Description: The view is from the Pemetic Hotel (The Castle) and, on the Southwest Harbor side, shows the Clarence Clark (Ellsbert/Heilaka) house left foreground. The long roofed building in the center, next to the harbor, a bowling alley after World War II - currently the Hamilton Marine building. The building on the right with the striped roof is the firm of Clark & Parker/Manset Marine Supply Co./ and the Oceanarium since 1979. The Oceanarium is the oldest commercial building on Clark Point - the only one extant except the Clarence Clark House. The Manset shore is in the background with discernible landmarks, including the Manset Union Church, the Stanley wharf, the early Stanley House and numerous commercial buildings on the Shore Road. There are about 30 schooners visible in the harbor and tied up at the wharves. - Identifications by Meredith Hutchins - 2006 [show more]
Description: Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. A man driving a horse and buggy is just emerging from his drive (perhaps Dr. George Neal?).
Description: The house on the right was the Osborne Milton & Wilford Howard Kittredge house - and the church on the horizon is the Tremont Congregational Church. The dam caused the marsh to flood, which encouraged salt hay to grow. The dam was opened at harvest time.
Description: "A typical Maine fishing crew. The men of the schooner "Emma" of Swan's Island gathered near the mainmast for a group portrait at Bernard Harbor in the town of Tremont, following a trip to the offshore grounds, c. 1900. Judging from the tubs of trawl along the port rail (center-right), they have been ground fishing. The "Emma" was an 81-ton (n.m.) vessel built at Bath in 1883. Note the crew's leather boots, standard fishing apparel throughout the nineteenth century." - "The Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry, 1830-1890" by Wayne M. O’Leary, 1996 [show more]
Description: "Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound" is just visible at the far left - the house with several chimneys is "The Larches." The tower of the Kaighn cottage, "Balla Cragga" can just be seen to the right of "The Larches." The Bee's windmill can be seen in front of "The Larches." Their vegetable garden is in the foreground.
Description: The house was built by John "Talking John" Melbourne Rich, the first of his three houses. John owed his Uncle Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) a sum of money, so he swapped this Tremont house for Jonathan's older less valuable Richtown house. Emily (Rich) Trask (1884-1981), John Melbourne Rich's daughter, said in a 1975 interview that she was born in the house, "in that back bedroom up there… That was a big place. It was different from these days…it had a piazza clean around it and round the front. Father was great on building big places but he got in debt so much that he had to give up and go over to Richville [Richtown] and live." The main house, minus barn and ell, still exists in 2016, although covered in green asbestos shingles. The house was originally painted a cream color with brown trim. It sits back from the road just before the Tremont Congregational Church. The people in the photograph left to right: Jonathan Rich (1836-1907) Roseanna B. (Dix) Rich - Mrs. Jonathan Rich (1841-1916) Avah Dalton Rich, Sr. (1876-1908) Unknown lady in a white shirtwaist Unknown seated lady Rena “Teenie” or “Tiny” May Thurston - a dwarf (1866-1905) Unknown lady in a hat Unknown man in a suit [show more]
Description: The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
Description: Taken on the same day as SWHPL 6077, but with the teachers standing in different places. The identities were written on the back of SWHPL 11752, taken on the same day. The children seem to be in the same places, but the teachers are standing in different places. Researchers have identified the children, but not the order in which they appear. The children whose places are noted below may apply to one or the other of the photographs. Teachers are Luther Bridges of Blue Hill and Alice E. Mason (1879-1964). James L. Grant (1895-1981) – brother to Doris M. Grant Hall Quarry – small blonde boy, third row on right. Doris M. Grant (1899-1987) – sister to James L. Grant Hall Quarry – second row, third from left. Delma Lanpher, probably Andelman William Lanpher (1894-1969) second from left in next to last row. Others in the picture are: Stella Cookson (1892-) Martina B. Harriman (1895-1985), later Mrs. Unknown O’Brien Helen Virginia Seavey (1908-1996), later Mrs. Dyer Annie Reed Merchant Mary Richardson (1894-1946), later Mrs. Irving H. Babbbidge Clyde Linwood Ober (1896-1969) Reta Morris (1899-1966), later Mrs. Lewis Arthur Norwood Crawford S. Ober (1898-1945) Ada McCormick (1899-1966), later Mrs. Maynard Fred Jordan Louise Morris (1897-1987), later Mrs. Pearl Spencer King Addie Bernice Leslie (1898-1996), later Mrs. Guy Rupert Pontifax Stearns Miles Harriman (1892-1944) Arthur Henry Varnum (1893-1927) George E. Grindle (1899-1972) Floyd Clayton Ober (1893-1946) William “Willie” Henry Leslie (1896-1911) Nahum Varnum (1897-1906 Bob Merchant Bernard Clayton Donnell (1894-) Photographer Dr. George Neal, Southwest Harbor. Put himself through college with his photography. Made notations in his books: “Would pay if could.” “Could pay if would.” Signed, Clifton Robie Foss (1890-1937) [show more]
Description: There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch. [show more]
Description: The photograph shows one of the Indian shacks on Indian Lot on the rise across the road on the right, two horses and buggies rounding the bend, a dory, a cat boat (?), a canoe and the "sunken vessel", probably the Schooner Palestine.. The white barn on the left belonged to William Gilman Parker, Deacon Henry Higgins Clark’s son-in-law. The dark shed-like building at the edge of the water was part of the Deacon’s shipyard.
