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| Kimball House Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Kimball House Northeast Harbor Library Description: Looking across the mouth of Northeast Harbor from Asticou to the Kimball House. Shows cottages. | ||
| Roller Skating Advertisement Card Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Roller Skating Advertisement Card Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Beige card with red illustration and black text. Advertisement for the roller skating rink in Bar Harbor. Illustration depicts two people in floppy hats holding onto rope. Top text in red reads: "The Sea! The Sea! The Beautiful, See?" Bottom black text reads: "Bar Harbor Roller Skating Rink, 'Not the Tent' Prices Reduced." | ||
| GXS Collection - Hotels, Inns, Schools, Homes, Buildings Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Hotels, Inns, Schools, Homes, Buildings Northeast Harbor Library Description: Northeast Harbor Folder 12 The Rock End Hotel, booklet published by C. B. Webster & Co., Boston. undated, 16 pages, illustrations and descriptions of MDI and the hotel. Seal Harbor Folder 13 The Glen Cove, Seal Harbor, brochure about the house and surrounding area, includes map of the island, undated. Folder 14 Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, brochure, ca. 1952; Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, brochure, undated Folder 15 Seaside Inn Menus, 1895 Bar Harbor Folder 16 Edenbrook Motel, Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1962. Folder 17 Wonderview Motor Lodge, Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1965. Folder 18 Hotel Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1952. Folder 19 The Van Doren Cottage at Hulls Cove, Bar Harbor, sale brochure, undated (1914, courtesy of J. B. Dyer). Folder 20 Redwood, Bar Harbor, sketch by John Calvin Stevens, brochure, 1992. Folder 21 Lawrence House, Bar Harbor, printed copy of sketch, September 17, 1883 Mainland Maine. Folder 54 Inn at Canoe Point, brochure, 1987 Southwest Harbor Folder 55 The Island House, bed & breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island, brochure Isle au Haut Folder 56 Union Congregational Church of Isle au Haut, Maine, 1857-1957, booklet, 20 pages. Mainland Maine Folder 22 Grindstone Inn, Winter Harbor. 2 brochures: the first ca. early 1900's, the second 1952. Folder 23 Woodlawn/Black House in Ellsworth: Maine's most interesting mansion, an example of Georgian architecture preserved with original furnishings. 5 brochures. Folder 24 Gouldsboro land improvement company's Grindstone inn and lands, Winter Harbor, 1891, 38 unnumbered pages illustrations. Folder 25 Washington Normal School at Machias Maine Fred L. Savage Architect, printed copy of sketch. Folder 49 “Old Wiscasset”, booklet. Historical data compiled by William Davis Patterson, August 1931. Printed by “The Times Co.”, Bath, Maine. Folder 57 Stanwood Homestead Museum, Ellsworth, Maine. Established 1960. A living memorial to Cordelia J. Stanwood. Brochure with map of Birdsacre Sanctuary. Folder 58 Historic Lewiston: A self-guided tour of our history, architecture and culture, brochure of historic buildings and sites with map, 2001. Folder 59 It must be Maine Architectural Trail, booklet about the architecture of Maine's small towns and villages, 16 pages. [show more] | ||||
| Mount Desert Tweed/Winter Industries Shop and Western Union Building Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Tweed/Winter Industries Shop and Western Union Building Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W winter photograph of Main Street, Northeast Harbor shops: Mount Desert Tweeds (now Sam Shaw's Jewelers) and the Western Union Building (originally Elrie Holmes store, now the Romantic Room). | |||
| The Rock End and Cottages Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Rock End and Cottages Northeast Harbor Library Description: Advertising booklet of the Rock End Hotel and its cottages. Several exterior photographs of the hotel, the surrounding areas and the island are included, as well as floor plans of the buildings. | ||
| Asticou Inn Lobby Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Asticou Inn Lobby Northeast Harbor Library Description: View of the lobby of the Asticou Inn with numerous small rugs scattered across the floor. 4 rocking chairs facing a fireplace. Desk with chair. | ||
