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Metadata
Object ID |
2012.068.001 |
Title |
Modern Views of Old York |
Object Name |
Album, Photograph |
Photographer |
Jewell, Com.C.I. USN |
Date |
1911 |
Description |
The 76 photographs within this album were taken by Commander C.I. Jewell of the US Navy in York, Maine in 1911. The album is unbound, with loose pages stored in individual plastic sleeves. The pages are black paper, 10.125" x 7.25", with three hole punch on the left-hand side where they must have been bound. Pages are also accompanied with onion skin paper with location names printed in type. All photographs are adhered to the paper page with adhesive. Contents and page numbers listed below in alphabetical order: Albracca Hotel page 6 Burying Ground 16 Brooks House 20 Coventry Hall 20 Country Club 22 Cadwalader House 21 Cottages, small 7 Denny Cottage 11 Dwight Cottage 5 Emerson-Wilcox House 20, 25 First Parish Church 15 Harmon Hall 11 Hillcroft Inn 5 Hospital 17 High School 17 Lancaster Building 3 Library 3 Marshall House 6 McIntire Garrison 14 Mercer House 21 Methodist Church 17 Mill Dam, York Harbor 8 Norton Inn 21 Norwood House 5 Old Gaol 12, 13 Old Post Road 19 Old Meeting House site 25 Ocean shore 10 Octagon Tea Room 4 Panorama of York Harbor from Stage Neck 9 Reading Room 4 Rock Ledge House 5 Sayward-Wheeler House 18 Sewall's Bridge 22 Scotland Road 23 Sargent House 25 Short Sands Road 4 Taylor Cottages 21 Trinity Church 5 Varrell House 21 Village Improvement Society Benches 24 York Village 17 York Corner Junction 19 York Street 21 York River 11 York Harbor Post Office 3 Yorkshire Inn 6 The beginning of the album contains a note written by Jewell on September 29, 1911, to the curator at Old York Museum. "York Harbor, Maine / September 19, 1911 / To / The Curator, Old York Museum, / York, Maine / While recently engaged in a certain research / into the history of one of the old families of York, I found / that the house built by the original settler of the house had / been demolished less than four years ago and that not / a vestige remains. / The antiquity of Old York and its present / prosperity and popularity to assure many such / changes in the near future, I present herenth a / photographic record of some features of the town which / has appealed to me; and [illegible] it to your care as / an aid to future delvers into the story of by gone days. / C.I. Jewell." |
Collection |
Jewell Photo Album |
Search Terms |
Albracca Albracca Hotel Barrell House Coventry Hall Dwight Estate Emerson House Emerson-Wilcox House Emerson-Wilcox Tavern Harmon Hall Hillcroft Inn Lancaster Building Lindsay Road Marshall House Mercer Cottage Methodist Church of York Village Mill Dam Mill Pond Norton Inn Old Agamenticus Road Old Burying Yard Old Gaol Reading Room Sayward House Sewall's Bridge Sewall's Bridge Short Sands Stage Neck Inn Trinity Episcopal Church (York Harbor, Maine) Varrell House Witch's Grave York Beach York Corner York Country Club York Harbor York Harbor Library York Harbor Post Office York High School York Hospital York Street Yorkshire Inn |
Subjects |
Albums Architecture Businesses Churches Hospitals Hotels |
People |
Jewell, C.I., Commander |