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Moore's Garage Southwest Harbor Motor Company Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures		Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Moore's Garage Southwest Harbor Motor Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13258 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Place: Southwest Harbor Description: In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more]
Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	1919 c.	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5823 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Date: 1919 c. Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The photograph shows Gilley Plumbing Co. to the left of Moore's Garage, and an early location of the Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company in the right portion of the building.
Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	1933-01-21	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-11747 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Date: 1933-01-21 Place: Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	1938 c.	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-10247 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Date: 1938 c. Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The tower at the top left of the photograph housed the fire whistle behind Gilley Plumbing building on the left. The fire truck was kept in a small building beside the whistle in a corner of the present [2010] Pemetic School playground. This was previously site of Moore's Garage Co. and is the site of the Post Office building today [2017]. "The Gilley and Salisbury plumbing shop was at first built by George H. Gilley on his lot near his home on the Main Road and was used there as a plumber's shop for some years. Then it was moved to its present situation and in 1929 it was moved to the rear of the lot and the show rooms and upstairs living apartment were built. Mr. Gilley's grandson, Wendell H. Gilley, now carries on the business." The automobiles Left to Right: 1938 Oldsmobile 4 Door Sedan 1938 Chevrolet 4 Door Sedan 1938 Chevrolet 4 Door Sedan [show more]
Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	1938	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-7756 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Date: 1938 Place: Southwest Harbor
Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	1933-01-21	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5950 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Date: 1933-01-21 Place: Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures	1939-03-14	Southwest Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5824 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Automotive Repair Business Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Date: 1939-03-14 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The tow truck on the left is an early 30's fabric-topped roadster whose tail light, with its red light and tiny stop sign, had been removed and placed higher on the back of the truck for better visibility. Signs visible on the building are for Good Year tires and batteries and Tydol gasoline.

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