Description: Portrait of man in dark suit with stiff white collar and striped tie. Hair slicked back from face. Oval photograph on mount enclosed in case.
Description: Postcard of A.L.Somes store. Dry and Fancy Goods. 357 Main St. According to the postcard writing the picture was taken in 1908. On the telephone poll is a sign: J.H. Scott Tailor Cleansing, Pressing, Repairing Up one Flight. Next to it in a side window is a sign that may say Cove Bailey? then another unreadable sign. There is also a sign in the store front that says See Klark Urban Co Drama and Vaudeville Opera House Aug 25 Above partially hidden by the telephone pole is Geo. R. F __ Law Office [show more]
Description: Arthur Lewis Somes (born 19 Aug 1869, Somesville; d 26 Apr 1941 Southwest Harbor) in his store, A.L. Somes store on 357 Main Street, Southwest Harbor, Maine Tin ceiling still in building as of 2017
Description: Arthur L. Somes grandfather, Raymond Somes,father Barbara Somes (born 1 Mar 25), about 6 months and Emma Somes (about 84) Great grandmother Another name on the back, the person who took the picture perhaps Jeff S Ry?
Description: Barbara Irene Somes (b. 1 Mar 1925 Southwest Harbor; d 22 Oct. 2010) Married name Ball with her Great Grandmother Emma Somes (King Newman (b. 23 Dec 1839 Tremont; d 14 Feb 1892, Somesville) Picture probably taken at 379 Main Street where Barbara lived
Description: Looking from 383 Main Street to the harbor in Southwest Harbor Garden at 383 Main St. in foreground Additional information on the back identifying location added by Carolyn Ball
Description: Christmas time, 1947 Wendell Gilley's house is on left. On right is Lawrence Phillip House Identifed by nephew of Lawrence Phillips, Maurice Marshall Taken form 383 Main St looking up at Phillips Lane Picture is dirty
Description: From 2012 to 2017, Don Lenahan of Bar Harbor, Maine wrote blog posts about the people, geography, and history of Acadia National Park. Those posts are preserved here as PDF files to ensure that they are never lost. No part of the posts may be reproduced without the author's permission. Click the links below to read Don's blog or purchase his iBook.
Description: Great Head is located near Sand Beach in Acadia National Park. The area was owned in the early 1900s by the Satterlee family and they built an observatory and a tea house on the point. The ruins of the structure remain. J.P. Morgan had purchased 110 acres on the Maine coast at Mount Desert including Great Head, now given to Acadia National Park, as a gift for his daughter, Louisa. She and her husband Herbert Satterlee had built their country home there and enjoyed it for many years. [show more]
Description: Echo Lake is located on the western side of Mount Desert Island. The lake is a popular swimming area and is surrounded by hiking trails on the nearby mountains.
Description: One of two gate lodges (the other being the Jordan Pond Gate Lodge) built for John D. Rockefeller Jr. to serve as entry points to his system of carriage roads and to guard against the entry of automobiles. The Brown Mountain Gate Lodge is the larger of the two, with a small complex consisting of a gate house, carriage house, and a care taker's house. The carriage road no longer passes through the grand gate. The two lodges were designed by Grosvenor Atterbury, a New York architect who had previously designed the Congregational Church in Seal Harbor. Atterbury shared Rockefeller's dedication to philanthropy and was one of the few architects to study and use light and ventilation in tenement buildings. These lodges allowed Atterbury to design for the aesthetics of a grand estate and the purpose of housing the working class families that cared for the carriage roads. The gate lodges were subsequently given to Acadia National Park along with the system of carriage roads. In the years since, they have served as housing for park employees. While they are no longer necessary to guard against the entry of automobiles, they serve as a reminder of this long tradition and as architectural gems within the Park. [show more]
Description: Thunder Hole is a naturally occurring inlet between Great Head and Otter Creak Point. The shape of the rock formation can cause the waves to sound like thunder at the right time in the tide. Thunder Hole is part of Acadia National Park.
Description: “It was during a lumbering operation on the Fernald land toward Somesville in the winter of 1820 that Canada Hollow received its name. It was a very severe winter and stories of the extreme cold to the north were brought down from Canada. The choppers got the habit of referring to the location of their work as "Canada" believing that no place could be much colder, and the name has been used down through the years and now seems firmly fixed.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 139 – 1938 [show more]
Description: The station was located on what later became the Seawall Camp Ground. "John Dolliver had a house farther to the west [from Enoch Newman’s place at Seawall] which he sold to United States Government and it was burned a few years ago. The radio station and house were built during the World War and the station was dismantled some years after the war was over. The radio house as it is still called, is owned by United States and in the care of Park authorities." - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 205. [show more]
Description: Sand beach site plan Bus shelters Bus pavilion Parking lot details Electrical and plumbing details Sketches, schemes, and final plans. Roc's comments about Pavilion project: Park Visitor Center is a travesty. ANP Sup. Paul Haertel asked us for suggestions. We redid the parking lot for Explorer Bus access and built an information "kiosk" or gateway to the 57 stairs that climb up to the disappointing Visitor Center in the hope that our Kiosk would: create an iconographic image that previewed other Island Explorer information and bus shelters throughout the island. A wayfinding image that would be recognizable to people who might not speak English: and the Kiosk would answer questions to a good percentage of visitors and save them the climb to an unattractive destination and get them on their way. Wells Bacon and Carla Haskell helped with this project but I did a great deal of the work by myself as I really liked the project and the design. Roc's comments about the Bus Pavilions project: Paul Haertel and Jim Vekasi and Clay Gilley of ANP asked us to design small wayfinding bus shelters for various locations around the island . This is one of them. The idea was to create a visual vocabulary that was evocative of the Acadian region and Park that was similar in appearance to the Visitor Center Pavilion and easily recognizable to foreign and local visitors. Will Fellis and Todd Hardy and Engineer Bill Haney played a big part in realizing this design. [show more]
Description: Article "Ski Touring Acadia" by Russell D. Butcher pages 13-15 Published in "National Parks and Conservation Magazine", The Environmental Journal, October 1978
Description: John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s move to Seal Harbor, his intentions in the development of the his carriage roads, and his role in the creation of Acadia National Park working with George Dorr.
