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| Claremont Hotel renovations 2020 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Claremont Hotel renovations 2020 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This picture was taken on a foggy morning from the entrance to the construction site during renovations to the hotel shortly after its purchase by Tim Harrington in September 2020. The photo shows the building in the process of being painted white. The top of the tower in the upper right is still painted yellow, the hotel's signature color for many years. |
| Southwest Harbor Motor Co. as the United States Post Office and Office Building 2015 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Motor Co. as the United States Post Office and Office Building 2015 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Lydia - Made for Evelyn Kittredge by her Grandmother, Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lydia - Made for Evelyn Kittredge by her Grandmother, Rebecca (Whitmore) Lurvey Carroll Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| The Davis Agency and Art Gallery Building, Main Street, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Davis Agency and Art Gallery Building, Main Street, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Jerry Tapley and his Granddaughter, Sierra Tapley's Lobster Buoys Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Jerry Tapley and his Granddaughter, Sierra Tapley's Lobster Buoys Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Great Head at Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Great Head at Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Great Head at Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Great Head at Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Chronometer from the Rebecca R. Douglas Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Chronometer from the Rebecca R. Douglas Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The photo above and the information that follows is from Andrew Baron of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The ship’s two survivors were rescued on May 2, while the boat went down on April 28 near Cape May New Jersey. Depending on the weather, this means the schooner would likely have sailed out of New York (where its chronometer was calibrated on April 16) on April 26 or 27, only a week and half or so after the chronometer’s certification. I have the ship's marine chronometer (precision ship's clock shown in the photo above) from the Rebecca R. Douglas, well preserved and working, along with a verified vintage calibration certificate (timekeeping accuracy tested, calibrated and certified by an established chronometer firm) dated April 16, 1943, only two weeks before this schooner went down. This would likely have been done in preparation for its last journey. It's a mystery how the clock and its certificate survived when the ship did not. Given the date of the demise of the Rebecca R. Douglas, I can only assume that it had more than one chronometer, leaving one behind in New York and sailing with another. There’s more I want to learn about this however; the need of the navigator to definitely have a chronometer on board, to plot longitude on a north-to-south passage through coastal waters, how long a chronometer would remain with the certifying company after certification, prior to boarding ship, whether a coastal schooner like the RR Douglas would have had more than one chronometer, the prevailing weather at the time of the accident, whether U-boats that were observed off US coasts were in the area at that time, and the names of the two survivors long with the names of those who perished when the schooner went down. This last detail might possibly make the survival of this artifact of some importance to descendants of the victims and survivors. If any of them had young children at that time, they may still be living. This unusual survivor may be all of significance that remains of the tangible material associated with that boat, apart from the photo in your library collections. During wartime every viable old chronometer that could be found was reconditioned and pressed into service for the Navy and Merchant Marine, to augment new ones made to meet the increased demand for navigational aids. When this chronometer, made by Thomas Porthouse, ca. 1850 in London, was assigned to the Rebecca R. Douglas, it was already close to a century old, and yet its accuracy could still be certified for ongoing service at sea. [show more] | |||
| William "Bill" J. Lawlor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William "Bill" J. Lawlor Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Wings of the Morning - Friendship Sloop - Maine Sloop Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Wings of the Morning - Friendship Sloop - Maine Sloop Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Ralph Stanley at helm on board: owners Rodney Flora and Jill Schoof Marion Stanley | |||
| Model of Steamer "Tremont" Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Model of Steamer "Tremont" Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The model was owned by Elwin Alexander Hodgdon (1924-2002). | ||
| Unnamed Lobster Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Hieronymus wins 2019 Friendship sloop races Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Hieronymus wins 2019 Friendship sloop races Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The photo above was taken from the dock of the Claremont Hotel. Greening Island is visible in the background. Image 1, taken 40 seconds later, shows Hieronymus tacking among the other boats. Image 2, taken 35 minutes before the start of the race, shows Hieronymus sailing out of Southwest Harbor toward Greening Island with the tip of Clark Point in the foreground. Crew: Joe Neilson, Spencer Nighman, Mary Kate Murray, Mel Steinberg, and Greg & Marc Crossley (on starboard side). The description that follows is from an Ellsworth American article on July 17, 2019 by Stephen Rappaport (see link below). ### At 2 p.m., about an hour after the cruising division began its race past Sutton Island, 15 Friendship sloops lined up between Clark Point and Greening Island for a race that would carry the fleet out into Great Harbor, to Spurling Rock off the corner of Great Cranberry Island, then to Bear Island off Northeast Harbor, the can buoy at the entrance to Somes Sound and back to a finish where the race began. A light sea breeze picked up as the race progressed then died with the fleet packed together off Bear Island, race committee chairman Scott Martin said Monday morning. As the tide turned, the breeze picked up giving the fleet a good race to the finish. About two hours after the start, first across the finish line was a local boat, Albert Neilson’s Hieronymous, built by Ralph Stanley in 1962 and still homeported in Southwest Harbor. Close behind was another local boat, Alice E, believed to have been launched in 1899 and sailed daily by Downeast Friendship Sloop Charters in Southwest Harbor. The Woods Hole, Mass.