1 - 25 of 4267 results
You searched for: Type: is exactly 'Image, Photograph'
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
12515Christening Cygnet II for Dr. Bill Swan of Brooksville, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939-07-07
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Description:
10594Lieutenant Paul A. Harris, CCC Commander
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Organizations
  • 1933 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Description:
11569Librarian Lorraine (Allen) Saunders with Staff and Children at the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1991
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Back Row – Left to Right: Candyce Donahue (Keown) Emlen, Mrs. Jay Cooke Emlen Rae Chalmers, Mrs. Richard Vander Zanden Elizabeth "Betsy" Jackson, Mrs. John Hewlett Ann Moore Markham (1950-), Mrs. H. Lee Judd Ellen Mercer, Mrs. Victor Mercer Jane E. Tawney (1950-), then Mrs. Samuel A. Shaw Anne Elizabeth (LaHines) Wells, Mrs. Edward Randolph Welles III Loraine (Allen) Saunders, Mrs. Joseph G. Saunders (1933-) Front Row - Left to Right: Emily Henry? Lauren Vander Zanden Alison Vander Zanden Lucy Shaw Hannah Shaw
Description:
Back Row – Left to Right: Candyce Donahue (Keown) Emlen, Mrs. Jay Cooke Emlen Rae Chalmers, Mrs. Richard Vander Zanden Elizabeth "Betsy" Jackson, Mrs. John Hewlett Ann Moore Markham (1950-), Mrs. H. Lee Judd Ellen Mercer, Mrs. Victor Mercer Jane E. Tawney (1950-), then Mrs. Samuel A. Shaw Anne Elizabeth (LaHines) Wells, Mrs. Edward Randolph Welles III Loraine (Allen) Saunders, Mrs. Joseph G. Saunders (1933-) Front Row - Left to Right: Emily Henry? Lauren Vander Zanden Alison Vander Zanden Lucy Shaw Hannah Shaw [show more]
8875Hannah Carroll - Later Mrs. John Dodge Lurvey
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1849 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph was probably taken just before her marriage to John Dodge Lurvey (1823-1893) at the age of 24 on March 15, 1849 in Tremont, Maine. She is not wearing a wedding ring.
Description:
This photograph was probably taken just before her marriage to John Dodge Lurvey (1823-1893) at the age of 24 on March 15, 1849 in Tremont, Maine. She is not wearing a wedding ring.
8095Design Influence for Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • The Ford Motor Company
  • 1937
  • Detroit MI
""Just as it had been Edsel's [Edsel Ford] idea to buy Lincoln to give the company an elegant car to match GM's Cadillac, so in the midthirties, as Ford's competitive position continued to slip, he tried to get a part of the middle-priced market through the Zephyr. The Zephyr began as the Briggs Manufacturing Company ""dream car."" which Edsel saw in prototype at the 1933 automobile show. He was excited by it, having wanted for some time a car in price and quality between the Ford and the Lincoln. He bought the rights from Briggs and then brought in Eugene T. Gregorie, a former boat designer, to carry out his vision of a sleek auto for the middle-class buyer."" - “The Fords: An American Epic” by Peter Collier and David Horowitz, p. 158-159 - illustration #40 - 1987 Apparently design direction worked both ways. ""The design (above the water line) of speed boats of the 30's, 40's and 50's was influenced by automobile design of that era."" - Interview with Charles Morrill - 10/20/08 Morrill - Charles Barrett Morrill (1934-) ""Bink was obsessed with Lincoln Zephyr cars. He stove up three within two weeks. They all had this streamlined look."" - Interview with Ralph Stanley October 20, 2008 A photograph of the Lincoln Zephyr that is supremely evocative of the design era that influenced Bink Sargent appears in “Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company,” curated by Pierre Apraxine, with plates by Richard Benson, and notes to the plates by Lee Marks. 480 pp. 199 plates and a frontispiece. Large folio (16 by 18.25 inches), bound in original half maroon calf over linen covered boards, in a slipcase. [Verona: Stamperia Valdonega for] The White Oak Press, 1985. Limited edition of 1200. Copy Number 466 in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. See: Plate 188, Lincoln Zephyr 1936 by Grancel Fitz (1894–1963) The original photograph, ""Lincoln Zephyr with Graf Zeppelin,"" is in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987.
