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13638Sinking of the Sloop Endeavor
  • Reference
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • 2001-07-24
  • Rockland ME
“Endeavor”, owned by Betsy Holtzmann and captained by Richard Stanley and carrying a crew of five, overturned and sank off Rockland Harbor while racing in the three-day Friendship Sloop Days Annual Homecoming on Tuesday, July 24, 2001. Ralph and Marion Stanley were watching the race aboard Ralph’s vessel, “Seven Girls” and went to the rescue. Rushing through the wind blown water they made it in time to rescue the cold and exhausted crew. Divers searched for the wreck for a month until she was found 70 feet down on the bottom of the harbor by using sidescan SONAR on August 18th a short distance from where she went down. Efforts to raise “Endeavor” were unsuccessful until Southwest Harbor captain Douglas E. Beal Jr. (1952-), aboard his “Salvage III” brought her up on Friday, August 24 and brought her back home. There she was put back in “Bristol Fashion” at the Stanley boat shop in Southwest Harbor.
Sinking of the Sloop Endeavor
Item:
  • 13638   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events, Shipwreck
Date:
  • 2001-07-24
Place:
  • Rockland ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
“Endeavor”, owned by Betsy Holtzmann and captained by Richard Stanley and carrying a crew of five, overturned and sank off Rockland Harbor while racing in the three-day Friendship Sloop Days Annual Homecoming on Tuesday, July 24, 2001. Ralph and Marion Stanley were watching the race aboard Ralph’s vessel, “Seven Girls” and went to the rescue. Rushing through the wind blown water they made it in time to rescue the cold and exhausted crew. Divers searched for the wreck for a month until she was found 70 feet down on the bottom of the harbor by using sidescan SONAR on August 18th a short distance from where she went down. Efforts to raise “Endeavor” were unsuccessful until Southwest Harbor captain Douglas E. Beal Jr. (1952-), aboard his “Salvage III” brought her up on Friday, August 24 and brought her back home. There she was put back in “Bristol Fashion” at the Stanley boat shop in Southwest Harbor. [show more]
13648The Resurrection of the Sloop Endeavor
  • Reference
  • Events
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • 2001-08-24
  • Rockland ME
The Friendship sloop Endeavor sunk off Rockland Harbor on July 24, 2001 while racing in the three-day Friendship Sloop Days Annual Homecoming. Divers searched for the wreck for a month until she was found 70 feet down on the bottom of the harbor by using sidescan SONAR on August 18th a short distance from where she went down. Efforts to raise “Endeavor” were unsuccessful until Southwest Harbor captain Douglas E. Beal Jr. (1952-), aboard his “Salvage III” brought her up on Friday, August 24 and brought her back home. This sequential set of photos shows the process of Endeavor being lifted out of the water by Salvage III and brought back to Southwest Harbor for inspection and repair. The photos also show the damage to the boat after a month under water.
The Resurrection of the Sloop Endeavor
Item:
  • 13648   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
Date:
  • 2001-08-24
Place:
  • Rockland ME
State:
  • ME
Description:
The Friendship sloop Endeavor sunk off Rockland Harbor on July 24, 2001 while racing in the three-day Friendship Sloop Days Annual Homecoming. Divers searched for the wreck for a month until she was found 70 feet down on the bottom of the harbor by using sidescan SONAR on August 18th a short distance from where she went down. Efforts to raise “Endeavor” were unsuccessful until Southwest Harbor captain Douglas E. Beal Jr. (1952-), aboard his “Salvage III” brought her up on Friday, August 24 and brought her back home. This sequential set of photos shows the process of Endeavor being lifted out of the water by Salvage III and brought back to Southwest Harbor for inspection and repair. The photos also show the damage to the boat after a month under water. [show more]
13690Hurricane Edna - 1954
  • Reference
  • Events
Hurricane Edna - 1954
Item:
  • 13690   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
13693Way Back - Gay Nineties Balls
  • Reference
  • Events, Gala
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
The Way Back Balls were held between 1948 and 1957, and possibly before. SWHPL #14597 shows a ticket to the Way Bak Ball in 1928 - note the different spelling. The twenty-five Sou'Westers held a Way Back (gay nineties) ball in the spring of each year during the 1950's at the VIA (Village Improvement Association) hall in Manset (the Thibodeau home in 2006). Miles Grindle talks about Wayback Balls in his recount of growing up in Northeast Harbor in the 1930's: “’Wayback Balls’ were held, when everyone dressed in old fashioned clothes, tux and top hats, long dresses, or overalls with plaid shirts. These dances were by invitation only, restricted to voting age, by a member of chartered ‘Waybackers’. The main snack, provided during intermission, was dry fish. Probably most people reading this journal have not experienced the joy of occasionally eating a piece of dry fish. The local fishermen would catch small codfish, and let the wind dry them on their boats, then strip the fish off the skin, and put them in jars. Alcohol was not allowed on the premises, but those who indulged kept their bottles in their cars.” - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 29 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library.
