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Eldridge Tavern doorway
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 4 Photo of the doorway of the Eldridge Tavern, now a private home.
aerial view of granite quarry
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 9 Copy print aerial view of pink granite quarry on Quarry Road in Wells in summer 1957. Accompanied by a detailed description, noting that most of the cut blocks in the storage yard (upper left) were used in the 1957 construction of Seagram Plaza in New York City, and identifying the roughly square uncut section to the right of the yard (towards the bottom of the side farthest from camera) as cut in December 1957 for use in the 1958 WWII and Korea additions to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia. Relation to Objects 482 (originally listed as P95-19)
First St. Mary's Catholic Church
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 2 Copy of original photo made for postcards of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wells,1948. Postcard reads "Catholic Church, Wells Beach, Webhannet, Maine". Now has been turned into condos (Haven by the Sea, as of 2024).
Ogunquit Art Association building
OGUNQUIT - ART GALLERIES FOLDER 1 Ogunquit, Shore Rd. Ogunquit Art Association Now (2007) the location of Sea Chambers 2 prints
Charles Hurd's blacksmith shop
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER #21 Wells / Moody location, on the Post Road South of the Unity Inn Blacksmith shop of Charles Hurd
aerial view of Ontio Hill looking north
OGUNQUIT - AERIALS FOLDER 3 Lookout Hotel Ontio Hotel Beachmere Ogunquit Beach
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.
First Baptist Church interior
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 3 Two identical copy prints of the interior of the Highpine Baptist Church, showing the pulpit and the glass bulb chandelier.
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
Village Inn, formerly Unity Inn
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 20 Village Inn (formerly Unity Inn) in Moody, west side Post Road, south side Kimball Lane in Moody. Opposite Bourne homestead. An Inn which served meals and also prepared hat lunches for Moody school pupils in mid-1940s. Photographed by Hope Shelley in the 1990s.
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.]
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.]
deer in Wells Beach surf
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 12A Two copy prints of a deer in the surf, probably trying to get off black flies.
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.
Ogunquit Art Center building
OGUNQUIT - ART GALLERIES FOLDER 3 Perkins Cove, Ogunquit Ogunquit Art Center
aerial view of Ontio Hill area
OGUNQUIT - AERIALS FOLDER 3 Aerial view of Ontio Hill area Lookout Hotel
granite quarry - view to west (labeled summer 1955)
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 9 27 original prints of pink granite quarry, Quarry Road, in the Highpine section of Wells, and associated sites. Photographed by Swenson Co., Concord, NH. Originally in operation from 1927 to around 1970 and reopened in 2000 as Millennium Granite, its distinctive stone contributed to such projects as Seagram Plaza in New York City; the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery; the Rayburn House Office Building and Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.; the Federal Building in Manchester, NH; and locally in the Wells Harbor jetties and Fisherman's Cove. Most images likely summer 1955; set of railroad side track photos dated summer 1928.
Merriland Ridge Methodist Church pews
WELLS - CHURCHES FOLDER 5 Merriland Ridge Methodist Church interior and pews. "After the 1947 fires this building was donated to Newfield ME to replace their church that burned." - Hope Shelley Notable reverse inscription.
aerial view of Marginal Way & Ogun. River
OGUNQUIT - AERIALS FOLDER 3 Marginal Way Ogunquit River Beachmere Lookout Hotel Ontio Hotel
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
Samuel Curtis House Stairway
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 4 Staircase from the Samuel Curtis house on Post Road, showing stencil design and handrail. Now (2010) it is Joshua's Restaurant.
river bed and former wharf cribbing
WELLS - BUSINESSES FOLDER 3 42 prints of river bed at low tide and cribbing for former wharves off of Upper Landing Road in Wells (Birch Tree Landing). Taken by Allan Schwarte and used for a maritime history exhibit on local "working waterfronts." Images not in original order.
Hoyt's Lane art gallery
OGUNQUIT - ART GALLERIES FOLDER 2 Hoyt's Lane, Ogunquit Village Studio art gallery
Ogunquit looking N towards ocean
OGUNQUIT - AERIALS FOLDER 1 Ogunquit looking N towards ocean

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