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You searched for: Date: 1940sSubject: PeopleSubject: Places
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Acadia National Park: It's Growth and Development by George B Dorr
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853 - 1944)
  • 1948
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Undetermined
Description:
Hard cover book, green cover embossed with gold lettering. Written by George B Dorr.
Acadia National Park: It's Origin and Background by George B Dorr
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853 - 1944)
  • 1948
  • Acadia National Park
  • Copyright Undetermined
Description:
Hard cover book, green cover embossed with gold lettering. Written by George B Dorr.
Photo of Richie Stanley and harbor views
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • 1946
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Photo of Richie Stanley and harbor views
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Three 1946 photos: A= Richie Stanley with lobsters on the rocks. B= Boats in Northeast Harbor. C= Beach scene looking back to Northeast Harbor from Cranberry.
Douglas Macfarlan Cranberry Isles Scrapbook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • People
  • Places
  • 1949
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Douglas Macfarlan Cranberry Isles Scrapbook
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Brown notebook “Cranberry Isles Scrapbook” kept by Douglas Macfarlan 1949-1960s. A= Complete multi-page list of contents handwritten by Douglas Macfarlan (only page 1 scanned) includes histories, images, research correspondence, several letters of correspondence between Douglas Macfarlan and Mrs. Wade Marr from whom the Macfarlans bought the house in 1946; Maine maps, photos, abstracts from books; histories of Hadlocks, Fort Castine, St. Sauveur Mission and other local historical spots.etc. Also B, C, D, & I = small delightful pen and ink sketches probably by Douglas Macfarlan. E, F, G, H = Photographs of Baker Island lighthouse 1949. [show more]
Resort Town War-Minded
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • 1943
  • Mount Desert
Resort Town War-Minded
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert. Focus on residents: Wilma Clark Eaton, Herbert Thomas (town manager), servicemen Fred Ralph, James McElroy, Ray Young, and Charles Stover.
Gladys Clark Scrapbook
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Gladys Clark
  • 1940's
Gladys Clark Scrapbook
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Mrs. H. D. Clark scrapbook of press clippings containing local and national news and regarding various people and events.
Ice Harvesting, Somes Pond, 1947
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1947
  • Somes Pond, Mt. Desert, Maine
Ice Harvesting, Somes Pond, 1947
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Men harvesting ice on Somes Pond winter of 1947. In foreground two men use large wooden “scoop/plow” to scrape snow of ice. Another man to right pushes ice along open water. Large saw in back of men plowing snow. Other men in background near Oak Hill Road. Truck on ice near shore.
Ice Block on Conveyor Belt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1947
  • Somes Pond, Mt. Desert, Maine
Ice Block on Conveyor Belt
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Blocks of ice moving up conveyor belt into ice house.
Harvesting Ice on Somes Pond, 1947
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Color Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1947
  • Somes Pond, Mt. Desert, Maine
Harvesting Ice on Somes Pond, 1947
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Unknown men harvesting ice on Somes Pond winter of 1947.Man on left saws ice with long ice saw. Man in middle holds long peavy. Man on right in red plaid coat looks on. Ice saw to left.
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
Ice Skating
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Cultural & Recreational Structures
  • ca. 1949
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Ice Skating
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection Ice skating rink behind MDES where ball field is. House in background: S. R. Tracy
The Kellam's First Landing at Placentia Island with Cliff Rich and the BLB
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1949-06-08
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
Caption reads: “June 8, 1949. First landing. Cliff Rich at R.”
Unknown Man at Sawmill on Placentia Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Unknown Man at Sawmill on Placentia Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Art Kellam on Placentia Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Art Kellam on Placentia Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Placing the Boardwalk on Placentia
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Placing the Boardwalk on Placentia
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Caption reads: "- and so I did"
Art Kellam with Three Children Bringing Shingles to Placentia
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • 1949 c.
  • Frenchboro, Placentia Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
Caption reads: "Six tons plus kids. B & I sat on the Dory. Hauled up on this the USS Unsinable." Art Kellam shown with shingles being brought to Placentia for Homewood.
Other Indian Events of New England
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Book
  • Other
  • People
  • Places
  • Allan Forbes
  • 1941
  • New England
Other Indian Events of New England
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
A collection of interesting incidents in the lives of the early settlers and the Indians of this country with reproduction of old prints and photographs. Volume II. Issued by the State Street Trust Company of Boston in commemoration of its 50th anniversary.
A Report on Tribal boundaries and Hunting areas of the Malecite Indian of New Brunswick
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Booklet
  • People
  • Places
  • Frank G. Speck, Wendell S. Hadlock
  • 1946
Description:
Reprinted from "American Anthropologist", Vol. 48, No. 3, July-September 1946.
Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • In Copyright
Description:
The young man in the photo is Lawrence Ballard, son of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard.
Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • In Copyright
Description:
The young women in the photo is Diane Ballard, daughter of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard. She is is at the top of the climb, just finishing the hike up the trail.
Letters to Rosamond & Aimee Lamb from Rachel Field
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Correspondence
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • 1935-1940
Description:
Copies of Rachel Field's letters to Rosamond Lamb - one included Aimee Lamb - her Sutton Island friends from Milton, MA. Sent from Maine & California, the letters are about her marriage to Authur Pederson, her writing, the involvement with movie studios, etc. Introduction by Robert R. Pyle.
Lennox Ledyard Bink Sargent and His Son, David Lennox Sargent
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1948-08-26
  • Southwest Harbor
  • In Copyright
Description:
Lennox Ledyard "Bink" Sargent and His Son, David Lennox Sargent in a Southwest Boat Corporation 16'8" Motor Dory.
Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • In Copyright
Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • In Copyright
Description:
The climbers are at the top of the climb, just below the Champlain summit.
Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1941-08
  • Acadia National Park
  • In Copyright