Way Back - Gay Nineties Balls
Item:
  • 13693   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
Description:
The Way Back Balls were held between 1948 and 1957, and possibly before. SWHPL #14597 shows a ticket to the Way Bak Ball in 1928 - note the different spelling. The twenty-five Sou'Westers held a Way Back (gay nineties) ball in the spring of each year during the 1950's at the VIA (Village Improvement Association) hall in Manset (the Thibodeau home in 2006). Miles Grindle talks about Wayback Balls in his recount of growing up in Northeast Harbor in the 1930's: “’Wayback Balls’ were held, when everyone dressed in old fashioned clothes, tux and top hats, long dresses, or overalls with plaid shirts. These dances were by invitation only, restricted to voting age, by a member of chartered ‘Waybackers’. The main snack, provided during intermission, was dry fish. Probably most people reading this journal have not experienced the joy of occasionally eating a piece of dry fish. The local fishermen would catch small codfish, and let the wind dry them on their boats, then strip the fish off the skin, and put them in jars. Alcohol was not allowed on the premises, but those who indulged kept their bottles in their cars.” - “The Local Boy: Growing up in Northeast Harbor, Maine in the 1930’s” by Miles Grindle, p. 29 – n.d. [2006] – Privately published – in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. [show more]
13707WWII War Bond Drive
  • Reference
  • Events
WWII War Bond Drive
Item:
  • 13707   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
146361955 Southwest Harbor Lemont Building Fire
  • Reference
  • Events, Fire
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 14 Clark Point Road
1955 Southwest Harbor Lemont Building Fire
Item:
  • 14636   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 14 Clark Point Road
14685Southwest Harbor Then & Now 2015 Exhibit
  • Reference
  • Events
  • 2015-07
The July 2015 Show at the Southwest Harbor Public Library presented a visual stroll down Main Street and Clark Point Road composed of photographs from the Digital Archive - historical photographs contrasted with new images of the same places as they are today. The 100 photographs combine to tell part of the history of the town. Each building or location in the show is illustrated by at least one historic photograph and the closest possible replica of the same location in 2015. The town has changed in 127 years.
Southwest Harbor Then & Now 2015 Exhibit
Item:
  • 14685   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
Date:
  • 2015-07
Description:
The July 2015 Show at the Southwest Harbor Public Library presented a visual stroll down Main Street and Clark Point Road composed of photographs from the Digital Archive - historical photographs contrasted with new images of the same places as they are today. The 100 photographs combine to tell part of the history of the town. Each building or location in the show is illustrated by at least one historic photograph and the closest possible replica of the same location in 2015. The town has changed in 127 years. [show more]
146881922 Southwest Harbor Fire
  • Reference
  • Events, Fire
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street in Southwest Harbor was devastated by fire on March 27, 1922. Newspaper accounts of the fire reported estimated losses of $150,000 and that the Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Company, “did remarkable work, considering the limited equipment with which they had to work.” Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor firemen also responded, but the roads were considerably different from today and it took the Bar Harbor department, “four hours over difficult spring roads.” Apparently their “combination truck…was making some 40 miles an hour near Burns’ Corner when it was stuck in a bad hole in the muddy road” and “between Somesville and Southwest they were mired time after time and horses that were sent to assist them…had to drag the big steamer” [weighing almost six tons] out of the holes in the road. In spite of these delays the truck arrived finally…in about three hours, too late to do any good. “Had the roads been in anything like fair condition it is the unanimous opinion that the truck from Bar Harbor would have been able to save the Odd Fellows building.”
