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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
15601Bowdoin Cottage being built in Bar Harbor
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Bar Harbor Record
  • 1902-07-16
Newspaper article about the Bowdoin Cottage, known as La Rochelle, when it was being constructed on West Street in Bar Harbor in 1902. A transcription of the article is also attached to this item.
Bowdoin Cottage being built in Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 15601   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Record
Date:
  • 1902-07-16
Source:
  • Digital Archives of the Friends of Island History
    https://islandhistory.newspaperarchive.com/bar-harbor-record/1902-07-16/
Description:
Newspaper article about the Bowdoin Cottage, known as La Rochelle, when it was being constructed on West Street in Bar Harbor in 1902. A transcription of the article is also attached to this item.
6703Pemaquid Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Boston Post Card Co.
  • 1907
  • Pemaquid ME
Pemaquid Light
Item:
  • 6703   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Publisher:
  • Boston Post Card Co.
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Pemaquid ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Tags:
tinted
9467View from Stanley House Dock, Manset, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
  • 1905 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The vessel with sails up, coming into the dock, is a Maine Sloop Boat. Hand written note says "Many thanks for the box will write to and Edith soon. Lovingly, Mrs. Emery"
View from Stanley House Dock, Manset, Maine
Item:
  • 9467   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Publisher:
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1905 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
The vessel with sails up, coming into the dock, is a Maine Sloop Boat. Hand written note says "Many thanks for the box will write to and Edith soon. Lovingly, Mrs. Emery"
6080William W.A. Heath Mill at Seal Cove Bridge
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
William W.A. Heath Mill at Seal Cove Bridge
Item:
  • 6080   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Publisher:
  • C.E. Cook, Bangor, Maine
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
9400The Hotel Holmes and A.I. Holmes Store
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1904 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The photograph shows the Hotel Holmes and part of the Holmes Store on the left. Postcard Details: Date: c.1909 Media: Real Photo Title: Holmes House, Southwest Harbor, ME. Subject: Holmes Store and Hotel Holmes Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Eastern Illustrating Co., Belfast, Maine Number: 28
The Hotel Holmes and A.I. Holmes Store
Item:
  • 9400   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1904 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
The photograph shows the Hotel Holmes and part of the Holmes Store on the left. Postcard Details: Date: c.1909 Media: Real Photo Title: Holmes House, Southwest Harbor, ME. Subject: Holmes Store and Hotel Holmes Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Eastern Illustrating Co., Belfast, Maine Number: 28
7020State Street, Ellsworth, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • J.A. Thompson
  • 1906 PM
State Street, Ellsworth, Maine
Item:
  • 7020   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Publisher:
  • J.A. Thompson
Date:
  • 1906 PM
State:
  • ME
Tags:
street, people, horse, carriage, building
6765The Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Metropolitan News Company, Boston, MA.
  • 1905 c.
  • Pittsfield ME
Published for the Libby Pharmacy, Pittsfield, Me.
The Maine Central Institute, Pittsfield, Maine
Item:
  • 6765   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Publisher:
  • Metropolitan News Company, Boston, MA.
Date:
  • 1905 c.
Place:
  • Pittsfield ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
Published for the Libby Pharmacy, Pittsfield, Me.
6924Bear Island Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • R.J. Lemont, Southwest Harbor, Me.
  • 1907 before
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Bear Island Light
Item:
  • 6924   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Publisher:
  • R.J. Lemont, Southwest Harbor, Me.
Date:
  • 1907 before
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
5837The Kimball House Hotel in Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Koehler, - J. Koehler, New York
  • The A. G. Bain Co., Northeast Harbor, Me.
  • 1900 c.
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
The Kimball House Hotel in Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5837   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Koehler, - J. Koehler, New York
Publisher:
  • The A. G. Bain Co., Northeast Harbor, Me.
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
hotel, building
9410The Claremont House and View up Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • 1909 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
Published for E.F. Teague Stationers. The hand written message says "This is our home for the next week. Please write to me. I am so in hopes I will have a letter in the afternoon mail. It is lovely here, and I am enjoying it thoroughly, but am looking forward to "home". Love to all, Nancy. Saturday."
The Claremont House and View up Somes Sound
Item:
  • 9410   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Date:
  • 1909 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
Published for E.F. Teague Stationers. The hand written message says "This is our home for the next week. Please write to me. I am so in hopes I will have a letter in the afternoon mail. It is lovely here, and I am enjoying it thoroughly, but am looking forward to "home". Love to all, Nancy. Saturday."
6729Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Bar Harbor
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject."
Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6729   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject." [show more]
7005Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Community Center
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 PM
Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 7005   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Community Center
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 PM
State:
  • ME
7008Seal Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Seal Harbor Congregational Church
Item:
  • 7008   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
6766Surf and Cliffs Near Portland Head Light
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 c.
  • Portland ME
Made in Germany
Surf and Cliffs Near Portland Head Light
Item:
  • 6766   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 c.
Place:
  • Portland ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Made in Germany
12503White Head, Me. Life Saving Station
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1909 PM
  • Tenants Harbor ME
Printed in Frankfurt on Main, Germany
White Head, Me. Life Saving Station
Item:
  • 12503   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1909 PM
Place:
  • Tenants Harbor ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Printed in Frankfurt on Main, Germany
6535Captain Charles B. Dix Boat House, McKinley, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Captain Charles B. Dix Boat House, McKinley, Maine
Item:
  • 6535   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
6231The Ocean House Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
This photograph shows the enlarged hotel. Postcard is dated 1908 and seems verified by the clothes of the people on the porch.
The Ocean House Hotel
Item:
  • 6231   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1907 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • SWHPL Postcard Collection - MDI
Description:
This photograph shows the enlarged hotel. Postcard is dated 1908 and seems verified by the clothes of the people on the porch.
6780The Claremont House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 20 Claremont Road
The Claremont House
Item:
  • 6780   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 20 Claremont Road
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
6821The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906
  • Southwest Harbor
The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church
Item:
  • 6821   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
6934St. Sauveur Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1907
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
St. Sauveur Hotel
Item:
  • 6934   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
Tags:
tinted
6994Building of Arts, Eden
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1908 PM
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Building of Arts, Eden
Item:
  • 6994   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1908 PM
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
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
6822The Methodist Church and Parsonage, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 - 20 Wesley Avenue
Printed in Frankfurt On Main, Germany
The Methodist Church and Parsonage, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 6822   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 - 20 Wesley Avenue
Tags:
parsonage, building, church
Description:
Printed in Frankfurt On Main, Germany
9407The Dirigo Hotel
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Made in Germany
The Dirigo Hotel
Item:
  • 9407   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
Description:
Made in Germany