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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 | ||
| Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop A.W. Bee, Stationers Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the... “I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom...lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887... File Attachment: Bee - Albert Wilson Bee - Entrepreneur.pdf …The Bar Harbor Record, March 10, 1887. …Bee, Bar Harbor, Me." The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, August 15, 1889. …Bee, Bar Harbor, Me." The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, August 15, 1889. …The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, June 20, 1889. | ||
| A. Bird Cough Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A. Bird Cough Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...." - The Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1909 - quoted in The Bar Harbor Times, June 18, 2009, p. 34. A...Bird Cough was Daniel and Elvira's son Adoniram Bird Cough (1872-1949) who opened his store in Bar Harbor in the 6th building from Main Street on the south... | ||
| J.C. Ralph Studio and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.C. Ralph Studio and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician."...Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store...Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never...-“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B... File Attachment: J.C. Ralph Studio and Store.pdf …- Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. …Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. …As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor …Desert IslandA Brief Sketch of the History, Homes and Industries of that Enterprising VillageThe Bar Harbor Record, p. 1, 5, 6 Saturday, June 15, | ||
| 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. | ||
| 1932 Criterion Theatre Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1932 Criterion Theatre Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The Criterion Theatre is a cinema, performance theatre, and venue located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine...It opened in June 1932 featuring vaudeville performances and movies during a time when Bar Harbor's summer scene was at its height... | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Lobsterland Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lobsterland Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The original address of the building was 411 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. The house on the lot was built by Maurice and Vera Rich...Lobsterland Leveled The Bar Harbor Times, August, 1965 by LaRue Spiker "..... | ||
| Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound - T.pdf …Business History Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Ogden s Lobster Pound Lobster Pound and Wholesale Lobster Business Address: 1237 Bar Harbor Road (Route …Nutting 10/1931 [655-23], foreclosed 9/1937; Sold to Fred B. and Alice Harmon Hayes 8/28/1940 [675-426] (Fred Hayes was an optometrist in Bar Harbor); …Readers who know better are encouraged to contact archivists at the Southwest Harbor Public Library so this account can be corrected. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| James Parker's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  James Parker's Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: James Parker's Wharf.pdf …James Parker came to Southwest Harbor from Gloucester and was the pioneer fish dealer of Southwest Harbor." …Bar Harbor Times, March 26, 1924, p. 7. …James Parker of Manset, has been sold to Eastport parties and been carried to her new home port." - Bar Harbor Record, February 3. 1897 Spurling Leonard …Harbor Record, December 3, 1902, p. 1. | ||
| R.J. Lemont's Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  R.J. Lemont's Drug Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Dr. Lemont’s first Drug Store was on the second floor of the large barn of Deacon Henry Higgins Clark’s original house. The house was by that time the Island House Hotel before it was greatly enlarged in 1885. File Attachment: R.J. Lemont's Drug Store.pdf …Lemont s Drug Store Address: 14 Clark Point Road City: Southwest Harbor State: Maine Map and Lot: Map 3 Lot 98 Map: CS 1887 DR LEMONT Date Founded …The Southwest Harbor Public Library had its beginning in 1884 when Mrs. …Bar Harbor Mount Desert Herald, April 9. 1886 1887: "Tremont Public Library: Rooms at R.J. Lemont s Drug Store; R.J. Lemont, Librarian. …Notice in the Bar Harbor Mount Desert Herald, January, 7, 1887 Owner Chain: The land at 14 Clark Point Road housed a drugstore and residence built in 1883 | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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. | |||
| George R. Fuller Law Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George R. Fuller Law Office Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: George R. Fuller Law Office.pdf …Crane House City: Southwest Harbor State: Main Street Date Founded: Circa 1893 "An old house stood for many years on this site which was built for Elisha …Fuller, Law Office" occupied the northwest corner facing Main Street on the second floor. 1887: Admitted to the Hancock County Bar 1888-1893: Geo. …Fuller was one of the founding incorporators of the Maine State Bar Association. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 107 1938. | |||
| E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| Whitney Electrical Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Whitney Electrical Store 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. | ||
| 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. |