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Teacher's Convention at the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Organizations, School Institution People Structures, Ceremonial, Church		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Teacher's Convention at the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16188 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Structures, Ceremonial, Church Place: Southwest Harbor Description: “Teacher’s convention in the early days of the new church building.”
Southwest Harbor Fire Department Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Southwest Harbor Fire Department Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13383 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station Place: Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Southwest Harbor Post Office at 30 Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13566 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Place: Southwest Harbor Description: "At Southwest Harbor after J. T. R. Freeman, Mrs. Emily Robinson Farnsworth had the [post] office for some time; then J. A. Freeman and William J. Tower held it alternately according to change of political administration for several terms. Then E. S. Thurston was appointed and held office for twelve years until Earll W. Gott was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The office has changed location with every new postmaster…" - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 105. "William J. Tower built the building east of the Jackson lot and he kept the post-office there for a number of years. He sold to E. S. Thurston when Mr. Thurston took over the duties of postmaster and after his services of twelve years were past, the property was sold in 1936 to Mrs. Fred A. Birlem whose son, Wallace Birlem, built the double garage behind it with living rooms above which he occupies [1938]." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 157. [show more]
Southwest Harbor Public Library Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Southwest Harbor Public Library Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3487 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic, Public Library Structures, Civic, Library Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Nell Thornton famously said, in her book, The Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor, “The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning [as the Tremont Public Library] in 1884 when Mrs. Annie Sawyer Downs gathered a number of discarded books from the hotels, mostly paper covered volumes, and placed them on a shelf in one corner of Dr. R. J. Lemont's drug store…” The library was, as were many small libraries on the coast of Maine, started by “people from away,” in other words, summer people. This small library, however, was quickly adopted by native Southwest Harborians, and has grown, in the almost one and a half centuries since its founding, to be one of Maine’s very few five-star libraries, according to the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. Thornton, Nellie C., Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine (Merrill & Webber Company, 1938, The Southwest Harbor Public Library, 1988) [show more]
Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Southwest Harbor Post Office at 340 Main Street Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14670 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Place: Southwest Harbor
James Albert Freeman Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Dwellings, House		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	James Albert Freeman Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15936 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Structures, Dwellings, House Place: Southwest Harbor Description: This building was used by James Albert Freeman as a Post Office from 1905 to 1914.
Bunkhouse Interior at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic Structures, Dwellings, Bunkhouse		Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Bunkhouse Interior at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-10589 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Dwellings, Bunkhouse Place: Southwest Harbor
American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Civic Structures, Other Structures		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13197 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Other Structures Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The Naval Radio Station was established at Seawall in September, 1942. It was disestablished in 1951. Between 1951 and 1953 the government transferred the building to the American Legion and Auxiliary, Eugene M. Norwood Post 69, Southwest Harbor. The building was then moved to 22 Village Green Way, Map 6 – Lot 40, Southwest Harbor. The building has been enlarge twice since it was moved to its present location.
Methodist Church - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Methodist Church - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3523 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations, Religious Structures, Ceremonial, Church Place: Southwest Harbor
Cabin of CCC Commander Paul A. Harris Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic Structures, Dwellings		Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Cabin of CCC Commander Paul A. Harris Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-10618 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Dwellings Place: Southwest Harbor
Mess Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People Structures, Other Structures		Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Mess Hall at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-10590 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Structures, Other Structures Place: Southwest Harbor
Water Tower and Camp at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic Structures, Tower Transportation, Automobile	1933	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Water Tower and Camp at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-10591 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic Structures, Tower Transportation, Automobile Date: 1933 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The automobile on the left is a 1929 Ford Model A. The one on the right is probably a 1928 or 1929 Chevrolet.
CCC Members in Front of Mac's Cabin Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Organizations, Civic People Structures, Dwellings		Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	CCC Members in Front of Mac's Cabin Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-10595 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, Civic People Structures, Dwellings Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Left to Right: Douglas Elliott A. McPheters Photograph "taken at Mac's cabin"

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