Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
3562	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)	Reference	People				Southwest Harbor	23 High Road	Nellie is remembered with love and gratitude by generations of Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Island residents, genealogists and historians from here and "from away" for her 1938 book, popularly known as, "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor," a complete and detailed record of the history of the people and places in the town of her birth. Besides writing the definitive history of Southwest Harbor and its inhabitants she was wrote the social notes for the town that appeared in the Bar Harbor Times for many years and was an active library volunteer. She was also an enthusiastic photographer who documented the activities of her large family. She made photograph albums for many family members, many of whom have shared her photographs with the Southwest Harbor Public Library. Archivists credit all of the photographs in her albums to her as she took or planned most of them. Those not taken by her were photographed by unnamed family members.	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Item: 3562    Type: Reference Subject: People Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 23 High Road Description: Nellie is remembered with love and gratitude by generations of Southwest Harbor and Mount Desert Island residents, genealogists and historians from here and "from away" for her 1938 book, popularly known as, "Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor," a complete and detailed record of the history of the people and places in the town of her birth. Besides writing the definitive history of Southwest Harbor and its inhabitants she was wrote the social notes for the town that appeared in the Bar Harbor Times for many years and was an active library volunteer. She was also an enthusiastic photographer who documented the activities of her large family. She made photograph albums for many family members, many of whom have shared her photographs with the Southwest Harbor Public Library. Archivists credit all of the photographs in her albums to her as she took or planned most of them. Those not taken by her were photographed by unnamed family members. [show more]
10379	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	People	Unknown Subjects		1908	Houlton ME		Nellie was a "literary lady" and carefully added titles to almost all of the photographs she put in her albums. This one was titled, "The Lady of the House," a reference to the pride she felt in this station.	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Item: 10379    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: People Creator: Unknown Subjects Date: 1908 Place: Houlton ME State: ME Source: Mrs. Seth Sprague Thornton Collection Description: Nellie was a "literary lady" and carefully added titles to almost all of the photographs she put in her albums. This one was titled, "The Lady of the House," a reference to the pride she felt in this station.

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