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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Photo of Bar Harbor Express
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1900 c
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Photo of Bar Harbor Express
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Black & white photo depicting the Bar Harbor Express Railroad train leaving Mt. Desert Ferry. Locomotive under full steam with exhaust clearly visible and is along shoreline.
Stop Hammering! Whitney Arbor Press Brochure, c. 1910s
Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Lewiston Motors
  • Maine
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Advertising brochure for the Whitney Arbor Press, manufactured by Lewiston Motors in Lewiston, Maine.
Seal Cove Garage Business Card, undated
Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Object, Identification Card, Business Card
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Seal Cove Garage
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Business card from the Seal Cove Garage featuring a map of Mount Desert Island.
Seal Cove Garage Saab 93 Advertising, c. 1955
Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Saab Automobile
  • 1955 c.
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Advertising for the Saab 93, for sale at the Seal Cove Garage.
Saab from Sweden - The Car for Maine Information Sheet, c. 1955
Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Seal Cove Garage
  • 1955 c.
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Information sheet for the Saab 93 highlighting features of the car, including technical information.
Seal Cove Garage Stationary, undated
Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Object, Writing, Paper
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Seal Cove Garage
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Stationary from the Seal Cove Garage.
Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, Official Race Card Pamphlet, July 20, 1907
Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Transportation, Automobile, Racing Car
  • Brooklands Automobile Racing Club
  • 1907-07-20
  • International
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Pamphlet with race cards for six auto races held at the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club track in Surrey, England. The race cards include the names of drivers and information about their cars for each race. People Mentioned: L. Aspinall, F. C. Baisley, G. S. Barwick, M. Ross Browne, O. E. Bush, W. E. Bushby, F. Coleman, E. De Rodakowski, M. Duray, A. V. Ebblewhite, S. F. Edge, A. Farnell, F. R. Fry, S. Girling, G. W. Goldsmith, H. V. Hermon, J. B. Hissey, H. E. Hives, J. Hodierne, H. C. L. Holden, G. L. Hinds Howell, J. E. Hutton, E. M. C. Instone, G. Ison, D. Jameson, Charles Jarrott, N. Littlejohn, W. T. Lord, N. Macklin, A. S. Manning, E. Manville, P. Martin, H. J. S. Moyses, F. Newton, H. Owen, W. E. D. Owen, H. R. Pope, A. Rawlinson, B. Redwood, D. Resta, C. D. Rose, C. Sangster, S. Saunderson, T. Sopwith, G. E. Taylor, T. Thornycroft, H. C. Tryon, Adrien de Turckheim, H. Vincent, A. Huntley Walker, C. Grahame White, C. Harman Wigan, W. R. Wills [show more]
Leslie Brewer, Freddy Richardson and William Dolliver Homemade Car Postcard, c. 1908
Seal Cove Auto Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Automobile, Racing Car
  • 1908 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
A homemade car built by Leslie Brewer, Freddy Richardson and William Dolliver of Bar Harbor, Maine. The message on the back claims it is "the first auto in town." People Mentioned: Leslie Brewer, Willie Dolliver, Freddy Richardson Black and white
horse drawn buggy
Tremont Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Horse
  • Other, Transportation, Carriage
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Transportation, Carriage, Phaeton, Buggy
horse drawn buggy
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
horse drawn buggy
Children Climbing fire truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • c 1950s - c 1960s
Children Climbing fire truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown Children climbing off the back of fire truck, two men helping. One story white clapboard house with black shutters behind truck.
Children on Back of Fire Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Children on Back of Fire Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Children on back of fire truck outside large two story white clapboard house with three dormers.
Children on Fire Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Unknown
Children on Fire Truck
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Eight children riding on fire truck. Trees branches and telephone wires overhead. House in background hiding behind trees.
Harriet Somes Sanderson & Electric Car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Harriet Somes Sanderson & Electric Car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Harriet Somes Sanderson standing outside electric car. Small car, seats two. Door open, inside and door lined with ticking type material. Woman inside car wears wire rim glasses, black wide-brimmed hat with dark dress. Sanderson wears hat with large feather covering crown. One side of brim turns up. Carries fur coat or stole over hands. Wears long velvet skirt with shorter dress or coat of a lighter color over skirt. Small trees in meadow in the background. Marked on back, “Mama and her electric car.” [show more]
First blimp to come to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Transportation, Aerostat, Airship, Blimp
  • nd
First blimp to come to Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
First blimp to Bar Harbor. Was destroyed on route to New York U.S. Navy blimp
Echo Lake from Route 102
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Unknown
  • c 1950s
  • Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine
Echo Lake from Route 102
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Looking towards Beech Cliff. Echo Vista restaurant on left. Sign on building reads Dairy Creem. Cars parked in front. Marked on back, “Side view of Echo Vista - Mt. Desert Island showing general location and a little [?] view. Echo Vista is on Echo Lake Road, halfway between Somesville and S.W. Harbor - Route 3/102 to Mt. Desert from Info booth as you leave the causeway. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
Harriet Somes Sanderson with electric car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Unknown
Harriet Somes Sanderson with electric car
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Harriet Somes Sanderson standing outside electric car. Small car, seats two. Door open, inside and door lined with ticking type material. Woman inside care wears wire rim glasses, black wide brimmed hat with dark dress. Sanderson wears hat with large feater covering crown. One side of brim turns up. Carries fur coat or stole over hands. Wears long velvet skirt with shorter dress or coat of a lighter color over skirt. Small trees in meadow in the background. Marked on back, “Mama and her electric car.” [show more]
Mount Washington Railway (formerly Green Mountain Railway)
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Transportation, Train
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • c 1900s
  • Mount Washington
Description:
Former Green Mountain railway as Mount Washington Railway. Engine and car. Engine pushing car over trestle. Two men sitting on top of engine, one man standing next to coal car. Several people standing outside passenger car, others inside.
Snowshoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Transportation, Snowshoe
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, leather
  • Other, shoes
  • Transportation, Snowshoe
  • 06/14/2011
Snowshoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden frame with woven rawhide strips. Leather moccasin partially intact. Ropes to tie around feet.
Handwritten notes or copies of newspaper articles about cars on MDI
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Transportation, Transit Railway Vehicle, Streetcar, Trolley
Description:
No indication of who copied the articles.
Kaelber Hall fire
College of the Atlantic
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Events, Fire
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • 1983-07
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Kaelber Hall fire
College of the Atlantic
Description:
Firefighters responding to the Kaelber Hall fire.
COA snowplow
College of the Atlantic
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Transportation, Truck, Maintenance Truck, Snowplow
  • 2000
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
COA snowplow
College of the Atlantic
Description:
B&G truck with COA logo painted inside snowplow.
Postcard with stamp sent from Bar Harbor and delivered via Bangor and Bar Harbor railroad.
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Other, Mail Deliverry
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Railroads
  • Other, Stamps
  • Transportation, Train
  • 6/15/1885 1907
Description:
Postcard with stamp sent from Bar Harbor and delivered via Bangor and Bar Harbor railroad.
Northeast Harbor Fire Company's First Ambulance in Front of the Municipal Building
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
  • Chase - Ronald Chase
  • 1939
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Two photos of the Northeast Harbor Fire Company's first ambulance, a 1939 Packard, in front of the Municipal Building, Main Street. In one photograph three men stand in front of the ambulance. They are identified as: Fred Kimball, Larry Wass, and Elliott Kimball Copy of photograph taken by Ronald Chase
Northeast Harbor Fire House, Winter of 1954
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Chase - Ronald Chase
  • 1954
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Town of Mount Desert Municipal Building and Northeast Harbor Firehouse, winter of 1954. Two fire engines are visible through the windows of the doors. The sign over the left door reads "W.S. Grant, Jr., Ladder No. 1" and over the right reads "Engine No. 1" Photograph by Ronald Chase
Wheel, Wooden Bicycle
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Vehicle Component, Vehicle Wheel, Bicycle Wheel
  • Transportation, Cycle, Bicycle
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Wheel, Wooden Bicycle
Great Harbor Maritime Museum