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houses near Beachmere & Lookout Hotel
FOLDER 1 AERIALS Foreground 6 Background map 4 Lookout Hotel looks down on this area
Murray's Restaurant and Cabins
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 15 Murray's Restaurant and and Cabins, located on the west side of Route 1, south of the Meetinghouse. The restaurant barn was replaced by a motel; the house was turned into Maxmillian Restaurant and then torn down when replaced by CVS. Cabins out back were sold individually. Photographed by Edward Hipple and purchased from his estate in 1994. [Edit Jan. 2024: Final decimal added to Object ID.]
Aerial view looking NE towards ocean
OGUNQUIT - AERIALS FOLDER 1 Aerial view looking NE towards ocean Lookout Hotel Ontio Hotel Hoyt Tower Shore Rd. Copy of original
possibly the Spencer Press building
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 8 Possibly the Spencer Press building in Industrial Park off of Route 109 near turnpike entrance. Black and white photo - photographer and date unknown
First Church steeple repair staging
WELLS: CHURCHES FOLDER #1 Steeple repair on First Church, Post Road, Wells (now the Meetinghouse Museum) in the early 1920s. Two workers stand on staging; one of them has been identified as John Guest. [Edit Dec. 2023: Final decimal added to Object ID.]
Pike sawmill with lumber
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 1 George Pike's sawmill, showing lumber cut and to be cut. It was located off Cole Hill's Road, next to the Merryland River on southside of the river and the east side of the road.
Eldridge Tavern doorway
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 4 Photo of the doorway of the Eldridge Tavern, now a private home.
aerial view of 1st Church & Murray's
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 1 Aerial view of the First Church also showing Murray's Restaurant and cabins, c. 1950s
Rutledge's Antique Shop building
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 19 Helen and Wesley Rutledge's Antique Shop, 1937 Corner of Bourne Ave. N. and Route 1, Moody; now (2010) the site of Jake's Restaurant.
Ogunquit Art Association building
OGUNQUIT - ART GALLERIES FOLDER 1 Ogunquit, Shore Rd. Ogunquit Art Association Now (2007) the location of Sea Chambers 2 prints
kittens drinking from a saucer
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 12A Photographic postcard by Leroy Nason of three kittens drinking from a saucer. Titled "Feedtime." Relation to P91-2.13.
school administrators in HSWO library
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 1 Two images of library of the Historical Society showing school teachers doing research for articles on History Days, October 1992.
Merriland Ridge Methodist Church, Ida West
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 5 Merriland Ridge Methodist Church interior. "Mrs. Ida E. West, 90, Maryland Ridge, Wells, occupies her pew for the last time." "After the 1947 fires this building was donated to Newfield ME to replace their church that burned." - Hope Shelley Notable reverse inscription.
Moody Post Office & Store in winter
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 22 Winter snow scene of Moody Post Office & Store on the west side of Post Road in Wells, circa 1950s. Donated by Delia Moody, long-time post mistress at Moody.
Ogunquit Art Center building
OGUNQUIT - ART GALLERIES FOLDER 3 Perkins Cove, Ogunquit Ogunquit Art Center
aerial view of Sparhawk Hotel
OGUNQUIT - AERIALS FOLDER 3 Aerial view of Sparhawk Hotel
Historical Society sign in 1994
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 1 Historical Society's sign from 1994
lifeguard station monitoring bathers
WELLS - Beaches Color postcard of lifeguard station monitoring bathers on beach in Wells or Ogunquit. Reverse captions: "One of several fine beaches along the Wells-Ogunquit shoreline on Maine's picturesque coast. / ME1067 - Color photo by Robert Elliot. / Natural Color by Mike Roberts, Berkeley 2, Calif. / Published by Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston 16, Mass."
front of First Church from balcony
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 1 Interior view of First Church of Wells from the balcony. Note the old light fixtures and the old organ to the left of the altar, c. 1920.
Lighthouse Shop building
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 4 Photo of Clark's Lighthouse Shop on Post Road.
cat posed in studio in mini bed
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 12A Copy prints of a black cat posed in bed. Was in a cracked frame.
Joseph Sayer house doorway
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 4 Doorway of the Joseph Sayer house on Harbor Road, now (2010) apartment housing.
ladder truck securing loose steeple trim
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 1 Four photos of the Ogunquit Fire Department using the ladder truck to secure loosened trim on the first level of the Society's steeple, Spring 1996.
Merriland Ridge Methodist Church altar
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 5 Merriland Ridge Methodist Church interior and altar. "After the 1947 fires this building was donated to Newfield ME to replace their church that burned." - Hope Shelley

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