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| GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock. Folder 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more] | ||||
| Northeast Harbor Livery Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Livery Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photos of the Town Livery on 22 Harborside Rd. This barn was built around 1820 and had rooms for employees and horses. Courtesy of Mr. Paul Kalenian. Only digital files. | |||
| GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in Hancock County. The collection is divided into 7 series: Books and Souvenir Booklets, Maps and Blueprints, Acadia National Park, Hotels/Inns/Schools/Homes/Buildings, Ephemera, Photos and Postcards. | ||||
| Assorted Deeds Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  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] | |||
| Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Hall Quarry Northeast Harbor Library Description: The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry. The quarry's location alongside of Somes Sound proved very beneficial, as it allowed the schooners to land very close to the quarry to load the granite and transport it to various ports. | |||
| Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Addison Packing Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| W. H. Ward Store Before 1884 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  W. H. Ward Store Before 1884 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The original William Henry Ward Store on the Manset shore. This photograph was taken before the expansion of the wharf by William H. Ward. | ||
| Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine. | |
| Harborside Restaurant Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Harborside Restaurant Northeast Harbor Library Description: Sketch, pencil on parchment, of the Ogston property and the Harborside Restaurant on Harborside Rd. | ||||
| Main Street Businesses Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Main Street Businesses Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photograph of Main St., Northeast Harbor building holding Ober's Market, a Bakery, and a dentist. Two men aboard a horse-drawn buggy in front of wooden sidewalk. Several people pose in front of store. | |||
| Northeast Livery and Boarding Stable Chas. D. Burr Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Livery and Boarding Stable Chas. D. Burr Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Main Street, Northeast Harbor / Stanley's Fish Market | |||
| W.H. Ward Jr. Store - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  W.H. Ward Jr. Store - After the Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Elmer McGarr Photograph Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Elmer McGarr Photograph Jesup Memorial Library Description: Elmer "Mac" McGarr, age 72, owner and operator of Mt. View Cabins at Otter Creek, stands outside the office. People Mentioned: Elmer McGarr Color | ||
| Adventures on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Adventures on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Description: Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995 | ||
| Aerial View of The Henry R. Hinckley Company, Manset, and Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Aerial View of The Henry R. Hinckley Company, Manset, and Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Beginning with the history of the houses of Somesville at the southern end of the settlement on the road to Southwest Harbor: there are several camps and cottages built in recent years around the shores of Echo Lake. Ernest Richardson has built two on the western side, Rolf Motz built a cottage close to the road on the eastern shore which he sold in 1935 to Mrs. O. C. Nutting. There are several others which have been owned by different people, and Ernest Richardson has a store and some overnight camps built in 1935-6 close to the road." – “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 257. For some time Ernest was in business with his friend Otto Clyde Nutting (1875-1972) [O.C. Nutting] with whom he went hunting and fishing. "There are several small houses on the right side of the road [on the eastern shore of Echo Lake], owned by people who have been employed by Nutting and Richardson in their lumbering operations. This firm operated a portable saw mill in this vicinity for a few years." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 258. [show more] | ||
| The Underwood Sardine Factory, Tremont, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Underwood Sardine Factory, Tremont, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |