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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
7207Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7207   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007 [show more]
7208Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1950 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations.
Southwest Harbor Fire Trucks
Item:
  • 7208   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 26 Villiage Green Way
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
The fire trucks are, from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper Foreground: Hand pumper #609 The hand pumber #609 was built by William Cooper Hunneman (1769-1856) in 1857. William Hunneman, an apprentice to Paul Revere, is best known for the andirons and occasional teakettle marked with his surname. The #609 was sold first to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and named the "Governor Langdon". Purchased in 1879 by Bedford Massachusetts, #609 was renamed "Shawsheen", and became the second engine the town of Bedford owned. Later #609 made it's way to Tremont Maine, and in 1905, the pumper became a part of the new town of Southwest Harbor when it separated from Tremont. Drawn and pumped by hand, this pumper was last known to be used at the Causeway Club in Southwest Harbor, celebrating V-E Day in 1945. Over the remaining years the pumper was stored in many Mount Desert Island locations. Moved from place to place, including the museum in Northeast Harbor, the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Seal Cove, the pumper now resides in Southwest Harbor. In the winter of 2008-09, the Junior Firefighters checked on the pumper to find it's wheels frozen in three inches of ice at the current storage facility. This prompted the kids to start a fundraising campaign to house #609 in a permanent, solar powered, climate controlled building, on the grounds of the Southwest Harbor Fire Station. Two sides of the structure are to be UV protective glass for viewing and enjoyment by future generations. [show more]
13281Ellsworth Public Library
Meltiah Jordan House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Ellsworth ME
  • State Street
Ellsworth Public Library
Meltiah Jordan House
Item:
  • 13281   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • State Street
7022Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Ellsworth ME
  • State Street
Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine
Item:
  • 7022   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Ellsworth ME
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • State Street
Tags:
tinted
12894Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
  • 45 Shore Road
Bass Harbor Post Office
McKinley Post Office
Item:
  • 12894   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 45 Shore Road
3340The New Meeting-House
Southern Meeting House
Manset Union Church
Gleaners' Hall
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1999
  • 192 Seawall Road
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0921
The New Meeting-House
Southern Meeting House
Manset Union Church
Gleaners' Hall
Item:
  • 3340   
Type:
  • Document, MHPC Survey
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
Creator:
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
  • 1999
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 192 Seawall Road
Source:
  • MHPC
Description:
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0921
15873Jesup Memorial Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Bar Harbor
  • 34 Mt. Desert St.
"The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.
Jesup Memorial Library
Item:
  • 15873   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 34 Mt. Desert St.
Description:
"The Jesup Library was founded in 1875 by summer visitors who left their books for winter use, and clubbed together to get the services of a part-time librarian." - “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949, p. 209.
13893The Lyceum, Cambridge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
The Lyceum, Cambridge
Item:
  • 13893   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Address:
  • Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
6064The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.
The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy
Item:
  • 6064   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
horse, carriage
Description:
The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight.
12922Park Theater, Southwest Harbor
Mayo Picture Theater
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main Street
Park Theater, Southwest Harbor
Mayo Picture Theater
Item:
  • 12922   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main Street
Tags:
theater
11185The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1924
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main Street
The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street,
The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11185   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1924
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum
Tags:
building, theater, automobile
Description:
The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street, [show more]
14670Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 340 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street
Item:
  • 14670   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 340 Main Street
3487Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988)
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 3487   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Description:
Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
5139The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte
Item:
  • 5139   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1898 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Description:
Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses.
5632The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5632   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
5635The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5635   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
6100The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6100   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
3048Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
  • Document, MHPC Survey
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
  • 1998
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
Southwest Harbor Public Library, MHPC Survey
Item:
  • 3048   
Type:
  • Document, MHPC Survey
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Thompson - Deborah Thompson
Date:
  • 1998
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • MHPC
Description:
Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Building/Structure Survey #405-0001
5633The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5633   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Miss Carmelita Freeman ME General Hospital, Portland, ME. Oct. 1911
5634The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5634   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1896 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5636The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5636   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5637The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5637   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5638The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 2004 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5638   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 2004 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
5651The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1903-07-01
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 5651   
Accession #:
  • 1109
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1903-07-01
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
6099The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • A.I. Holmes
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900
The Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 6099   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • A.I. Holmes
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • Gift from Elsie Mae Phillips Marshall, Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall - 1985.
Description:
A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900