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| The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Southwest Harbor Public Library With Flowered Matte Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Picture of the Library and new wall with two children set in a hand painted glass matte - yellow roses. |
| J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more] | |
| Southwest Harbor Water Company - First Freeman Ridge Pump & Windmill Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Water Company - First Freeman Ridge Pump & Windmill Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Wilford Howard Kittredge in a Sleigh at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Store and Southwest Harbor Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Wilford Howard Kittredge in a Sleigh at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Store and Southwest Harbor Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Adelbert Alden Gilley house at 12 Maple Lane, Map 6 – Lot 102, Southwest Harbor can be seen in the reflection of the window of the Ralph store. |
| Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more] | |
| "The Castle" - East End Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  "The Castle" - East End Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| The Samuel Champion Cooper Cottage, The Larches Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Samuel Champion Cooper Cottage, The Larches Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound" is just visible at the far left - the house with several chimneys is "The Larches." The tower of the Kaighn cottage, "Balla Cragga" can just be seen to the right of "The Larches." The Bee's windmill can be seen in front of "The Larches." Their vegetable garden is in the foreground. |
| Eliza S. Robbins House Fred M. Robbins House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: "Fred Robbins had his house built by William H. Rea. During the years that Mr, Robbins was employed as a lighthouse keeper, the house was rented and so he built the small cottage to the south of his home as a place where he and his wife could spend their annual vacations." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 143. |
| The Inmans and the Coopers Celebrate Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Inmans and the Coopers Celebrate Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: On April 19, 1893 the Cooper's son, Joseph Walter Cooper, married Nellie Sue Inman, daughter of Samuel Andrew Martin Inman and his first wife, Nancy Jane Dick. Nellie's father, Samuel Andrew Martin Inman was the owner of S.M. Inman & Co., one of the largest dealers in cotton in the world, with several branch offices in different parts of the South. He was one of the organizers and a director of the Southern Railway, the yards of which in Atlanta are named for him and was a major Georgian philanthropist. Nellie's brother, Henry Arthur Inman (1869-after 1920) and his wife, Roberta Sutherland Crew built their cottage, "Sutherland" now "Heeltap" at 16 Kinfolk Lane, Southwest Harbor, in 1901. Their son, Arthur Crew Inman (1895-1963) is notorious for having written the "Inman Diaries." On March 28, 1894 Samuel Andrew Martin Inman and his recently acquired second wife, Mildred (McPheeters) Inman (1867-1946), gave a lavish reception at their home in Atlanta, Georgia, for their daughter Nellie and her mother in law, Emma Jane Cooper. This fulsome description of the party, published in "The Atlanta Constitution" on March 29, 1894 illustrates the world inhabited by the Cooper and Inman families. [show more] |
| Dirigo Hotel - South Side Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dirigo Hotel - South Side Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Plans for the Methodist Church and Parsonage, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Plans for the Methodist Church and Parsonage, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Architect's plans from a book of mail order church plans published by Benjamin D. Price in 1892. The small wing shown on the left in the drawing was altered slightly and built on the right in Southwest Harbor. |
| Samuel Champion Coopers Grandsons, Samuel Inman Cooper, Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. and Mammy Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Samuel Champion Coopers Grandsons, Samuel Inman Cooper, Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. and Mammy Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Left to Right: Samuel Inman Cooper (1894-1974) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper Joseph Walter Cooper, Jr. (1899-) - son of Joseph Walter Cooper, grandson of Samuel Champion Cooper "Mammy" - holding Joseph - the identity of "Mammy" is unknown. The boys' mother, Nellie Sue (Inman) Cooper came from the Inman family in Atlanta, Georgia, who must have had many black servants. There were comparatively few families summering in Southwest Harbor at the time with black employees. [show more] | |
| Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Near Completion Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Near Completion Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Building Crew at Completion Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Samuel Champion Cooper's Cottage - The Larches - Building Crew at Completion Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Island House - 1890 - and Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga From the North Side Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga From the North Side Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga - Southwest Corner Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Pine Lodge or Balla Cragga - Southwest Corner Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Freeman's Wharf, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Emily Robinson Farnsworth and Sisters on the Steps of Her Millinery Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Emily Robinson Farnsworth and Sisters on the Steps of Her Millinery Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The building just visible on the left is the James E. Robinson house at 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor. The building on the right of the store is the Hiram Houston / Eben F. Richardson House at 406 Main Street. The Farnsworth store is now part of this property. Seated on steps Left to Right: Ina Caroline "Cad" (Robinson) Lawler (1865-1959) - Mrs. Allen Jacob Lawler Possibly Abigail "Argo" (Whitmore) Robinson (1829-1906) - Mrs. James E. Robinson Robinson - Emily (Robinson) Farnsworth (1851-1905) Elvira "Vira" Jane (Robinson) Mayo (1867-1960) - Mrs. Simeon Holden Mayo Unknown man, probably a Robinson. "Cad," Emily and "Vira" were sisters. Emily Robinson was a milliner, and sported fancy hats to advertise her business. [show more] | |
| Simeon H. Sim Mayo, Jacob Schoppy Mayo and Family at Sim's Bicycle Shop, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Simeon H. Sim Mayo, Jacob Schoppy Mayo and Family at Sim's Bicycle Shop, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Edgecliff - Summer Residence of Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs - Details - 1186 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Edgecliff - Summer Residence of Samuel Morse and Annie Sawyer Downs - Details - 1186 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Cottage Costing about $3,000. Stone foundation, shingled sides and roof. Designed as a Summer House by W.A. Bates." Page from "The House and Home - A Practical Book" by Dr. Lyman Abbott and others. Chapter XIV, House Building by Helen Churchill Candee, p. 66 - 1896 |
| John T.R. Freeman's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  John T.R. Freeman's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Island House - Advertisement - II - After 1890 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Island House - Advertisement - II - After 1890 Southwest Harbor Public Library |