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Burned Tea Cups Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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| Burned Tea Cups Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Two cups burned in the Fire of 1947, hotel china by Mitchell & Woodbury of Boston, white with green trim near rims. | ||
Child's Toy Car Burned in 1947 Fire Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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| Child's Toy Car Burned in 1947 Fire Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Metal charred relic found in the ruins of the Fire of 1947. | ||
The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 Years Later Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 Years Later Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, 1987, "The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 Years Later." With photos and remembrances. | |||
Fire 1947 Northeast Harbor Library |
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The Bar Harbor Fire - View from Beech Hill Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Bar Harbor Fire - View from Beech Hill Road Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: 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.. | |
Newspaper article retrospectives of 1947 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Newspaper article retrospectives of 1947 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 1967 and 1972 articles from Bar Harbor Times and Ellsworth American on Fire of 1947 | ||||
Articles on the Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Articles on the Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Hand written notes, typed articles with edits of contributions to Bar Harbor Times by LaRue Spiker of the Fire of 1947 40th Anniversary of fire. Previously archived as 011.FIC.37.1 | |||
Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Mount Desert Island's Worst Disaster Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: photocopy of BH Times, pp. 1-7 Bar Harbor Fire | |||
Letter to Maine State Publicity Bureau Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Letter to Maine State Publicity Bureau Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Letter to Guy Butler from W.H. Ballard and short response. Suggestions of ways to counteract bad publicity indicating that the whole state, MDI, Bar Harbor have been destroyed by the fire of 47 | |||
Maine Publicity Bureau Flyer Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Maine Publicity Bureau Flyer Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Biggest Job in 26 Years Faces Publicity Bureau Newspaper clippings (photocopies) of articles about the loss of Bar Harbor after the 1947 fire. There are also letters discussing how to contradict information in the news claiming the fire burned everything. | |||
Letter to Mrs. Williams Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Letter to Mrs. Williams Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown who wrote letter regarding recollection of Bar Harbor Fire, Fire of 1947 from Somesville, trying to get firefighters to Salisbury Cove | |||
Letter to Mr. Eliot from E.A. Pettee Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Letter to Mr. Eliot from E.A. Pettee Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Letter regarding fire of 47 from Seal and Otter Creek perspective | |||
Copies of pics from Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Copies of pics from Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Photocopy of Three pictures of Bar Harbor Fire of 1947. Initials DBM Date on side 7-15-87 | |||
Radio announcements about Fire of !947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Radio announcements about Fire of !947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Announcement by unknown radio station of what radio announcer Johnny McCray saw regarding Fire of 1947, 2 photocpies, radio announcement of description of what Superintendent of Public Works, Bangor(?) Reprint on computer | |||
Weather data of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Weather data of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Comparison weather 1947 to 31-60, Fire of 1947 | |||
Southwest Harbor Revisited: Times Writer reports on 1922 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Southwest Harbor Revisited: Times Writer reports on 1922 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Articles from various newspapers pertaining to the history of Southwest Harbor. Southwest Harbor Revisited: Times Writer Reports on 1922 Fire, authored by LaRue Spiker Previously archived as 012.FIC.043.8 | |||
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire Northeast Harbor Library Description: Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future. | ||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947 Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947 Tremont Historical Society | |||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Prospect Avenue destruction Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Prospect Avenue destruction Tremont Historical Society | |||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Mount Desert Street destruction Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Mount Desert Street destruction Tremont Historical Society | |||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Miller Cottage area destruction Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Miller Cottage area destruction Tremont Historical Society | |||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Eagle Lake Road destruction Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Eagle Lake Road destruction Tremont Historical Society | |||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Mountain Avenue destruction Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Mountain Avenue destruction Tremont Historical Society | |||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Forest St. destruction Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Forest St. destruction Tremont Historical Society | |||
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Malvern Hotel area destruction Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Malvern Hotel area destruction Tremont Historical Society |