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You searched for: Date: 1950sSubject: Businesses
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Real Estate Sale Agreement between Spiker and Hobbs
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • Other, Deed
  • State of Illinois
  • 7/28/1956
Real Estate Sale Agreement between Spiker and Hobbs
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Real Estate sales agreement between J. Fred and Grace Spiker and second party Clayton and Beulah Hobbs for property in the town of Walnut Grove, Illinois. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as Object id 012.FIC.067.8
Carlton Taylor outside of the Municipal Building with the Fire Company Vehicles, circa 1955
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Organizations
  • Chase - Ronald Chase
  • 1955
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Carlton Taylor standing in front of the Municipal Building, Northeast Harbor, with the vehicles of the Northeast Harbor Fire Company lined up.
Ferry schedule
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Schedule, Timetable
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • 1952
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Ferry schedule
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Leaflet, Islesford Ferry Schedule, 1952, stopping at Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Asticou, Southwest Harbor, Manset, Cranberry Isles
Hopsital Bill 1953
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Medical Business
  • People
  • 1953
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Hopsital Bill 1953
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Hospital bill, 2 Jul 1953, Mt. Desert Island Hospital to Perley D. Stanley, 7 days, $71.95
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • 1897-1951
  • Mount Desert Island
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
Sardine Carrier Boats Negative, 1953
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Other
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Ballard, W. H.
  • 1953
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Sardine Carrier Boats Negative, 1953
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
The sardine carrier boats "Alice," "America," and "Maine Queen" are reflected in the water in Southwest Harbor, ME. Black and white
Town and Country Tweed Storefront
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 1950's
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Town and Country Tweed Storefront
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection. Now the Romantic Room.
Jordan Pond House Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • 1891-1956
  • Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond
Jordan Pond House Collection
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Box 1 Guest Registers, 1894-1900 Guest Registers, 1900-1903 Guest Registers, 1903-1907 Guest Registers, 1907-1910 Box 2 Guest Registers, 1911-1914 Guest Registers, 1915-1919 Guest Registers, 1919-1930 Box 3 Guest Registers, 1924-1927 Guest Registers, 1928-1933 Guest Registers, 1934-1946 Guest Registers, 1947-1956 Research done by Arnold Welles about the history of the Jordan Pond House (Tibbetts Farm), 1 folder --- 'Tea and Popovers Please' by Russell D. Butcher, article from Down East Magazine July 1970, 1 folder [show more]
Howe D. Higgins in His Workshop at Harborside Industries
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • People
  • Ingalls
  • 1951-07-29
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mayflower Marine Railways Shed
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1956 c.
  • New England
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mayflower Marine Railways Shed
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Bar Harbor Hotel
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. - "Tichnor Quality Views"
  • 1955
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Bar Harbor Hotel
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Hinckley at the New York Boat Show - 1959
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1959
  • In Copyright
Hinckley at the New York Boat Show - 1959
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The Henry R. Hinckley Company booth at the 1959 New York Boat Show. There are also photos of the Maine Boat Builders 7 Repairers Association.
Movie schedule of Pastime Theater
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • 1950's ?
Movie schedule of Pastime Theater
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Weekly movie schedule of the Pastime Theater in Northeast Harbor.
Bounder II
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1956-01-18
  • In Copyright
Bounder II
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Alden Yawls Nirvana and Valhalla
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1951
  • In Copyright
Alden Yawls Nirvana and Valhalla
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Floor and sail plans for two yawls, the Nirvana and the Valhalla, designed by John G. Alden in 1948 and built by the Henry R. Hinckley company in 1949-1950.
Maine Yard Building Sixty-Foot Yachts
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1950-02-11
  • In Copyright
Maine Yard Building Sixty-Foot Yachts
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The clipping reads: "MANSET, Me., Feb. 10 (AP) Yacht builders of Manset have resumed an art dormant since pre-war days, the fashioning of king-sized pleasure craft on Mount Desert Island. Of "two sixty-footers now building, one is a future. Bermuda race contender ordered by Harry G. Haskell Jr. of Wilmington, Del. and Northeast Harbor. The other will fly the flag of Cummins Catherwood of Philadelphia. The yachts are. on ways of Henry R. Hinckley & Co. Shipwrights expect Mr. Haskell's craft will be launched in April or May. The tentative date for the other launching is June 17." The Catherwood boat was the Valhalla. The Haskell boat was the Nirvana. [show more]
Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1956-05-14
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • In Copyright
Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The automobile to the right of the vessel is a circa 1948 Jeep CJ (Civilian Jeep) Note the peavey stuck into the ground (above the “O” on the “DETOUR” sign). A peavey is a logging tool with a wooden shaft and metal hook invented in 1857 by blacksmith Joseph Daniel Peavey (1799-1873) of Stillwater, Maine, as a refinement to the cant hook to manhandle logs on logging runs. The Peavey Manufacturing Co. is still located in Maine (Eddington, Maine) and manufactures several variations. [show more]
Town House Restaurant
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • 1952-1953
Town House Restaurant
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection
Amos Sinclair Ice Company Record Books
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • 1915-1952
Description:
Box 1 Record book, 1932-1935 Record book, 1944-1946 Record book, 1915-1952
Beal's Bowling Alley at Southwest Harbor
Beal's Bowling Spa - 1951
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • 1951
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Beal's Bowling Alley at Southwest Harbor
Beal's Bowling Spa - 1951
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Original Owner: Beal - Harvard Riley Beal (1897-1967) Harvard was a successful entrepreneur. His bowling alley, or "spa" was the second bowling alley to be located on Clark Point, replacing a much earlier version owned by the Clark family.
Launching Lobster Yacht Albacore III at Robert Farnsworth Rich, Bass Harbor Boat Inc.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • Rich - Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996)
  • 1955
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Lobster Boat Built for Oscar Ove Krantz - In the Shop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Lobster Boat
  • 1957
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Moorings Restaurant at the Moorings Inn
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • 1955-06-25
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Moorings Restaurant at the Moorings Inn
Southwest Harbor Public Library
The Moorings Restaurant at the Moorings Inn
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • 1955-06-25
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The Moorings Restaurant at the Moorings Inn
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Cuz Cafe After it Burned
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
  • 1955-01-29
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Cuz Cafe After it Burned
Southwest Harbor Public Library