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James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, January 9, 1863
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • People
  • Parker, James
  • 1863-01-09
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
James Parker thanks his sister, Letita A. Parker, for her letter and writes about his work and life at Fort Alexander, a friend who was injured in the Battle of Fredericksburg, a photograph he sent home, and a mutual friend named Fred. The original postmarked envelope is included as well. People Mentioned: Daniel Chaplin, Tom Milan
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, July 25, 1863
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • People
  • Parker, James
  • 1863-07-25
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
James Parker writes to his sister, Letita A. Parker, from Fort Sumner about a boil on his leg, traveling with his regiment from Bangor, friends who died or are missing, and a map he sent her. The original postmarked envelope is included as well.
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, October 11, 1863
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • Other
  • People
  • Parker, James
  • 1863-10-11
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
James Parker writes to his sister, Letita A. Parker, from Fort Sumner about receiving letters from her and their friend Hannah, his good health, family, and school. He also relates his experience with artillery practice and guard patrol, remarking on the expense of war. The original postmarked envelope is included as well.
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, August 10, 1862
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other
  • People
  • Places, Camp
  • Parker, James
  • 1862-08-10
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
James Parker writes to his sister, Letita A. Parker, from Camp Roberts near Bangor. He wishes for new food, thanks her for a letter, asks for advice about purchasing a revolver, and describes his life at camp. The original envelope is included as well. People Mentioned: Lizzie Young
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, September 27, 1863
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • Other
  • People
  • Parker, James
  • 1863-09-27
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
James Parker writes to his sister, Letita A. Parker, from Fort Sumner about the pleasure of receiving letters, the cold weather, a trip he took into the country and some dogs he saw there, and learning to play chess. The original postmarked envelope is included as well.
Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert, Maine, January 31, 1905
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
  • Allen, M. L.
  • Bracy, Sidney P.
  • Fernald, Abram
  • Holmes, L. Elrie
  • Ober, Everett W.
  • Reed, Andrew H.
  • Somes, John W.
  • Town Officers of Mount Desert, MESomes, Lyman H.
  • Whitmore, Warren H.
  • 1905-01-31
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Report by the selectmen of Mount Desert, ME on the financial accounts of the town, including lists of expenditures and receipts, for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1905. There are also statements from the treasurer, auditor, road commissioner, and superintendent of schools. The report concludes with an annual town meeting warrant. People Mentioned: F. B. Aiken, James Allen, Annie Ash, Mrs. Robert Ash, Irving Ashley, George D. Atherton, Mae H. Atherton, Edward S. Atwood, Charles P. Babbage, S. W. Babbage, Seth Babbidge, Henry Barns, Fred Bartlett, George Bartlett, Millard Bartlett, N. L. Bartlett, Annie Batchelder, Walter D. Blake, Everett Blanchard, Charles G. Bordeaux, David Bracy, Shirley Bracy, J. H. Branscom, Arthur Brown, S. B. Brown, Charles D. Burr, Roy Burrill, Levi Butler, Charles Butterfield, Robert