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| 6772 | Clark's Point from Head of Harbor, S. W. Harbor, Me. |
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| 5735 | Schooner Yacht Yampa at Anchor near Blue Hill, Maine. |
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| Yampa was owned by Chester Williams Chapin, Jr. when this photograph was taken. She was later purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II for his wife, Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921), the last German empress and queen of Prussia. | 
Description: Yampa was owned by Chester Williams Chapin, Jr. when this photograph was taken. She was later purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II for his wife, Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodora Jenny of Schleswig-Holstein (1858-1921), the last German empress and queen of Prussia. | ||
| 12252 | Leta H. Murphy |
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| Written on the back of the picture - "Leta H. Murphy - freshie 1923." | 
Description: Written on the back of the picture - "Leta H. Murphy - freshie 1923." | ||||
| 6550 | Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot |
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| Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building. | 
Description: Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building. | |||
| 6268 | Sidewheel Steamer Forest City and Steamer Florence at Southwest Harbor |
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| WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express" | 
Description: WRITTEN ON BACK: "Clark Point Wharf Southwest Harbor, Me Forest City (sister ship Lewiston) built in New York - 1854 - Boston - Bango route in 1880's Florence - small steamer in foreground - Blue Hill territory - chartered by Capt. Crockett Sign on a building at right - "International Express" | |||
| 9979 | "The House That Anne Built" - book by Thomas Coleman, age 8 c. |
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| Written by Thomas Coleman - 8 Years Old. John was John Coleman David was David Coleman Dady was Doug Coleman Thomas was born in 1961. This item combines SWHPL items 9979, 9980, 9981, and 9982. | 
Description: Written by Thomas Coleman - 8 Years Old. John was John Coleman David was David Coleman Dady was Doug Coleman Thomas was born in 1961. This item combines SWHPL items 9979, 9980, 9981, and 9982. | ||
| 16301 | Southwest Harbor Motor Company |
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| Writing on back of photograph reads: "Tom Brennan, Chauffeured for “Spahr” Family, Pierce Arrow Auto" | 
Description: Writing on back of photograph reads: "Tom Brennan, Chauffeured for “Spahr” Family, Pierce Arrow Auto" | |||
| 14592 | William Carey - Barque |
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| 13325 | Portrait of Howe Dwain Higgins |
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| Workmen found this photograph inside a wall while doing renovations on the Higgins home at 86 Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor, Maine. | 
Description: Workmen found this photograph inside a wall while doing renovations on the Higgins home at 86 Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor, Maine. | |||||
| 12729 | Cave of the Sea, Schooner Head |
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| Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 321. The illustrations in the Harper's article, with one exception, are those used again in “Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast” by Samuel Adams Drake, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1875. “Superbly illustrated by eminent American artists.” – From an advertisement by Harper & Brothers – The Nation, July 15, 1875, p. 47. | 
Description: Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 321. The illustrations in the Harper's article, with one exception, are those used again in “Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast” by Samuel Adams Drake, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1875. “Superbly illustrated by eminent American artists.” – From an advertisement by Harper & Brothers – The Nation, July 15, 1875, p. 47. [show more] | ||
| 12737 | Devil’s Den and Schooner Head - 1872 |
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| Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 332. | 
Description: Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 332. | ||
| 15224 | Panorama of Sea Ledges |
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| With kind permission from the owners, George Soules made this panorama below on the summer solstice at 5:23 AM. He used a Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR camera and a Canon 45mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens shooting 1/125 sec, f/5.6 at ISO 100. The pano is a combination of 16 images stitched together to capture a view of approximately 270°. | 
Description: With kind permission from the owners, George Soules made this panorama below on the summer solstice at 5:23 AM. He used a Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR camera and a Canon 45mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens shooting 1/125 sec, f/5.6 at ISO 100. The pano is a combination of 16 images stitched together to capture a view of approximately 270°. | |
