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Letter to Maine State Publicity Bureau Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() 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 |
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| ![]() 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 |
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| ![]() 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 |
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| ![]() 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 | |||
Weather data of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Weather data of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Comparison weather 1947 to 31-60, Fire of 1947 | |||
Scrapbook, newspaper clippings about 1947 Bar Harbor Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() 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. | |||
Early History of Seal Harbor, 1959, History Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Early History of Seal Harbor, 1959, History Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 12 page typewritten manuscript. early history of Seal Harbor, Jan 1959 with corrections Letter from Mrs. Roscoe C. Marshall (Elsie) to Dianne Ballard Michael correcting Claremont history. Elise's father was Dr. Joseph Phillips who owned the Claremont Michael re history of Claremont Hotel. says Elise Marshall is only daughter of Dr Phillips, owner on sticky note The Claremont Hotel-My Story, 1884-1964 (two copies) who wrote it? 1967 Menu inside of one of the typed booklets Poem about W.H. Ballard by Hilda G. Moe 1969 "Paper Talks," booklet; includes photos of Pemetic H.S. Eastern, Maine, champ. and cheerleaders, 1948. 1950 newspaper article re George William Dolliver: Has had his driver's license for 43 years, since 1908 and car. Letter to Ballard from K. Tracy 1947 postcard from Laurie and Mary Holmes Letter to W.H. Ballard from Don E. Smith, 1947, re Miss Gordon's letter about Bar Harbor fire. [show more] | |||
ANP account of weather conditions during Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() 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 |
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| ![]() 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. | |||
Memoranda for Regional Director, Acadia National Park from B.C. Hadley, superintendent Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| ![]() Memoranda for Regional Director, Acadia National Park from B.C. Hadley, superintendent Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Memoranda for Regional Director, Acadia National Park from B.C. Hadley, superintendent. Bids to clean up damaged timber and reason for no bid on fire killed timber. 3 pages. | ||||
Woodbury A. Stanley Northeast Harbor Library |
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Letter to Gertrude Fay from Charles Savage Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Letter to Gertrude Fay from Charles Savage Northeast Harbor Library Description: Letter and a bill (related to framing) to Mrs. Fay from Charles Savage. Includes remarks about the fire which destroyed Augustus Phillips workshop and about Charles's trip to California, etc. Related to ART 0025 | |||
Bar Harbor Cottages destroyed in 1947 Fire Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Bar Harbor Cottages destroyed in 1947 Fire Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of a hand-printed report (of a BH summer resident?) of summer cottages selected for their Architectural qualities which were destroyed in the Fire of 1947. Greenway Court, Archbold, Thirlstane, Mizzentop and Stanwood. | |||
Disaster Declaration Approved for Northeast Harbor and Surrounding Towns. Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Disaster Declaration Approved for Northeast Harbor and Surrounding Towns. Northeast Harbor Library Description: Special Notice via e-mail of federal disaster loans available to Mt. Desert businesses effected by the July 2008 fire on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. | |
Permit to go onto Mount Desert Island during the Bar Harbor fire of October, 1947 Islesford Historical Society |
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| Permit to go onto Mount Desert Island during the Bar Harbor fire of October, 1947 Islesford Historical Society | ||||
Fire Incident Report Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Fire Incident Report Northeast Harbor Library Description: August 8, 2008 Incident Report submitted by chief Mike Bender of the Mount Desert Fire Department to the State Fire Marshall's office following the July 29, 2008 fire which destroyed 3 building and several business on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. | |
Fire Records Northeast Harbor Library |
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| ![]() Fire Records Northeast Harbor Library Description: A notebook containing State of Maine, Chapter 98, Public Laws of 1895, and records of fires 1895-1905. | |||
Asticou Report on Fire Damage: Fire of 1947 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Asticou Report on Fire Damage: Fire of 1947 Northeast Harbor Library Description: It contains description of damage to various areas so people visiting MDI will know what to expect. | |||
Personal notes about the 1947 Fire Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Personal notes about the 1947 Fire Northeast Harbor Library Description: Account of the activity of residents of Northeast Harbor during the 1947 fire. Also, a police pass allowing people to return to Northeast Harbor from Ellsworth for supplies. |