-based Hegira, launched in 1980, finished third. According to Martin, who raced on his own Eden, Mount Desert Island is home to the largest fleet of Friendship sloops — about a half-dozen — anywhere. “We’re blessed,” he said Monday. Martin hopes to start a regular series of Wednesday afternoon races for Friendship sloops after the upcoming Rockland rendezvous. “It will be very informal,” he said. “No handicaps.” [show more] |
| The Carroll Paths, The Dole Trail and the Jesuit Springs Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Carroll Paths, The Dole Trail and the Jesuit Springs Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Map drawn by Donald P. Lenahan on an aerial photograph of the Fernald Point Road area of Southwest Harbor, Maine. Area surrounding "The Mountain House" near Route 102 leaving Southwest Harbor toward Somesville. See the Acadia National Park sign for "The Carroll Homestead." The Tax Map and Lot numbers and the MHPC number refer to "The Mountain House." The Dole trail goes from the Carroll Farm down the hill, through the Indian Brook road, across the Amstutz property - formerly site of Lawler house, torn down (53 Fernald Point Road, Map 12, Lot 101)across the Fernald Point Road to the former Dole property (later Longmaid) and ends at the Dole slip. -- Jim Colquhoun 2014 [show more] | |
| Portrait of George Soules Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Portrait of George Soules Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Waldron Bates Memorial on Gorham Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Waldron Bates Memorial on Gorham Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This memorial to Waldron Bates is located on the south side of Gorham Mountain in Acadia National Park at the intersection of the Gorham Mountain Trail and the Cadillac Cliffs Path. This bronze plaque, attached to a granite wall, was designed by New York sculptor and Bar Harbor summer resident William Ordway Partridge. It was installed in September 1910 and reads: 1856-1909, WALDRON BATES IN MEMORIAM MCMX, PATHMAKER | |
| Wings of the Morning - Friendship Sloop - Maine Sloop Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Wings of the Morning - Friendship Sloop - Maine Sloop Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Built in Thomaston in 1967 by Roger Morse to a 1905 half-model made by Roger's grandfather Charles Morse. Ralph Stanley at helm. On board: owners Rodney Flora and Jill Schoof, Marion Stanley | |||
| The Ralph Richardson Sawyer House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Ralph Richardson Sawyer House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In 2005, when the photograph was taken, the house was the home of Mildred “Betty” I. (Bartlett) Porter, Mrs. Donald Porter (1943-2007), daughter of Reginald Leroy Bartlett and Leita M. (Lopaus) Bartlett. | |
| The Ralph Richardson Sawyer House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Ralph Richardson Sawyer House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In 2005, when the photograph was taken, the house was the home of Mildred “Betty” I. (Bartlett) Porter, Mrs. Donald Porter (1943-2007), daughter of Reginald Leroy Bartlett and Leita M. (Lopaus) Bartlett. | |
| The Henry Loren Gray House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Henry Loren Gray House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Henry L. Gray house was begun by Henry Tracy as a residence for Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hodgkins, who had purchased the land from J. A. Freeman. The cellar was just completed and some of the lumber on the spot when Mr. Hodgkins died. Later, the property was purchased by Mr. Gray and the house built as his home. Work begun on it November 27, 1907, and the Grays moved in on February 10, 1908. Mr. Gray built the store to the south of his house in 1931. [show more] | |
| The Benjamin B. Reed House, West Tremont, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Benjamin B. Reed House, West Tremont, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The house was built by Benjamin B. Reed (1832-1893). | |
| Schooner Victory Chimes ex Edwin and Maud Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Schooner Victory Chimes ex Edwin and Maud Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Vessel Name – "Victory Chimes" - Built as "Edna and Maud "Class – Ram Schooner Masts - 3 Rig – gaff rigged Designed by – J.M.C. Moore Built by – D.E. Phillips & Co. Build date - 1900 Gross tons - 208 LOA – 140’ Length to bowsprit – 132’ Sparred length – 170’ Beam – 25’ Draught – 7’6” – 18’ centerboard down Sail area – 7,100 sq. feet Chesapeake Ram Schooner “Victory Chimes” was built as the “Edwin and Maud” designed by J.M.C. Moore (John Middleton Clayton Moore) in 1900 and built at the Bethel Marine Railway, formerly known as the Lewisville Marine Railway, the Delaware yard of the George K. Phillips Company. [show more] | ||
| Otmar Franz Karban and Kerstin Stracke-Weiss Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Otmar Franz Karban and Kerstin Stracke-Weiss Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Mildred Betty I. (Bartlett) Porter, Mrs. Donald Porter Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mildred Betty I. (Bartlett) Porter, Mrs. Donald Porter Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Marycarol Lenahan, Mrs. Donald P. Lenahan at Jesuit Spring - West on Fernald Point, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Marycarol Lenahan, Mrs. Donald P. Lenahan at Jesuit Spring - West on Fernald Point, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
