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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
2753American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
"A publisher of black & white collotypes, and tinted halftone view-cards. They used the trade name Photolux on many cards. Most of their white border cards were contracted out to Curt Teich. These cards are often recognizable by their blocky titles and numbers." Information from “Publishers,” Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York, Accessed online 02/15/2014; http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersa1.html
American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
Item:
  • 2753   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Publishing Business
Description:
"A publisher of black & white collotypes, and tinted halftone view-cards. They used the trade name Photolux on many cards. Most of their white border cards were contracted out to Curt Teich. These cards are often recognizable by their blocky titles and numbers." Information from “Publishers,” Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York, Accessed online 02/15/2014; http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersa1.html
3019Gordon and White Garage Playing Cards
  • Object, Game, Card Game, Playing Card
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
Gordon and White Garage Playing Cards
Item:
  • 3019   
Type:
  • Object, Game, Card Game, Playing Card
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
3463Fred Mayo's Carpenter Shop - 2nd Location
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Carpentry Business
Fred Mayo's Carpenter Shop - 2nd Location
Item:
  • 3463   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Carpentry Business
3464Fred Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Fred Mayo's Ice Cream Parlor
Item:
  • 3464   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
3653Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Candy Shop
Item:
  • 3653   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Description:
Mrs. Lawton's Tea Room and Gift Shop offered souvenirs, post cards, home made ice cream and "all kinds of cut flowers in season."
4002Unknown Businesses
  • Set
  • Businesses, Other Business
These images depict businesses that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these businesses or the photos.
Unknown Businesses
Item:
  • 4002   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Description:
These images depict businesses that archivists have not yet identified. Please let us know if you know anything about these businesses or the photos.
5898Nubble Quarry Showing the Stone Skids and Derrick
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
Note the galamander, a specialized stone-hauling vehicle, in the background.
Nubble Quarry Showing the Stone Skids and Derrick
Item:
  • 5898   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
State:
  • ME
Description:
Note the galamander, a specialized stone-hauling vehicle, in the background.
5901Men at the Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
  • Troup - A.M. Troup
Men at the Quarry
Item:
  • 5901   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
Creator:
  • Troup - A.M. Troup
State:
  • ME
5902Men at the Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
  • Troup - A.M. Troup
Men at the Quarry
Item:
  • 5902   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
Creator:
  • Troup - A.M. Troup
6357Searl's Store on Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Searl's Store on Main Street
Item:
  • 6357   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
State:
  • ME
6373Harvard Riley Beal's Bowling Alley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Harvard Riley Beal's Bowling Alley
Item:
  • 6373   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
State:
  • ME
6523Goose Cove Sardine Cannery and Steamboat Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Building Business
Goose Cove Sardine Cannery and Steamboat Wharf
Item:
  • 6523   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
6939Christopher Wendell Lawlor Plowing with Team
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
Chris is in the center.
Christopher Wendell Lawlor Plowing with Team
Item:
  • 6939   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Gift of Rosemary Lawler Theriault (1921-1999)
Description:
Chris is in the center.
6946Haying on Fernald Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
Haying on Fernald Point in the Jesuit field at the base of Flying Mountain. The hay was for horse feed. Unknown waitress on the left. Chris Lawlor on right in front of horses. Bill Lawlor is between the horses and Joe Lawlor is at the far right.
Haying on Fernald Point
Item:
  • 6946   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of William J. Lawlor
Description:
Haying on Fernald Point in the Jesuit field at the base of Flying Mountain. The hay was for horse feed. Unknown waitress on the left. Chris Lawlor on right in front of horses. Bill Lawlor is between the horses and Joe Lawlor is at the far right.
6949Haying on Fernald Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
Chris Lawlor in in the front of the wagon. Bill Lawlor is on the left, behind, Joe Lawlor is on the right, the woman in the center on the hay is unknown.
Haying on Fernald Point
Item:
  • 6949   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of William J. Lawlor
Description:
Chris Lawlor in in the front of the wagon. Bill Lawlor is on the left, behind, Joe Lawlor is on the right, the woman in the center on the hay is unknown.
6951Joe and Chris Lawlor on a Work Wagon with Rubber Wheels
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
One of the horses was named Jerry. The truck wheels appear to be circa 1950.
Joe and Chris Lawlor on a Work Wagon with Rubber Wheels
Item:
  • 6951   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of William J. Lawlor
Description:
One of the horses was named Jerry. The truck wheels appear to be circa 1950.
11205Women Packing Sardine Cans in Maine - Probably Bass Harbor or Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
Note the scissors hanging on the wall - typical in the old canning factories. The location of this photograph is unknown, but it was in a collection of pictures taken on Mount Desert and could very well have been taken in Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor or Manset.
Women Packing Sardine Cans in Maine - Probably Bass Harbor or Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11205   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection
Description:
Note the scissors hanging on the wall - typical in the old canning factories. The location of this photograph is unknown, but it was in a collection of pictures taken on Mount Desert and could very well have been taken in Bass Harbor, Southwest Harbor or Manset.
11461Launching Mary Rose
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Launching Mary Rose
Item:
  • 11461   
Accession #:
  • 1053
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Newman Family
11796Herbert Guy La Count working on a Navy Yawl
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
Left to Right: Herbert Guy La Count (1891-1958) Unknown man working on a Navy Yawl
Herbert Guy La Count working on a Navy Yawl
Item:
  • 11796   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Description:
Left to Right: Herbert Guy La Count (1891-1958) Unknown man working on a Navy Yawl
11854Haying on Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Mary "Mamie" Frances Spurling (1877-1965) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974)
Haying on Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 11854   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • People
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Birlem Family
Description:
Left to Right: "Kit" - the horse Charles Samuel Spurling (1880-1911) Mary "Mamie" Frances Spurling (1877-1965) Bernice Spurling (1904-1929) - died of TB in Arizona Clarence Freeman Joy (1893-1988) In the wagon (tentative identification): Walter F. Joy (1891-1974)
12328Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 12328   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
State:
  • ME
12333Unknown Boat Under Construction at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
Unknown Boat Under Construction at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 12333   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat
State:
  • ME
12334Unknown Boat Under Construction at Southwest Boat Corporation
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Unknown Boat Under Construction at Southwest Boat Corporation
Item:
  • 12334   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
State:
  • ME
12368The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 12368   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Strong - Janet Strong
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • Collection of Janet Strong
Tags:
motel, building, restaurant
12369The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Strong - Janet Strong
  • 48 Shore Road
The Franklin Ward Machine Shop as The Dockside Motel and XYZ Restaurant
Item:
  • 12369   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Strong - Janet Strong
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 48 Shore Road
Source:
  • Collection of Janet Strong
Tags:
building, motel, restaurant