| GXS Collection - Postcards 61-112 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Postcards 61-112 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Postcards: 61. Bar Harbor Panoramic 62. Sargent Drive and Somes Sound, ca. 1920's (Chas. A. Townsend) 63. Birches, Harbourside, Northeast Harbor, Maine 64. Asticou 65. Seal Harbor, Maine 66. Surf on the rocks, Bar Harbor, ME 67. Bear Island Light, Northeast Harbor, ME (Paul A. Knaut) 68. South Bubble Mountain at the North end of Jordan Pond (A.D. Phillips) 69. Surf at Seal Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 70. Mount Desert from Islesford, ME (1952) 71. Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, ME 72. Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, ME 73. Bar Harbor Airport, Trenton, ME (A, D. Phillips) 74. Path of the Total Eclipse of the Sun in the State of Maine July 20th 1963 5:45pm 75. The flashing red light at Bass Harbor Head, Maine (A. D. Phillips) 76. Captain Jim Sharp's "Adventure" from Camden, Maine (A. D. Phillips) 77. Across the Bay of Fundy 78. Jordan Pond House, Seal Harbor, ME (Chas. A. Townsend) 79. Steamer Norumbega from Mount Desert Ferry to Manset, ME 80 (a+b) Islehurst, Mount Desert Bridge 81. Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine 82. Thunder Hole Surf, Mt. Desert, Maine 83. Atlantic Comber, Mount Desert Island, Maine 84. Boat Shop at Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 85. Bar Harbor and Porcupines from Cadillac Mt. 86. Bar Harbor and mountains 87. Fishing boats at Southwest Harbor, Maine 88. Fishing boats at Manset wharf 89. Fishing craft at Southwest Harbor, Maine 90. Appalachian Mt Club, Echo Lake Camp 91. The Rockbound Coast 92 (a+b) Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Mount Desert Island, Maine 93. Congregational Church, Cranberry Isle, Maine (1907) 94. Surf, Mount Desert Island, Maine 95 (a-e) Entrance to Somes Sound 96. Southwest Harbor from Manset Shore 97 (a+b) Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, Maine 98. Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, Maine 99. Webster's Cafe, Bar Harbor Rd., Trenton, Maine (1949) 100. Greetings from Bar Harbor 101. Steamer Norumbega, Bar Harbor, Maine 102. The Lobster House, Bar Harbor Rd., Trenton, Maine (1940) 103. Christmas Wreath (by Mildred Gilley, Northeast Harbor, Maine) 104. Man in raincoat (I. T. Moore) 105. Steamer Gov. Bodwell in Vinalhaven harbor 106 (a+b) Bar Harbor and mountains 107. Jordan Pond, Mount Desert, Maine (Chas. A. Townsend) 108. Stereoview Schooner Head 109. Stereoview Green Mt. House, Mount Desert 110. Stereoview Mount Desert Scenery 111. Glimpse of Frenchman’s Bay from Cadillac Mountain Summit Road, Bar Harbor, Maine 112. Kimball House, Northeast Harbor, Maine 113. Church of the Redeemer and Aniscott, Sorrento, Maine 114. J. T. Morse steamer leaving Bar Harbor for Rockland, Maine 115. Abbe Museum, Sieur de Monts Springs 116. Blue Hill Inn, Blue Hill, Maine 117. Maplecroft Cabins - Route 3, Bar Harbor, Maine 118. Bay Meadow Bungalows - Bar Harbor, Maine Updated August 5th, 2023 [show more] | |||
| View of the Stanley House hotel from the water Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  View of the Stanley House hotel from the water Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A rare view of the Stanley House from the water. The shoreline with water, rocks, and trees are in the foreground with the only the roof and upper stories of the hotel visible in the backbround. | ||
| Claremont Hotel photo albums Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Claremont Hotel photo albums Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Some of the items in this uncurated accession are in: Item 16625 - Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel Item 16568 - The Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party | |||
| Meat Tenderizer Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Meat Tenderizer Tremont Historical Society Description: Butcher tool used by Lewis Hopkins in his grocery store on Harbor Drive in Bass Harbor. | ||||
| Downtown Bar Harbor Proposed Beautification - West End Drug Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Downtown Bar Harbor Proposed Beautification - West End Drug Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Celebrated landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand commissioned a watercolor artist (unknown) to produce scenes of downtown Bar Harbor with her recommendations to the Village Improvement Association for beautifying the downtown with trellises, window boxes, plants, and flowers. Farrand's recommendations were never carried out. West End Drug building & delivery wagon on Main Street | |
