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You searched for: Date: 1930sSubject: Places
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
12746First Day Cover of Acadia National Park with Great Head Stamp - October 2, 1934
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Places, Park
  • 1934-10-02
Envelope is printed with the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain motif. First Day Cover for launching of Great Head Stamp – features the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain and the Great Head Stamp Mailed from Bar Harbor on launch day – October 2, 1934 6.5” x 3.625” Correspondence envelope – pointed flap Obviously addressed to a stamp collector Mrs. A. Zimmerman, 86 South Westover [Road], Columbus, Ohio See SWHPL 12453 for the stamp info
Description:
Envelope is printed with the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain motif. First Day Cover for launching of Great Head Stamp – features the Lone Pine on Robinson Mountain and the Great Head Stamp Mailed from Bar Harbor on launch day – October 2, 1934 6.5” x 3.625” Correspondence envelope – pointed flap Obviously addressed to a stamp collector Mrs. A. Zimmerman, 86 South Westover [Road], Columbus, Ohio See SWHPL 12453 for the stamp info [show more]
9954View of Main Street, Southwest Harbor Looking South from Dr. George Neal's Garden
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1935 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 314 Main Street
The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School"
Description:
The back of the photograph says "Grades 1 - 2 - 3 and High School"
11830Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Clark Point Road
Notable buildings Left to Right: E.A. Lawler Paint Company, 40 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 108, MHPC #405-0165. William Joseph Tower house (roof peak only), 38 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 106, MHPC #405-0164. Masonic Hall - 353 Main Street, Map 3 - Lot 96, MHPC #405-0161 - just visible as the large peaked roof on the left at the end of Clark Point Road. The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman," is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it. Perry "Ped" L. Sargent's Livery Stable - 7-19 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - visible as the small building near the right corner of Clark Point Road and Main Street. Gilley Plumbing Company - 21 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - both the livery stable and the plumbing shop were later subsumed into the later Post Office parking lot. Wilbur C. Wallace house, 29 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 100, MHPC #405-0083.
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Notable buildings Left to Right: E.A. Lawler Paint Company, 40 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 108, MHPC #405-0165. William Joseph Tower house (roof peak only), 38 Clark Point Road, Map 3 - Lot 106, MHPC #405-0164. Masonic Hall - 353 Main Street, Map 3 - Lot 96, MHPC #405-0161 - just visible as the large peaked roof on the left at the end of Clark Point Road. The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman," is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it. Perry "Ped" L. Sargent's Livery Stable - 7-19 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - visible as the small building near the right corner of Clark Point Road and Main Street. Gilley Plumbing Company - 21 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 99 - both the livery stable and the plumbing shop were later subsumed into the later Post Office parking lot. Wilbur C. Wallace house, 29 Clark Point Road, Map 6 - Lot 100, MHPC #405-0083. [show more]
11831Clark Point Road Looking West Toward Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it.
Description:
The American Gas Accumulator Company Acetylene Traffic Beacon, or "Silent Policeman" is just visible in the center of the photograph at the junction of Clark Point Road and Main Street with the town bandstand behind it.
11579Clark Point Road From Three Chimneys to the James Francis Ross House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1934
  • Southwest Harbor
11617View of the High Road and the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
11771The Wreck of the Schooner Catherine in Somes Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1935-07
Remains of schooner "Catherine" in Fernald Cove, Somesville, 1935. A few years later a storm shifted the hulk to the shore at right where surviving frames and timbers could be seen for some years at low tide. After the wreck and before this photograph was taken, salvagers cut a hole through the side of the vessel to allow the mast to fall into the water and be salvaged. The hole, near the bow. is visible in this photograph. SWHPL 9500 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed.
Description:
Remains of schooner "Catherine" in Fernald Cove, Somesville, 1935. A few years later a storm shifted the hulk to the shore at right where surviving frames and timbers could be seen for some years at low tide. After the wreck and before this photograph was taken, salvagers cut a hole through the side of the vessel to allow the mast to fall into the water and be salvaged. The hole, near the bow. is visible in this photograph. SWHPL 9500 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed. [show more]
6788Clark Point After 1937
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937 after
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows the Buoy Depot on the opposite shore.
Description:
Shows the Buoy Depot on the opposite shore.
6930Clark Point After 1937
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937 after
Shows the Buoy Depot on Clark Point.
Description:
Shows the Buoy Depot on Clark Point.
7956Four-Masted Schooner Theoline in Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows "House of Four Winds" on Fernald Point.
Description:
Shows "House of Four Winds" on Fernald Point.
9311Northeast Harbor from Flying Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1934-07-10
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
The Nathan Smallidge (1817-1874) farm and the Ansel L. Manchester Cottage are visible across the sound. The Baker Island Light Station is in the far distance.
Description:
The Nathan Smallidge (1817-1874) farm and the Ansel L. Manchester Cottage are visible across the sound. The Baker Island Light Station is in the far distance.
9525Receding Wave at Thunder Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1934-11
  • Acadia National Park
11285Acadia National Park - Bridge Over Rocks on the Hunters Beach Trail
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1935-05
  • Acadia National Park
12176Acadia National Park - Surf Along Ocean Drive
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1934-11
  • Acadia National Park
12182Acadia National Park - Shore at Little Hunter Beach
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939-09
  • Acadia National Park
12199Acadia National Park - Hunter Beach Trail
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-06
  • Acadia National Park
12286Schooner Lillian in Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-06
  • Southwest Harbor
The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
Description:
The boathouse just visible over "Lillian's" bowsprit belonged to William Doane Stanley (1855-1932), "Uncle Jimmy." His Chester Clement built passenger launch, "Leader" is on the shore to the right of the boathouse. Jimmy used her to carry summer people in the summer. In the winter he took off the wicker chairs etc. and used her to carry sardines to the factories.
12287Schooners Lillian - in Southwest Harbor - Fragment of SWHPL 12286
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1937-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Fragment of SWHPL 12286. Uncle Jimmy's boathouse and his boat "Leader" are visible on the shore just beyond the bowsprit of Lillian.
Description:
Fragment of SWHPL 12286. Uncle Jimmy's boathouse and his boat "Leader" are visible on the shore just beyond the bowsprit of Lillian.
12577Rock Profiles at Thunder Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1933-06
  • Acadia National Park
  • Thunder Hole
Contrast this photograph with Townsand's image SWHPL 9527.
Description:
Contrast this photograph with Townsand's image SWHPL 9527.
9309Jordan Pond in Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
  • 1938 c.
  • Acadia National Park
  • Jordan Pond
9468View of Southwest Harbor Back Shore - The Claremont House, The Larches, and Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
  • 1930 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
5594The Claremont Hotel Dock Looking Up Somes Sound - After 1930
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • 1930 after
  • Southwest Harbor
6214Enoch Boynton Stanley Boat Shed at The Pool at Low Tide
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • 1930 c.
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
6235Echo Lake Camp - Appalachian Mountain Club - Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Camp
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1932 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
"The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring.
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"The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring. [show more]
7767Willis Humphreys Ballard and T.A. McIntire on the Precipice Trail in Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • 1938-09
  • Bar Harbor