Campbell, Stuart Campbell, W. B. Campbell, B. W. Candage, A. J. Carter, Annie Carter, Charles Carter, Fronia Carter, Grace Carter, Harry Carter, Lewis Carter, Robert Carter, Benjamin Chittick, Eben B. Clark, A. E. Clement, Amos Clement, Charles H. Clement, James Clement, Ernest Cobb, Harry Conary, George B. Cooksey, Emma Coombs, Joseph Corson, Alice Cox, Palmer Crowley, Mrs. A. E. Danico, Ansel Davis, Charles Davis, Florentine Davis, Frank Davis, James A. Davis, Martin Davis, Cleo Dey, Edward Dickins, W. S. Dickins, Samuel J. Dodge, William H. Dodge, Batchie Dunbar, Leander B. Dyer, George S. Eddy, John E. Falt, H. B. Fernald, Charles Frazier, Howard Frazier, George H. Freeman, Emma W. Frost, Grace Frost, M. R. Frost, Charles W. Garland, Morrel Garland, C. L. Gaskel, John Gatcomb, Adelmar Gilkey, Hattie M. Gilley, Charles Gilpatrick, A. C. B. Gott, Mrs. A. C. B. Gott, D. W. Grace, B. C. Graves, Hattie L. Gray, Mark Gray, William Gray, Gage B. Grindle, R. L. Grindle, William Grindle, Carrie Gushee, George R. Hagerthy, Walter M. Hamor, Harry W. Haynes, Mrs. J. S. Heath, Clifford Herrick, I. W. Herrick, Annie M. Higgins, George F. Higgins, I. C. Higgins, Mrs. E. M. Higgins, Myrtle Higgins, Noreva Higgins, Olivia Higgins, Orrin Higgins, Rubie Higgins, Sidney Higgins, J. C. Hill, E. A. Hodgdon, G. H. Hodgdon, L. E. Holmes, Lawrie Holmes, A. O. Jacobson, Eva A. Jacobson, Edwin Jordan, Charles A. Kencher, Henry A. Keniston, George E. Kenny, E. H. Kimball, Gertrude Knowlton, Mary A. Langley, Charles P. Leland, Ida Leland, Ray Leland, T. E. Leland, Guy Leonard, S. G. Leonard, Mrs. George Lewis, F. H. Macomber, Chester A. Maddocks, A. M. Manchester, Frank Manchester, Mary E. Marshall, Ezra G. Mason, T. M. Mason, L. Laura McCarthy, Pat McComick, James McCrea, Kate Mitchell, C. E. Monohon, A. F. Moore, Robert A. Moore, George H. Morrill, Joseph R. Norwood, Roland Norwood, Daniel Nutter, Frank R. Ober, James W. Ober, Lorin Ober, Otis M. Ober, Cora E. Parker, Fred Parker, George S. Parker, William M. Peckham, H. L. Perkins, Mrs. H. L. Perkins, Arthur Pervear, J. D. Phillips, Nettie Pollard, Edward L. Pray, Fred H. Pray, Lester Pray, Vina Ray, Alvah L. Reed, Edward R. Reed, H. E. Reed, Jared R. Reed, Maynard Reed, Allie Reynolds, A. L. Richardson, Addie Richardson, Arthur Richardson, Benjamin Richardson, Clifford B. Richardson, Cynthia Richardson, David D. Richardson, Emma Richardson, Ezra G. Richardson, Gideon M. Richardson, John Richardson, Listen Richardson, Mrs. Austin Richardson, Mrs. Benjamin Richardson, O. W. Richardson, Olin Richardson, Shepard Richardson, T. M. Richardson, Winfield Richardson, E. C. Robbins, Elsie M. Robbins, Abbie Robinson, Everett Robinson, Howard Robinson, Joseph Robinson, Mary A. Robinson, Harvey Salisbury, Emily C. Sargent, George Sargent, Roderick Sargent, W. Sargent, John Savage, Lewis Seavey, William H. Sherman, Charles P. Simpson, H. L. Smallidge, N. C. Smallidge, Walter Smallidge, B. R. Smith, Bertha Smith, Cornelius B. Smith, Fred P. Smith, Hollis Smith, J. E. Smith, Julius Smith, R. L. Smith, Richmond Smith, S. D. Smith, Madison Snow, A. J. Somes, Alie Somes, Caro M. Somes, Fred H. Somes, George A. Somes, Georgia Somes, John J. Somes, Lewis Somes, J. H. Soulis, Ina M. Spurling, H. Edwin Stanley, George E. Stebbins, George L. Stebbins, F. H. Strickland, George E. Sturks, B. Sylvester, John L. Thompson, Charles Tracy, Mrs. Charles Tracy, S. R. Tracy, Seldon Tracy, Maud E. Trask, Edgar Tripp, Charles Turnbull, George E. Turner, James Varnum, I. E. Videtto, Starratt Videtto, R. W. Wakefield, Daniel Walls, E. G. Walls, Edgar Walls, Elbridge Walls, Luella Walls, Milton Walls, Ralph Walls, W. L. Warren, W. D. Wasgatt, S. Oscar Williams, Marion Wilson, Marion Wooster, Irving P. Young, Veazie Young [show more]
Annual Report of the Town Officers of Mount Desert, Maine, February 9, 1895
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • Joy, C. D.
