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| Photo of Bar Harbor Express Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Photo of Bar Harbor Express Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Black & white photo depicting the Bar Harbor Express Railroad train leaving Mt. Desert Ferry. Locomotive under full steam with exhaust clearly visible and is along shoreline. | |
| Stop Hammering! Whitney Arbor Press Brochure, c. 1910s Seal Cove Auto Museum |
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|  Stop Hammering! Whitney Arbor Press Brochure, c. 1910s Seal Cove Auto Museum Description: Advertising brochure for the Whitney Arbor Press, manufactured by Lewiston Motors in Lewiston, Maine. | |
| Seal Cove Garage Business Card, undated Seal Cove Auto Museum |
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|  Seal Cove Garage Business Card, undated Seal Cove Auto Museum Description: Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Business card from the Seal Cove Garage featuring a map of Mount Desert Island. | |
| Seal Cove Garage Saab 93 Advertising, c. 1955 Seal Cove Auto Museum |
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|  Seal Cove Garage Saab 93 Advertising, c. 1955 Seal Cove Auto Museum Description: Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Advertising for the Saab 93, for sale at the Seal Cove Garage. |
| Saab from Sweden - The Car for Maine Information Sheet, c. 1955 Seal Cove Auto Museum |
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|  Saab from Sweden - The Car for Maine Information Sheet, c. 1955 Seal Cove Auto Museum Description: Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Information sheet for the Saab 93 highlighting features of the car, including technical information. |
| Seal Cove Garage Stationary, undated Seal Cove Auto Museum |
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|  Seal Cove Garage Stationary, undated Seal Cove Auto Museum Description: Richard C. Paine Jr., the founder of the Seal Cove Auto Museum, sold cars through his Seal Cove Garage. Stationary from the Seal Cove Garage. | |
| Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, Official Race Card Pamphlet, July 20, 1907 Seal Cove Auto Museum |
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|  Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, Official Race Card Pamphlet, July 20, 1907 Seal Cove Auto Museum Description: Pamphlet with race cards for six auto races held at the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club track in Surrey, England. The race cards include the names of drivers and information about their cars for each race. People Mentioned: L. Aspinall, F. C. Baisley, G. S. Barwick, M. Ross Browne, O. E. Bush, W. E. Bushby, F. Coleman, E. De Rodakowski, M. Duray, A. V. Ebblewhite, S. F. Edge, A. Farnell, F. R. Fry, S. Girling, G. W. Goldsmith, H. V. Hermon, J. B. Hissey, H. E. Hives, J. Hodierne, H. C. L. Holden, G. L. Hinds Howell, J. E. Hutton, E. M. C. Instone, G. Ison, D. Jameson, Charles Jarrott, N. Littlejohn, W. T. Lord, N. Macklin, A. S. Manning, E. Manville, P. Martin, H. J. S. Moyses, F. Newton, H. Owen, W. E. D. Owen, H. R. Pope, A. Rawlinson, B. Redwood, D. Resta, C. D. Rose, C. Sangster, S. Saunderson, T. Sopwith, G. E. Taylor, T. Thornycroft, H. C. Tryon, Adrien de Turckheim, H. Vincent, A. Huntley Walker, C. Grahame White, C. Harman Wigan, W. R. Wills [show more] |
| Leslie Brewer, Freddy Richardson and William Dolliver Homemade Car Postcard, c. 1908 Seal Cove Auto Museum |
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|  Leslie Brewer, Freddy Richardson and William Dolliver Homemade Car Postcard, c. 1908 Seal Cove Auto Museum Description: A homemade car built by Leslie Brewer, Freddy Richardson and William Dolliver of Bar Harbor, Maine. The message on the back claims it is "the first auto in town." People Mentioned: Leslie Brewer, Willie Dolliver, Freddy Richardson Black and white | |
| Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library Description: In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more] | ||
| Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer Northeast Harbor Library 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.) | |||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162). | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the Green Mountain Railway (pg. 7) with four B/W pictures. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" - October 3, 1963. | ||
| Automobile ordinance: Town of Eden, 1900 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Automobile ordinance: Town of Eden, 1900 Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Automobile Acts, 1907 - 1913 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Automobile Acts, 1907 - 1913 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Great automobile war Cover - 1: 1907 2-3: 1909 4-6: 1911 7: 1912 8: 1913 9: Name list, telegrams, envelope 10: Seventy fifth legislature, Senate - No. 29, January 25, 1911 11: Seventy sixth legislature, House - No. 82, January 29, 1913 12: Seventy sixth legislature, House - No. 118, February 3, 1913 | |
| Southwest Harbor Bus Lines Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Bus Lines Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The front of the bus says "Charter" and the destinations on the side list Ellsworth, S.W Harbor, Bernard, McKinley (now Bass Harbor) and Manset. | |
| horse drawn buggy Tremont Historical Society |
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| Main Street and Post Office, Seal Harbor, Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Main Street and Post Office, Seal Harbor, Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: Main Street and Post Office, Seal Harbor, Maine. | ||
| Aunt Annie McKay Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Aunt Annie McKay Northeast Harbor Library Description: Horse-drawn buggy. Photograph likely taken in front of "Little Orchard". In the background is the Abram Gilpatrick House, visible is also the back side of the Rock End Hotel. | ||
| Classic Car Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Classic Car Northeast Harbor Library Description: Classic car with Maine license plate parked in front of Northeast Livery (present day gas station on Main Street). House in the background is the Manchester House. | ||
| Children Climbing fire truck Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Children Climbing fire truck Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Unknown Children climbing off the back of fire truck, two men helping. One story white clapboard house with black shutters behind truck. | |||
| Children on Back of Fire Truck Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Children on Back of Fire Truck Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Children on back of fire truck outside large two story white clapboard house with three dormers. | ||||
| Children on Fire Truck Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Children on Fire Truck Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Eight children riding on fire truck. Trees branches and telephone wires overhead. House in background hiding behind trees. | |||
| Harriet Somes Sanderson & Electric Car Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Harriet Somes Sanderson & Electric Car Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson standing outside electric car. Small car, seats two. Door open, inside and door lined with ticking type material. Woman inside car wears wire rim glasses, black wide-brimmed hat with dark dress. Sanderson wears hat with large feather covering crown. One side of brim turns up. Carries fur coat or stole over hands. Wears long velvet skirt with shorter dress or coat of a lighter color over skirt. Small trees in meadow in the background. Marked on back, “Mama and her electric car.” [show more] | ||||
| First blimp to come to Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  First blimp to come to Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: First blimp to Bar Harbor. Was destroyed on route to New York U.S. Navy blimp | |||
| Echo Lake from Route 102 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Echo Lake from Route 102 Mount Desert Island Historical Society 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. | |
