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Bar Harbor Man Recalls Construction and Use of Coaling Station
Jesup Memorial Library
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The Theater in Bar Harbor's Changing World
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  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Bar Harbor
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…Sturtevant t is twenty minutes to show time at the Criterion Theater in Ijeans, Bar Harbor, Maine. …But Bar Harbor in the early 1930's was not just another small New England town. …"We had two Bar Harbors, winter and summer. The sum mer people, Bar Harbor catered to them because they were bread and butter. …And all that was left of Bar Harbor was Main Street and Cottage Street and Mount Des ert.
Bar Harbor's Vanished Temple to the Arts
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  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts
  • Bar Harbor
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…A far cry from such mock grandeur though classically grand indeed was the Building of Arts in Bar Harbor. …Harbor summers. …Described as the greatest affair of its kind in Bar Harbor history, the concert was noted even in the society columns of the New York Times. …Within thirty years, however, what was to have been an integral part of Bar Harbor s cultural life went into gradual decline.
The Man Who Built Northeast Harbor (Fred Savage)
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  • Maine
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…Today, the blueprints of Savage s Bar Harbor buildings reside at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor. …Schooners were being replaced by the larg er and swifter steamboats that called regularly at Bar Harbor and Southwest Harbor; trains now came as close …Although he may have risen from a small-town local to a highly regarded professional and a regu lar in Bar Harbor circles, the tremendous outpouring …He joined the Bar Harbor Board of Trade and became com modore of the Bar Harbor Yacht Club, hobnobbing with the likes of the Vanderbilts and other well-heeled
The Highseas Estate
History of Highseas
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The Highseas Estate
History of Highseas
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History of Highseas-uncompressed.pdf
…These were all Bar Harbor men, excellent in their fields of work. …Hawkes' butler and they came to Bar Harbor for many years. Mrs. …Mrs a long-time* caterer in Bar Harbor, was in charge of these parties. …She usually arrived in Bar Harbor about Memorial Day and left before Labor Day.

The Highseas Estate-uncompressed.pdf
…Hawkes was equally extravagant with entertaining, throwing gala parties during WWII whenever the American or British navy was in Bar Harbor. Mrs. …Hawkes death, her heirs donated the estate to the Jackson Laboratory, a cancer and genetic research facility in Bar Harbor. …Hawkes was equally extravagant with entertaining, throwing gala parties during WWII whenever the American or British navy was in Bar Harbor. Mrs. …Hawkes death, her heirs donated the estate to the Jackson Laboratory, a cancer and genetic research facility in Bar Harbor.
Equestrian Extravaganza (Robin Hood Park)
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  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Bar Harbor
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…ROBIN HOOD PARK BAR HARBOR ? …The most colorful Bar Harbor family, wrote fame as a summer resort. …Out of this logic the Bar Harbor Horse Show was bom. …The ban was maintained for a number of years, but even the combined prestige of the summer colonies in Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Seal Harbor, and South
Heart of Its Campus Gone, COA Upbeat Despite Loss
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  • Bar Harbor
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…By Rebecca Buyers Bar Harbor s resilient College of the Atlantic was down but not out after a fierce early morning fire leveled Kaelber Hall on Monday …Bar Harbor lobsterman Dennis Kelley first spotted the fire from the town pier and called in the alarm at 4:41 a.m. Monday. …Bar Harbor received assistance from the Mount Desert, Ellsworth, and Acadia National Park fire departments. …Lyman and Co. of Bar Harbor for $400,000 to $500,000 according to COA business manager Ann Peach.
Comfortably Quirky
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Comfortably Quirky
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…And it's absolutely free to boot. 36 DOWN EAST Comfortably Quirky Cafe This Way is delicious proof that Bar Harbo is as much a college town as a vacation …One of the best ways to card translation: Eclectic food in a casual steer clear of these traps in Bar Harbor is setting. …Their creativity and instincts re flected in everything from the menu to design changes over the years, including a cozy bar and a sleek, windowed …Desert Street in Bar Harbor, 207-288-4483. Breakfast is served Monday through Saturday 7 -1 1a.m., and Sunday 8a.m. -11 p.m.
The Shore Path by Rev. E.A. Garret
Aug.16 1990
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  • Places, Path
  • Bar Harbor
The Shore Path by Rev. E.A. Garret
Aug.16 1990
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…THE SHORE PATH The famous Shore Path at Bar Harbor has been mentioned many times in the literature about Bar Harbor; during the "Gilded Era" it was noted …E.A.Garret August 16, 1990 SHORE PATH PROPERTIES BAR HARBOR INN The Veazie cottage became the Oasis Club in 1881. …The inn is the property of a Bar Harbor resident. BALANCE ROCK INN Built for Alexander Maitland in 1902. …The present owners have another inn in Bar Harbor. BREAKWATER COTTAGE. John Innes Kane built this cottage in 1904.
The Maine Fire Story
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  • Events, Fire
  • Bar Harbor
The Maine Fire Story
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…Wherever one travelled, sympathy was expressed for the small home owner, the permanent resident of Bar Harbor. …In the Bar Harbor Central Office every conceivable effort was being made to maintain communications. …The world famous Jackson Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory was directly in the path of the Bar Harbor fire. …Scenes such as this stretched for miles across the face of the Gold Coast of Bar Harbor on Mt.
The Village Green
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  • Places, Park
  • Bar Harbor
The Village Green
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…THE VILLAGE GREEN in Bar Harbor wasn't always a park. …The Bar Harbor Record suggested that it be named Hamor Park, dedicated to Eben Hamor, one of the town's earliest citizens who had done so much for the …Silas Weir Mitchell suggested that the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association take some action to cleanup the property and make it more attractive …In 1945, the Town erected a large bulletin board on a grey granite ackground with the names of Bar Harbor men who served in World War II he design of the
The Trolley That Never Ran
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The Trolley That Never Ran
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…The Bar Harbor terminal was to be at Lindall Park. …The sta tions at Southwest Harbor, Ellsworth and Bar Harbor were to be rather plain structures, designed for the WEST ST., BAR HARBOR NEXT TO MUNICIPAL …This would make the running time from Ellsworth to Bar Harbor about one hour. By August surveyors were working on the line into Bar Harbor. …A piece of land in Bar Harbor was torn up and prepared for the laying of the road bed.
The Maine Work of Beatrix Jones Farrand
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  • Bar Harbor
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…At the age of eighteen she observed the laying out of the grounds of her family s summer place, Reef Point at Bar Harbor. …Approximately one third of these were damaged or destroyed by the fire which raged through Bar Harbor in October, 1947. …Bodman, Seal Harbor, 1900; Edgar T. Scott, Bar Harbor, 1901-12; and William F. Apthorp, Hulls Cove, 1906. These gardens have vanished. …Herbert Satterlee, Bar Harbor, from one Mrs.
Cannon in the Dooryard
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  • Bar Harbor
Cannon in the Dooryard
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…Photos courtesy of Bar Harbor Historical Society. …The newspapers in Bar Harbor began to carry speculations about the forthcoming summer season. …Time was of the essence so Bar Harbor would have to make due with what the government could find. …Hale s home was destroyed in the disastrous fire which consumed much of the town of Bar Harbor. Mr.
Baymeath
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  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Bar Harbor
Baymeath
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…It was written in her 85th year, and entitled Baymeath, the name of her estate at Bar Harbor. …It was tremendously hot, and I felt I could not wait until we reached Bar Harbor. …They were with us when we moved into a house of my cousins at Hull s Cove about four miles from Bar Harbor. …The water company at Bar Harbor said we were too far away and they would not run pipes out there.
The Great Fire of '47
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  • Events, Fire
  • Bar Harbor
The Great Fire of '47
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The Great Fire of '47-uncompressed.pdf
…The Great Fire of 47 LaRues Photos Courtesy of the Bar Harbor Historical Society. People hoped, and still no rain fell. …In Bar Harbor they were still It was quiet in the village of Bar Harbor today awfully quiet and quietly awful. …night and Bar Harbor was forever changed. …In Bar Harbor they were still work ing when the flames were within a quarter of a mile of the building.
St. Saviours Church/ St. Mary's-by-the-Sea
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  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Bar Harbor
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…Saviour's, Bar Harbor, Me. 325 closely-crowded worshippers. …Church work at Bar Har bor exists solely through voluntary offerings of sum mer parishioners, who are so numerous that five st. saviour s, bar harbor …from Bar valuable land, thus increasing the size of Harbor, worshippers either driving or sail the hitherto contracted church lot. …Mary s communicant list, at first a About eleven miles from Bar Harbor is blank, now presents an encouraging appear Northeast Harbor, the charming
Written in the Rocks
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  • Places, Park
  • Acadia National Park
Written in the Rocks
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…Known as the Bar Harbor formation, these deposits roofed over the Ellsworth formation. …Geologists sometimes refer to the Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, and Cranberry Island formations as "weak" rock. …In still other places, the dispossessed stones and cobbles become gravel bars and shoals. …Bar Harbor was named for just such a bar, which connects it to Bar Island. Because the coast is young, sandy shores are rare.
Alarums and Excursion: An Amusement Record of Mt. Desert Island
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  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Bar Harbor
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Bar Harbor Drama Festival with the assistance of Mrs. …(Est. 1859) BANGOR BAR HARBOR The Newport House ONLY HOTEL ON THE SHORE A* BAR HARBOR Organised 1887 BAR HARBOR BANKING & TRUST CO. …Bar Harbor, Me. …SUMMER THEATRES IN MAINE Bar Harbor: Bar Harbor Drama Festival, Mt. Desert Playhouse. Leighton Rollins, director.
Acadia's Memorial Paths
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Acadia's Memorial Paths
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…Gladys O'Neil, a native of Bar Harbor, is curator at Kurt Dietrich s Climb which ascends the eastern the Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum. slope …He built The Turrets on Eden Street in Bar Harbor, now owned by College of the Atlantic. …T1 HE BATES MEMORIAL, the most impressive of all of these, was erected in 1911 by the summer residents of Bar Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors …to honor the former Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association president and chairman of their Paths Committee.
Safe Haven (Kronprinzessin Cecilie)
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  • Vessels, Boat
  • Bar Harbor
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Bar Harbor, on Mount Desert Island. …Was Bar Harbor to come under blockade? …Bar Harbor was delighted to keep both. …the Bar Harbor Times.
Green Reynolds Building / Old Schoolhouse / Mt. Desert Inn
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…GREEN, REYNOLDS BUILDING To Be Razed To Make Way For Parking Area Bar Harbor To Raze Sth Building BAR HARBOR Another Bar Harbor landmark, the Green …This makes eight prominent buildings in Bar Harbor s busi ness district to be razed in the past few years, including five business blocks, four the …DESERT INN Last of Bar Harbor s Big Hotel Era Famed Hotel At Bar Harbor Being Razed BAR HARBOR The 77 year old building at Bar Harbor, known as …N BAR HARBOR.)
Captain Hammond's Little Miscue
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Captain Hammond's Little Miscue
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…Captain Hammond s Little Miscue By Gladys O'Neil VER the years, many stately ves sels have paid visits to Bar Harbor. …Desert Ferry (on Hancock Point) train station and shuttled them across the bay to Bar Harbor. …Even so, the Eastern Steamship Company, in the belief that people would still enjoy a pleasant summer boat trip to Bar Harbor, chartered the S.S. …N the afternoon of July 12,1936, the Iroquois arrived in Bar Harbor on its third trip of the season.
Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts
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  • Bar Harbor
Blue Lobsters, Old Ghosts
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Blue Lobsters Old Ghosts-best quality.pdf
…Despite the sometimes-somber hues, the town of Bar Harbor was originally dubbed Eden. 36 ISLANDS BLUE LOBSTERS, OLD GHOSTS: A Visit to Bar Harbor …This is fishing, this is yachts and this is tourism, she said, point ing, in succession, to Bass Harbor, North east Harbor and Bar Harbor. …For frills and thrills, the Cleftstone is the in inn in Bar Harbor. …Martha and Sandra really were Bar Harbor residents, said Bonnie.
Destroyed (partial article) / Fire of '47
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  • Events, Fire
  • Bar Harbor
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…Onontakah Tourist cottage, owned by Andrew Peterson of Bar Harbor. The Rocklyn cottages owned by David Higginbotham of Bar Harbor. …Guy Torrey of New York and Bar Harbor. The Barnacles, owned by Arthur Liscomb of Bar Harbor. …HARBOR LANE Dustpan, owned by Dr. James Cunningham of Bar Harbor, Rexcote, owned by Joseph Kloman of Philadelphia. …Brown of Bar Harbor. Miller Cottage, a small hotel owned by Webster Harrington of Bar Harbor. Sunnyside, owned by Mrs.