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Alvah D. Rich, Blacksmith Shop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1905 c.
  • Tremont
  • No Copyright - United States
Alvah D. Rich, Blacksmith Shop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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.
George W. Billings Blacksmith Shop, Tremont, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
  • People
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont
  • No Copyright - United States
Shipyard and Mill at Somesville
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Shipyard and Mill at Somesville
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
B/W stereoview of a saw mill and shipyard (with schooner being built) in Somesville Harbor. Parker Farm is left center behind schooner.
Interior of the Simeon Holden Mayo Boat Shop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1905 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Interior of the Simeon Holden Mayo Boat Shop
Southwest Harbor Public Library
B. W. Candage & Son
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • People
  • 1902
B. W. Candage & Son
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Handwritten report listing residences & buildings attributed to B. W. Candage & Sons, contractor/builders/masons beginning 1881. Samuel & Arthur became partners as carpenters/masons in 1890.
Mountain View Inn (Right)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1900
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Mountain View Inn (Right)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A photograph of the Mountain View Inn before being moved and becoming the Historic Society. This building was originally used as a restaurant where the guest would eat upstairs and the food was prepared downstairs and brought up by a dumbwaiter. After the closing of the Inn the building was then used as a workshop. By 2004, the Mountain View Inn found a new home just up the road from its original location, and the Historical Society has been using it ever since. [show more]
Claim: E. E. Linscott versus Ethel Dorr
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • E. E. Linscott
  • 1905
Description:
Bill; letters: Linscott to Knowles, Knowles to both parties
Small Claims: Ober vs. Bartlett, Ober vs. Sargent
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Business Shop
  • Otis Ober
  • 1904-1905
Description:
Claims against: Albert Bartlett, Ernest Kitteredge, Earnest Martin, Elmer Sargent, Thomas Walls Plaintiff: Otis Ober
Advertisement for William Underwood & Co
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • The Outlook Monthly Magazine
  • 1906
  • New England
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Advertisement for William Underwood & Co
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906.
Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • 1904 after
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Underwood's Sardine Factory, McKinley, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Wilfred S. Trussell 1906 motorized vessel license
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Permission, License
  • Businesses, Ferry Service
  • People
  • 1906
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Wilfred S. Trussell 1906 motorized vessel license
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Document, License, framed under glass, to operate or navigate motorized vessels of 15 gross tons or less and to carry passengers, issued to Wilfred S. Trussell, 21 Sept 1906, signed by Charles O. Cousinly and Walter L. Blaisdell
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
  • Mount Desert Rock
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Two sailing vessels and a rowboat seining shad off Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. To the left, the two masted schooner is Capt. Robinson, while the Friendship sloop to the right is Capt. Van Norden, who appears with his boat in other photographs. The smaller boat in front of Capt. Van Norden is identified as Willard K. Osier This negative is damaged across the center. Written on the negative envelope is "Capt. Robinson and Capt. Van Norden Seining Shad. Small boat Willard K. Osier. [show more]
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1908-08
  • Mount Desert Rock
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Captain Van Norden's Friendship sloop with four men aboard passes by the light station at Mount Desert Rock.
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1908-08
  • Mount Desert Rock
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1908. View shows at least four boats not far from shore fishing. To the far left is a two-masted schooner and in the center is a Friendship sloop. In front of the sloop, and to the right, are at least two smaller boats. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1908 Capt. John Robinson seining
Letter to Ben Spruling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • J.E Welles
  • 1900-10-07
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Letter to Ben Spruling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A letter from J.E Welles to Ben Spurling. This letter is regarding the fishing industry. Welles mentions how it is hard to find fisherman to work out in Athens (Georgia). He then talks about deciding to not make his boat a power boat, but keep it how it is because it is greatly equipped for business. Lastly, he mentions about how if Ben wanted to come join him in the Gulf, he would figure something out, due to the lack of fisherman willing to work. [show more]
Letter to Enoch Stanley re: fish sales
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • 1900
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Letter to Enoch Stanley re: fish sales
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter from Reading Brokerage, Reading Pennsylvania, to Enoch Stanley, 24 Aug 1900, asking him to offer fish and state his price
Ober's Market
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • early 1900's
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Ober's Market
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Framed, B/W, 10.5x9" photograph of Ober's Market on Main St., Northeast Harbor. Dentist office on 2nd floor. Store employees are standing on sidewalk in front of building.
Claim: Merritt Ober versus Al Pinkham and Edwin Dodge, 1908
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Merritt T. Ober
  • 1908
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Included is a note from Al Pinkham.
Claim: L. Grindle Simpson versus Lowell Hodgkins
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • L. Grindle Simpson
  • 1908
Claim: V. E. Higgins versus Charles Wood, 1903
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Valentine E. Higgins
  • 1903
Small Claim: E. Small versus Hayward
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Edgar Small
  • 1907
Small Claim: E. Small versus Hayward
Northeast Harbor Library
The Board of Pharmacy of the State of New Jersey Certificate
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Certificate
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Henry A. Jorden
  • 1907-05-15
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
The Board of Pharmacy of the State of New Jersey Certificate
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A certificate from the board of Pharmacy notifying the recipient of a satisfactory examination score. This was likely sent to Wade Marr, who got his Pharmacy degree, and made a living as a druggist.
Spurling - Benjamin Spurling Received Pay Note
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Benjamin H. Spurling
  • 1909
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Spurling - Benjamin Spurling Received Pay Note
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Capt. Benjamin Spurling to Edwin L. Hodgdon Sr. to Labor Planting Garden. Edwin worked 19 hours and earned $.25 an hour. There was a received pay discount of $.75 and so he earned a total of $4.
William P. Preble to Nettie Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • William Preble
  • 1904
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - United States
William P. Preble to Nettie Stanley
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Grocery store receipt for N. Stanley. Some bought items are eggs, sugar and lemons. The payment for all of these items was received on July 29th, 1904.
William Preble Grocery Receipt for Nettie Stanley.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • William Preble
  • 1904
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
William Preble Grocery Receipt for Nettie Stanley.
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A grocery store receipt for Nettie Stanley. Some items featured on this list are cans of milk, can of peaches, and coffee. The bill of about $50 was paid on July 29th, 1904.