| Harriet Somes Sanderson with electric car Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Harriet Somes Sanderson with electric car Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Harriet Somes Sanderson standing outside electric car. Small car, seats two. Door open, inside and door lined with ticking type material. Woman inside care wears wire rim glasses, black wide brimmed hat with dark dress. Sanderson wears hat with large feater covering crown. One side of brim turns up. Carries fur coat or stole over hands. Wears long velvet skirt with shorter dress or coat of a lighter color over skirt. Small trees in meadow in the background. Marked on back, “Mama and her electric car.” [show more] | |||
| Mount Washington Railway (formerly Green Mountain Railway) Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mount Washington Railway (formerly Green Mountain Railway) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Former Green Mountain railway as Mount Washington Railway. Engine and car. Engine pushing car over trestle. Two men sitting on top of engine, one man standing next to coal car. Several people standing outside passenger car, others inside. | |
| Snowshoe Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Snowshoe Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Wooden frame with woven rawhide strips. Leather moccasin partially intact. Ropes to tie around feet. | |||
| Handwritten notes or copies of newspaper articles about cars on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Handwritten notes or copies of newspaper articles about cars on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: No indication of who copied the articles. | ||||
| Kaelber Hall fire College of the Atlantic |
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|  Kaelber Hall fire College of the Atlantic Description: Firefighters responding to the Kaelber Hall fire. | ||
| COA snowplow College of the Atlantic |
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| Postcard with stamp sent from Bar Harbor and delivered via Bangor and Bar Harbor railroad. Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Postcard with stamp sent from Bar Harbor and delivered via Bangor and Bar Harbor railroad. Tremont Historical Society Description: Postcard with stamp sent from Bar Harbor and delivered via Bangor and Bar Harbor railroad. | |||
| Northeast Harbor Fire Company's First Ambulance in Front of the Municipal Building Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire Company's First Ambulance in Front of the Municipal Building Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Two photos of the Northeast Harbor Fire Company's first ambulance, a 1939 Packard, in front of the Municipal Building, Main Street. In one photograph three men stand in front of the ambulance. They are identified as: Fred Kimball, Larry Wass, and Elliott Kimball Copy of photograph taken by Ronald Chase | |
| Northeast Harbor Fire House, Winter of 1954 Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire House, Winter of 1954 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Town of Mount Desert Municipal Building and Northeast Harbor Firehouse, winter of 1954. Two fire engines are visible through the windows of the doors. The sign over the left door reads "W.S. Grant, Jr., Ladder No. 1" and over the right reads "Engine No. 1" Photograph by Ronald Chase | |
| Legal brief: State of Maine versus J. D. Phillips Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Legal brief: State of Maine versus J. D. Phillips Northeast Harbor Library Description: Prosecution against J.D. Phillips for driving automobile | ||
| Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine Northeast Harbor Library 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 |
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|  Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Description: 4 copies of the same | ||
| George Lyman Hinckley's Airplane Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George Lyman Hinckley's Airplane Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Site of George Lyman Hinckley's Plane Crash Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Site of George Lyman Hinckley's Plane Crash Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Crew at the Addison Packing Company, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The young man at the right of the photograph is probably holding a c. 1914 Sears & Roebuck Peerless bicycle with pneumatic tires. | |
| Franklin Ward's Children at the Franklin Ward Machine Shop, Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Franklin Ward's Children at the Franklin Ward Machine Shop, Manset Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Wheel, Wooden Bicycle Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wheel, Wooden Bicycle Great Harbor Maritime Museum | |||
| Town Scrap Metal Heap Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Town Scrap Metal Heap Northeast Harbor Library Description: Roy Salisbury Collection WWII Now site of MDES | |||
| Roy Salisbury Collection - Miscellaneous Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Roy Salisbury Collection - Miscellaneous Northeast Harbor Library Description: 1. Postcard of a Mallard Drake, bird carving by Wendell Gilley. 3. - 7. Several photographs taken during a sculpture exhibit (Agnes Yarnall). 14. - 20. Other photographs depicting Air Force planes, ca. 1940's. 21. Postcard of Northeast Harbor Landing, Bear Island Light in distance | ||||
| Nan Kellam in the Spizzler Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Nan Kellam in the Spizzler Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Spizzler was Art and Nan Kellam's 1936 Ford Coupe. | ||
| Buckboard: wooden wheels with iron cladding made in Bar Harbor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Buckboard: wooden wheels with iron cladding made in Bar Harbor Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Carriage. Buckboard, two beige upholstered bench seats with upholstered backs, and matching beige carpet floor mats, wooden whip holder, thin red lines painted as decoration on seat sides and other areas, brass tag reads: "Davis B.H. B.C. Bar Harbor, Me". Wooden wheels with iron cladding. From the old barn at the Red House - the Towns/Lim house. Willie Granston December 2016: "…. The buckboard is in really good condition…. I know of only two Davis Buckboards on MDI, and neither is this model. One is privately owned by Martha Stewart, and one is a really sweet little 2 seater with a rear groomsman's seat owned by Bar Harbor Historical Society and kept at Seal Cove Auto Museum. The buckboard at Seal Cove is missing its bottom cushion, and Martha's has been reupholstered, so those cushions, with the flaps, are super important. ...This is really important object." The Living Past,Virginia Somes-Sanderson p. 229: "People came in droves from Bar Harbor, some in their private carriages, often with coachmen and footmen, others in hired vehicles, but the majority in buckboards. These riding conveyances had rows of seats, all facing front; the largest carried fifteen persons, but theer were others built for ten, seven, five, four and two passengers ... Unfortunately, the tax on them became so high that the owners could not make them pay, so they disappeared from the scene." The donor recalls: "The buckboard has been there all my life. I'm quite sure it came with the property. I would imagine it's been there since the Crosbys owned the barn-- if not before. I believe that they owned it around 1915 because there was a drawing of a heart on a barn stall shutter with one of the Crosby boys' names and some girl's name and the date, I think it was 1915. As children, my friends and I used to play "Wagon Train" (an old, old TV show) on it. I was always Flint McCullough. He was my favorite, played by the actor, Robert Horton. Ward Bond played the Wagonmaster on TV. Whoever played his part on the buckboard would wave their arm forward and yell. "Wagons---ho !" We were all girls, as I recall, (I do remember pitching apples at and with Clayton Savage and Dickie Haydock but I don't think we let them play Wagon Train.)" See also http://www.skylinefarm.org/carriage-museum, Slide 9. [show more] | |||
| New car service policy for Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, issued by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  New car service policy for Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, issued by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 Tremont Historical Society Description: New car service policy for Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, issued by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 | |||
