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Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Structures, Institutional, School Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance			Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5475 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Structures, Institutional, School Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Red Cross station wagon pulling a trailer on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. In background are: Knowles Co., Ash House, Odd Fellows Hall, and Gilman High School. (May have been providing food for firemen in Oct. 1947.)
Echo Lake from Route 102 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile	Unknown	c 1950s	Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine		Echo Lake from Route 102 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9041 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile Creator: Unknown Date: c 1950s Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Looking towards Beech Cliff. Echo Vista restaurant on left. Sign on building reads Dairy Creem. Cars parked in front. Marked on back, “Side view of Echo Vista - Mt. Desert Island showing general location and a little [?] view. Echo Vista is on Echo Lake Road, halfway between Somesville and S.W. Harbor - Route 3/102 to Mt. Desert from Info booth as you leave the causeway. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Request, Petition	Places, Island Transportation, Automobile					Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2119 Type: Document, Request, Petition Subject: Places, Island Transportation, Automobile Description: Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert.
Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Legal Documents	Places, Island Transportation, Automobile	Bangor Daily Commercial	1911			Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3119 Type: Document, Legal, Legal Documents Subject: Places, Island Transportation, Automobile Creator: Bangor Daily Commercial Date: 1911 Description: 4 copies of the same
Town Scrap Metal Heap Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places Transportation, Automobile			Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Town Scrap Metal Heap Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5761 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Transportation, Automobile Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Roy Salisbury Collection WWII Now site of MDES
Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Road Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Transportation, Automobile	Isaac T. Moore	1923	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-4015 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Road Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Transportation, Automobile Creator: Isaac T. Moore Date: 1923 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Shows Herrick House, Pastime Theatre, F. T. Brown Co. Municipal offices built in 1917. See also Item 5941 (post 0133). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Cammerer, Arno B.	1922-07-26	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1033 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Cammerer, Arno B. Date: 1922-07-26 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from the acting director of the National Park Service, Arno B. Cammerer, to the Lafayette National Park custodian, George B. Dorr. Cammerer informs Dorr that a proposed road project in Lafayette National Park has been approved. Cammerer believes the proposed plan will provide access to more of the park and states that the planning recognized the importance of keeping some areas remote from the development to maintain their wild character. People Mentioned: E. C. Finney, Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more]
George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Pepper, George Wharton	1924-03-08	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1032 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Pepper, George Wharton Date: 1924-03-08 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Senator George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody. Senator Pepper includes a copy of the text from a letter he wrote to Loren Kimball, outlining his position on the construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Pepper tells Peabody that he feels the Jordan Pond Valley is spoiled but hopes that the Bubble Pond Valley may yet be saved. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other Places, Park Places, Road Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Moore, Barrington	1924-03-14	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1030 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Places, Road Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Moore, Barrington Date: 1924-03-14 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Barrington Moore suggesting arguments to Harold Peabody for advancing his campaign against the further construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Moore argues that while roads are necessary for the park to fulfill its mission of providing access to the public, certain areas must be kept wild, not only for the enjoyment of those seeking solitude in nature but also to serve as natural laboratories for scientists. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr [show more]
Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile	Weekes, Frederic Delano	1924-07-14	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1026 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Weekes, Frederic Delano Date: 1924-07-14 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell, the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. Weekes states his hope that high-ranking officials in the National Park Service will share his and Rowell's view that road construction in Lafayette National Park should be curtailed. Weekes goes on to suggest that those involved with the various path committees should confer and create a plan to prevent over-development in the park. People Mentioned: Robert Sterling Yard, Arno B. Cammerer, Harold Peabody [show more]
Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station Transportation, Automobile	Velma Ashley	1972	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5509 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station Transportation, Automobile Creator: Velma Ashley Date: 1972 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Eleven b/w scanned photographs of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, in 1972. Photo 1887 a: Fire House Photo 1887 b: Carlo's car Photo 1887 c: Bank Photo 1887 d: P. P. Hill's Photo 1887 e: Kimball Shop Photo 1887 f: Kimball Shop (from lower end) Photo 1887 g: McGrath's Photo 1887 h: Dot (Renault) Photo 1887 i: Dad getting into car in front of drug store Photo 1887 j: Drug store Photo 1887 k: Where Bank will be. Tracy's paint shop in white building [show more]
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile	Peabody, Marian Lawrence		Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1025 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Peabody, Marian Lawrence Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and that Mather will see that the natural character of Mount Desert Island will be preserved by the National Park Service by not allowing further development of Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: William C. Endicott
Main Street, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Road Places, Town Transportation, Automobile			Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Main Street, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5888 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Road Places, Town Transportation, Automobile Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor Description: Main Street, Seal Harbor, Maine.
Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Transportation, Automobile		1930's	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-4913 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Transportation, Automobile Date: 1930's Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: A photograph of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, taken in the 1930's, the Herrick House has been replaced by Brown's Taxi shown at the right.
Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Transportation, Automobile		ca. 1939	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5045 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Transportation, Automobile Date: ca. 1939 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Enlargement of a smaller Photograph looking south on Main Street, Northeast Harbor with the Pastime Theater on the right, and kiosk in center of road. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions
Sea Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Transportation, Automobile	Alan Knox	late 1930's	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Sea Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5196 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Transportation, Automobile Creator: Alan Knox Date: late 1930's Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Winter scene looking toward harbor on Sea St. with Plymouth beach wagon stuck in snow on unplowed road.
Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Winter Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Transportation, Automobile	Alan Knox	1937	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Winter Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5252 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Transportation, Automobile Creator: Alan Knox Date: 1937 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Highly snow banked Main Street, covering a car, in front of the Bradford T. Herrick Real Estate office.
Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Transportation, Automobile	Alan Knox	1930	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5195 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Transportation, Automobile Creator: Alan Knox Date: 1930 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Winter scene of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, looking north with Model T in background.
The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping	Places, Island Transportation, Automobile	Richard A. Savage	1975	Mount Desert Island		The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2023 Type: Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping Subject: Places, Island Transportation, Automobile Creator: Richard A. Savage Date: 1975 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
Hearing on Lafayette National Park Road and Trail Development Held Before Secretary of the Interior Work Transcription, March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Minutes	Places, Park Transportation, Automobile	Unites States Department of the Interior	1924-03-26	Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park	Copyright Not Evaluated	Hearing on Lafayette National Park Road and Trail Development Held Before Secretary of the Interior Work Transcription, March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1042 Type: Document, Minutes Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Unites States Department of the Interior Date: 1924-03-26 Place: Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park Description: A transcript of the hearing held before the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, on the issue of road construction in Lafayette National Park. The transcript includes statements from the Secretary of the Interior, politicians, park administrators and citizens. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Arno B. Cammerer, John Edward Nelson, George Wharton Pepper, George B. Dorr, Frederick Hale, Wallace Humphrey White Jr., George L. Stebbins, Harold Peabody, Robert Sterling Yard, Joseph Allen, Lincoln Cromwell, Mary Parkman Peabody, Charles Marlatt, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. J. H. Huddilston, Clarence Little, A. L. T. Cummings, Willis Parsons, James Q. Gulnac, Fulton J. Redman, Harlan P. Kelsey, Ira G. Hersey, Harris A. Reynolds, Warren H. Manning, Daniel W. Hoegg [show more]
Lafayette National Park Road Construction Hearing Speakers List, undated Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, List	Places, Park Transportation, Automobile			Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park	Copyright Not Evaluated	Lafayette National Park Road Construction Hearing Speakers List, undated Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1041 Type: Document, List Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Place: Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park Description: A list of the names of individuals speaking during the hearing before the Secretary of the Interior on roads in Lafayette National Park on March 26, 1924. People Mentioned: Hubert Work, Arno B. Cammerer, John Edward Nelson, George Wharton Pepper, George B. Dorr, Frederick Hale, Wallace Humphrey White Jr., George L. Stebbins, Harold Peabody, Robert Sterling Yard, Joseph Allen, Lincoln Cromwell, Mary Parkman Peabody, Charles Marlatt, Fred C. Lynam, Mrs. J. H. Huddilston, Clarence Little, A. L. T. Cummings, Willis Parsons, James Q. Gulnac, Fulton J. Redman, Harlan P. Kelsey, Ira G. Hersey, Harris A. Reynolds, Warren H. Manning [show more]
New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Request, Petition	Places, Park Transportation, Automobile	Rowell, Frank B.	1924-03-26 c.	Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park	Copyright Not Evaluated	New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1040 Type: Document, Request, Petition Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Rowell, Frank B. Date: 1924-03-26 c. Place: Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park Description: A petition by Frank B. Rowell to collect signatures of those opposed to planned road construction in Lafayette National Park. The petition is to be presented at a hearing in Washington, D.C. on the matter of the road projects. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper
Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Bar Harbor Path Committee	1922-04-01	Bar Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1034 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Bar Harbor Path Committee Date: 1922-04-01 Place: Bar Harbor Description: An unsigned letter from the Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr, the custodian of Lafayette National Park. The letter states that the various Mount Desert Island path committees are eager to cooperate with Dorr and asks that he confer with them regarding any planned road construction in the park. The path committees understand the need for limited automobile access to the park but would like the pedestrian trail system to be left untouched. People Mentioned: William Jay Turner [show more]
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Lynam, Fred C.	1924-03-11	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1031 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Lynam, Fred C. Date: 1924-03-11 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Fred C. Lynam to the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association, Frank B. Rowell. Lynam disagrees with Senator George Wharton Pepper's objection to the proposed road construction project in Lafayette National Park. Lynam believes the road network is necessary for providing access to the park to those who cannot, or do not want, to hike. People Mentioned: George Wharton Pepper
John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Places, Park Transportation, Automobile	Peters, John A.	1924-03-19	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1029 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Peters, John A. Date: 1924-03-19 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from John A. Peters to Senator George Wharton Pepper. Peters urges Pepper to state support for proposed road construction in Lafayette National Park at a scheduled hearing with the Secretary of the Interior. Peters goes onto to advise Pepper to suggest the creation of an advisory panel to assist in the creation of road planning projects in the future. Finally Peters states the senator's "misunderstanding" of the road issue should not keep him from attending the upcoming Republican convention. People Mentioned: Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more]

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