Description: The Wendell Gilley Museum is a community center that celebrates the life and work of Wendell Gilley, a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. It teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs with a special focus on people, nature and art. The Museum endeavors to inspire appreciation of the visual arts, engagement in artistic creativity, and respect and care for the natural world.
Description: "... it was 1955 before the library built its second addition. This was a room for the youngest children done in memory of Grace Simmons, who had rebound countless worn library books for the library."
Description: In 1955, Walter Cabot Paine gave funds to the Southwest Harbor Public Library for the Francis Hamabe murals in the newly refurbished Children’s Room. Shows the Children's Room before the 1984 remodelling with the Francis Hamabe mural, painted in 1955.
Description: The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street, [show more]
Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
1950 c.
Place:
Southwest Harbor
Description: The fire trucks are – from left to right: 1950 Ford 1943-1947 Ford 1941 Buffalo custom pumper The building shown in this photograph was built by R.M. Norwood in 1917. - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 85 – 1938 It was originally the primary school for Southwest Harbor, located on Main Street on the land that is now the lawn in front of Pemetic High School, now Pemetic Elementary School. It was moved across the street in 1938 to serve as a building to store fire trucks, town equipment and, initially, the school bus. The second floor, where the town office is now located, was used primarily for storage. - 2007 [show more]