| Receipt for $2,000 down payment on Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, sold by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for $2,000 down payment on Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, sold by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 Tremont Historical Society Description: Receipt for $2,000 down payment on Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, sold by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 | |||
| Finance agreement to pay $32/month for Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, sold by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Finance agreement to pay $32/month for Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, sold by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 Tremont Historical Society Description: Finance agreement for loan of $576 on Elizabeth Harkins' new Plymouth P5 coupe, sold by Kebo Garage, Inc., 1938 | |||
| Maine auto registration card 1940 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Maine auto registration card 1940 Tremont Historical Society Description: Maine auto registration card 1940 | |||
| Town of Mount Desert automobile excise tax receipt Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Town of Mount Desert automobile excise tax receipt Tremont Historical Society Description: Town of Mount Desert automobile excise tax receipt | |||
| State of Maine driver's license Tremont Historical Society |
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|  State of Maine driver's license Tremont Historical Society Description: State of Maine driver's license 1940 | |||
| State of Maine certificate of title for auto 1940 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  State of Maine certificate of title for auto 1940 Tremont Historical Society Description: State of Maine certificate of title for auto 1940 | |||
| Florida receipt for automobile tax Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Florida receipt for automobile tax Tremont Historical Society Description: Florida receipt for automobile tax | |||
| 1941 Florida automobile registration Tremont Historical Society |
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|  1941 Florida automobile registration Tremont Historical Society Description: 1941 Florida automobile registration | |||
| Lowell Estate, Hancock Point Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Lowell Estate, Hancock Point Northeast Harbor Library Description: Series of pictures of house and view. Note car for date of photograph. | |
| Road watering cart maintained by the Village Improvement Society Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Road watering cart maintained by the Village Improvement Society Northeast Harbor Library Description: Horse-drawn cart. Location: Head of Sea Street in front of old Manchester home. Building at left is the Gaynor Hotel, which stood on the site of the present Holmes store and burned, 1910. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions. | |
| Nan Kellam with the Spizzler Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Nan Kellam with the Spizzler Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Spizzler was Art and Nan Kellam's 1936 Ford Coupe. Caption reads: “En route – Russellville” | |||
| Man Driving a Buckboard at Head of Somes Sound Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Man Driving a Buckboard at Head of Somes Sound Great Harbor Maritime Museum | ||
| Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564 | |
| Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library Description: August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island. | ||
| Northeast Harbor Fire Barn Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire Barn Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Steamboat Dock, Seal Harbor (Eastern Steamship Co.) Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Steamboat Dock, Seal Harbor (Eastern Steamship Co.) Northeast Harbor Library Description: Shows chain-drive Mack open cab delivery truck and several men in front of dock building. Location was near site of current town dock. For book Mount Desert, 1989 | ||
| Sunshine and Shadow, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Sunshine and Shadow, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Dirt road (Rowland Road) surrounded by trees, with wooden-post fence. Horse drawn carriage receding in background. | |
| Car Passing Stone Steps Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Car Passing Stone Steps Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| U.S. Navy dirigible "Shenendoah" Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  U.S. Navy dirigible "Shenendoah" Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photograph of the U.S. Navy airship "Shenandoah" over Northeast Harbor. early 1920's | ||
| Train on the Green Mountain Railway Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Train on the Green Mountain Railway Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Passengers travel up Cadillac Mountain the Green Mountain cog railway. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Tracks Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Tracks Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: View looking down the tracks of the Green Mountain Railway on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Tracks and Station Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Tracks and Station Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: View looking down the tracks of the Green Mountain Railway, toward the station on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white | ||
| Wagon in Front of Higgins' Store Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Wagon in Front of Higgins' Store Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Horse and wagon parked on the street in front of the F.J. Higgins store. People Mentioned: F. J. Higgins Black and white | ||
| Mount Desert House Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Mount Desert House Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Tourists and a horse and buggy on the grounds of the Mount Desert House in Somesville, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "Mt. Desert House/ Somesville" in black pen. Black and white | |
| Women with Horse and Carriage Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Women with Horse and Carriage Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Two women with hats in a carriage pulled by a horse. Black and white | |||
| Otter Creek Cove Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Otter Creek Cove Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Fisherman's shack at Otter Creek Cove. Inscription on back reads "Fisherman's shack at Otter Creek Cove" in pencil and a stamp for LaRue Spiker is at the bottom right. Black and white | |
| Northeast Harbor Ambulance Co., Ambulance Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Ambulance Co., Ambulance Northeast Harbor Library Description: Ambulance parked on lawn in front of a house. | |
| Green Mountain Railway - View from Green Mountain to Steamboat Wharf on Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway - View from Green Mountain to Steamboat Wharf on Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| An Act to prohibit automobiles Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  An Act to prohibit automobiles Northeast Harbor Library Description: Draft of an act to amend the use of automobiles in Mount Desert. | |||
| Airship Shenandoah Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Airship Shenandoah Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W Photograph of U.S. Navy Airship "Shenandoah" hovering off Bar Island in Frenchman's Bay (July 3/4, 1925). The vessel to the left is Harry Haskell's yacht "Vanda." Some months later the airship was destroyed by lightning in one of the central States of the USA. | |||
| Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library 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. | |
| Northeast Harbor Fire Company Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire Company Northeast Harbor Library Description: Now the Great Harbor Maritime Museum | |
| Model boats hand-carved by Philip McLean Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Model boats hand-carved by Philip McLean Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photograph of Philip McLean's model boats displayed in back of pick-up truck in driveway | ||
