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J.C. Ralph Studio on Main Street Looking South, Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The First Masonic Hall, now 353 Main Street, Southwest Harbor - at the corner of Clark Point Road, - The Hall, built c. 1877 as Tremont Hall, was sold to the Masonic lodge around 1902. The lodge members renamed the building, raised it, and rebuilt the first and second floors to achieve the building shown in all the pictures as the First Masonic Hall – See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. The building shown here is the Tremont Hall as it originally looked. One of the old street lights is visible on the right. - “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. The building on the right is John C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jewelry. John C. Ralph was Postmaster at Southwest Harbor from July 19, 1897 to November 1, 1905 and the Post Office is in the same building at far right. - Note wooden sidewalks. [show more]
Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
“Another view of Main Street about the turn of the century.” The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a man standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Several carriages can be seen in the photograph, including one from Birch Tree Farm in Lamoine, Maine. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it on the left side is the Odd Fellows building. [show more]
Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
  • 1896 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Main Street Looking North
Southwest Harbor School House with Bell tower on the left.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Clark Point Road goes off to the right in the foreground. The Left side of Main Street: J.C. Ralph's Studio is the first whole building visible on the left. One of the old street lights and the wall of the Southwest Harbor Public Library are visible on the far side of the Ralph building. The Right Side of Main Street: The "fountain" sitting in the road in just about at the corner of Clark Point Road, is a horse watering fountain. The white two-story building with the belfry was Southwest Harbor’s first high school before the building was turned ninety degrees and moved to become the Harmon Block at 337 Main Street. Gilley Plumbing, later the Gilley Plumbing Company, is visible beyond the school building. [show more]
Street at Rocky Neck
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-05-30
  • New England
  • No Copyright - United States
Street at Rocky Neck
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Two Men at J.C. Ralph's Studio & Post Office
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
View to the South, Main Street, Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. The photograph shows a woman standing in the door of the Post Office. Note the street lamp in front of Ralph's Studio. Clark Point Road goes off to the left. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building.
Street View, SO. West Harbor, Me.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • 1898 c.
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Street View, SO. West Harbor, Me.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Main Street looking north with view of Elisha Crane's House and Ralph's Store.
Main Street Looking Toward Dog (Saint Sauveur) Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1895 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Notice the man leading a cow on Main Street. The largest house, in the center of the picture to the right of the trees, is the Fred M. Robbins house, The photograph was taken from the John Cummins Harmon House at 246 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Letter from the Charles J. Jager Co. to Jesse H. Pease Regarding a New Water Pump and Windmill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Places, Town
  • 1895-04-04
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Sorrento, Maine - Property of the Frenchman's Bay and Mt. Desert Land and Water Co.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Map
  • Places, Town
  • 1895
  • Maine
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
From “The New England Coast, Long island and the Jersey Shore, An Illustrated Guide and Souvenir” by Josiah Browne Bowditch, 1895 - published by Continental Printing Co., Providence, R. I., p. 103
Skiffs on Ipswich River, Ipswich, Massachusetts
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Stream
  • Places, Town
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1893-10-15
  • New England
  • No Copyright - United States
Scheveningen - Photo 72
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896
  • No Copyright - United States
Scheveningen - Photo 72
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Scheveningen - Photo 74
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896
  • No Copyright - United States
Scheveningen - Photo 74
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Scheveningen - Photo 75
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896
  • No Copyright - United States
Scheveningen - Photo 75
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Salisbury near the Cathedral - Photo 81
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896
  • No Copyright - United States
Salisbury near the Cathedral - Photo 81
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Salisbury Same House as 8624 - Photo 82
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896
  • No Copyright - United States
Salisbury Same House as 8624 - Photo 82
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Visp - Photo 54
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896
  • No Copyright - United States
Visp - Photo 54
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Street in Monihendam - Photo 64
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896
  • No Copyright - United States
Street in Monihendam - Photo 64
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Baddeck from the Hill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-07
  • International
  • No Copyright - United States
Baddeck from the Hill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Baddeck from the Hill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-07
  • International
  • No Copyright - United States
Baddeck from the Hill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Baddeck from the Hill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-07
  • International
  • No Copyright - United States
Baddeck from the Hill
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Baddeck Wharves from the Steamer
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-07
  • International
  • No Copyright - United States
Baddeck Wharves from the Steamer
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Street to Victoria Pier
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-07-17
  • International
  • No Copyright - United States
Street to Victoria Pier
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Baddeck Main Street Looking East
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-07-19
  • International
  • No Copyright - United States
Baddeck Main Street Looking East
Southwest Harbor Public Library
North Haven Landing
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1895
  • Maine
  • No Copyright - United States
North Haven Landing
Southwest Harbor Public Library