Clark Point Road - Laying Telephone Wire
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Clark Point Road - Laying Telephone Wire
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The wagon crew is unreeling wire for the first telephone.
Houses left to right:
John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road.
The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894.
The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road.
The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road.
At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property.
The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885.
The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right:
Lawrence Dana Phillips
John Dix Lawler (1906-1997)
The dog is "Dot"
Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-)
Houses left to right:
John C. Ralph house - 53 Clark Point Road.
The dark house is the William Irving Mayo House - 51 Clark Point Road, built in 1894.
The next house up the hill was used by S.H. Mayo as a residence with and attached blacksmith and bicycle shop - later a tea room, dry goods shop and office - 47 Clark Point Road.
The next building, at the junction of Clark Point Road and the High Road, is the Watson Herrick store - 14 High Road.
At the top of the hill, across the street, is the barn on the Mayo Holmes property.
The house at the right foreground was built by Edward Reid McLean in 1885. Later it was the B.C. Worcester home and still later the Roger Rich home - 50 Clark Point Road, Map 3, built in 1885.
The children and dog in foreground are, from left to right:
Lawrence Dana Phillips
John Dix Lawler (1906-1997)
The dog is "Dot"
Man in right foreground is "Jim Turner" – James A. Turner (1835-)
Place:
Southwest Harbor
State:
ME
Country:
USA
Date:
1913
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Citation
“Clark Point Road - Laying Telephone Wire,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed December 11, 2023, https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/5994.Item 5521