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1940 Racing Instructions
Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Document, Rules
  • Events
  • Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • 1940
  • Copyright Undetermined
1940 Racing Instructions
Northeast Harbor Fleet
Description:
33 pages. Includes "Extracts from the Office Racing Rules of the North American Yacht Racing Union," code signals, 1940 Racing Schedule, The Northeast Harbor Fleet classes with rules, standards and illustrated diagrams of vessels, map of courses, point on the compass, international code flags and pennants, High Tide at Northeast Harbor 1940
1941 Racing Instructions
Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Document, Rules
  • Events
  • Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • 1941
  • Copyright Undetermined
1941 Racing Instructions
Northeast Harbor Fleet
Description:
19 pages. Includes Racing Rules and Regulations, extracts from the Official Racing Rules of the North American Yacht Racing Union, Courses map, Code signals, Racing schedule, High Tide at Northeast Harbor 1941, International Code Flags and Pennants
Letter to Maine State Publicity Bureau
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Nov 6, 1947
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
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Nov 1947
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
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor Fire
  • Other, Fire fighters
  • Other, Fire of 1947
  • Other, Salisbury Cove
  • Other, Somesville
  • 1947
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
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Events, Fire
  • Dec 8, 1947
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
Scrapbook, newspaper clippings about 1947 Bar Harbor Fire
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, 1947
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • 1948
Scrapbook, newspaper clippings about 1947 Bar Harbor Fire
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
A green faux leather scrapbook that includes many clippings from the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert island. The original owner of the scrapbook is unknown. Many of the pages in the scrapbook are empty. Clippings are affixed to pages with glue. Also includes program for 1948 Vaudeville show and nine pages from Time magazine, Nov. 28, 1949. Contents of the scrapbook have not been scanned.
ANP account of weather conditions during Fire of 1947
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report, Technical Report
  • Events, Fire
  • Object, Forestry
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Bangor Theological Seminary
  • Other, Fire engines & equipment
  • Other, National Park Service
  • Other, University of Maine
  • Other, Walkie-talkies
  • 1947?
ANP account of weather conditions during Fire of 1947
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Account of conditions
Request for bids of timber by ANP
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Request
  • Events, Fire
  • Object, Lumber, Timber
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Dec 18, 1947
Request for bids of timber by ANP
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Call for bids on salvage of timber within Acadia National Park. Appears unsuccessful.
Program for service of commemoration at Ladies Aid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Document, Program
  • Events
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1940
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Program for service of commemoration at Ladies Aid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
Program for service of commemoration, 27 Oct 1940 at the Ladies Aid building, including song, with words by Mrs. E.T. Preble, written for dedication of Ladies Aid house in 1908, sung to "America"