1922 Southwest Harbor Fire
Item:
  • 14688   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Main Street in Southwest Harbor was devastated by fire on March 27, 1922. Newspaper accounts of the fire reported estimated losses of $150,000 and that the Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Company, “did remarkable work, considering the limited equipment with which they had to work.” Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor firemen also responded, but the roads were considerably different from today and it took the Bar Harbor department, “four hours over difficult spring roads.” Apparently their “combination truck…was making some 40 miles an hour near Burns’ Corner when it was stuck in a bad hole in the muddy road” and “between Somesville and Southwest they were mired time after time and horses that were sent to assist them…had to drag the big steamer” [weighing almost six tons] out of the holes in the road. In spite of these delays the truck arrived finally…in about three hours, too late to do any good. “Had the roads been in anything like fair condition it is the unanimous opinion that the truck from Bar Harbor would have been able to save the Odd Fellows building.” [show more]
14974Southwest Harbor Flamingo Festival
  • Reference
  • Events
  • Southwest Harbor
The annual Harbor House Flamingo Festival is whimsical, lighthearted and decidedly pink, this fun filled family festival truly has something for everyone. The four day festival celebrates the plastic flamingo lawn ornament and features flocks of residents and visitors decked out in pink. The event kicks off with a lobster dinner on Friday evening. Saturday starts with a pancake breakfast prepared by volunteers from the U.S. Coast Guard followed by the Flamingo Parade down Main Street. Other activities include a craft fair and kids carnival, open house at the Coast Guard Station, and a 4 mile fun run.
Southwest Harbor Flamingo Festival
Item:
  • 14974   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The annual Harbor House Flamingo Festival is whimsical, lighthearted and decidedly pink, this fun filled family festival truly has something for everyone. The four day festival celebrates the plastic flamingo lawn ornament and features flocks of residents and visitors decked out in pink. The event kicks off with a lobster dinner on Friday evening. Saturday starts with a pancake breakfast prepared by volunteers from the U.S. Coast Guard followed by the Flamingo Parade down Main Street. Other activities include a craft fair and kids carnival, open house at the Coast Guard Station, and a 4 mile fun run. [show more]
15570400th Anniversary of MDI's First European Settlement
  • Reference
  • Events
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
  • 2013-06-08
400th Anniversary of MDI's First European Settlement
Item:
  • 15570   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
Creator:
  • Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan
Date:
  • 2013-06-08
7268Ticket for the Way Bak Ball from Rebecca Carroll Clark's Scrapbook
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1928-02-22
  • Southwest Harbor
Rebecca, an attractive and lively teenager, was 15 years old at the time of this dance. Judging from her scrapbook she seems to have enjoyed all the social events of her time and wrote on this ticket, "Wonderful Time."
Ticket for the Way Bak Ball from Rebecca Carroll Clark's Scrapbook
Item:
  • 7268   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1928-02-22
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Rebecca, an attractive and lively teenager, was 15 years old at the time of this dance. Judging from her scrapbook she seems to have enjoyed all the social events of her time and wrote on this ticket, "Wonderful Time."
11677The Wreck of the Bar Harbor Express
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • 1913-09-02
  • New Haven CT
The Wreck of the Bar Harbor Express
Item:
  • 11677   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
Date:
  • 1913-09-02
Place:
  • New Haven CT
State:
  • CT
12559Pilgrims Landing at Plymouth - Original Pilgrim Shallop
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events
  • People
  • 1620
  • Plymouth MA
Date: Circa 1908 Media: Tinted collotype Title: Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620 from the Mayflower Subject: Pilgrim Shallop Publisher: Published in Germany for G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine Postage: 1¢ for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, 2¢ for foreign. Number: 84972 Addressed to Mrs. Eliza S. Gott, McKinley, Maine, Box 22. Front message: "Send me a postcard from Grace E. Gott" Postcard from Grace E. Gott (1896-1920) to her grandmother, Eliza Sawyer Butler, Mrs. Israel Gott (1847-1924) Grace E. Gott married Charles Lewellyn McKay on December 16, 1915. She signed the postcard as Grace E. Gott so archivists conclude that it was sent before that date. Judging by her handwriting, it is probable that she wrote the card c. 1908-1910. G.W. Morris printed their tinted collotype postcards in Germany in the early years of their existence (1901-1922). Archivists have therefore date the postcard as c. 1908.