  • Savage, George A.
  • Somes, George A.
  • Somes, John W.
  • Town Officers of Mount Desert, MESomes, Lyman H.
  • 1895-02-09
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Report by the selectmen of Mount Desert, ME on the financial accounts of the town, including lists of expenditures and receipts, for the fiscal year ending February 9, 1895. There are also reports from the school committee and superintendent of schools. People Mentioned: E. G. Abbott, Mrs. E. G. Abbott, B. T. Atherton, Emily E. Atherton, Charles Babbidge, Seth Babbidge, A. G. Bain, Robert Barron, Abel Bartlett, F. G. Bartlett, William H. Bartlett, Walter D. Blake, Ben Bordeaux, David Bracy Jr., William H. Bracy, Henry Branscom, James N. Branscom, A. P. Brown, Eri L. Bunker, Z. F. Callahan, A. J. Carter, John Carter, A. E. Clement, Charles H. Clement, H. A. Clement, A. E. Clements, Charles Clements, Joseph Corson, William Cox, Palmer Crowley, J. Cunningham, John Dix, Lessie Dix, A. C. Fernald, Charles H. Frazier, Howard Frazier, Allen Freeman, W. H. Freeman, E. W. French, John Gilmore, Mark Gray, R. L. Grindle, J. Hamor, Nellie Hardy, Josie Harper, R. M. Haynes, J. S. Heath, O. M. Heath, Sophrona Hersey, William Hersey, Orrin Heyward, Bert Higgins, Clarence Higgins, Everett Higgins, George Higgins, Harry Higgins, I. C. Higgins, Sidney P. Higgins, Agnes Hill, J. C. Hill, Gilbert Hodgdon, Leroy R. Hodgdon, Angie Johnson, Alvin Joy, Henry Kineston, Fred Leighton, B. F. Leland, Benjamin Leland, Frank Leland, Grace M. Libby, Charlotte Lunt, Jacob Lunt, Mercy Lunt, Rachael M. Lunt, Cyrus Lurvey, A. L. Manchester, Manson Manchester, Thomas Manchester, George Mayo, Kate Mitchell, Nellie Morgan, C. C. Morrison, Sidney P. Murphy, Loren Newman, Israel N. Norwood, J. W. Ober, George Parker, Charles Perry, Charles Pervear, Nahum Pinkham, D. E. Pray, Edward L. Pray, Meda Pray, John Pung, Andrew H. Reed, Jared R. Reed, Joseph Reed, Olevia Reed, Ada Richardson, Clifford B. Richardson, D. D. Richardson, Emma Richardson, Eugene D. Richardson, J. Richardson, John G. Richardson, Laura Richardson, Mary E. Richardson, Thomas Richardson, William S. Richardson, George E. Ring, Charles Robinson, George H. Robinson, Howard Robinson, Everett Salisbury, Francis Salisbury, Amos Sinclair, Edwin Smallidge, Walter Smallidge, Ella F. Smith, Lowell Smith, Richmond Smith, V. D. Smith, Blanche Somes, C. T. Somes, Della Somes, Deucy Somes, Fred H. Somes, Harry G. Somes, Kate Somes, Lewis Somes, Madella Somes, Mrs. L. H. Somes, Sewell W. Thom, E. B. Tibbits, Charles Tracy, Maud Trask, Everett Treworgy, Daniel Walls, E. N. Walls, Edgar Walls, Elbridge Walls, Greely Walls, Samuel M. Walls, William T. Walls, E. L. Warren, Warren H. Whitmore [show more]
The Mount Desert Dramatic Company Nick of the Woods Poster, January 27-28, 1880
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Events
  • People
  • Mount Desert Dramatic Company
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Poster advertising The Mount Desert Dramatic Company's production of "Nick of the Woods!" to be followed by a social hop. A list of the cast of characters is included on the poster. People Mentioned: J. Hamor, C. E. Wasgatt, Ernest Kittredge, Bloom Smith, Arthur Somes, Ernest L. Hamor, Pearl Smith, Shepard Richardson, J. M. Richardson, C. E. Somes, Nellie Pray, Emma Harper, Olivia Parker, Carrie Somes
Miles Milton McIntire and Lucy A. Reed Marriage Certificate, January 8, 1921
Tremont Historical Society
  • Document, Government, Marriage Record, Marriage Certificate
  • State of Maine
  • 1921-01-08
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Marriage certificate for Miles Milton McIntire and Lucy A. Reed. People Mentioned: Miles Milton McIntire, Thomas A. McIntire, Nellie M. Coburn, Lucy A. Reed, E. J. Reed, Jessie Tibbetts
Acadia National Park Report Notes, Undated
Tremont Historical Society
  • Document, Draft
  • Places, Park
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Handwritten notes in counterpoint to an unidentified document. The content of the notes make several reference to the "Park" (Acadia National Park). People Mentioned: Stephen Richardson
Rocking at Mount Desert
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • People
  • Places
  • Hyde - William Henry Hyde (1858-1943)
  • 1887
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Rocking at Mount Desert
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Illustration by William Henry Hyde for Mrs. Burton Harrison's Novel, "Bar Harbor Days".
Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1929 PM
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Echo Vista Restaurant and Beech Cliff on Echo Lake
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Places, Lake
  • 1952 c.
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Logging Camp at Long Pond
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • 1916 c.
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Logging Camp at Long Pond
Southwest Harbor Public Library
The John William Carter House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
The John William Carter House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Entrance to Somes Sound, Northeast Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Entrance to Somes Sound, Northeast Harbor
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Contrast the postcard view, titled "Entrance Somes Sound, North East Harbor, Me." in SWHPL 7010 with that of SWHPL 12460, which bears the title, "View near Somes Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." Both cards show the Nathaniel Gott House on Greenings Island. The image in SWHPL 12460 would be to the left or south of that in SWHPL 7010 if viewed from the water near Sutton Island. Published in Saxony.
Ronald Dean Rich Aboard Ronald Rich Boatshop Picnic Boat White Winger off Mt. Desert Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Rich - Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996)
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
View near Somes Sound, Southwest Harbor, So. West Harbor, Me.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1909-07-02
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Contrast the postcard view, titled "Entrance Somes Sound, North East Harbor, Me." in SWHPL 7010 with that of SWHPL 12460, which bears the title, "View near Somes Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." Both cards show the Nathaniel Gott House on Greenings Island. The image in SWHPL 12460 would be to the left or south of that in SWHPL 7010 if viewed from the water near Sutton Island. The title is misprinted on this card. It reads, "View near Somers Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." "Gladys" mailed the card to Miss Nena Reed in Seal Harbor from Center, Tremont, Maine on July 2, 1909. [show more]
Foggy Dew - Pleasure Cruiser Built for William D'Olier Lippencott
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1973
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Foggy Dew - Pleasure Cruiser Built for William D'Olier Lippincott
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1973
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Foggy Dew - Pleasure Cruiser Built for William D'Olier Lippincott
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1973
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Foggy Dew with William D'Olier Lippincott at the Helm
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1973
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Abel's Lobster Pound, Mount Desert, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • 1938 c.
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Abel's Lobster Pound, Mount Desert, Maine
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Gary A. Parsons Hauls One of his New Wire Lobster Traps
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • People
  • Cameron - Gary A. Cameron
  • 1985-05-27
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Compare this photograph to Item 6207 that shows Ralph Ober Phippen hauling lobsters in a wooden trap with a rope and pulley in 1937.
R-Class Racing Sloop Jack Tar At Sea After Rebuild
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1978
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated