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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
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.
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]
13211Bass Harbor Memorial Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 89 Bernard Road
13270Manset Library
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
13281Ellsworth Public Library
Meltiah Jordan House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Ellsworth ME
  • State Street
Ellsworth Public Library
Meltiah Jordan House
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
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.
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"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.
12098Last of the Original Trees in Front of the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 2006
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
The last of the original trees before its 2006 removal.
Description:
The last of the original trees before its 2006 removal.
7269Grace M. Simmons Children's Room
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Rich - Meredith Adelle (Rich) Hutchins (1939-2016)
  • 1983-10
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
"... it was 1955 before the library built its second addition. This was a room for the youngest children done in memory of Grace Simmons, who had rebound countless worn library books for the library."
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"... it was 1955 before the library built its second addition. This was a room for the youngest children done in memory of Grace Simmons, who had rebound countless worn library books for the library."
7143Bass Harbor Memorial Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 89 Bernard Road
7022Public Library, Ellsworth, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Ellsworth ME
  • State Street
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
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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
5636The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
5637The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1941
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
5638The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 2004 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
5639The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Francis Hamabe Mural
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
  • 1983-10
  • Southwest Harbor
In 1955, Walter Cabot Paine gave funds to the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the Francis Hamabe murals in the newly refurbished Children’s Room. Shows the Children's Room before the 1984 remodelling with the Francis Hamabe mural, painted in 1955.
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In 1955, Walter Cabot Paine gave funds to the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the Francis Hamabe murals in the newly refurbished Children’s Room. Shows the Children's Room before the 1984 remodelling with the Francis Hamabe mural, painted in 1955.
5651The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1903-07-01
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 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
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A postcard featuring the Southwest Harbor Public Library - Circa 1900
9209Vesta E. McRae on the Porch of her Home and Bass Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 90 Bernard Road
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.
Description:
Shows wooden sidewalk and two maple saplings.
9278Bass Harbor Librarian Vesta E. (Spear) McRae, Mrs. Colin McRae's House, Bernard, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • 90 Bernard Road
9421Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1934
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
10051First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1983 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
Description:
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
11575Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1990
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 338 Main Street
12596The Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-24