Description:
""Just as it had been Edsel's [Edsel Ford] idea to buy Lincoln to give the company an elegant car to match GM's Cadillac, so in the midthirties, as Ford's competitive position continued to slip, he tried to get a part of the middle-priced market through the Zephyr. The Zephyr began as the Briggs Manufacturing Company ""dream car."" which Edsel saw in prototype at the 1933 automobile show. He was excited by it, having wanted for some time a car in price and quality between the Ford and the Lincoln. He bought the rights from Briggs and then brought in Eugene T. Gregorie, a former boat designer, to carry out his vision of a sleek auto for the middle-class buyer."" - “The Fords: An American Epic” by Peter Collier and David Horowitz, p. 158-159 - illustration #40 - 1987 Apparently design direction worked both ways. ""The design (above the water line) of speed boats of the 30's, 40's and 50's was influenced by automobile design of that era."" - Interview with Charles Morrill - 10/20/08 Morrill - Charles Barrett Morrill (1934-) ""Bink was obsessed with Lincoln Zephyr cars. He stove up three within two weeks. They all had this streamlined look."" - Interview with Ralph Stanley October 20, 2008 A photograph of the Lincoln Zephyr that is supremely evocative of the design era that influenced Bink Sargent appears in “Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company,” curated by Pierre Apraxine, with plates by Richard Benson, and notes to the plates by Lee Marks. 480 pp. 199 plates and a frontispiece. Large folio (16 by 18.25 inches), bound in original half maroon calf over linen covered boards, in a slipcase. [Verona: Stamperia Valdonega for] The White Oak Press, 1985. Limited edition of 1200. Copy Number 466 in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. See: Plate 188, Lincoln Zephyr 1936 by Grancel Fitz (1894–1963) The original photograph, ""Lincoln Zephyr with Graf Zeppelin,"" is in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987. [show more]
11528Fishing Freighter Myra J. Wooster at a Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1933
  • Tremont
"“Myra J. Wooster” was built in 1918 in Tremont, Maine. She was a gas screw freighter, Official Number 216241, 46 gross Tons, 17 net Tons, 63.5’ long, 16.2’ wide and 7.2’ deep. She carried a crew of one and home ported in Southwest Harbor. She ran for the Portland, Friendship & Thomaston Line. Myra J. Wooster was named for Myra Jane Thurston (1875-1945). Myra was born on September 16, 1875 to Solomon G. Thurston and Mary Gott (Webster) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. She married Joseph Estabrook Wooster (1873-1955), son of John Wooster Wooster and Eliza Perrigo, on August 25, 1894 in West Tremont. Myra Jane Thurston died on June 23, 1945 in Tremont, Maine. Myra is connected to several other people in the SWHPL database. Her brother, John Sullivan Thurston (1853-1927) married Datie R. Rich (1851-1927), a sister of John “Talking John” Melbourne Rich. Myra’s daughter, Eva Wooster (1899-1988), married Ralph Gardener Benson (1893-1975). ""The motor packet Myra J. Wooster, Capt. Robert Lash, has loaded general cargo at the wharf and will sail for Friendship this morning."" - Gloucester Daily Times, July 20, 1933. “Myra J. Wooster” was wrecked off Friendship, Maine in 1934. The wreck is documented in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Inventory Data for Municipal Growth Management Plans, Historic Archaeological Sites, Friendship, Maine, March 2011."