| Railroad tie from Green Mountain railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Railroad tie from Green Mountain railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: Attached to wooden base (mahogany). | ||||
| Who Says Automobiles: Interesting Letters from Many Summer Resort People Information Sheet, c. 1908 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Who Says Automobiles: Interesting Letters from Many Summer Resort People Information Sheet, c. 1908 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: An information sheet comprised of the opinions of hoteliers in resort towns regarding automobiles being allowed in their communities. The original request, made by W. M. Roberts, was to gain insight from the experiences of others ahead of the issue being discussed during Bar Harbor's annual town meeting. People Mentioned: W. M. Roberts, Edward S. Marshall, H. W. Staples, C. H. Greenleaf, Damon Winfield Jr., John Anderson, A. E. Reynolds, W. K. Hill, F. C. Sheldon, H. S. Mudgett, W. S. Cummings, N. J. Murphy, W. E. Carter, G. H. Brackett, Dave H. Morris, A. L. Westgard, C. W. Bickford, L. H. Cilley, P. E. Naylor, G. W. Stearns, James Cunningham, William P. Whitehouse, Edgar Jay Sherman, Frank T. Tyler [show more] | |
| Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library 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] | |
| Main Street Businesses Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Main Street Businesses Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photograph of Main St., Northeast Harbor building holding Ober's Market, a Bakery, and a dentist. Two men aboard a horse-drawn buggy in front of wooden sidewalk. Several people pose in front of store. | |||
| M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 | |
| Bar Harbor Club Postcard, undated Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Bar Harbor Club Postcard, undated Tremont Historical Society Description: The Bar Harbor Club was built by J.P. Morgan and opened in 1930. The Bar Harbor Club in Bar Harbor, Maine. People Depicted: J. P. Morgan Black and white | ||
| Northeast Harbor Fire Co., Fire Truck and Ambulances Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire Co., Fire Truck and Ambulances Northeast Harbor Library Description: 1: Northeast Harbor Fire Company, Inc building with 2 fire trucks ('Little Andy' and 'Toad') and ambulance lined up in front. 2-4: Ambulance 5: Ambulance parked with open doors and people on ground--photo by Carol Dana | |||
| Photo Album Islesford Historical Society |
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| Squirt, the Islesford fire pump on display at Northeast Harbor Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Squirt, the Islesford fire pump on display at Northeast Harbor Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Antique Water Pump Little Squirt Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Antique Water Pump Little Squirt Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Cindy Thomas (driver), Emily Thomas (passenger) , Jeff Sawyer, Rick Alley , David Thomas Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Cindy Thomas (driver), Emily Thomas (passenger) , Jeff Sawyer, Rick Alley , David Thomas Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Elmer Stanwood Hadlock with his Hupmobile Circa 1970 Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Elmer Stanwood Hadlock with his Hupmobile Circa 1970 Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Northeast Harbor Fire House, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire House, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library | |
| Buckboard on Carriage Road Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Buckboard on Carriage Road Northeast Harbor Library Description: Horse-drawn buckboard on a Carriage Road. Roy Salisbury Collection | ||
| Main Street, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Northeast Harbor Fire Station Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire Station Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photograph of the Northeast Harbor Fire Station on Main Street. No fire trucks visible. Several vintage cars are parked outside. | ||
| Mount Desert Summer Residents Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Summer Residents Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photograph of summer residents (period dress) posing before a roadster. | ||
| Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Spurling & Ladd boat slip, later known as Clifton Dock, show people and horse-drawn carriage on the ramps. See also item 4865 (photo 1219) | ||
| Asticou Inn Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Asticou Inn Northeast Harbor Library Description: Showing north side and front of Asticou Inn with horse-drawn carriage at entrance. | ||
| Northeast Harbor Tennis Courts Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Tennis Courts Northeast Harbor Library Description: Northeast Harbor Tennis Club house and courts. Automobiles indicate mid-1930's. | ||
| Alice Graves' Cottage and Bungalow, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Alice Graves' Cottage and Bungalow, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Alice Graves was Mrs. T. N. Graves. Winter scene with Model T Ford in foreground. 1921 rented to Percy C. Madeira, 1925 to Montgomery family. | |
| Classic Bangor Motor Co. Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Classic Bangor Motor Co. Northeast Harbor Library Description: Bangor Motor Co. with classic cars lined up in front. | ||
| Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library 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 |
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|  Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library 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 |
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|  Sea Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library 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 |
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|  Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Winter Northeast Harbor Library Description: Highly snow banked Main Street, covering a car, in front of the Bradford T. Herrick Real Estate office. | |
| Des Isles Building Fire Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Des Isles Building Fire Northeast Harbor Library Description: Small B/W photograph of the Des Isles Building on Main Street, Northeast Harbor at the start of the fire which destroyed it in 1965. Photograph shows truck parked in front of building and adults and children (one with bike.) | |
| Horse-drawn "Pung" Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Bar Harbor buildings. Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bar Harbor buildings. Northeast Harbor Library Description: Fanuiel Hall Market and Porcupine Hotel in Bar Harbor. Horse-drawn buggy in in the street. | |
| Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: David Stanley ran Stanley's Fish Market in Northeast Harbor. Photos 2188 a-f: Stanley's Fish Market Photo 2188 g: woody (Plymouth or Buick) from about 1950's. | |
| Snow Plow on town road Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Snow Plow on town road Northeast Harbor Library Description: Town "Walter" plow on (a) Pond Hill and (b) near Hadlock Pond after winter storm. | |
| Maine Central Railroad 1940-1978 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Maine Central Railroad 1940-1978 Northeast Harbor Library Description: By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company. | |
| New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! Northeast Harbor Library |
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| New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! Northeast Harbor Library Description: By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train". | |
| Northeast Harbor Fire House Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor Fire House Northeast Harbor Library Description: Northeast Harbor Fire House on Main Street with three trucks parked in front, one a 1948 snub-nosed Ford. The two men sitting in open truck are Fred Kimball of the police department and William S. Grant who donated the truck. | |
| Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Winter scene of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, looking north with Model T in background. | |
| Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Bear Island in center. Sutton Island to back left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions. | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: Passenger cars and locomotive of the Green Mountain Railway at Eagle Lake shore. The locomotive was taken for use on Mt. Washington. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton. | |
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W 8x10 photograph looking down the rail tracks on Green Mountain with Eagle Lake in mid-distance and Eagle Lake Rd. and McFarland Hill in background. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: B/W photograph of train going up Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain). | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: Green Mountain Railway looking down track toward train sheds, ferry dock and Eagle Lake. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: Green Mountain Railway looking up the track toward top of mountain. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. | ||
| The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975. | |
| Seal Harbor Fire Company Photos Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Seal Harbor Fire Company Photos Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photographs: Old fire house and fire trucks: 1 folder Photographs: 1995 INT 1250 GPM Pumper (taken in Canada during construction) and Practice burn at Walls House, 1989: 1 folder Photographs: Training Burn in Town Hill: 1 folder Photographs: Otter Creek Community Hall 1994: 1 folder Photographs: Jordan Pond House Fire, 1979: 1 folder | |||
| Album of Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Album of Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Description: It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2. Photo 2101 b: Bar Harbor from Scotts Hill 3. Photo 2101 c: Harbor View 4. Photo 2101 d: Great Heat 5. Photo 2101 e: Schooner Head 6. Photo 2101 f: Otter Cliffs 7. Photo 2101 g: Cathedral Rock 8. Photo 2101 h: The Profile 9. Photo 2101 i: View at Bar Harbor 10. Photo 2101 j: West End Hotel 11. Photo 2101 k: On the Road to Otter Cliffs 12. Photo 2101 l: Balance Rock 13. Photo 2101 m: Bass Head Light House 14. Photo 2101 n: The Spouting Horn 15. Photo 2101 o: Drive to Great Head 16. Photo 2101 p: The Rodic House 17. Photo 2101 q: Southwest Harbor 18. Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21. Photo 2101 u: Green Mountain House, 1522 feet above sea level 22. Photo 2101 v: Green Mountain Railway 23. Photo 2101 w: Echo Lake and Cliffs 24. Photo 2101 x: Grenn Mountain Railway 25. Photo 2101 y: Head Somes Sound 26. Photo 2101 z: Anemone Cave 27. Photo 2101 z1: Mossley Hall, Bar Harbor. Private Residence 28. Plan of Bar Harbor [show more] | |||
| Opening Day at the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Opening Day at the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Automobiles along the road at front - Left to Right: The automobile with the hood open is a 1954 Ford Hardtop. 1948 Chrysler 1950-1951 Studebaker Behind tree - 1953 Ford station wagon. W.H. Ballard wrote this note on the negative sleeve for the photograph: "“Bluenose” Ferry Terminal, Bar Harbor, ME; taken the day the Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry was officially welcomed (service had been on since the early part of January). Blowing a hard SE gale, and I had to press down so hard on the camera that the tripod sagged. I was the only one who remained on the ridge." [show more] |
| The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The First Masonic Hall, Southwest Harbor, Maine, with Horse and Buggy Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The photograph shows shows the Hancock Market and old streetlight. |
| Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Main Street - The Carroll Building - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The cars are probably a 1936 Ford and a 1936 Oldsmobile. The building on the left is the Dudley Luther Mayo house. The white building, then the Carroll Building on Main Street in Southwest Harbor, housed Carroll Drug Store and the A&P. The village green is just visible to the right of the building. |
| Buckboard with Driver & Ladies Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Buckboard with Driver & Ladies Great Harbor Maritime Museum | |||
| W.H. Davis Bill of Sale to Augustus Clark for a Buckboard Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  W.H. Davis Bill of Sale to Augustus Clark for a Buckboard Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh with Lockheed Vega 5 Airplane Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh with Lockheed Vega 5 Airplane Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh are standing at the side of Lockheed Vega Model 5 Executive NC395H airplane while stopping at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. en route to South America. The five-place monoplane was manufactured during August 1929 by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, California. It left the factory with a Pratt & Whitney Wasp B engine (S/N 1815) of 450 HP. The aircraft was loaned to Col. Lindbergh by Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont Jr. who built the Belmont Park Racetrack in New York, for Lindbergh’s 7000 mile South American trip. The Lindberghs took off from Bolling Field, the first stop on their trip (which had begun at Roosevelt Field on Long Island) on September 18, 1929. The Lockheed Vega model was designed by John Knudsen Northrop (1895-1981) and Gerard Freebairn Vultee (1900-1938) and manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Limited and first flown on July 4, 1927. Lockheed delivered the Vega 5 in 1929." [show more] | |
| "Shenandoah" Dirigible Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  "Shenandoah" Dirigible Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The “Shenandoah” was on her way to Bar Harbor from the naval air station at Lakehurst, New Jersey. | ||
| 1921 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1921 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| 1914 Model Peerless Bicyle Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1914 Model Peerless Bicyle Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Advertisement for 1914 Model Peerless Bicycle Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Advertisement for 1914 Model Peerless Bicycle Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| 1921 Harley-Davidson Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1921 Harley-Davidson Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Robert Lindsay Smallidge Sr. and his Honeymoon Motorcycle Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Robert Lindsay Smallidge Sr. and his Honeymoon Motorcycle Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Robert Lindsay Smallidge, Sr's 1921 Harley-Davidson JDS Sidecar Model was identified by fender and sidecard shapes using pictures and description from “The Encyclopedia of the Harley-Davidson” by Peter Henshaw & Ian Kerr, p. 18, 21, 30, 135 - 2006. Corroborating identification was made using several web sites. Judging from photographs of previous Harley-Davidson models we assume that Robert bought the cycle new in anticipation of his honeymoon. Robert and Nathalie's honeymoon was spent exploring northern Maine on Robert's motorcycle and it seems probable that this photograph was taken on that trip. Their son, Robert Lindsay Smallidge Jr. remembered their telling their children that Robert was passing a car while driving the cycle and Nathalie, in the sidecar, collided with the other vehicle. This photograph was probably taken by Helen Nathalie (Turner) Smallidge. [show more] |
| Hank Grindle and Woman in Truck Photograph, 1977 Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Hank Grindle and Woman in Truck Photograph, 1977 Jesup Memorial Library Description: Hank Grindle talking to an unidentified woman driving a truck during the summer of 1977. People Mentioned: Hank Grindle Color | ||
| The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Printed in Germany | ||
| 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 |
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|  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 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 |
