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| Gordon & White Garage with Automobiles Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Gordon & White Garage with Automobiles Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Vehicles from Left to Right: c. 1946 Ford Pickup Truck - in front of garage 1950 Ford - on side of garage 1951 Ford 1953 Ford c. 1953 Ford Truck 1941 Chevrolet |
| 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: The vehicles from Left to Right: c. 1949 International Harvester Truck - far left at back facing camera c. 1950 Mercury facing camera (in front of unknown 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 |
| Lobster Boat Built for Oscar Ove Krantz - In the Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lobster Boat Built for Oscar Ove Krantz - In the Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Mayflower Marine Railways Shed Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mayflower Marine Railways Shed Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Southwest Boat Corporation and Town Landing, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Boat Corporation and Town Landing, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Yawl, Venturer - Coming Out of the Shed Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  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] |
| View of Southwest Harbor from the Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders Shop at Tracy Cove Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View of Southwest Harbor from the Rich & Grindle Boatbuilders Shop at Tracy Cove Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Maine Yard Building Sixty-Foot Yachts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  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] | ||
| Alden Yawls Nirvana and Valhalla Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  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. | ||
| Bounder II Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bounder II Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Hinckley at the New York Boat Show - 1959 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  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. | ||
| Launching Lobster Yacht Albacore III at Robert Farnsworth Rich, Bass Harbor Boat Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Launching Lobster Yacht Albacore III at Robert Farnsworth Rich, Bass Harbor Boat Inc. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Beal's Bowling Alley at Southwest Harbor Beal's Bowling Spa - 1951 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  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. | |
| Benjamin Graves Record Books Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  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 Continental and Others at the J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sardine Carrier Continental and Others at the J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Clark Point from J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Clark Point from J.W. Stinson and Son in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Ferry schedule Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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 | ||
| Sardine Carrier Boats Negative, 1953 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  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 |
| Aerial View of the Mariner Hotel, McKinley, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Aerial View of the Mariner Hotel, McKinley, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Bar Harbor Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Hopsital Bill 1953 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  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 | ||
| Carlton Taylor outside of the Municipal Building with the Fire Company Vehicles, circa 1955 Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Carlton Taylor outside of the Municipal Building with the Fire Company Vehicles, circa 1955 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Carlton Taylor standing in front of the Municipal Building, Northeast Harbor, with the vehicles of the Northeast Harbor Fire Company lined up. | |
| Howe D. Higgins in His Workshop at Harborside Industries Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Howe D. Higgins in His Workshop at Harborside Industries Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Jordan Pond House Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  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] | ||
| Town House Restaurant Northeast Harbor Library |
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