| 5608 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Children's Reading Club Award Winners |
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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. | 
Description: 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] | |
| 14172 | Carroll - Winfred Russell (Carroll) Pottle (1898-1988) |
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| Winfred Russell Carroll was born in 1898 to John and Viola Benson (Tracy) Carroll in Tremont, Maine. Winfred married Albanus Moulton Pottle (1900-1970), son of Fred L. and Nettie K. Pottle on June 24, 1925 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Winifred Russell (Carroll) Pottle died on October 28, 1988 in Otisfield, Maine. | 
Description: Winfred Russell Carroll was born in 1898 to John and Viola Benson (Tracy) Carroll in Tremont, Maine. Winfred married Albanus Moulton Pottle (1900-1970), son of Fred L. and Nettie K. Pottle on June 24, 1925 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Winifred Russell (Carroll) Pottle died on October 28, 1988 in Otisfield, Maine. | |||||
| 11308 | Bridge at Head of Bass Harbor, The Osborne Milton Kittredge House and the Boulder on Marsh Creek |
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| Willis Ballard called the boulder he photographed "a Glacial Erratic." | 
Description: Willis Ballard called the boulder he photographed "a Glacial Erratic." | ||
| 15195 | Robbins - William H. Robbins (1860-?) |
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| William was the father of Sherm Robbins and the grandfather of Sydney Robbins. | 
Description: William was the father of Sherm Robbins and the grandfather of Sydney Robbins. | |||||
| 12861 | William I. Mayo and Annie E. Mayo House Eugene S. Thurston House Central House |
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| William was an enterprising man. He built the Central House, sometime in the 1880s – before 1894, and lived there on land across the street and a few lots toward town from his father’s land. The house known as "The Central House" was sold to William's sister, Sarah Frances Mayo and her husband Willard Wycliff Rich in 1905 and occupied by them as early as 1903. | 
Description: William was an enterprising man. He built the Central House, sometime in the 1880s – before 1894, and lived there on land across the street and a few lots toward town from his father’s land. The house known as "The Central House" was sold to William's sister, Sarah Frances Mayo and her husband Willard Wycliff Rich in 1905 and occupied by them as early as 1903. | |||
| 13111 | Dickey - William Patch Dickey (1838-1917) |
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| William was a partner in the firm of Dickey & Sawtelle of Bangor. He was a successful hardware merchant and later bought out Sawtelle to change the firm to William P. Dickey & Co. – Hardware. They sold everything from sperm oil cartridges to step ladders at the store at 48 Broad Street in Bangor. | 
Description: William was a partner in the firm of Dickey & Sawtelle of Bangor. He was a successful hardware merchant and later bought out Sawtelle to change the firm to William P. Dickey & Co. – Hardware. They sold everything from sperm oil cartridges to step ladders at the store at 48 Broad Street in Bangor. | |||||
| 15041 | Trask - William S. Trask (1873-1927) |
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| William was a fisherman at Gotts Island in the 1910 census. He married Belle M. Higgins. Their children, listed as students in the census, were Mabel, a boy, Pearl E., Beatrice and Flavilla. | 
Description: William was a fisherman at Gotts Island in the 1910 census. He married Belle M. Higgins. Their children, listed as students in the census, were Mabel, a boy, Pearl E., Beatrice and Flavilla. | |||||
| 13932 | Silsby - William Schoppee Silsby (1902-1987) |
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| William Schoppee Silsby (1902-1986) was born on May 15, 1902 to Herbert Trafton Silsby and Margaret Frances “Fannie” (Schoppee) Silsby in Aurora, Maine. William was a student at Maine Central Institute in 1921 and married Merle Coombs on July 26, 1924. Myrtle was registered has living in Winter Harbor, Maine when she married. William graduated from Suffolk University Law School in Boston in 1937. Early in his life William worked as a driver, cook, or crew boss on all three of Union River branches and then had a notable career in politics and law. A Republican, he was the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives from 1951-1952, served in the Maine Senate for 4 years, was on the Governor’s Council and was instrumental in founding the Maine Ferry Service. William was a partner in Clarke & Silsby and then founded Silsby & Silsby Law Offices in Ellsworth, Maine from 1936-1961, Justice of the Superior Court 1961-1972, President of the Union River Electric Corporation and owner of the Union River Telephone Company. William Schoppee Silsby died on September 19, 1987 in Bangor, Maine. | 
Description: William Schoppee Silsby (1902-1986) was born on May 15, 1902 to Herbert Trafton Silsby and Margaret Frances “Fannie” (Schoppee) Silsby in Aurora, Maine. William was a student at Maine Central Institute in 1921 and married Merle Coombs on July 26, 1924. Myrtle was registered has living in Winter Harbor, Maine when she married. William graduated from Suffolk University Law School in Boston in 1937. Early in his life William worked as a driver, cook, or crew boss on all three of Union River branches and then had a notable career in politics and law. A Republican, he was the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives from 1951-1952, served in the Maine Senate for 4 years, was on the Governor’s Council and was instrumental in founding the Maine Ferry Service. William was a partner in Clarke & Silsby and then founded Silsby & Silsby Law Offices in Ellsworth, Maine from 1936-1961, Justice of the Superior Court 1961-1972, President of the Union River Electric Corporation and owner of the Union River Telephone Company. William Schoppee Silsby died on September 19, 1987 in Bangor, Maine. [show more] | |||||
| 14590 | Cram - William Sampson Brooks Cram (1872-1933) |
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| William Sampson Brooks Cram (1872-1933) was born to Albert Holden (1835-1906) and Sally Taylor Bartlett Cram on October 30, 1872 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. William, a stock broker, married Maude N. Uhler (1930-1904), daughter of George Frank and Jennie H. Underwood, on April 6, 1904. William and Maude's winter home was in Arlington, Massachusetts. William bought land and built his cottage in Southwest Harbor circa 1905. |
Description: William Sampson Brooks Cram (1872-1933) was born to Albert Holden (1835-1906) and Sally Taylor Bartlett Cram on October 30, 1872 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. William, a stock broker, married Maude N. Uhler (1930-1904), daughter of George Frank and Jennie H. Underwood, on April 6, 1904. William and Maude's winter home was in Arlington, Massachusetts. William bought land and built his cottage in Southwest Harbor circa 1905. | |||||
| 15961 | Emerson - William Ralph Emerson (1833-1917) |
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| William Ralph Emerson worked as an architect, and of his 161 projects, 48 were in Maine. | 
Description: William Ralph Emerson worked as an architect, and of his 161 projects, 48 were in Maine. | |||||
| 11217 | William Patch Dickey at W.P. Dickey & Co., Bangor, Maine |
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| William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps | 
Description: William Patch Dickey is standing next to the desk in his prodigiously stocked hardware store on Broad Street in Bangor, Maine. Among the items shown for sale are: H & B pocket knives made by William L. Humason, Sr., who founded the Humason & Beckley Manufacturing Company of New Britain, Connecticut, in 1853. The company produced fine pocket cutlery, corkscrews and other hardware. Kerosene lamps of every description – hanging from the ceiling Chamois – hanging from the ceiling Many varieties of thermometers hanging in a row from the ceiling Shotguns and other knives Feather dusters String and a cast iron string holder A model of the Eiffel tower A small, portable steam engine, possibly a toy Chain and twine A beautiful wind-up alarm clock with a bell on top Cow bells Pratt & Lambert’s “Faultless Varnishes" Boxes of sleigh bells and shaft bells Glass. Mr. Dickey’s female clerk, carefully dressed in an apron with her hair put up in a bun, is standing at the desk. Items seen on the desk are: W.P. Dickey & Co. invoices neatly held by a painted tin box stenciled “Bill-Heads" Glass Ink pots Standard Liquid Glue A leather-bound ledger Steel-nibbed pens Rubber stamps [show more] | ||||
| 13271 | Islesford Historial Museum |
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| William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. | 
Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more] | ||||
| 13476 | Sawtelle - William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) |
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| William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) was born on July 7, 1874 to William H. Sawtelle and Addie Sawtelle in Bangor, Maine. William married Louise Coburn Burpee (1877-1941), daughter of George Egerton Burpee and Louise (Thissell) Burpee, on June 17, 1903 in Bangor, Maine. He was a physicist, historian, genealogist, and author. He founded the Islesford Historical Museum in 1919. William Otis Sawtelle died on September 22, 1939. | 
Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) was born on July 7, 1874 to William H. Sawtelle and Addie Sawtelle in Bangor, Maine. William married Louise Coburn Burpee (1877-1941), daughter of George Egerton Burpee and Louise (Thissell) Burpee, on June 17, 1903 in Bangor, Maine. He was a physicist, historian, genealogist, and author. He founded the Islesford Historical Museum in 1919. William Otis Sawtelle died on September 22, 1939. |
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