Description: Letter concerning issues with trails. Eliot Trail on Eliot Mountain, Curtis Trust trail along water, trail from Eliot Mountain to Jordan Pond Trail. Acadia National Park
Description: Acadia National Park master plan Schedule and Procedures Master Plan Revisions of Maps Alternative 3 Revisions of Text Isle au Haut Schedule re Proposed Legislation
Description: Initiated by Dr. Bob Masucco of Somesville, the grooming project for cross-country skiing on several park trails is continued by many volunteers.
Description: Contract documents and building specifications for the building of Acadia National Park's Brown Mountain Gate House in Northeast Harbor. See also item 5414 (Photo 1822)
Description: This newspaper covers the creation of Acadia National Park, from Woodrow Wilson's federal proclamation creating Sieur de Monts National Monument until today.
Description: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes Vicinity Map. On the back of the map is text concerning the history of the Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park.
Description: Wooded valley and cove. Mountains are: Saint Sauveur, formerly Dog Mountain (it is said a woman threw her dogs from it) and Acadia (was Robinson Mountain).
Description: Reproduction of oil on canvas, 11 x 19 ". Private Collection, to be used in "Inventing Acadia". Artists & Tourists at MD. @ The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: Eagle Lake Ferry, circa 1885, serving the Green Mountain Railway. Copy of ticket pictured in upper rt. corner. The boat was sunk in lake before 1910.
Description: Copies of 3 Weaver Photographs (a-c) of the Gate House, Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park intended to show the arts and crafts influence in architecture.
Description: A naturalist gives a program on a rocky shore. Inscription on the back reads "Naturalist Program" in pencil and "Single publication rights" in blue pen. A LaRue Spiker stamp is also on the back. Black and white
Description: Black and white photograph of a path in the Wild Gardens of Acadia. Notation on back reads: Quiet and Shady_____ (WGA) Postit note reads: Paper on back- Islander, Wild Gardens 90% From Nature collection folder
Description: B/W stereoview of Sand Beach Mountain, now "The Beehive", at Sand Beach, Acadia National Park. Foreground shows a fenced-in field. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: B/W stereoview of fenced-in farm; in background is the "Gorge" with Cadillac and Dorr Mountains to the left and Champlain Mountain on Right. Viewed from Otter Cliffs. Dr.?
Description: Sepia photograph of the Acadia National Park's Brown Mountain Gate House in Northeast Harbor after recent completion. Architect: Grosvenor Atterbury. See also item 2127 (GEN 0641)
Description: Original and copied discs of scans of photographs used by Florentine Files for Ken Burns documentary film on Acadia National Park. Main photo: Alexandria Cottage, Southwest Harbor (see also item 4979) 1. Bass Harbor Marsh 2. Beechcroft trail 3. Besty of Ye Haven 4. Charles Eliot 5. Clifton Dock area 6. Clifton Hotel, 1885 7. Gardiners tea party 8. Hamors sailing, 1897 9. Rockefeller Eyrie 10. Rockefeller sailing 11. Seal Harbor Carriage Road Donated 1-13-2006 [show more]
Description: Note on back: One of the Rockefeller Roads among the hills, used for driving and horseback riding. Many miles of these roads used by public.
Description: Copy of intensive study of the ANP carriage road system involving transfer of land ownership, natural resources, trail and road planning & design, costs, labor
Description: Purpose of the plan is to define ANP's management philosophy to guide management decisions over the next 15-20 years. Includes maps and drawings.
Description: Tour guide prepared by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce describing the villages on the Island and Acadia National Park. There are recommended road trips Many Photographs including those as part of ads.
Description: A gray soft covered booklet, describing the vision of the richest man in the United States of America for Mount Desert Island. His foresight, patience, perseverance and action saved MDI.
Description: Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Volume 3, No. 3. Published on July 17, 1970.
Description: The history of the trail system on Mount Desert Island is complex, dense, and vast. There were many people who were vital to the creation of the hundreds of trails that exist and have existed on Mount Desert Island. Both organizations and individuals contributed to the planning, building, and maintenance of the trails that make up Acadia National Park.
Description: Folder 9 Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park Maine: A scenic wonderland of ocean, lakes and mountains, 1930?, 14, [1] pages: illustrations, maps. Folder 10 Sculpture Tour Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium, 2014, brochure and map showing 34 stone sculptures located around Maine. Folder 11 A Great Scenic Highway, the motor road to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, brochure, ca. 1932. Folder 46 Drawing by Charles S. Reinhart “On top of Newport Mountain*, Mount Desert” (1888), published on “Harpers Weekly” vol. XXXII, no. 1654 (*now Champlain Mountain). Folder 52 Brochure "Visit Bar Harbor - Acadia National Park", 1952. Folder 53 Brochure "Acadia National Park" by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1947. Contains illustrations and a map of the island. 16 pages. [show more]
Description: Roads often intersect the habitat between forests and wetlands, leaving migrating amphibians with no choice but to cross the road. Unfortunately, many amphibians are killed by vehicles when they migrate across roads. These animals' small size and slow movements make them difficult to see from a car.