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|  Lafayette National Park Road Construction Hearing Speakers List, undated Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  New Roads on Mount Desert Island Petition, c. March 26, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr Letter, April 1, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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 |
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|  John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 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] |
| Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter to the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, in which Deasy states his support of proposed road construction in Lafayette National Park. Deasy has the utmost confidence in the park custodian, George Dorr, and states that opposition to the project is not acting in the interest of the public. People Mentioned: Charles W. Eliot, George B. Dorr |
| John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter in which John A. Peters urges Frank B. Rowell to change his position regarding the proposed road construction on Mount Desert Island. Peters refers to enclosed copies of letters arguing for the proposed project to continue. People Mentioned: Luere B. Deasy, George Wharton Pepper |
| Hubert Work to Harold Peabody Letter, May 18, 1925 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Hubert Work to Harold Peabody Letter, May 18, 1925 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, to Harold Peabody, responding to inquiries from Mr. and Mrs. Peabody regarding the status of road construction projects in Lafayette National Park. Work quotes a telegram from George Dorr stating that there are no road construction projects proceeding in the national park except those which were authorized the previous summer and that since these projects are on land held by trustees of public reservations, the Department of the Interior has no control over them. People Mentioned: Marian Lawrence Peabody, George B. Dorr, Stephen T. Mather [show more] |
| Harold Peabody to Hubert Work Letter, May 21, 1925 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Harold Peabody to Hubert Work Letter, May 21, 1925 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Harold Peabody to the Secretary of the Interior, Hubert Work, regarding conflicting information about new road construction in Lafayette National Park. Peabody accuses the Lafayette Park administrators of maintaining a policy of secrecy about projects. People Mentioned: Robert Sterling Yard |
| Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Arno Cammerer, the assistant director of the National Parks Service, informing George Dorr that John D. Rockefeller Jr. has proposed to fund a project to create new roads in Lafayette National Park. Cammerer requests that Dorr bring the proposal to the attention of the residents and various organizations on Mount Desert Island and, following the input of the residents and organizations, reply with a recommendation for how the National Park Service should proceed. People Mentioned: John D. Rockefeller Jr., Hubert Work [show more] |
| John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  John D. Rockefeller Jr. to Director of the National Parks, Department of the Interior Letter, February 24, 1927 (2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from John D. Rockefeller Jr. to the Department of the Interior. The letter addresses two roads he is proposing to build that include portions that pass through Lafayette National Park property to the north and south of Bubble Pond. |
| Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: A letter from Arno Cammerer, the assistant director of the National Parks Service, informing George Dorr that John D. Rockefeller Jr. has proposed to fund a project to create new roads in Lafayette National Park. Cammerer requests that Dorr bring the proposal to the attention of the residents and various organizations on Mount Desert Island and, following the input of the residents and organizations, reply with a recommendation for how the National Park Service should proceed. People Mentioned: John D. Rockefeller Jr., Hubert Work [show more] |
| Design Influence for Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Design Influence for Southwest Boat Corporation Sou'wester Cruiser Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ""Just as it had been Edsel's [Edsel Ford] idea to buy Lincoln to give the company an elegant car to match GM's Cadillac, so in the midthirties, as Ford's competitive position continued to slip, he tried to get a part of the middle-priced market through the Zephyr. The Zephyr began as the Briggs Manufacturing Company ""dream car."" which Edsel saw in prototype at the 1933 automobile show. He was excited by it, having wanted for some time a car in price and quality between the Ford and the Lincoln. He bought the rights from Briggs and then brought in Eugene T. Gregorie, a former boat designer, to carry out his vision of a sleek auto for the middle-class buyer."" - “The Fords: An American Epic” by Peter Collier and David Horowitz, p. 158-159 - illustration #40 - 1987 Apparently design direction worked both ways. ""The design (above the water line) of speed boats of the 30's, 40's and 50's was influenced by automobile design of that era."" - Interview with Charles Morrill - 10/20/08 Morrill - Charles Barrett Morrill (1934-) ""Bink was obsessed with Lincoln Zephyr cars. He stove up three within two weeks. They all had this streamlined look."" - Interview with Ralph Stanley October 20, 2008 A photograph of the Lincoln Zephyr that is supremely evocative of the design era that influenced Bink Sargent appears in “Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company,” curated by Pierre Apraxine, with plates by Richard Benson, and notes to the plates by Lee Marks. 480 pp. 199 plates and a frontispiece. Large folio (16 by 18.25 inches), bound in original half maroon calf over linen covered boards, in a slipcase. [Verona: Stamperia Valdonega for] The White Oak Press, 1985. Limited edition of 1200. Copy Number 466 in the collection of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. See: Plate 188, Lincoln Zephyr 1936 by Grancel Fitz (1894–1963) The original photograph, ""Lincoln Zephyr with Graf Zeppelin,"" is in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987. [show more] |
| Railroad Station from the Bridge in Truro, Nova Scotia Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Railroad Station from the Bridge in Truro, Nova Scotia Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Buckboard Party to The Caves Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Buckboard Party to The Caves Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Unknown Building with 1911 Ford Model T Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Unknown Building with 1911 Ford Model T Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The automobile is probably a 1911 Ford Model T with acetelyne head lamps. | |||
| Unknown Man and Coupe Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Unknown Man and Coupe Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| William Wiggy Edgar Herrick and Children with Horse and Buggy on Maple Lane Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  William Wiggy Edgar Herrick and Children with Horse and Buggy on Maple Lane Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The brick building in the background is Pemetic High School on Main Street. The shed or barn at the left of the photograph, no longer standing, belonged to the Wilbur C. Wallace House on Clark Point Road at the corner of Maple Lane. William Edgar Herrick is driving the buggy. The children from Left to Right are: Richard Wilbur Herrick, William's grandson Gail Edith Perkins, later Mrs. David King Yvonne Marie Gallant, later Mrs. Norman N. Lambert [show more] | |
| Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Maine ... Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Maine ... Northeast Harbor Library Description: Indexed county and railroad map and shippers' guide to Maine | ||
| Toot 'N' Be Darned Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Toot 'N' Be Darned Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: American Horse Breeder Publishing Co. postcard with hand written local inscription Number 5903. According to Jeff Beaumont, the car in the illustration is a 1906 Rambler. "In Mt. Desert, Tremont and Southwest Harbor nearly all the voters have signed the petitions while in the town of Eden [Bar Harbor] more than half of the voters have signed and a number of names are being added to the list each day. As is well known, practically every summer visitor to the island favors the absolute prohibition of automobiles on the island. The island of Mt. Desert is a dead end, so to speak, and an automobile could cover the whole island in a few hours, making no incentive for a prolonged stay. Yet a great deal of damage could be accomplished in a few hours in such a place as this where practically the entire summer population passes a large portion of each day in driving. The horses are not city broke and the numerous accidents that have already occurred here through the use of autos furnish a good specimen of what would happen were their use more common." - The Bar Harbor Record, December 30, 1908, quoted in the Bar Harbor Times, “Times Past” column by Deborah Dyer, January 1, 2009 See SWHPL 7484 for a photograph of Simeon "Sim" Holden Mayo breaking the rules and driving his automobile in Bar Harbor in 1908. [show more] | ||
| A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs. | |
| Ralph Stanley's First Lobster Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ralph Stanley's First Lobster Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Automobiles Left to Right: Unknown Unknown truck 1949-1950 Ford wood panelled station wagon 1950-1951 Pontiac sedan Unknown truck 1950 Plymouth 4-door sedan | ||
| Maine Central Railroad Advertisement Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Maine Central Railroad Advertisement Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Advertisement appearing in "A Guide to Bar Harbor" published by W.H. Sherman | ||
| Letter to Jerome H. Knowles from John S. Melcher Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letter to Jerome H. Knowles from John S. Melcher Northeast Harbor Library Description: Concerning the recommended use of the roads for automobiles in Mount Desert and how to compromise with Southwest Harbor etc. | |||
| Viola A. Marshall Murphy - Mrs. John Tyler Murphy and Children Shopping in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Viola A. Marshall Murphy - Mrs. John Tyler Murphy and Children Shopping in Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Murphys were in Southwest Harbor, shopping on Clark Point Road. Perry "Ped" L. Sargent's livery stable is on the left and R.M. Norwood's carpentry shop is the large building at the back of the photograph. Marjorie is bringing her little brother a cookie. | ||
| Jesuit Spring - East on Fernald Point, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Jesuit Spring - East on Fernald Point, Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| Dr. Willis Watson's Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dr. Willis Watson's Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Dr. Willis Watson's Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Dr. Willis Watson's Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Cars and Drivers Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Cars and Drivers Northeast Harbor Library Description: CD of Northeast Harbor cars and drivers compiled by Robert Pyle. | |||
| Bill from Maine Central Railroad 1926 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Bill from Maine Central Railroad 1926 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Business Bill, Maine Central Railroad charges W. Stanley 66 cents to deliver 1 ?gallon of paint from Boston to Southwest Harbor, 16 Apr 1926 | ||
| Philomena Manchester Photograph Album - Automobiles Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Philomena Manchester Photograph Album - Automobiles Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photographs of automobiles from the 1920's. Fred Foster is mentioned in one photograph. Box 2 (MAN 86) | ||||
| Green Mountain Railway: Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway: Northeast Harbor Library Description: Essay by high school student Jessica Sattler submitted to the Island History Journal for possible publication. History of the development of the rail line up Green (Cadillac) Mountain and its dismantlement. Green Mountain Cog Railway 1883-1890 Now on Mount Washington | ||
| Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles Northeast Harbor Library Description: December 15, 1906 Letter about a rumored automobile being used on the island in Bar Harbor and the legal proceedings about automobile use on Mount Desert Island. | ||
| Amos Sinclair, Nora Sinclair, Noreva Sinclair / Ice Wagon Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Amos Sinclair, Nora Sinclair, Noreva Sinclair / Ice Wagon Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photocopies of originals: 1: Amos Sinclair with his wife Noreva and daughter Nora 2. Amos Sinclair's Ice Wagon | |||
| Dan McEachern, Nathan Fennelly, Clair McBride Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Dan McEachern, Nathan Fennelly, Clair McBride Northeast Harbor Library Description: Shows McEachern & Fennelly in back seat, unnamed dog & McBride in front (McBride driver), in circa 1915 REO touring car. | |||
| 1956 Cadillac Ambulance Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  1956 Cadillac Ambulance Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Maine Central Railroad, map Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Buckboard Riding Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Buckboard Riding Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "The other outdoor sport of the time was buckboard riding. There were several livery stables here… In the afternoon, summer visitors…would hire these buckboards, first having to send a small boy with the message because there were no telephones then, and would drive to all parts of the island - Bar Harbor, Jordan Pond, Bubble Pond, and even to the western side of the island. People were so keen on driving that they would sometimes take the "J.T. Morse" in the afternoon to Southwest Harbor, hire a team there, and drive all around the western side of the island. Then they would hire some kind of motorboat to bring them back from the Claremont House in the early evening." - Mount Desert - An Informal History Edited by Gunnar Hansen, section written by Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, p. 182-3 - 1989. "The buckboard deserves particular mention, as being the vehicle best suited to the roads of the island. The first buckboard was rudely fashioned out of two pairs of wheels with a couple of planks stretched between them, and seats nailed or tied on the planks. But it has developed wonderfully, and some of the buckboards of the present day are marvels of the builder's and painter's arts. Many of them are now shipped to all parts of the country for people who have first seen the vehicle here. The gentle swaying motion of the board while traveling at full speed over the hilly roads is simply delightful; and no person who has ever ridden on one wishes to use any other kind of vehicle during his stay." - A Guide to Bar Harbor published by W.H. Sherman, p. 34 - 1897. “Early buckboards were constructed out of two pairs of wheels with wooden planks attached between them. One to four seats were commonly attached to the planks. The crude buckboard evolved into the more refined examples that survive today… A buckboard ride is amazingly comfortable because of the spring action of the planks away from the axles. – Charles Morrill 11/04/07. Before the arrival of buckboards a wagon ride was a bumpy affair. In the 1820s, the Abbot Downing Company of Concord, New Hampshire developed a system whereby the bodies of stagecoaches were supported on leather straps called "thoroughbraces", which gave a swinging motion instead of the jolting up and down of a spring suspension (the stagecoach itself was sometimes called a "thoroughbrace") - Wikipedia. “At the four corners of the frame [of a Concord coach] were firmly braced S-shaped iron standards. At the upper ends these connected with the iron “shackles” that held the heavy leather straps, or thorough braces, on which the body of the coach rested.” - “Wagons, Mules and Men: How the Frontier Moved West” by Nick Eggenhofer, published by Hastings House Publishers - 1961 - p. 161. “The invention and perfection of the steel spring brought out a rash of vehicles designed for short-distance travel… In the post-Civil War period especially, spring carriages were produced in mounting proportions, with the buggy and the surrey most popular and numerous and the phaeton a close third; in the West, the buckboard rivaled the buggy in