Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows a view of the light station and the landscape at Mount Desert. In the foreground piles of broken granite lay across the ledges, with the oil house and tower visible to the right. In the center of the image the double house is visible, and the top of the davit may be seen to the left. The negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. June 1908 S.W. view of Station.
Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. This negative is badly damaged and has not been digitized. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Tower No. 2 Taken from South
Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View looks up toward the light station, with the boathouse and davit visible to the left, work buildings in the center, and the double house and tower to the right. In the foreground the rocks are covered with seaweed and a man, identified as Will [Dodge] on the negative envelope stands just beyond it. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Rk. Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 No. 6.a Not Complete. Looking S.E. Will 50 sec. [show more]
Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View is taken from the water, with a ledge visible in the foreground, the light station visible beyond. Visible buildings include the boathouse, the bell tower, and the light tower.
Description: Glass negative for photograph taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows the light station buildings as seen from the water including the boathouse, double house, single dwelling, tower, oil house, and bell tower. Image was taken from the water and is very crooked. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. June 1908 No. 6, View from the water. Ortho. A. Non. Hal. Plate
Description: Glass negative for photograph taken at Mount Desert Rock, October 1907. Image shows the light station buildings as seen from the water including the boathouse, double house, single dwelling, tower, oil house, and bell tower. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Oct. 1907 P.M. 4 o'clock Taken from water Print 2m Distance 15m Special valve
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows Lawrence Newman on the rocks at Mount Desert Rock, with a toy boat at his feet. Laundry hangs in the background between the work buildings. Negative envelope reads: Written on negative envelope: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. June. 1908 Lawrence Newman.
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows Charles Newman, with his motor boat, on the wooden ramp, posing with his sons, Arthur and Lawrence. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. June 1908 Mr. Newman Arthur and Lawrence in Mr. Newman’s Boat.
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, Sept. 1907. View shows three young boys in a garden, decorated with several flags, and with a picket fence behind them. The negative envelope notes this garden belongs to Mrs. Newman. Using the other negatives in this collection, the boy in the dark hat has been indentified as Kaspar Murphy, with Lawrence and Arthur Newman to his right. Negative Envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Sept. 1907 Garden Single Tenement, Mrs. Newman's. [show more]
Description: Glass negative for image taken from Mount Desert Rock. View looks out toward sea from the land, with ledges visible in the foreground, and a three-masted schooner, perhaps called Robert D. Spear, visible in the distance. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Oct. 1907 Robert D. Spear Taken from Mt. Desert Rock
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View looks across the ledges toward the light station, with the double house and tower in the center and to the left. To the right the oil house and bell tower are visible. The negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 No. 1 b. House, Tower, Oil-house + Bell Tower Looking E.S.E. Not complete
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View looks up from below tideline, with seaweed visible in the foreground. In the center of the image are the tower and double house, with the roof of the oil house to the right, and the bell tower nearby. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug 1907 No. 2A. Derrick, Boat House + Shop Looking E.S.E. Not complete (It appears that this envelope was reused)
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, November 1907. View looks back toward the light station, across the ledges. In the center of the image is the tower, with the oil house to the left. Behind the tower the single house is visible to the right, and the double house to the left. The negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Nov. 1907 Lucy M. Dodge Taken S.W. of Tower Opposite Bluff. Developed with Dianol.
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows the view of Mount Desert Rock, with the light station buildings, as seen from the water. The boathouse and derrick is visible to the left, while the keepers' houses are visible near the tower. To the right the oil house and bell tower may be seen. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. June 1908 No. 2. View from water Dev. with Si. S. Plate written vertically in pencil: print - 3 m. [show more]
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, September 1907. View shows the interior of the boathouse, with two men standing alongside the steam engine used to haul boats out of the water. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Sept. 1907 Steam Engine Boat House. Mr. Dorgan Mr. Brewer
Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock. Shows view toward light tower with single dwelling visible to the left. Roof of the double-house is visible beyond. This negative is slightly unfocused, and uneven. The negative envelope has nothing written on it
Description: Plan showing proposed development of Northeast Harbor Marina, October 1937. Plans by Prentiss & Carlisle Co., Inc. of Bangor. Plans suggest the construction of a bulkhead across the area known as Frazier's Cove, with the filling of this area with fill taken from the dredging process. The plan also includes parking areas, new docks, a restroom, club, and shop building, and storage areas. This redevelopment plan was not realized, but the Sea Street are was rebuilt in the 1950s. [show more]
Description: A Gloucester fishing schooner sails not far from Mount Desert Rock under partial sail. A number of people are visible on the deck, and a stack of dories can be seen between the masts. A large flag has the name of the vessel, which appears to be two words, though only Frances P. M______ is visible. William H. Bunting has (July 2021) identified this schooner as the Frances P. Mesquita, of Gloucester. Built in Gloucester in 1905, she was owned and commanded by Capt. Joseph Mesquita, and was both a successful fishing and racing vessel. She was sold in 1918 to owners from Newfoundland, and sunk by a U-boat that year. The envelope with this negative reads: No. 7 f., Tower, Single Tenement + Double Tenement, Looking N.W." and is likely an envelope reused from another negative. [show more]
Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. View looking out of the double house toward the tower. The window shutters of the tower are all open, and the lens can be seen at the top. Between the tower and the dwelling house, covered walkways are visible Negative Envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 Tower. N.G.
Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock looking toward the ocean with gulls visible on the rocks and flying. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 Gulls.
Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. View shows the granite tower, with broken ledges in the foreground, and the single dwelling to the right. The roof of the double tenement is slightly visible.
Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. View looking at light station buildings, with brick oil house in the foreground, and granite tower to the right. Behind these structures, the double house is visible. In the distance, to the left, the derrick of the boat slip is visible Negative envelope is blank.
Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, looking across the snow-covered ledges toward the ocean. A building is visible to the left. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Rk. Lt. Sta. Winter - 1906-1907 Surf taken from back door of double tenement.
Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. This appears to be the earliest negative in the series. July 2021: this negative is being digitized
Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock showing winter scene over the snow-covered ledges, looking toward the ocean. A large pile of wood to the left appears to include the parts of the boat slip, seen in other images from this series. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Winter 1906-7. Taken from back door. Double House.