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10191Letter from the Charles J. Jager Co. to Jesse H. Pease Regarding a New Water Pump and Windmill
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Places, Town
  • 1895-04-04
  • Southwest Harbor
6277View from Clark Point to Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
6278Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
5533Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building.
Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
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Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building. [show more]
5556J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
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.
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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. [show more]
5127View to the South, Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
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The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
5090Fleet 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
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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]
5832Fernald Point with Dog (St. Sauveur), Flying, and Robinson (Acadia) Mountains
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Shore
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor
Flying Mountain is in the foreground. Dog Mountain on the left and Robinson Mountain on the right appear in the background. "The house on the left was built by Rev. Oliver Fernald and in 1926 his daughter, Louise Fernald (later Mrs. Lynn M. Goulding) sold it to Miss Mary E. Dreier of New York who remodeled it and named it Valour House in memory of the band of the Jesuit settlement of 1813. The farmhouse on the right was built in the early 1800's. In 1842 it was remodeled and made into a two family dwelling for Eben and Daniel Fernald. The brothers lived there and worked the farm for many years." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p 138 and 9 - 1938. The house was later sold by Louise to the Dreiers. In 2007, the house on the left was owned by Mrs. Rhys Williams and the house on the right was still owned by the Dreier family.
Description:
Flying Mountain is in the foreground. Dog Mountain on the left and Robinson Mountain on the right appear in the background. "The house on the left was built by Rev. Oliver Fernald and in 1926 his daughter, Louise Fernald (later Mrs. Lynn M. Goulding) sold it to Miss Mary E. Dreier of New York who remodeled it and named it Valour House in memory of the band of the Jesuit settlement of 1813. The farmhouse on the right was built in the early 1800's. In 1842 it was remodeled and made into a two family dwelling for Eben and Daniel Fernald. The brothers lived there and worked the farm for many years." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p 138 and 9 - 1938. The house was later sold by Louise to the Dreiers. In 2007, the house on the left was owned by Mrs. Rhys Williams and the house on the right was still owned by the Dreier family. [show more]
5953Main Street Looking Toward Dog (Saint Sauveur) Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1895 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 225 Main Street
Notice the man leading a cow on Main Street. The largest house, in the center of the picture to the right of the trees, is the Fred M. Robbins house, The photograph was taken from the John Cummins Harmon House at 246 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Description:
Notice the man leading a cow on Main Street. The largest house, in the center of the picture to the right of the trees, is the Fred M. Robbins house, The photograph was taken from the John Cummins Harmon House at 246 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
5126Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
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]
12430Teacher Emma J. (Coggins) Norwood and Students of the Norwood Cove School at a Valley Cove Picnic
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places
  • 1891 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
16184Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
“Another view of Main Street about the turn of the century.” The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a man standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Several carriages can be seen in the photograph, including one from Birch Tree Farm in Lamoine, Maine. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it on the left side is the Odd Fellows building.
Description:
“Another view of Main Street about the turn of the century.” The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a man standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Several carriages can be seen in the photograph, including one from Birch Tree Farm in Lamoine, Maine. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it on the left side is the Odd Fellows building. [show more]
5035The Avenue and Approach
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1899-11
  • Southwest Harbor
5068Schooner 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
5069Schooner 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.
Description:
Photograph taken near the end of Clark Point Road at Deacon's Cove.
5073Up the Sound - Dog, Robinson & Flying Mountains
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Shore
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1891-08
  • Southwest Harbor
Photograph taken from "Downs Beach" - Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs' house, "Edgecliff" at 34 Norwood Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The opposite shore is Fernald Point. Dog Mountain - Saint Sauveur in 2007 - 670 feet Robinson Mountain - Acadia Mountain in 2007 - 680 feet Flying Mountain - Flying Mountain in 2007 - 280 feet
Description:
Photograph taken from "Downs Beach" - Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs' house, "Edgecliff" at 34 Norwood Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine. The opposite shore is Fernald Point. Dog Mountain - Saint Sauveur in 2007 - 670 feet Robinson Mountain - Acadia Mountain in 2007 - 680 feet Flying Mountain - Flying Mountain in 2007 - 280 feet
5102The Freeman House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 9 Phillips Lane
5125The Island House Slip
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor
5176Lobster Traps at Norwood's Cove
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1899
  • Southwest Harbor
5188Fox Dens Site
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1899-11-19
  • Southwest Harbor
5189Site of Proposed Causeway Dam - First Dam
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1899
  • Southwest Harbor
5201View South from the Wharf at Fox Dens
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1899-11
  • Southwest Harbor
5304Gazebo from the Shore
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor
5310Albert Wilson Bee's Cottage, Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound - View From the Castle
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Shore
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor
5311Albert Wilson Bee's Cottage, Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound - View From the Castle
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Southwest Harbor