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James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, August 10, 1862 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other People Places, Camp	Parker, James	1862-08-10	Mount Desert	Copyright Not Evaluated	James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, August 10, 1862 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1004 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other People Places, Camp Creator: Parker, James Date: 1862-08-10 Place: Mount Desert Description: James Parker writes to his sister, Letita A. Parker, from Camp Roberts near Bangor. He wishes for new food, thanks her for a letter, asks for advice about purchasing a revolver, and describes his life at camp. The original envelope is included as well. People Mentioned: Lizzie Young
Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Camp			Mount Desert	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13784 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business Places, Camp Place: Mount Desert 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]
Champlain Society's Camp Pemetic Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Organizations Places, Camp			Mount Desert	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Champlain Society's Camp Pemetic Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13305 Type: Reference Subject: Organizations Places, Camp Place: Mount Desert Description: The camp was located on the bluff above Wasgatt Cove "on the east side of Some's Sound, a little to the north of the house of Mr. Asa Smallidge, and opposite Flying Mountain and the cliff of Dog Mountain on the western side of the Sound." "Charles [Eliot] did not know just where he would pitch the camp, but expected to find a suitable and central place somewhere between Otter Creek and Seawall Point. So, after picking up the camp equipment at a house on Waukeag Neck, he cruised along that shore and went up into Somes Sound and anchored in what we now call Wasgatt's Cove on the eastern shore. There, above the gravel bank, was a bit of open meadow with a good spring at the back and just to the north of the brook which is the outlet of Hadlock Pond fell with a little waterfall into the cove." - "The Champlain Society" fragment of manuscript by Samuel Atkins Eliot, 1931 - in the collection of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. See also: "Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect, A Lover Of Nature And Of His Kind, Who Trained Himself For A New Profession, Practised It Happily And Through It Wrought Much Good," p. 26. [show more]
Champlain Society - Visitors at Camp Pemetic on Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Organizations People Places, Camp		1880	Mount Desert	No Copyright - United States	Champlain Society - Visitors at Camp Pemetic on Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9612 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations People Places, Camp Publisher: Probably Samuel Atkins Eliot II Date: 1880 Place: Mount Desert Description: Note on the back of identical photograph MDI P 005.17.9 - "S.A.E. must have held the camera for he is not in the group and the usual photographer (Slade) is." Seated at back on Fence - From Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Edward Lothrop Rand? Unknown - Charles Eliot? Unknown Unknown Seated on Ground - Left to Right: Unknown - Charles Wendell Townsend? Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Frank Mortimer Wakefield? Unknown - John Lathrop Wakefield? Unknown Unknown Unknown Seated at Right Front - Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown - Henry Lathrop Rand? [show more]
Champlain Society - Visitors at Camp Pemetic on Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Places, Camp	Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950)	1880	Mount Desert	In Copyright	Champlain Society - Visitors at Camp Pemetic on Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9611 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Camp Creator: Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950) Date: 1880 Place: Mount Desert
Champlain Society - View of Camp Pemetic from the Hill to the East Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Camp	Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950)	1881	Mount Desert	In Copyright	Champlain Society - View of Camp Pemetic from the Hill to the East Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9615 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Camp Creator: Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950) Date: 1881 Place: Mount Desert Description: Three Champlain Society members are sitting at the opening of the fourth tent from the left, the Parlor Tent. Steward William Bryant stands in front of the Pantry Tent at the far right in back. The round tent just in front of the Pantry Tent is the Kitchen Tent. The small tent, front center, is William Bryant's tent.
Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Places, Camp	Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950)	1880	Mount Desert	In Copyright	Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9494 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Camp Creator: Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950) Date: 1880 Place: Mount Desert Description: From Left to Right: Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar. John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand. Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses. William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers. William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens. Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar. Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316. [show more]
Champlain Society - In the Parlor Tent at Camp Pemetic Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Places, Camp	Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950)	1881-07-27	Mount Desert	In Copyright	Champlain Society - In the Parlor Tent at Camp Pemetic Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9609 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Camp Creator: Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950) Date: 1881-07-27 Place: Mount Desert Description: Left to Right: John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Edward Lathrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 - holding a fern or leaf to a page for study Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 21 years old in 1881 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 21 years old in 1881 Note the ornate wood stove at the left front of the photograph with wood stacked beside it for cold mornings. [show more]
Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic - Group at the Fence Overlooking Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Places, Camp	Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950)	1880	Mount Desert	In Copyright	Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic - Group at the Fence Overlooking Somes Sound Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9610 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Camp Creator: Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950) Date: 1880 Place: Mount Desert Description: Standing Left to Right: Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - holding oar - 21 years old in 1880 Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 Heyliger Adams de Windt (1858-1941) - Geologist - 22 years old in 1880 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - holding telescope - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Professor William Morris Davis of Harvard (1850 - 1934) - Consultant - 30 years old in 1880 Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - holding flag, with a pitcher of flowers at his feet - 20 years old in 1880 Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand William Bryant - Steward - holding a milk or water can Seated Left to Right: Charles Wendell Townsend (1859-1934) - Ornithologist - holding gun - 20 years old in 1880 John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - holding a can of flowers - 20 years old in 1880 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand President Charles W. Eliot's yacht, "Sunshine" can be seen anchored in Somes Sound (under the tree branch) to the left of Orrin Donnell. [show more]
Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - Original "Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Camp Places, Sound	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1901	Mount Desert	No Copyright - United States	Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - Original "Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9009 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Camp Places, Sound Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1901 Place: Mount Desert Description: A coasting schooner can be seen in the distance on the sound.
Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - Original "Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Camp Places, Sound	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1901	Mount Desert	No Copyright - United States	Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - Original "Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9010 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Camp Places, Sound Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1901 Place: Mount Desert Description: A coasting schooner can be seen in the distance on the sound.
Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - "Shore by Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Camp Places, Shore	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1890	Mount Desert	No Copyright - United States	Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - "Shore by Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5707 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Camp Places, Shore Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1890 Place: Mount Desert
Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - "Shore by Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Camp	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1890	Mount Desert	No Copyright - United States	Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - "Shore by Old Campground" Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5324 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Camp Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1890 Place: Mount Desert Description: There is a fence that goes across the picture from right to left, right into the water, and two row boats.
Camp Champlain - 1880 and 1881 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Art, Drawing	Places, Camp	Eliot - Charles Eliot (1859-1897)	1880	Mount Desert	Copyright Not Evaluated	Camp Champlain - 1880 and 1881 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9616 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Places, Camp Creator: Eliot - Charles Eliot (1859-1897) Date: 1880 Place: Mount Desert Description: A drawing signed by Charles Eliot - probably drawn from Item 9615 photograph.
Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Negative	Places, Camp	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)	1937-07	Mount Desert	In Copyright	Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12053 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative Subject: Places, Camp Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1937-07 Place: Mount Desert Description: Ernest T. Richardson is most probably standing on the porch watching Ballard photograph his business. Automobiles: Left – Dodge Middle – 1928 Buick Right – 1933 or 34 Ford Note the woman pumping gas.

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