taken at the Congregational Church Parish Hall. A group of women who gathered at the Congregational Church Parish Hall in Southwest Harbor during World War II for nursing courses. Back Row Standing - Left to right: Maud (Gooch) Phillips, R.N. (1902-1987) Mary (Harriman) Carroll (1910-2003) Marguerite E. (Bradbury) Newman - Mrs. Thomas H. Newman (1906-1990) Maude (Whitten) Sullivan - Mrs. Donald Ivan Sullivan (1906-1996) Eleanor M. (Hadlock) Gilley - Mrs. Richard W. Gilley (1908-1999) Ruth (Woster) Herrick - Mrs. Millard Herrick (1907-1994) Irene Louise (Smith) Closson - Mrs. Maynard S. Closson (1905-1995) Ora E. (Newman) Seavey (1900-1975) Effie Madora (Wardwell) Rice - Mrs. Warren Gilbert Rice (1908-1997) Gussie E. (Moore) Chalmers - Mrs. Francis T. Chalmers (1897-1948) Front Row Seated - Left to right: Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen, Sr. (1915-2001) Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Charlotte E. Lurvey (1910-2000) Mary Evelyn (Pearl) Dunham - Mrs. Reginald H. Dunham (1914-1996) Marjorie (Hamblen) Robinson - Mrs. Lawrence S. Robinson (1910-1991) Elizabeth (Thurston) King (1905-2009) Also in the class, but not in the photograph: Albra Marion (Staples) Stanley - Mrs. Leverett Sherman Stanley (1901-1965) Phyllis (Whitmore) Closson - Mrs. Lewis E. Closson (1914-2003) Helen (Wass) Worcester - Mrs. Orman Worcester (1902-1996) [show more]
12437Southwest Harbor Boy Scout Troop 99
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-06-08
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 357 Main Street
This photograph was taken at the Odd Fellows Hall
Description:
This photograph was taken at the Odd Fellows Hall
10675Ralph Richardson Sawyer and Friend at Sawyer's Market
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • 1942 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 344 Main Street
5607The Southwest Harbor Public Library Children's Reading Club
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-08-27
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence.
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On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence. [show more]
5608The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Children's Reading Club Award Winners
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-08-27
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr.
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Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. [show more]
5609The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Story Hour
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942-08-27
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
5614Ruth E. Lawrence, Director of the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
This photograph was taken in the Holmes Room in the old part of the library. The desk faced the fireplace. Ruth's back was to a series of book stacks that protruded from the north wall at that time.
Description:
This photograph was taken in the Holmes Room in the old part of the library. The desk faced the fireplace. Ruth's back was to a series of book stacks that protruded from the north wall at that time.
5620Children's Book Week 1941
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-11-02
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
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."
5637The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
7754Civil Defense Aircraft Spotting Post on Roof of Pemetic High School
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-12-29
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
Shown in the photograph are Elizabeth Lawler and Eunice (Palmer) Gilley, Mrs. Philip Frederick Morse Gilley
Description:
Shown in the photograph are Elizabeth Lawler and Eunice (Palmer) Gilley, Mrs. Philip Frederick Morse Gilley
10843Junior High School Operetta Tom Sawyer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1942
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
12054Pemetic High School Students in Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-01-26
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
12195Linwood A. Ginn
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-01
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street
Linwood was President of the Eighth Grade Class at Pemetic High School when this photograph was taken. He was fourteen.
Description:
Linwood was President of the Eighth Grade Class at Pemetic High School when this photograph was taken. He was fourteen.
10055Eastern Maine Class M Basket Ball Championship - Pemetic High School Team and Cheerleaders
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Bangor Daily News
  • 1948-03
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 329 Main Street