Description: I. W. Livery on Main St., next to Brown's Store. This was taken about 1910 (No automobiles). It shows 2 adults, 3 teenagers, 3 children & 2 horses.
Description: Reproduction of a map of New France in 1745, drawn by Reiner Ottens. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from an original print in its own collection.
Description: Reproduction of a map of the New World in 1600, drawn by Gabriel Tatton, engraved by Benjamin Wright. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from the original copy in the American Collection of Thomas W. Streeter, Morristown, N. J.
Description: Front Street, unpaved, (now South Shore Road) looking east. Kimball House on left, Steven Smallidge farm just right of center, and St. Mary's wooden chapel in background.
Description: A compilation of articles on the development of the Mount Desert Island area which appeared in the Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987 (2 copies).
Description: In December 2000, The Bar Harbor Times published this "Special Millennium Edition" in 2 sections: A (cover-8) and B (9-19). Some of the events covered are "The Timeline of Maine History" (4) and other special events pertaining to the history of Mount Desert Island.
Description: Book with blue cover and in gilded text: "The Bar Harbor Blue Book and Mount Desert Guide 1881". Contains addresses and guide book with advertisements.
Description: Guidebook of Mount Desert Island writen by Ezra Herrick Dodge. Title page read's: "Dodge's Guide Book and Map to and over Mount Desert Island by E. H. Dodge, of Tremont (Mt. Desert), Me. Portland: Loring, Short and Harmon. June, 1872"
The Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor, Maine. Copyright, 1953, by Reef Point Gardens Corporation.
Date:
1953-06
Place:
Bar Harbor
Description: Pamphlet titled "Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" published by the Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor Maine in June 1953. Vol. I, No. 10. Has a black and white image of a flower in a vase titled "Hybrid Tea Rose Innocence". Photograph by Sewall Brown.
Description: Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
Description: Two identical souvenir pins commemorating the opening of the Cadillac Mountain Road. On pin is a black and white image of the view of the road and around the edge reads "Cadillac Mountain Road Dedicated July 23, 1932". A small American flag is attached to bottom of the pin.
The Village Improvement Societiesof Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor1915
Date:
1915
Place:
Mount Desert Island
Description: Guide to Mount Desert Island paths published by the Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor. Cover reads: "A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island Maine Published by The Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor 1915"
Modeled by Robert abbe; Reproduced by Howels Microcosm, Washington D.C. Copyright 1916.
Date:
1916
Place:
Mount Desert Island
Description: Relief map of Mt. Desert Island + vicinity. Modeled by Robert Abbe; reproduced by Howell's Microcosm, Washington D.C. copyright 1916. Turquoise, white, black and brown. Top righthand corner has label with title as well as signatures showing endorsements from Charles W Eliot and George B Dorr for the Trustees of Public Reservation. Lower righthand corner has label with maker and reproducer as well as date. On back is a label explaining the history; may be original. [show more]