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| Moore's Garage Southwest Harbor Motor Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  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 |
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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 of the building. | |
| 60 State Street in Boston Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  60 State Street in Boston Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| The First Masonic Hall - The Clark Point Road from Main Street Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The First Masonic Hall - The Clark Point Road from Main Street Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: From the right to left: Hattie B. Savage's Millinery & Dry Goods Store Liston Smith's "Live Yankee" general store A.L. Gilley's Barber Shop Dr. R. J. Lemont's residence and drug store Stephen Harmon's general store William Tower's residence The small building on the left may be Seth W. Norwood's law office - later P.L. Sargent's house The livery stable shown in SWHPL 5184 is just visible on the left. [show more] | |
| Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building. |
| First Odd Fellows Building - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  First Odd Fellows Building - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Businesses in the building at the time of this picture were: A.L. Somes Dry & Fancy Goods - selling, among other things, boots, shoes and rubbers. E.A. Lawler - selling paints, oils, varnishes and groceries - flour and grain. George R. Fuller Law Office George H. Grant Insurance Dr. J.D. Phillips | ||
| Carroll Building Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Carroll Building Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| John Lawler Commercial Building Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| John Lawler Commercial Building Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Ped" Sargent's house is just visible to the rear of the gasoline station. The filling station was located in the space occupied by the Post Office parking lot in 2017. |
| Almon Frank Ramsdell’s 2nd Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Almon Frank Ramsdell’s 2nd Garage Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library 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 |
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|  Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Moore's Garage Co. - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Southwest Harbor Public Library 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. | |
| William Doane Stanley, Uncle Jimmy's Store as a Garage at the Rufus McKay House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Doane Stanley, Uncle Jimmy's Store as a Garage at the Rufus McKay House Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Robert A. Welke, Photo-Lithographer, 178 William Street, New York |
| Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |