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| Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library 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... | |
| Gordon & White Garage Howard E. Robinson Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...The Gordon & White garage, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, was an Esso station and sold Fords, Mercurys and Kiekhaefer Mercury outboard motors... File Attachment: Gordon & White Garage.pdf …Garage Car Dealer Address: 322-326-330 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 6 Lot 44-1 44-6 Map: ROB 1951 GORDON …Original Owner: Robinson Howard Ernest Robinson (1896-1972) Date Built: 1928 The Gordon & White garage, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, was an …Bar Harbor Times, January 1928. …of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. | ||
| 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... |
| Simeon Holden Mayo's Blacksmith and Bicycle Shop William Lloyd Carroll's Cash Market Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Simeon Holden Mayo's Blacksmith and Bicycle Shop William Lloyd Carroll's Cash Market Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Simeon Holden Mayo's Blacksmith and Bicycle Shop.pdf …City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Circa Map 6 Lots 119-120 Map: CS 1887 and CS 1887: J S MAYO Build Date: 1884 Original Owner: Mayo …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …He plans to move the building owned by him on the Clark's Point Road to the site and make a permanent residence for himself and family there." - Bar Harbor …Higgins purchased it and moved it to its present site." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | |
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Article About Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Article About Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Adapted from an article by Meredith Rich Hutchins for the Mount Desert Islander – July 7, 2005 File Attachment: Rich and Grindle Boatbuilders.pdf …1946 my father, Roger Rich, and Ralph Grindle went into the boat building business together in Southwest Harbor. …Ralph got back to Southwest Harbor in May 1949, but his days of climbing in and out of boats were over. …A few days later the Hamlins left Southwest Harbor for their homeport in Stamford, CT. …Whenever I went to his market in Bar Harbor to buy fish, Snicker would ask after my father and I never told him I wasn t quite reconciled to the name | |
| Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard... | |
| Building Demolition Changes SWH Landscape Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Building Demolition Changes SWH Landscape Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Bar Harbor Times, October 23, 1986... | |
| 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. | ||
| 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 Underwood Factory at McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Underwood Factory at McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...A sardine cannery in McKinely, now Bass Harbor... File Attachment: William Underwood Factory at McKinley.pdf …Desert in the early 1850s at Steamboat Wharf in Southwest Harbor and then moved to what is now Bass Harbor in 1889. …As early as 1853, a lobster cannery was built by Boston parties at Southwest Harbor. …the summer tourists began to come to Mount Desert in great numbers and every boat in the early summer brought crowds of passengers for Southwest and Bar …Harbors, objections began to be made to the factory and its odor. | ||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | ||
| J.L. Stanley Fisheries Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.L. Stanley Fisheries Ice Pond Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ....” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 92. “J.L....” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888... | |||
| J.L. Stanley Fishery J.L. Stanley & Sons Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ....” – Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888. "The ice dealers have nearly finished filling their ice houses... File Attachment: John Lenzey Stanley - Life and Business.pdf …Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, January 19, 1888. 1903 J.L. Stanley expects soon to begin work on the extension of his wharf. …The Bar Harbor Times, April 22, 1925. 1925 - At Spruce Hill, the new development lately opened by the J. L. …The Bar Harbor Times, November 11, 1925. 1928 After J.L. Stanley s death his heirs sold the Fisheries to C.W. …Thurlow Davis died on May 18, 1987 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Circa 1955 J.L. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Bar Harbor Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Select Southwest Harbor Annual Reports Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Select Southwest Harbor Annual Reports Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Annual reports for the years 1964 and 1972 as well as a Warrant report for 1965, all for the town of Southwest Harbor... File Attachment: accession-index-2058.pdf …Accession Index Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive Accession #: 2058 Title: Southwest Harbor Annual Reports Archivist: Sadie Cooley Date …31, 1972 with reports of the superintendent of schools auditors and the warrant, published by the Bar Harbor Times Publishing Company. 2058-002 2058- …of schools and road commissioner, published by the Bar Harbor Times Publishing Company. …Warrant report for Southwest Harbor, Maine March 1, 1965, published by the Bar Harbor Times Publishing Company. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Jackson Laboratory Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business... File Attachment: Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor.pdf …92~ Main Street The Bradley Block occupied the land, now driveways and parking lots, between The Field and Stephens Lane between what is now The Bar …Harbor Bank and Trust Company at 82 Main Street and the First National Bank at 102 Main Street. …City: Bar Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 104 Lot 515-516 Map: C&S BH PLAN 1887 and "Bird's eye view of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Hancock |