popularity.” - “Wagons, Mules and Men: How the Frontier Moved West” by Nick Eggenhofer, published by Hastings House Publishers - 1961 - p. 131 The buckboard “had a slatted bottom, which acted as a kind of spring, besides having a spring seat.” - “Wagons, Mules and Men: How the Frontier Moved West” by Nick Eggenhofer, published by Hastings House Publishers - 1961 - p. 133 In their heyday, it was not uncommon to see dozens of buckboards parked “at the ready” near resort hotels, train depots and ferry piers. The majority of tourists arrived by steamship and needed transportation once on Mount Desert Island. Buckboards pulled by up to four horses were available for hire at most livery stables. These stables quickly realized transporting groups of as many as twelve tourists around beautiful Mount Desert Island was lucrative business. These horse-drawn tours continued longer here than at most resort communities because cars were banned from Mount Desert Island until 1915.” - “Collection Corner: Bar Harbor Buckboard” by Greg Cuffey - “Down The Lane” Skyline Farm Newsletter, June-September 2006, Accessed online 11/01/07; http://www.skylinefarm.org/newsletter.asp W.H. & H.E. Davis were brothers who took over their father’s business in 1880. They made a specialty of “improved” buckboards. In addition to their workshop in Ellsworth, the Davis brothers had premises in Bar Harbor, a fashionable summer resort. [show more] | |||
| Route of Steamers of the Eastern Railroad Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Route of Steamers of the Eastern Railroad Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958) [show more] | |
| Uncle Jimmy's 1924 Essex Coach Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Uncle Jimmy's 1924 Essex Coach Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "Uncle Jimmy bought a 1924 Essex automobile, in about 1926, for $800 from Lyle Newman at Clark's Point and drove it round the Harbor. Reached Manset and his home on Mansell Lane, drove into the driveway, but when he got into the barn he didn't know how to stop it. My father, Chester Stanley, and Aunt Nan, Uncle Jimmy's wife, heard a crash and there was the Essex with the front end out through the end of the barn. The wheels were still spinning and Uncle Jimmy was standing there scratching his head. Jimmy said, "Ches, if you can get her out, she's yourn." My father drove the car until 1936. He sold it for junk during World War II. It drove like a baby carriage - had good springs and a Fisher body." - Ralph Stanley 01/28/08 [show more] | |||
| Green Mountain Railway Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: "GREEN MOUNTAIN - One of the chief points of interest on Mount Desert is Green Mountain, the highest point on the Island. Some ambitious persons make the ascent on foot, and that can best be done by way of the ruins of the old mill near the foot of Mount Kebo, and then by way of the ravine that separates Green from Dry Mountain. But by far the largest number prefer to go by the regular conveyance furnished by the Green Mountain Railway, which is by carriage to Eagle Lake, thence by steamer up the lake to the base, then by railway to the summit. This gives variety to the trip, and renders it a most enjoyable one. A clear, bright morning should be selected for this excursion, when objects can be seen at a great distance. The railway itself is a marvel of engineering skill, the entire length of the road being six thousand three hundred feet, and the grade averaging one foot to every four feet passed over. There is a good hotel at the summit which will accommodate about thirty guests. The view from Green Mountain, on a clear morning, is one never to be forgotten. The coast line with it many sinuosities, the numerous smaller islands scattered here and there, Mount Desert spread out like a map, and the island landscape with its diversity of views, all go to make up a succession of the grandest pictures imaginable…" - "Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island" by William Berry Lapham, p. 16 - 1887. "GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILWAY. No person should visit Bar Harbor without ascending Green Mountain by way of Eagle Lake and the Green Mountain Railway. The trip to Eagle Lake, three miles, is made in four-horse barges, which call for passengers at the principal hotels every week day morning during the season. The trip across Eagle Lake to the foot of the mountain is by steamer. The journey up the mountain and the magnificent outlook from the summit…" - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island By William Berry Lapham – 1887. "I went up and back once about the year 1890 and there was 19 other young people from South West Harbor." - Robie M. Norwood. See “The Story of Bar Harbor – An Informal History Recording One Hundred and Fifty Years In the Life of a Community,” by Richard Walden Hale, Jr., p. 155-160, Ives Washburn, Inc., 1949 for an excellent version of the story of the Green Mountain Railway. [show more] | ||
| Notes on the Origins of Some American Tractors Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Notes on the Origins of Some American Tractors Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Bar Harbor Express Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Bar Harbor Express Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Bar Harbor Express was a seasonal passenger train serving Bar Harbor, Maine. The line originated in New York and ran through Springfield, MA, New Haven, CT, and Portland, ME. "Between 1902 and the 1930s, the Bar Harbor Express provided the fastest train service from New York City to Mount Desert Ferry in Hancock. From Mount Desert Ferry, steamers took passengers to Bar Harbor. The lead railroad for this famous express line was the Maine Central, which provided this service in conjunction with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 20. The service began in 1902 and ended in 1960. The Bar Harbor Express was involved in a crash with the White Mountain Express on September 2, 1913 in New Haven, CT. [show more] | |||
| Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured. | ||
| The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| CCC Members With Tractor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  CCC Members With Tractor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The tractor is a Best 30 crawler tractor with open radiator sides, made in 1924-1925 as one of the last models made by the C.L. Best Tractor Company before it merged with Holt Manufacturing to become the Caterpillar Tractor Company. | ||
| SWH to Houlton by Auto Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  SWH to Houlton by Auto Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A map showing the early automobile route from Houlton to Southwest Harbor (part of the Aroostook Trail), Maine was assembled from Crocker plates 31, 36, 41, 42 and 45 superimposed on the CRAM 1902 map of Maine to show the location of the route. | |
| James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  James Francis Frank Carroll, William Lloyd Carroll and Helena Nellie Thornton Carroll Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Postcard showing Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Maine and Sternwheel Steamer "Wauwinet" Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Postcard showing Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Maine and Sternwheel Steamer "Wauwinet" Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Henry R. Hinckley Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Henry R. Hinckley Company Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Water Tower and Camp at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Water Tower and Camp at Great Pond CCC Camp Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The automobile on the left is a 1929 Ford Model A. The one on the right is probably a 1928 or 1929 Chevrolet. | |
| Storage Shed and Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Storage Shed and Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The automobile is a 1929 Ford Model A. | |
| Dr. George Arthur Neal in His Model T Ford Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dr. George Arthur Neal in His Model T Ford Automobile Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1951 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Sou'westers Gay Nineties Ball - 1951 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The automobile on the left is a 1949 Lincoln. |
