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| Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library Description: In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more] | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the Green Mountain Railway (pg. 7) with four B/W pictures. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" - October 3, 1963. | ||
| Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564 | |
| Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library Description: August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island. | ||
| Maine Central Railroad 1940-1978 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Maine Central Railroad 1940-1978 Northeast Harbor Library Description: By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company. | |
| New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! Northeast Harbor Library |
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| New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! Northeast Harbor Library Description: By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train". | |
| The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975. |