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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
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
9316Jesup Memorial Library and Y.W.C.A., Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • Bar Harbor
Jesup Memorial Library and Y.W.C.A., Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 9316   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
7143Bass Harbor Memorial Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 89 Bernard Road
Bass Harbor Memorial Library
Item:
  • 7143   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 89 Bernard Road
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
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]
13017Building of Arts, Eden
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Harding, R. Brewster
  • Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232.
Building of Arts, Eden
Item:
  • 13017   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Creator:
  • Harding, R. Brewster
Publisher:
  • Maine: Old Port Publishing Co., 1975
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
State:
  • ME
Tags:
tinted
Description:
Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232. [show more]
9416Manset Union Church and Manset Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Studio of Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.
  • 1910 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Manset Union Church and Manset Library
Item:
  • 9416   
Accession #:
  • 1034
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • Studio of Eastern Ilustrating Co., Belfast, Me.
Date:
  • 1910 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
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
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
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
16115Seal Harbor, Maine. The Library.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1909
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily M. Haynes 190 Main Street, Bangor, Maine Signed: L. R. K. (Lottie Rea King)
Seal Harbor, Maine. The Library.
Item:
  • 16115   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1909
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily M. Haynes 190 Main Street, Bangor, Maine Signed: L. R. K. (Lottie Rea King)
16116Seal Harbor, Maine. Main Street and Post Office.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1911
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine
Seal Harbor, Maine. Main Street and Post Office.
Item:
  • 16116   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1911
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Description:
Mailed to: Mrs. Emily Haynes Manset, Maine
15328Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Community Center
  • 1907
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 15328   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Community Center
Date:
  • 1907
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
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]
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
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
14385Knights of Pythias Hall
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
  • Tremont, West Tremont
The building burned in 1948.
Knights of Pythias Hall
Item:
  • 14385   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall
Place:
  • Tremont, West Tremont
State:
  • ME
Description:
The building burned in 1948.
13211Bass Harbor Memorial Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 89 Bernard Road
Bass Harbor Memorial Library
Item:
  • 13211   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 89 Bernard Road
13270Manset Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Manset Library
Item:
  • 13270   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
13271Islesford Historial Museum
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796.
Islesford Historial Museum
Item:
  • 13271   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
  • ME
Description:
William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [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
13383Southwest Harbor Fire Department
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 250 Main Street
Southwest Harbor Fire Department
Item:
  • 13383   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Fire House
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 250 Main Street
13420Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 90 Bernard Road
Vesta E. (Spear) McRae House and Original Bass Harbor Library
Item:
  • 13420   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 90 Bernard Road
13566Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
  • Reference
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157.
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road
Item:
  • 13566   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
Description:
"At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
13862A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
A Southwest Harbor Post Office as a Maud E. (Gooch) Phillips House on Phillips Lane
Item:
  • 13862   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office