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| Coal Storage Plant in McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Coal Storage Plant in McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| J.T.R. Freeman Coal Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.T.R. Freeman Coal Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| J.N. Mills Oil Company and Storage Facility Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.N. Mills Oil Company and Storage Facility Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Harvard Beal's Boat Shed Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Harvard Beal's Boat Shed Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Shipyard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Shipyard Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "A workshop stood for many years on the shore side of the road almost opposite the above-mentioned house. Many different families occupied the living apartment on the second floor. Work for the shipyard was done in the shop on the first floor. The shipyard was a busy place for many years and many small vessels and boats were constructed there." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 167. The schooner “Kate Newman” was built at Clark’s Point, Southwest Harbor in 1874. [show more] | ||
| Albert Bartlett's Sail Loft Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Albert Bartlett's Sail Loft Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Brickyard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Deacon Henry Higgins Clark Brickyard Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "There were several brickyards on the island. Deacon Clark made bricks from clay on his land and between the houses of Richard Carroll and F. A. Birlem on the Clark Point Road the depression from which the clay was taken may yet be seen." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 89. According to Ralph Stanley the clay was dug from the stream coming down the hill between what are now two properties and the bricks were made across the road on the shore. – Ralph Stanley 2015. [show more] | ||
| George R. Fuller Law Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George R. Fuller Law Office Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Casco Bay Steamship Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Casco Bay Steamship Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Eastern Steamship Company, Boston Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Eastern Steamship Company, Boston Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Union Station, Bangor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Union Station, Bangor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Soly Caruso Gas Station and Take Out Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Soly Caruso Gas Station and Take Out Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Harborside Industries Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Harborside Industries Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Howe D. Higgins turned a hobby into a profitable business making plaster figurines and souvenirs of the state of Maine. | ||
| The Oceanarium Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Oceanarium Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| J.C. Ralph Studio and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  J.C. Ralph Studio and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: John C. Ralph’s Studio has a complicated history. The J.C. Ralph Studio and Store, on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, proclaimed itself, "Eyeglasses and Spectacles - Jeweler and Optician." "Jeweler John C. Ralph moved from Bar Harbor to Southwest Harbor in 1888 to open a jewelry window in J.T.R. Freeman's store. Over the course of his 22-year tenure in Southwest Harbor, this ambitious man established many businesses...As described in the newspaper, Ralph never walked when he could run." -“Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 57 – 2001. “John D. Lurvey purchased the lot and built thereon a small building which he used as a storehouse for coffins which he made, as he was a skilled carpenter and cabinet maker. Later this building was used as a public library and was twice moved; once to the northern end of the lot and again to the place now occupied by the Lawton Variety store, where it was used as a drug store, a jeweler’s store, a barber shop and the post office. John C. Ralph kept the post office there and enlarged the building.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 148 – 1938. [show more] | ||
| Henry R. Hinckley Company Manset Boat Yard Hinckely Company Hinckley Yachts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Henry R. Hinckley Company Manset Boat Yard Hinckely Company Hinckley Yachts Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Hinckley Company started in 1928 as the Manset Boatyard in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Henry R. Hinckley’s focus was on servicing the local lobster boats as well as the yachts of summer residents on Mt. Desert Island. Today Hinckley builds boats at its production facilities in Trenton, Maine, but the original Manset yard is at the heart of the Hinckley legend. Today it ranks as a world class service facility. | ||
| Thomas Clark Store Capt. Robert B. Dix Store Isaac T. Murphy House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Gangplank Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Melville Moore House and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Melville Moore House and Store Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Hugh C. Leighton Company was a major publisher of view-cards, particularly New England views. They printed in four distinct styles most often employing tinted halftones. "Picture postcards helped spread information about [Maine's] beauty and points of interest, and it was a Portland man who first brought such postcards to the United States." | ||
| A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.J. Huston, Rockland, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| The Farrington Studio Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Farrington Studio Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| William Underwood Factory at McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Underwood Factory at McKinley Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A sardine cannery in McKinely, now Bass Harbor. | ||
| William R. Keene Boat Builder Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William R. Keene Boat Builder Southwest Harbor Public Library |