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Bar Harbor Village Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Bar Harbor Village Northeast Harbor Library Description: Sepia Photograph of Bar Harbor looking east over the village to the Porcupine Islands. The street in the foreground is Mount Desert Street. Update 6/19/21: According to Mr. Daniel Pyle (current organist/music-director at St. Saviour’s) this photograph, which shows the original church-building, must date from sometime after 1878 (when the first building was completed) and 1885, when building of the current structure must have started (it was completed in 1886). [show more] | ||
Bass Harbor Head Light from the East Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Bass Harbor Head Light from the East Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: One half of a stereograph |
The Seth Higgins Clark House and Barn, Southwest Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Seth Higgins Clark House and Barn, Southwest Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Probably looking from the top of one of the hotels to the water. Stereograph Date - c. 1876 Size - 7” x 3.5” Media - sepia photograph Title - Southwest Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Photographer - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909) Publisher - B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Number - 20400 |
Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Taken later than the view shown in Item 5663, this view shows a little greenery grown up around the small hotel perched on granite. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more] |
Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This view shows the small hotel perched on the bare granite summit of the mountain. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more] |
The Freeman House - From the Main Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Freeman House - From the Main Road Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The picture shows one of the earliest views of Main Street. The house at the far right is the home of Jacob Schoppy Mayo on Clark Point Road. |
Main Street from Cottage Street - View of the Bradley Block and the Rodick Hotel - Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Main Street from Cottage Street - View of the Bradley Block and the Rodick Hotel - Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The wood building at the left is the Bradley Block which was located between the First National and Bar Harbor Banks of 2007. Just visible on the awning is a mortar and pestle sign for a druggist. The building just to the right of the white store is A.W. Bee, Stationer. The large hotel at right was the Rodick House. The freshly renovated Rodick House is garnished with new trees planted and braced on the lawn. There are board sidewalks at the edge of the dirt road which, in turn, is garnished with manure from the many carriage horses shown in the picture. The sign at front lefts says, "Berry Bros. - Boarding Hack and Livery Stable - Cottage Street - Single & Double Teams Furnished Short Notice" The sign at front right says, "Café - John Dean - Phila Caterer - Chicken Croquettes - Medicated (?) Chicken Consomme" [show more] |
The Pemetic Hotel - the Castle - South End Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Pemetic Hotel - the Castle - South End Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The photograph shows the south end of the building. | |
The Pemetic Hotel - the Castle - North End Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Pemetic Hotel - the Castle - North End Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The hotel was built in 1878. The photograph shows the north end of the building. | |
Albert Wilson Bee's Store - A.W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Albert Wilson Bee's Store - A.W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The photograph was taken from the porch of the Rodick Hotel. |
Isaac H. Dupee's Photographic Tent at the Ocean House, Eden, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Isaac H. Dupee's Photographic Tent at the Ocean House, Eden, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
The Samuel Champion Cooper Cottage - The Larches Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Samuel Champion Cooper Cottage - The Larches Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
Bass Harbor Head Light from the West Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Bass Harbor Head Light from the West Southwest Harbor Public Library |
The Original Ocean House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The Original Ocean House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
The William Lynam Homestead at Schooner Head, Eden, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| The William Lynam Homestead at Schooner Head, Eden, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Most likely by Heywood and published by The American Stereoscopic Co. |