Description: Publication featuring pen and pencil drawings by eminent American artists of landscapes and scenery from different parts of the United States. This issue highlights the coast of Maine and Mount Desert Island with drawings by Harry Fenn accompanied by textual descriptions of the landmarks depicted. People Mentioned: Oliver B. Bunce, Abraham Somes
Description: Taken later than the view shown in Item 5663, this view shows a little greenery grown up around the small hotel perched on granite. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more]
Description: This view shows the small hotel perched on the bare granite summit of the mountain. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more]
Description: Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 321. The illustrations in the Harper's article, with one exception, are those used again in “Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast” by Samuel Adams Drake, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1875. “Superbly illustrated by eminent American artists.” – From an advertisement by Harper & Brothers – The Nation, July 15, 1875, p. 47. [show more]
Description: Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 332.
Description: Sepia Photograph of Bar Harbor looking east over the village to the Porcupine Islands. The street in the foreground is Mount Desert Street. Update 6/19/21: According to Mr. Daniel Pyle (current organist/music-director at St. Saviour’s) this photograph, which shows the original church-building, must date from sometime after 1878 (when the first building was completed) and 1885, when building of the current structure must have started (it was completed in 1886). [show more]
Description: The wood building at the left is the Bradley Block which was located between the First National and Bar Harbor Banks of 2007. Just visible on the awning is a mortar and pestle sign for a druggist. The building just to the right of the white store is A.W. Bee, Stationer. The large hotel at right was the Rodick House. The freshly renovated Rodick House is garnished with new trees planted and braced on the lawn. There are board sidewalks at the edge of the dirt road which, in turn, is garnished with manure from the many carriage horses shown in the picture. The sign at front lefts says, "Berry Bros. - Boarding Hack and Livery Stable - Cottage Street - Single & Double Teams Furnished Short Notice" The sign at front right says, "Café - John Dean - Phila Caterer - Chicken Croquettes - Medicated (?) Chicken Consomme" [show more]
Description: Matted print of Rodick House c. 1875. Porch stretched across front of entire building. Two stariways descend from porch. Small porch on second story. Small crowd on porch. Building four storied high with two towers on front. Covered walk connects to building next door. Came from frame artifact # 997-37-526
Description: An autograph book owned by Sarah Bunker. This book has autographs and notes from Sarah's friends. Most of the book is signed by people living in places like Bangor, Ellsworth and Bangor. Sixty-two double sided sheets. All pages autographed except two at front of book.
Description: A grocery receipt from A.C Roger's and company. This receipt has goods like sugar, ham , cabbage, and even raisins. The total for the whole 18 items of ended up being $17. This $17 would be just over $400 now. On the back of the receipt there is an add for the grocery store.
Description: Hand-colored albumen print of small baby, wearing white dress with black trim at edge, plaid sash, white stockings and black maryjane shoes. Sitting on a divan. Inscription on back reads “Lamson child. Lamson baby from Cuba” (written in two different hands). Also stamped on back, “Taylor e Lamson, Photographos de Nueva York.”
Description: Carte de visite of a woman with dark hair curled, pulled back, but also with long corkscrew curls hanging down shoulder. Wears dark dress with ruffled bodice, white ruffled collar, patterned shawl over shoulders. Wears earrings, long strand of large dark beads. Inscription on back reads “Lucy Noyes... Brinkerhoff California.”
Description: The woodcut is an illustration from "History of Castine, Penobscot, and Brooksville, Maine; Including the Ancient Settlement of Pentagoet;" by George Augustus Wheeler, A.M., M.D. published by Burr & Robinson, Bangor, Maine 1875, interleaved near page 148.