Description: I. W. Livery on Main St., next to Brown's Store. This was taken about 1910 (No automobiles). It shows 2 adults, 3 teenagers, 3 children & 2 horses.
The Village Improvement Societiesof Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor1915
Date:
1915
Place:
Mount Desert Island
Description: Guide to Mount Desert Island paths published by the Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor. Cover reads: "A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island Maine Published by The Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor 1915"
Modeled by Robert abbe; Reproduced by Howels Microcosm, Washington D.C. Copyright 1916.
Date:
1916
Place:
Mount Desert Island
Description: Relief map of Mt. Desert Island + vicinity. Modeled by Robert Abbe; reproduced by Howell's Microcosm, Washington D.C. copyright 1916. Turquoise, white, black and brown. Top righthand corner has label with title as well as signatures showing endorsements from Charles W Eliot and George B Dorr for the Trustees of Public Reservation. Lower righthand corner has label with maker and reproducer as well as date. On back is a label explaining the history; may be original. [show more]
Description: One letter from William Huntington estate trustees to J. H. Knowles 4 copies of same letter with various signatures regarding petition for Schuyler Road.
Description: Letter written by George A. Zinn, Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers to George A. Savage regarding the improvement of the harbor for navigation.
Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Description: Development of what is now Acadia National Park. Article provides history and descriptions of the area covered under the U.S. Monuments Act of 1906. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
Description: Summary of geological details of Mount Desert Island. Several b/w pictures. Two reprints, same article, entitled "Geology of Mount Desert Island". Rocks and minerals. Revised and reprinted from the "Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, Vol. XVII, No. 4, October 1919). See also item 7069.
Description: Bass Harbor Lighthouse in winter as seen from walking down the path from the parkinglot. Lighthouse is surronded by about 2-3 feet of snow. Dog walks down the path towards the lighthouse