Description:
"“Myra J. Wooster” was built in 1918 in Tremont, Maine. She was a gas screw freighter, Official Number 216241, 46 gross Tons, 17 net Tons, 63.5’ long, 16.2’ wide and 7.2’ deep. She carried a crew of one and home ported in Southwest Harbor. She ran for the Portland, Friendship & Thomaston Line. Myra J. Wooster was named for Myra Jane Thurston (1875-1945). Myra was born on September 16, 1875 to Solomon G. Thurston and Mary Gott (Webster) Thurston in Tremont, Maine. She married Joseph Estabrook Wooster (1873-1955), son of John Wooster Wooster and Eliza Perrigo, on August 25, 1894 in West Tremont. Myra Jane Thurston died on June 23, 1945 in Tremont, Maine. Myra is connected to several other people in the SWHPL database. Her brother, John Sullivan Thurston (1853-1927) married Datie R. Rich (1851-1927), a sister of John “Talking John” Melbourne Rich. Myra’s daughter, Eva Wooster (1899-1988), married Ralph Gardener Benson (1893-1975). ""The motor packet Myra J. Wooster, Capt. Robert Lash, has loaded general cargo at the wharf and will sail for Friendship this morning."" - Gloucester Daily Times, July 20, 1933. “Myra J. Wooster” was wrecked off Friendship, Maine in 1934. The wreck is documented in the Maine Historic Preservation Commission Inventory Data for Municipal Growth Management Plans, Historic Archaeological Sites, Friendship, Maine, March 2011." [show more]
5665Steamer Pemaquid at the Edge of the Ice
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Bradley - Henry Lee Bradley (1875-1940)
  • 1923-02-19
  • Bar Harbor
"“The Maine Central fleet expanded quickly from the turn of the century until 1913. “Pemaquid” was the first of the new ships, having been purchased from the Long Island Railroad in 1901. She was a 132-foot steel-hilled single-screw steamer built in 1893 by Neafie and Levy of Philadelphia, with the distinction of being the last of the fleet to carry the Maine Central flag… Maine Central’s ships were sold off one by one until by 1931 the reliable “Pemaquid”, which during her thirty years with the railroad was used year-round, filling in for the seasonal vessels on the Mt. Desert run, was the only ship left. She was sold south that year and eventually was re-engined with a diesel. She lasted a long time, operating in the New York area into the 1960’s. The Eastern [Steamship Lines] threw in the towel three years later, in 1934. Hereafter the Maine trains would stop in Ellsworth, and Mt. Desert Ferry, the great bustling rail and steamboat facility, would fall silent.” - Mount Desert - An Informal History Edited by Gunnar Hansen, Maritime Transportation section written by Peter B. Bell, p. 166-167, 169 - 1989 ""The steamer ""Pemaquid"" was built in 1893 as the ""Long Island."" Shortly after the turn of the century, she was placed in service on the Maine coast by the Maine Central Railroad. The vessel left Maine in 1931. [She operated on the Hudson River and last ran] as a dieselized ferry to Block Island."" - ""Steamboats On The Hudson River"" by William H. Ewen, Jr., Arcadia Publishing, May 30, 2011, p. 89."
Description:
"“The Maine Central fleet expanded quickly from the turn of the century until 1913. “Pemaquid” was the first of the new ships, having been purchased from the Long Island Railroad in 1901. She was a 132-foot steel-hilled single-screw steamer built in 1893 by Neafie and Levy of Philadelphia, with the distinction of being the last of the fleet to carry the Maine Central flag… Maine Central’s ships were sold off one by one until by 1931 the reliable “Pemaquid”, which during her thirty years with the railroad was used year-round, filling in for the seasonal vessels on the Mt. Desert run, was the only ship left. She was sold south that year and eventually was re-engined with a diesel. She lasted a long time, operating in the New York area into the 1960’s. The Eastern [Steamship Lines] threw in the towel three years later, in 1934. Hereafter the Maine trains would stop in Ellsworth, and Mt. Desert Ferry, the great bustling rail and steamboat facility, would fall silent.” - Mount Desert - An Informal History Edited by Gunnar Hansen, Maritime Transportation section written by Peter B. Bell, p. 166-167, 169 - 1989 ""The steamer ""Pemaquid"" was built in 1893 as the ""Long Island."" Shortly after the turn of the century, she was placed in service on the Maine coast by the Maine Central Railroad. The vessel left Maine in 1931. [She operated on the Hudson River and last ran] as a dieselized ferry to Block Island."" - ""Steamboats On The Hudson River"" by William H. Ewen, Jr., Arcadia Publishing, May 30, 2011, p. 89." [show more]
9387Byron Bide Lewis Robinson and Walter Hill Walking to Greening Island on the Ice
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1934-02-11
  • Southwest Harbor
"A picture of Byron Robinson in plaid jacket and friend on ice in middle of Somes Sound, February 11, 1934. They were walking to Greenings Island where they shingled a farmhouse on the point at 34° below zero." - The Bar Harbor Times, January 29, 1981, p. 5.
Description:
"A picture of Byron Robinson in plaid jacket and friend on ice in middle of Somes Sound, February 11, 1934. They were walking to Greenings Island where they shingled a farmhouse on the point at 34° below zero." - The Bar Harbor Times, January 29, 1981, p. 5.
5774Crew Aboard Schooner Emma at Bernard
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
"A typical Maine fishing crew. The men of the schooner "Emma" of Swan's Island gathered near the mainmast for a group portrait at Bernard Harbor in the town of Tremont, following a trip to the offshore grounds, c. 1900. Judging from the tubs of trawl along the port rail (center-right), they have been ground fishing. The "Emma" was an 81-ton (n.m.) vessel built at Bath in 1883. Note the crew's leather boots, standard fishing apparel throughout the nineteenth century." - "The Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830-1890" by Wayne M. O’Leary, 1996
Description:
"A typical Maine fishing crew. The men of the schooner "Emma" of Swan's Island gathered near the mainmast for a group portrait at Bernard Harbor in the town of Tremont, following a trip to the offshore grounds, c. 1900. Judging from the tubs of trawl along the port rail (center-right), they have been ground fishing. The "Emma" was an 81-ton (n.m.) vessel built at Bath in 1883. Note the crew's leather boots, standard fishing apparel throughout the nineteenth century." - "The Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830-1890" by Wayne M. O’Leary, 1996 [show more]
12163The Snow Owl - Stuffed Owl in Collection of Wendell Holmes Gilley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Other Object
  • Nature, Animals
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-03
  • Southwest Harbor
"An attraction in the window of the Gilley Plumbing Co. is a tree branch on which are perched three beautifully mounted owls, the work of Wendell Gilley, who has made a study of taxidermy and has done excellent work in that line. The owls are very lifelike in their positions and the display is very interesting." – Bar Harbor Times, February, 1931.
Description:
"An attraction in the window of the Gilley Plumbing Co. is a tree branch on which are perched three beautifully mounted owls, the work of Wendell Gilley, who has made a study of taxidermy and has done excellent work in that line. The owls are very lifelike in their positions and the display is very interesting." – Bar Harbor Times, February, 1931.
7219Dr. Archibald L. Dix and sister Myra Verrill Dix
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1930
"Archibald and Mira Dix were great-grandchildren of William Dix Jr. (1776-1814) who was in Tremont when he died in 1814. Archibald L. Dix (1867-after 1940) was born in January 1867 to master mariner John P. Dix and Harriet E. Verrill in Tremont, Maine. Capt. and Mrs. Dix settled in Philadelphia some time between 1870 and 1880. Archibald attended the University of Pennsylvania and became a doctor, graduating from there in 1893. He apparently had some notable success in treating Lupus. Archibald’s sister, Mira Verrill Dix (1870-1934) was born on May 18, 1870. She became a teacher. Archibald and Mira lived together in Philadelphia, with various members of their family, for the rest of their lives. While neither married they were frequently mentioned in the social pages of newspapers as attendants in weddings of their family. On November 18, 1897 Archibald was best man at the wedding of his first cousin, Frederick C. Holden, when Frederick married Maud Wilson in Brooklyn, New York. Frederick C. Holden’s mother, Hannah Augusta Verrill, was a sister of Archibald’s mother, Harriet E. Verrill. Their sister, May E. Dix (1873-), married John Lucas on November 19, 1902 with Myra, “Miss Verrill Dix,” as maid of honor and Archibald serving as an usher. After May’s husband, John Lucas died, she lived with the family in Philadelphia from at least 1920 to 1930. Mira, who sometimes went by the name of Verrill Dix, and her sister, May (Dix) Lucas rented the Miller Cottage in Bar Harbor in 1924. Mira Verrill Dix died c. December 29, 1934 and was buried on January 3, 1935 at the Westminster Cemetery in Marion, Pennsylvania where her father was buried. Her brother, Archibald, signed the papers. Archibald L. Dix died some time after 1940."
Description:
"Archibald and Mira Dix were great-grandchildren of William Dix Jr. (1776-1814) who was in Tremont when he died in 1814. Archibald L. Dix (1867-after 1940) was born in January 1867 to master mariner John P. Dix and Harriet E. Verrill in Tremont, Maine. Capt. and Mrs. Dix settled in Philadelphia some time between 1870 and 1880. Archibald attended the University of Pennsylvania and became a doctor, graduating from there in 1893. He apparently had some notable success in treating Lupus. Archibald’s sister, Mira Verrill Dix (1870-1934) was born on May 18, 1870. She became a teacher. Archibald and Mira lived together in Philadelphia, with various members of their family, for the rest of their lives. While neither married they were frequently mentioned in the social pages of newspapers as attendants in weddings of their family. On November 18, 1897 Archibald was best man at the wedding of his first cousin, Frederick C. Holden, when Frederick married Maud Wilson in Brooklyn, New York. Frederick C. Holden’s mother, Hannah Augusta Verrill, was a sister of Archibald’s mother, Harriet E. Verrill. Their sister, May E. Dix (1873-), married John Lucas on November 19, 1902 with Myra, “Miss Verrill Dix,” as maid of honor and Archibald serving as an usher. After May’s husband, John Lucas died, she lived with the family in Philadelphia from at least 1920 to 1930. Mira, who sometimes went by the name of Verrill Dix, and her sister, May (Dix) Lucas rented the Miller Cottage in Bar Harbor in 1924. Mira Verrill Dix died c. December 29, 1934 and was buried on January 3, 1935 at the Westminster Cemetery in Marion, Pennsylvania where her father was buried. Her brother, Archibald, signed the papers. Archibald L. Dix died some time after 1940." [show more]
7145Fire Pumper and Three Horses Racing to a Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
"Archivists have not determined the date or place for this photograph. The pumper may have been manufactured by the La France Fire Engine Company in Elmira, New York, Clapp & Jones of New York, C. Ahrens & Co. / Ahrens Manufacturing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio or the American Fire Engine Company, ""formed in 1891 as a joint venture between the Silsby Manufacturing Co. of Seneca Falls, New York, the Ahrens Manufacturing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Clapp & Jones Manufacturing Co. of Hudson, New York, and the Button Fire Engine Co. of Waterford, New York."" – See “Worldwide Steam Fire Engine Register” by David Parfitt, Steel Wheels site, 04/30/2014, Accessed online 05/16/2014; http://www.steel-wheels.net/sferegister.html"
Description:
"Archivists have not determined the date or place for this photograph. The pumper may have been manufactured by the La France Fire Engine Company in Elmira, New York, Clapp & Jones of New York, C. Ahrens & Co. / Ahrens Manufacturing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio or the American Fire Engine Company, ""formed in 1891 as a joint venture between the Silsby Manufacturing Co. of Seneca Falls, New York, the Ahrens Manufacturing Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Clapp & Jones Manufacturing Co. of Hudson, New York, and the Button Fire Engine Co. of Waterford, New York."" – See “Worldwide Steam Fire Engine Register” by David Parfitt, Steel Wheels site, 04/30/2014, Accessed online 05/16/2014; http://www.steel-wheels.net/sferegister.html" [show more]
6542Fish Factory Crew
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1905 c.
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
"Back row - Right to Left: John Thomas Lawton (1854-1954) Lowell Alton Bunker (1875-) Unknown Unknown Carl Weston Pettigrove (1878-1923) Unknown Frank L. Manchester (1873-1957) Unknown Fred W. Lawton (1863-1947) Unknown William Herbert Thurston (1886-1957) Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Factory Manager - possibly Alton E. Farnsworth Middle Row - Left to Right: Unknown girl Unknown woman Datie R. Rich (1851-1927) - Mrs. John Sullivan Thurston Linda Myra Robinson (1860-1929) - Mrs. Millard F. Albee Unknown woman Ada Martin - Mrs. Cummings Martin Maud A. Closson (1888-1957) - Later Mrs. Harry Burnham Greenlaw Unknown woman Unknown woman Unknown woman Cora Lavinia Galley (1889-1971) - Mrs. Clarence Homer Pettigrove Lucretia S. Hamblen (1879-1937) - Mrs. Holsey Sidney Galley Unknown woman Unknown woman Unknown woman Unknown woman Zelma Thurston (1892-) - Mrs. Michael John Dyer Jr. Front Row - Left to Right: Eva Martin Unknown girl Unknown boy Unknown boy Charles Everett Holmes (1890-) Unknown boy Charles Edwin Hamblen (1889-1952) Lewis Arthur Norwood (1893-1988) or Arthur J. Norwood (1889-1943 Unknown boy Unknown boy Lila Madeline Thurston (1897-1996) - Later Mrs. Ralph Richardson Sawyer Unknown girl"
Description:
"Back row - Right to Left: John Thomas Lawton (1854-1954) Lowell Alton Bunker (1875-) Unknown Unknown Carl Weston Pettigrove (1878-1923) Unknown Frank L. Manchester (1873-1957) Unknown Fred W. Lawton (1863-1947) Unknown William Herbert Thurston (1886-1957) Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Factory Manager - possibly Alton E. Farnsworth Middle Row - Left to Right: Unknown girl Unknown woman Datie R. Rich (1851-1927) - Mrs. John Sullivan Thurston Linda Myra Robinson (1860-1929) - Mrs. Millard F. Albee Unknown woman Ada Martin - Mrs. Cummings Martin Maud A. Closson (1888-1957) - Later Mrs. Harry Burnham Greenlaw Unknown woman Unknown woman Unknown woman Cora Lavinia Galley (1889-1971) - Mrs. Clarence Homer Pettigrove Lucretia S. Hamblen (1879-1937) - Mrs. Holsey Sidney Galley Unknown woman Unknown woman Unknown woman Unknown woman Zelma Thurston (1892-) - Mrs. Michael John Dyer Jr. Front Row - Left to Right: Eva Martin Unknown girl Unknown boy Unknown boy Charles Everett Holmes (1890-) Unknown boy Charles Edwin Hamblen (1889-1952) Lewis Arthur Norwood (1893-1988) or Arthur J. Norwood (1889-1943 Unknown boy Unknown boy Lila Madeline Thurston (1897-1996) - Later Mrs. Ralph Richardson Sawyer Unknown girl" [show more]
6341Petit Plaisants Cottage - Home of Elizabeth S. Peterson - Gotts Island, Maine - III
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1920 c.
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
"Burned 1925 - Feb. - She was never seen again." on back of photograph.
Description:
"Burned 1925 - Feb. - She was never seen again." on back of photograph.
6686Charles E. Charlie Wakefield with his Saxophone
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1968-10-08
  • Ellsworth ME
"Charles E. ""Charlie"" Wakefield (1908-1986) was born and died in Cherryfield, the ""Blueberry Capital of the World,"" a town in Washington County, Maine, on the Narraguagus River. Charlie played his saxophone at many Mount Desert Island celebrations of his time and was the author of ""Trademark: Music - A Treasury of Downeast Maine Musical History"" - 1978. The Charles Wakefield Memorial Bandstand in Bandstand Park on Main Street next to the Legion Hall in the Cherryfield Historic District is named in his honor. The NRHP number for the Cherryfield Historic District - site of the bandstand is 90001467. ""Without a doubt, Charlie [Wakefield] is the most versitile [Sic] musician I have ever worked with. Many musicians play several instruments but never really excell in any one. This was never the case with Charlie. I used to get the biggest kick out of calling him to play a job, he would always ask me what chair I wanted him to work, sax, trombone, piano or just name it and Charlie could handle it. If we were playing a combo job he always brought a couple extra instruments along just in case, maybe the valve trombone or the soprano sax. I remember many times I have been asked what instrument Charlie played, all I could say, he plays them all.."" - ""Memoirs of a Dance Band"" by Charlie [Charles H.] Bennett. Privately printed, p. 73-75. This is just a small part of what Charlie Bennett says in his pamphlet about Charlie Wakefield."
Description:
"Charles E. ""Charlie"" Wakefield (1908-1986) was born and died in Cherryfield, the ""Blueberry Capital of the World,"" a town in Washington County, Maine, on the Narraguagus River. Charlie played his saxophone at many Mount Desert Island celebrations of his time and was the author of ""Trademark: Music - A Treasury of Downeast Maine Musical History"" - 1978. The Charles Wakefield Memorial Bandstand in Bandstand Park on Main Street next to the Legion Hall in the Cherryfield Historic District is named in his honor. The NRHP number for the Cherryfield Historic District - site of the bandstand is 90001467. ""Without a doubt, Charlie [Wakefield] is the most versitile [Sic] musician I have ever worked with. Many musicians play several instruments but never really excell in any one. This was never the case with Charlie. I used to get the biggest kick out of calling him to play a job, he would always ask me what chair I wanted him to work, sax, trombone, piano or just name it and Charlie could handle it. If we were playing a combo job he always brought a couple extra instruments along just in case, maybe the valve trombone or the soprano sax. I remember many times I have been asked what instrument Charlie played, all I could say, he plays them all.."" - ""Memoirs of a Dance Band"" by Charlie [Charles H.] Bennett. Privately printed, p. 73-75. This is just a small part of what Charlie Bennett says in his pamphlet about Charlie Wakefield." [show more]
7282John and Emma (Mayo) Casey with Choice
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
"Choice" was their Pomeranian.
Description:
"Choice" was their Pomeranian.
6558The Underwood Canning Factory at McKinley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1912 after
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
"During the winter months [in the 1930's], Dad clammed to bring in additional income; sometimes his three sons joined him. After completing the clamming, we would bring the clams home, and start processing them to seel to the Underwood Canning Co. located in Bass Harbor…"" - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 9 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library."
Description:
"During the winter months [in the 1930's], Dad clammed to bring in additional income; sometimes his three sons joined him. After completing the clamming, we would bring the clams home, and start processing them to seel to the Underwood Canning Co. located in Bass Harbor…"" - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 9 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library." [show more]
6287Eldering Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1942
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 317 Seawall Road
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. The automobile is a 1931 Pontiac.
Description:
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. The automobile is a 1931 Pontiac.
6286Eldering Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1942
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 317 Seawall Road
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. The photograph shows the new east wing (on the right) added in 1942.
Description:
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. The photograph shows the new east wing (on the right) added in 1942.
6293Eldering Cottage - Piano
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1939
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 317 Seawall Road
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. There is a map of Mt. Desert on the wall above the piano.
Description:
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. There is a map of Mt. Desert on the wall above the piano.
6292Eldering Cottage - Dining Area
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1939
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 317 Seawall Road
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. There is a trail map on the wall and a pressed wood spindle high chair at the table.
Description:
"Eldering" was the summer home of Frank Wells and Linda Chapin Marcus Ramseyer. There is a trail map on the wall and a pressed wood spindle high chair at the table.
11658Lobster Boat Seven Girls and Friendship Sloop Endeavor in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1979
  • Southwest Harbor
"Endeavor" is at the right in the photograph and "Seven Girls" is just to the left of her.
Description:
"Endeavor" is at the right in the photograph and "Seven Girls" is just to the left of her.
11665Friendship Sloops Endeavor and Salatia at Sea
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 1998-07-23
"Endeavor" is on the left and "Salatia" on the right.
Description:
"Endeavor" is on the left and "Salatia" on the right.
5220The Clark Point Area and Greening Island from Freeman Ridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • 1888 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.
Description:
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]
6539Ladies of the Original Millay Study Club
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1938 c.
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
"From left to right: Back row: Beatrice A. (Trask) Wilson (1902-1983) - Mrs. Sherril Stenmore Wilson Eunice Edna (Reed) Harris (1914-1996) - Mrs. Wallace H. Harris Annie M. (Gott) Ingalls (1911-2002) - Mrs. Edwin E. Ingalls and Mrs. Carl Silverstone Mildred E. (Nice) Young (1915-2006) - Mrs. Manuel L. Young Thelma (Gott) Dornfeld (1905-1995) - Mrs. Frederick W. Dornfeld Charlotte Frances (Reed) Robbins (1910-2006) - Mrs. Colson J. Robbins Front row: Genevieve Leighton (1903-1970) Kathlyn Laurie (Murphy) Reed (1882-1965) - Mrs. Edmund Blanchard Reed II Sara ""Sadie"" J. (Hallowell) Wilson (1909-1992) - Mrs. Eugene Woodbury Wilson - partial view"
Description:
"From left to right: Back row: Beatrice A. (Trask) Wilson (1902-1983) - Mrs. Sherril Stenmore Wilson Eunice Edna (Reed) Harris (1914-1996) - Mrs. Wallace H. Harris Annie M. (Gott) Ingalls (1911-2002) - Mrs. Edwin E. Ingalls and Mrs. Carl Silverstone Mildred E. (Nice) Young (1915-2006) - Mrs. Manuel L. Young Thelma (Gott) Dornfeld (1905-1995) - Mrs. Frederick W. Dornfeld Charlotte Frances (Reed) Robbins (1910-2006) - Mrs. Colson J. Robbins Front row: Genevieve Leighton (1903-1970) Kathlyn Laurie (Murphy) Reed (1882-1965) - Mrs. Edmund Blanchard Reed II Sara ""Sadie"" J. (Hallowell) Wilson (1909-1992) - Mrs. Eugene Woodbury Wilson - partial view" [show more]