| Moore's Garage Southwest Harbor Motor Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: In 1940 Southwest Harbor Motor Co. was the only AAA filling station in Southwest Harbor. Their phone number was 51-2. The brick building was converted to offices to rent in 1986-1987. The U.S. Post Office opened in the building on June 2, 1987. Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) attended school in the elementary school on the present ellipse (behind the Gilley Plumbing building on the left of this photograph) before it was moved across the street to become a fire station and now [2011] the police station/town office. When the bank was housed at the Southwest Harbor Motor Co. Ralph would take his penny bank there to be unlocked and have the money deposited in his bank account. The lady in the bank would show him the big safe where is money would be kept. – Ralph Warren Stanley 01/17/11 Marion E. Newman (1890-1976), Mrs. Frederick Walter Wescott at the time, owned a yellow Stutz Bearcat that was destroyed in the fire. Marion was known for having invested in Coca Cola stock and holding on to it when others thought it worthless and sold their stock. – Ralph Warren Stanley, 03/31/14 [show more] | ||
| Freeman Cottage Freeman Annex Ashmont Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| A.I. Holmes Stores The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.I. Holmes Stores The A&P - The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Franklin Ward Machine Shop Dockside Motel XYZ Restaurant Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Island House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Island House Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "The Island House, owned by Deacon Henry H. Clark, was the first summer hotel on Mount Desert Island. Deacon Clark began the hotel business by taking into his hospitable home the first occasional tourists who came to the island for a short stay. He gradually enlarged his house until in 1885 it was entirely remodeled and did a thriving business, employing many of the townspeople during the summer season." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 174 - 1938. [show more] | ||
| Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Farnsworth's Millinery Shop and Post Office Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Green & Reynolds Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green & Reynolds Northeast Harbor Library Description: Pencil on br. stock, 35x25", of entrance to building of Green & Reynolds. | ||
| Mount Desert Spring Inn Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Spring Inn Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| former Sawyer's store, McKinley Tremont Historical Society |
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|  former Sawyer's store, McKinley Tremont Historical Society Description: Sawyer's Store, McKinley & Neptune theater, then Reeds, next to location of current post office, 2021. | ||||
| Downtown Bar Harbor Proposed Beautification - Stephen's Lane Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Downtown Bar Harbor Proposed Beautification - Stephen's Lane Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Celebrated landscape architect, Beatrix Farrand commissioned a watercolor artist (unknown) to produce scenes of downtown Bar Harbor with her recommendations to the Village Improvement Association for beautifying the downtown with trellises, window boxes, plants, and flowers. Farrand's recommendations were never carried out. Looking toward Cadillac Mt on Main Street and Stephen's Lane | |
| Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era 1868-1880 Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era 1868-1880 Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| Newport House and Cottages Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Newport House and Cottages Jesup Memorial Library | |||
| Manchester and Branscom Family History Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Manchester and Branscom Family History Northeast Harbor Library Description: 1: Estate of James H. Branscom Appraisal 2: Warranty Deed 3: Quite-claim Deed 4: The Manchester Family paper by Mrs. Minnie F. Manchester Two CDs with digital copies of these items, for which these are print outs. Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount Desert area: 1. Asticou Inn 2. Glen Cove Hotel 3. J. H. Brancsom 4. Jordan Pond House 5. Jordan Pond 6. Manchester Point 7. Me Centeral R R ferry 8. Northeast Harbor 9. Rock End Hotel 10. Seal Harbor 11. Seaside Inn 12. Sloop Alice Marion 1921 13. Tarn - Old postcards: 1. Steamer J. T. Morse 2. Bar Harbor 1890 3. Claremont 1900's 4. Handlock Pont 1910 5. IGA 6. Northeast Harbor 1920 7. Seaside and Glen Cove hotels 8. Somes Sound 9. Somesville 1900's 10. Steamer Mount Desert [show more] | ||||
| Dirigo Hotel Ruins After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dirigo Hotel Ruins After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |