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| Lobsterland Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lobsterland Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The original address of the building was 411 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. The house on the lot was built by Maurice and Vera Rich...Lobsterland Leveled The Bar Harbor Times, August, 1965 by LaRue Spiker "..... | ||
| Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound - T.pdf …Business History Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Ogden s Lobster Pound Lobster Pound and Wholesale Lobster Business Address: 1237 Bar Harbor Road (Route …Nutting 10/1931 [655-23], foreclosed 9/1937; Sold to Fred B. and Alice Harmon Hayes 8/28/1940 [675-426] (Fred Hayes was an optometrist in Bar Harbor); …Readers who know better are encouraged to contact archivists at the Southwest Harbor Public Library so this account can be corrected. | ||
| William W. Gallagher to R.C. Masterman Letter, June 22, 1938 Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  William W. Gallagher to R.C. Masterman Letter, June 22, 1938 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: ...Masterman that the application and bond for a summer spirituous and vinous liquor license for The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant in Bar Harbor, ME was not... |
| Ralph Stanley Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ralph Stanley Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor... File Attachment: Ralph W. Stanley Inc.pdf …Stanley was born February 9, 1929, in Bar Harbor, on Maine's Mt. Desert Island. …Stanley grew up in the small island community of Southwest Harbor. …After earning an associate's degree from a college in northern Maine, Stanley returned to Southwest Harbor. …Historical Society Tremont Historical Society Southwest Harbor Historical Society Fellow of the G.W. | ||
| Gordon & White Garage with Automobiles and Trucks Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Gordon & White Garage with Automobiles and Trucks Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...car) Gordon & White's 1950 Ford Tow Truck Unknown wood stake truck c. 1947 Ford c. 1946 Dodge 1949 Ford 1950 Chevrolet - company vehicle for a Bar...Harbor Chevrolet dealer c. 1939 Pontiac c. 1931 Ford - spoke wheel just visible at right front of photograph... |
| GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley...Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies"...Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast...Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash... | ||||
| Gott's Store Celebrates 75 Years Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Gott's Store Celebrates 75 Years Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Newspaper article about Gott's Store in Southwest Harbor, Maine on its 75 year aniversary... File Attachment: Gott’s Store celebrates 75 years - Mount Desert Islander.pdf …Hammond lumber Company Bar Harbor Blue Hill Bucksport Ellsworth It was just another day at the family-owned island institution opened by …There were residents of Bass Harbor, but they chose to open the store in Southwest Harbor. …The reason it s here , rather than in Bass Harbor was because Bass Harbor was a dry town , they couldn t sell beer, said Gott. …Mom walked over here , we lived in Bass Harbor, probably two miles away. |
| Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: ...Desert Island Dairy, Bar Harbor, Maine" is written on the front. The ends are labeled 6 QT. Six glass quart bottles are stored inside the box... | ||||
| Laura Damon Cross Collection - Folder 2 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Laura Damon Cross Collection - Folder 2 Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Cocktail bar: Natalie Damon and Mildred Gilley 4, Cocktail bar 5. Bedroom No. 6, Harbourside Cottage 6. Bedroom No. 1, Harbourside Cottage 7... | |||
| The Tweed Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Tweed Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Tweed Shop.pdf …Bar Harbor hosted "Olive's Tweed Shop" or the "Bar Harbor Tweed Shop" at various times from at least 1945 to 1968. …Seal Harbor 100 Bar Harbor Times, July 18, 1940. "Ritchie Imports, Ltd. Southwest Harbor Main Street 735 Madison Ave., N.Y. …Ritchie 735 Madison Avenue, New York" - Bar Harbor Times July 21, 1949. …of friends." - Bar Harbor Times March 14, 1957. | ||
| William R. Keene Boat Builder Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William R. Keene Boat Builder Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: William R. Keene Boat Builder - T.pdf …The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, December 19, 1889. 1889: "W. R. …Southwest Harbor, ME." The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, December 19, 1889. …Bar Harbor Record, June 15, 1895. 1897: "Steam Yacht For Sale Length 38 feet, has been run part of four seasons. …Keene, Manset, Maine. - Bar Harbor Record, Wednesday, July 28, 1897. | |
| Lawlor Ice Business Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lawlor Ice Business Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond Henry E. Tracy Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In the 21st Century we may think of ice as something that comes out of the doors of our refrigerator or a nice skating surface in an indoor rink, but, in the 18th and early 19th centuries the ice business produced a very necessary product and employed many people. See: “Ice Harvesting Sampler” DVD, produced by Northeast Historic Film, Black & White, NTSC, 33 minutes - 1994. This “compilation of newsreel and amateur footage of ice harvesting operations in Maine includes ice-house interiors with massive ice blocks being maneuvered at high speed, and horse teams delivering ice to brownstones in Boston.” “America’s Icemen: An Illustrative History of the United States Natural Ice Industry 1665-1925” by Joseph C. Jones Jr., published by Jobeco Books, 1984. “The American Ice Harvests: A Historical Study in Technology, 1800-1918” by Richard O. Cummings, published by the University of Calfornia Press, 1949. [show more] File Attachment: Benjamin M. Robinson Ice Pond.pdf …near the center of the town on the road to McKinley, but efficient work on the part of the fire Department protected the surrounding property." - The Bar …Harbor; Dep. …Sheriff Lyle Reed of McKinley." - The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, December 18, 1947. "C.W. …." - The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, December 18, 1947. The town of Southwest Harbor acquired Chris's Pond on March 4, 1957 at the Town Meeting. | ||
| C.E. Clement’s Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  C.E. Clement’s Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: C.E. Clement Boat Builders.pdf …Here and at Northeast Harbor are moored many pleasure craft whose owners reside at Bar Harbor and name that as their home port. A.E. …- The Bar Harbor Times, September 9, 1925. Chester Clement wasn t a very good bookkeeper. …Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927. 1927: "C.E. …Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927. "Chester Clement bought the place in [1925,] I think it was. | ||
| James Parker's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  James Parker's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: James Parker's Wharf.pdf …James Parker came to Southwest Harbor from Gloucester and was the pioneer fish dealer of Southwest Harbor." …Bar Harbor Times, March 26, 1924, p. 7. …James Parker of Manset, has been sold to Eastport parties and been carried to her new home port." - Bar Harbor Record, February 3. 1897 Spurling Leonard …Harbor Record, December 3, 1902, p. 1. | ||
| R.J. Lemont's Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  R.J. Lemont's Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Dr. Lemont’s first Drug Store was on the second floor of the large barn of Deacon Henry Higgins Clark’s original house. The house was by that time the Island House Hotel before it was greatly enlarged in 1885. File Attachment: R.J. Lemont's Drug Store.pdf …Lemont s Drug Store Address: 14 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 3 Lot 98 Map: CS 1887 DR LEMONT Date Founded …The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning in 1884 when Mrs. …Bar Harbor Mount Desert Herald, April 9. 1886 1887: "Tremont Public Library: Rooms at R.J. Lemont s Drug Store; R.J. Lemont, Librarian. …Notice in the Bar Harbor Mount Desert Herald, January, 7, 1887 Owner Chain: The land at 14 Clark Point Road housed a drugstore and residence built in 1883 | ||
| Southwest Boat Corporation Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Boat Corporation Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: SW Boat - Manset Marine History.pdf …Vira Jane Robinson was born on October 8, 1867 in Southwest Harbor. Simeon H. "Sim" Mayo died on October 3, 1933 in Southwest Harbor. …Bar Harbor Times, December 2, 1925, p. 2. …The Bar Harbor Times, September 9, 1925. …Clark Point Road in Southwest Harbor in 1937. | ||
| Fred Mayo's Carpenter Shop - 2nd Location Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fred Mayo's Carpenter Shop - 2nd Location Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Fred Mayo’s Carpenter Shop - 2nd Location.pdf …City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 6: Lot 26 This building was built by Fred Sidney Mayo in 1926 Mayo Fred Sidney Mayo (1877-1949 …Mayo built his house [at 9 Wesley Avenue] in 1922-23 and his shop in 1926." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert …Mayo will do cabinet work at which he has been employed for the past few years." - Bar Harbor Times, January 4, 1922, p. 6. …A full line of finish lumber, flooring, sash, doors, clapboards, shingles, etc.. will be carried in stock." - Bar Harbor Times, September 15, 1926. | |||
| George R. Fuller Law Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George R. Fuller Law Office Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: George R. Fuller Law Office.pdf …Crane House City: Southwest Harbor State: Main Street Date Founded: Circa 1893 "An old house stood for many years on this site which was built for Elisha …Fuller, Law Office" occupied the northwest corner facing Main Street on the second floor. 1887: Admitted to the Hancock County Bar 1888-1893: Geo. …Fuller was one of the founding incorporators of the Maine State Bar Association. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 107 1938. | |||
| E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Store Robinson Brothers Automobile Accessories Coastline Construction ME - SWH Clark Point Road 040 Address: 40 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …The other side is occupied by Robinson Brothers as a salesroom for automobile accessories and they are to remain there." - Bar Harbor Times, May 9, 1923 …Clark, is a descendant of the first Clark settler in Southwest Harbor." The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, February 28, 1947. | ||
| Sylvester W. Dorr Carpenter Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sylvester W. Dorr Carpenter Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Store Robinson Brothers Automobile Accessories Coastline Construction ME - SWH Clark Point Road 040 Address: 40 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …The other side is occupied by Robinson Brothers as a salesroom for automobile accessories and they are to remain there." - Bar Harbor Times, May 9, 1923 …Clark, is a descendant of the first Clark settler in Southwest Harbor." The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, February 28, 1947. | ||
| Whitney Electrical Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Whitney Electrical Store Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Store Robinson Brothers Automobile Accessories Coastline Construction ME - SWH Clark Point Road 040 Address: 40 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …The other side is occupied by Robinson Brothers as a salesroom for automobile accessories and they are to remain there." - Bar Harbor Times, May 9, 1923 …Clark, is a descendant of the first Clark settler in Southwest Harbor." The Ellsworth American, Wednesday, February 28, 1947. | ||
| A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop.pdf …Address 168 Clark Point Road City Southwest Harbor State Maine Map and Lot: Map 4 Lot 29 Map - ROB 1951 SW BOAT CORP Original Owner …- The Bar Harbor Times, September 9, 1925. Southwest Harbor A.E. | ||
| Beal's Fish Wharf Fred Fernald Lobster Business B.R. Simmons Lobster Business H.R. Beal & Sons Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Beal's Fish Wharf Fred Fernald Lobster Business B.R. Simmons Lobster Business H.R. Beal & Sons Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Fred Fernald Lobster Business.pdf …Beal & Sons Address: 182 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 4: Lot 35 Map: ROB 1951 BEALS FISH WHARF Duration: At …Bowling Alley ME: SWH Clark Point Road Beal s Bowling 1922: "Islesford Waterfront News Two lobster smacks, Speedwell and Onaway, were in the harbor …The Bar Harbor Times, November 29, 1922. …Simmons who sold to Harvard Beal in 1937." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. | ||
| William E. Murphy's Livery Stable Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William E. Murphy's Livery Stable Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: William E. Murphy's Livery Stable.pdf …Post Office Southwest Harbor Parking Lot Address - 7-19 Clark Point Road City Southwest Harbor State - Maine Map and Lot: Map 6 Lot 99 …Crane House ME - SWH Main Street - 345 The livery stable that stood near the north corner on Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, just down from Main …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …Sargent is making changes to his stable and garage so as to accommodate more cars." - The Bar Harbor Times, December 20, 1922, Southwest Harbor page. | ||
| R.M. Norwood Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  R.M. Norwood Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The R.M. Norwood Company did the original construction of the Wendell Gilley Museum. File Attachment: R.M. Norwood Company.pdf …Norwood Company Address: 19 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot Number: Map 6 - Lot 99 Map: San 1921 Norwood Carpenter …Nell Thornton ( Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …": The Bar Harbor Times, February 17, 1917. 1932: "Robie M. |