Description: The cottages, Left to Right: Henry Arthur Inman Cottage – “Sutherland”, later “Heeltap”, built 1901 Robert KaighnCottage – “Pine Lodge”, later “Balla Cragga”, built 1892 (in back) Frank Judson GoodwinCottage – “Spruce Bough” (in front of Balla Cragga), built 1901 Albert Wilson Bee Cottage – “Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound”, later “Journey’s End”, built 1888, and windmill Samuel Champion Cooper – “The Larches”, built 1895 [show more]
Description: Taken on the same day as SWHPL 11752, but with the teachers standing in different places. The identities were written on the back of SWHPL 11752, taken on the same day. The children seem to be in the same places, but the teachers are standing in different places. Researchers have identified the children, but not the order in which they appear. The children whose places are noted below may apply to one or the other of the photographs. Teachers are Luther Bridges of Blue Hill and Alice E. Mason (1879-1964). James L. Grant (1895-1981) – brother to Doris M. Grant Hall Quarry – small blonde boy, third row on right. Doris M. Grant (1899-1987) – sister to James L. Grant Hall Quarry – second row, third from left. Delma Lanpher, probably Andelman William Lanpher (1894-1969) second from left in next to last row. Others in the picture are: Stella Cookson (1892-) Martina B. Harriman (1895-1985), later Mrs. Unknown O’Brien Helen Virginia Seavey (1908-1996), later Mrs. Dyer Annie Reed Merchant Mary Richardson (1894-1946), later Mrs. Irving H. Babbbidge Clyde Linwood Ober (1896-1969) Reta Morris (1899-1966), later Mrs. Lewis Arthur Norwood Crawford S. Ober (1898-1945) Ada McCormick (1899-1966), later Mrs. Maynard Fred Jordan Louise Morris (1897-1987), later Mrs. Pearl Spencer King Addie Bernice Leslie (1898-1996), later Mrs. Guy Rupert Pontifax Stearns Miles Harriman (1892-1944) Arthur Henry Varnum (1893-1927) George E. Grindle (1899-1972) Floyd Clayton Ober (1893-1946) William “Willie” Henry Leslie (1896-1911) Nahum Varnum (1897-1906 Bob Merchant Bernard Clayton Donnell (1894-) Photographer Dr. George Neal, Southwest Harbor. Put himself through college with his photography. Made notations in his books: “Would pay if could.” “Could pay if would.” Signed, Clifton Robie Foss (1890-1937) [show more]
Description: Back Row: Gladys I. Higgins (1893-1972) - later Mrs. Jesse Ulmont Mayo and Mrs. Arthur Foss Whittier 5th Row - Left to Right: Marion F. Hodgdon (1895-1986) - later Mrs. Andrew Everett Bickford Gladys I. Gray (1892-bef 1979) - later Mrs. William Francis Grace M. Gray (1898-1994?) - later Mrs. Leslie D. Carter Carmen Alberta Harper (1894-1963) - later Mrs. Joseph Neal McIntyre Wilma O. Herrick (1893-) - later Mrs. Ernest Milton Curit 4th Row - Left to Right: Unknown Frank Dyer Frank Reuben Harper (1895-) John Francis Hodgdon (1895-1974) Henry David Bartlett (1893-1962) 3rd Row - Left to Right: Dana Ober Herrick (1895-1979) Evelyn Cole Lawrence W. Harper (1896-1963) Fred Eugene Butler (1896-1956) Julian Young Harper (1898-1971) 2nd Row - Left to Right: Esther Butler Paris E. Gray (1897-1979) Kenneth Lewis Hodgdon (1897-1971) Shirley V. Ober (1897-1963) Ada Butler Seth Allen Harper (1894-1977) Front Row - Left to Right: Isaac Edwin Reed (1900-1958) Lucy A. Reed (1896-1979) - later Mrs. Miles M. McIntire Albert Erastus Hodgdon (1900-1997) Hazel R. Reed (1902-1973) - later Mrs. Chester Johnson Iola Campbell (1900-1974) - later Mrs. Lester C. Barthelemy or Bartholomew Luella C. Butler (1898-1979) - later Mrs. Neal Lester Farrell and Mrs. Alden Arthur Kelley Clara Allen [show more]
Description: The signage in this photograph advertises bicycle repairing, bicycle sundries, galvanizing, horse shoeing, carriage work. wood or iron, brazing, tinkering, ship yacht and fancy iron work, and saws filed. Archivists surmise that one of the men in the photo must be Alvah, but this has not been confirmed.
Description: Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. Two men and a horse and buggy are parked in front of the house. A black dog (labrador?) sits on the walk. Lace curtains and geraniums may be seen in the windows.
Description: Notice the two children standing in front of the small structure located just left and below center of the photo. The building at the left on the point just to the top right of the trees is the Try House for boiling whale oil. The house on the far right is the Freeman and Vesta Gott house - the Trask house in 2006.
Description: Advertising from the "Directory and Hand Book - 1931 - Southwest Harbor, Manset and Tremont" The top ad reads: “F. S. MAYO - Carpenter and Builder - Fine Furniture Repairing - Woodworker and Cabinet Maker - We take the Machine to the Job. - Electric Floor Finishing. Tel. 9 - Wesley Ave. Southwest Harbor. The bottom ad reads: "Office hours by Appointment - Telephone 28. Dr. G. A. Neal - Special Attention Given to Children - Main Road Southwest Harbor" [show more]
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.