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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Coastal View from Murch house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Coastal View from Murch house
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photo, framed, picture taken from the Murch's looking toward Northeast Harbor. Fish Point on the right.
Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Postcard to Mrs. Benjamin Spurling
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Postcard of house with two people by road, with message for Mrs. Benjamin H. Spurling, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, postmarked Nov. 10, 191X, one cent stamp.
Preble cove and surf photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Shore
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Preble cove and surf photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
(A) Preble Cove photograph, date unknown. Shows cabin, two small boats in water, and some activity near the building. (B) View of Surf at Cranberry by Lizzie
Stereoview photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Places
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Stereoview photographs
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Photos. 28 stereoview images on thick cardboard for use with the stereoscope viewer (a.k.a stereopticon) 2000.63.490. Viewed through the stereoscope, the photos take on a three-dimensional quality. Regional, local and other scenes, including one of Mount Desert Island.
Wooden plaque, Arms of Bermuda
Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Object, Art, Decorative Plaque
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Undetermined
Wooden plaque, Arms of Bermuda
Northeast Harbor Fleet
Description:
Mahogany plaque with applied elements, one of which displays the coat of arms of the island of Bermuda, and the other mimics a gold ribbon upon which "Arms Bermuda" is painted. The arms of Bermuda shows a red lion holding a shield upon which is a depiction of a wrecked ship.
Assorted Maps and Pamphlets related to Mount Desert Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
From the top of Flying Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
From the top of Flying Mountain
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
View from the top of Flying Mountain looking west with Great Cranberry Island in the background, the Jesuit Field on Fernald Point in the middle ground, and a dog, two women, and a man seated in the foreground. Sailboats are visible on the water. The photographer and date are unknown, but none of the tall trees that obscure the view today in 2023 are present in the photo.
Mills family photos
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mills family photos
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Includes many images taken on Mount Desert Island and the outer islands, antique automobiles, and Nettie Mills' autograph book. An index of the images will be added to this item in the future.
Photos of Southwest Harbor businesses and locations
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Town
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • In Copyright
Description:
Subjects include: - Ambulance - Beals Bowling Alley - Bar Harbor Banking and Trust - Southwest Harbor Bus Lines bus - The Causeway Club and sale water swimming pool - Clark Point - Elmwood Cafe - Gordon & White garage - Harbor View Motel - Library - Main Street - The Moorings - Pumping station - Pemetic School - Steam Boat Wharf - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. - Medical Center on Herrick Road - Tydol gas station Some of the images are photos of old photos. Many of these images appear individually in other items in the Digital Archive. [show more]
The Somes Family of Somes Cemetery, Bernard, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Places, Cemetery
The Somes Family of Somes Cemetery, Bernard, Maine
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Handwritten notes, 3 pp., transcribing inscriptions from stones in Somes Cemetery, Bernard, Maine.
People Buried in Lexington, Mass., including Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record
  • Other, Death & burial
  • Places, Cemetery
  • Mrs. Lyman Somes
People Buried in Lexington, Mass., including Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Typewritten list of people buried in Lexington, Mass., apparently having a connection to Mount Desert Island.
Assorted Deeds
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Legal, Deed
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • Other, Deed
  • Places, Cemetery
  • State of Illinois
Assorted Deeds
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Six deeds associated with the family of LaRue Spiker: 1) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from William and Alta Hays to Walter Dodge; 2) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from Richmond Wheeler to J. Fred Spiker; 3) Deed of a cemetery lot in Bushnell, Illinois, to J. F. Spiker; 4) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from William Holchousen to Peter Hersey; 5) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois, from Walter Dodge to J.E. Spiker; 6) Deed of a lot in Bushnell, Illinois from several people to William Hays. Part of LaRue Spiker Collection Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.067.6 [show more]
Postcard Collection
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Ship, Steamship
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Postcard Collection
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
A variety of postcards depicting scenes around Mount Desert Island as well as Maine steamships.
Appalachian Mountain Club Camp - Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Places, Camp
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Description:
The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934.
Rephotography of historical photos of Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • In Copyright
Description:
Six images which merge historical and contemporary images of Southwest Harbor in these locations: - Main Street - The Carroll Building (item 5559) - The Causeway Under Construction (item 5084) - Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road (item 5225) - John R. Tinker House (item 7348) - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. (item 10247) - The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church (item 11229)
Waymouth Tercentenary
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other
  • People
  • Places
Waymouth Tercentenary
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
Various subjects on MDI and in Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Various subjects on MDI and in Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
See index for details.
Postcards and photographs of Gotts Island and Bass Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017)
  • In Copyright
Acadia 2016 Centennial, Jordan Pond House, and Digital Archive
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • In Copyright
Description:
Program and photographs from the Acadia National Park 2016 Centennial event at Jordan Pond on 8/27/2016. Photographs are by George Soules. Postcard of the original Jordan Pond House by Michael Raynor who was a chef at the pond house in 1977. A brochure for the Southwest Harbor Public Library's "Collection of Photographs" Newspaper article from the Mount Desert Islander dated 2/23/2017 about the $35,000 Knight Foundation grant awarded for the Digital Archive. See index for more information. [show more]
Photographs of Mount Desert Island and Bowdoin College
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • In Copyright
Description:
Photographs of various boats, Greenings Island, and the Beach Cliff Sardine sign at Stinson Seafood. Of note is photograph 07 of Donald Featherstone who designed the Pink Flamingo which inspired the Southwest Harbor Flamingo Festival.
Photographs of Mount Desert Island and Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
See attached index file for information about individual images.
Newspapers including articles about the fire of 1947
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Uncurated Accession
  • Places, Island
  • In Copyright
Description:
Bar Harbor Record Bar Harbor Times Mount Desert Herald
"A Capsule History of Mt. Desert Island."
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Oral History
  • Places, Island
  • No Copyright - United States
"A Capsule History of Mt. Desert Island."
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
A written down history of Mt. Desert and all of the surrounding harbors. This history mentions the Native Americans who used to travel out to the islands in the summer. IT also mentions Jackson lab and Acadia National Park.
Center School
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Map
  • Places
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Center School
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Somes Sound
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Hinckley - George Lyman Hinckley (1921-2000)
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Somes Sound
Southwest Harbor Public Library