Pilgrims Landing at Plymouth - Original Pilgrim Shallop
Item:
  • 12559   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
Date:
  • 1620
Place:
  • Plymouth MA
State:
  • MA
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
Tags:
people, pilgrims, apparel, woman, hat, man, boat
Description:
Date: Circa 1908 Media: Tinted collotype Title: Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth 1620 from the Mayflower Subject: Pilgrim Shallop Publisher: Published in Germany for G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine Postage: 1¢ for United States and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico, 2¢ for foreign. Number: 84972 Addressed to Mrs. Eliza S. Gott, McKinley, Maine, Box 22. Front message: "Send me a postcard from Grace E. Gott" Postcard from Grace E. Gott (1896-1920) to her grandmother, Eliza Sawyer Butler, Mrs. Israel Gott (1847-1924) Grace E. Gott married Charles Lewellyn McKay on December 16, 1915. She signed the postcard as Grace E. Gott so archivists conclude that it was sent before that date. Judging by her handwriting, it is probable that she wrote the card c. 1908-1910. G.W. Morris printed their tinted collotype postcards in Germany in the early years of their existence (1901-1922). Archivists have therefore date the postcard as c. 1908. [show more]
5948Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Agnes R.
  • 1939-01-28
  • Southwest Harbor
Fire at the Second Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5948   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Agnes R.
Date:
  • 1939-01-28
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
5610Children's Book Week 1938
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-11
  • Southwest Harbor
Children's Book Week 1938
Item:
  • 5610   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-11
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
5611Children's Book Week 1938
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-11
  • Southwest Harbor
Children's Book Week 1938
Item:
  • 5611   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-11
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
5612Children's Book Week 1938
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-11
  • Southwest Harbor
Children's Book Week 1938
Item:
  • 5612   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-11
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
5613Children's Book Week 1938
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-11
  • Southwest Harbor
Children's Book Week 1938
Item:
  • 5613   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1938-11
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
5616Children's Book Week 1939
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939-11-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows the Norwegian Village
Children's Book Week 1939
Item:
  • 5616   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1939-11-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Shows the Norwegian Village
5617Children's Book Week 1939
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939-11-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Looking toward the back of the library
Children's Book Week 1939
Item:
  • 5617   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1939-11-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Looking toward the back of the library
5618Children's Book Week 1939
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1939-11
  • Southwest Harbor
Looking toward the back of the library toward the back door
Children's Book Week 1939
Item:
  • 5618   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1939-11
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Looking toward the back of the library toward the back door
5619Children's Book Week 1941
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-11-02
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows the 1939 addition to the library - View is from the front of the library looking back
Children's Book Week 1941
Item:
  • 5619   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1941-11-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Shows the 1939 addition to the library - View is from the front of the library looking back
5620Children's Book Week 1941
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-11-02
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
Children's Book Week 1941
Item:
  • 5620   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1941-11-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 338 Main Street
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
Children’s Book Week - November 2-8, 1941 - “Forward With Books” This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
5621The Southwest Harbor Public Library 1941
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-11-02
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
The Southwest Harbor Public Library 1941
Item:
  • 5621   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1941-11-02
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Description:
This photograph shows the 1939 addition to the Southwest Harbor Public Library. The view is from the front of the library looking back – Reference Room - Shows the Charles Morris Young painting, "Clark's Wharf."
7751WWII - War Bond Drive - Students at Pemetic High School Raising the Minute Man Flag
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1943-05-07
  • Southwest Harbor
WWII - War Bond Drive - Students at Pemetic High School Raising the Minute Man Flag
Item:
  • 7751   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1943-05-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection