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1947 Bar Harbor Fire
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Events, Fire
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
1947 Bar Harbor Fire
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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1947 Bar Harbor Fire.pdf
…the Bar Harbor, Maine Fire Department received a call from a Mrs. …Written by an historian who was on the scene for the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire. …Bar Harbor: A Town Almost Lost A Pictorial Essay of Bar Harbor s Mansions Before and After the Fire of 1947 by Deborah M. …Dyer, maps courtesy of Arthur Corliss, Bar Harbor Historical Society, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2008. Author: Charlotte R. Morrill Date: 2016
Southwest Harbor Public Library Auction
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Events
  • 1983-09
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Southwest Harbor Public Library Auction
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...to benefit Harbor House and the Southwest Harbor Public Library...National Bank of Bar Harbor...The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias...The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13...
The Bar Harbor Fire - View from Beech Hill Road
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1947-10-23
  • In Copyright
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Somesville is at left and the E.F. Butler house is at left center. The photograph was taken at about 3 p.m. on October 23, 1947..
The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...In 1892 the ladies of Southwest Harbor gathered together to raise money for land upon which to build a library building and then reported how they raised...their dollar..The Dollar Social was the first fundraising event held for the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the poem describing it was famous in...


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The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor.pdf
…The Dollar Social At Southwest Harbor The Southwest Harbor Public library was founded in 1884. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 115. …"The Dollar Social At Southwest Harbor" describes how each woman earned her dollar. …Tracy, our Republican friend, took a bribe, I'm sorry to state, For her husband promised her a dollar if she would help him illuminate, So she sacrificed bar
Southwest Harbor Then & Now 2015 Exhibit
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Events
  • 2015-07
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Southwest Harbor Then & Now 2015 Exhibit
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...The July 2015 Show at the Southwest Harbor Public Library presented a visual stroll down Main Street and Clark Point Road composed of photographs from...


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THEN AND NOW SHOW 2015 - BROCHURE.pdf
…Neal is just visible driving his horse and buggy out of the barn drive across the wood plank sidewalk on to Main Street. 05 B The Bar Harbor Bank and …See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. 9 21 B The First Masonic Hall - The Clark Point Road from Main Street - Circa 1909-1910 353 Main Street …Public Library Collection of Photographs 23 A Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. on Clark Point Road - Circa 1919-1933 19 Clark Point …Photographer unknown Number 5823 - The Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs The Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Company is housed in the
4th of July Celebration, Southwest Harbor, July 3, 1895
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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  • Events
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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...The first feature of the day was the band concert given the Southwest Harbor band, assisted by Lindall’s band of Boston and Bar Harbor, at the rustic little...In the afternoon after the band concert the ball game between Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor nines was called, in the field near the Union church...To the Bar Harbor people there was nothing pleasanter for the day than the sail back and forth on the [steamer] Golden Rod. Capt....” – The Bar Harbor Record, July 6, 1895...
Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1913-09-13
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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...Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured...
Advertisement for Mrs. Tom Thumb
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • 1896-07-29
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Advertisement for Mrs. Tom Thumb
Southwest Harbor Public Library
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...In this advertisement, the newspaper misprinted her name as Gevena in the announcement for her visit to Bar Harbor in 1896...
Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Brown - Margaret Coffin Brown
  • Vekasi - Jim Vekasi
  • 2006
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156


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Effects_of_the_1947_Fire.pdf
…However, as recorded in Bar Harbor or maintenance of the trails. …Norton had also been a member of the towards Hulls Cove and Bar Harbor and south over CCC trails crew at the Great [Long] Pond Camp. …For several years, Norm Walls and his crew divided their time between the NPS and the Bar Harbor VIA. …Path in Bar Harbor, a challenging task as the area was often hard-hit by winter storms.