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| 1875 Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Rock, and Frenchman's and Blue Hill Bays and Approaches Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1875 Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Rock, and Frenchman's and Blue Hill Bays and Approaches Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Mount Desert Rock is a remote, treeless island situated approximately 25 nautical miles south of Bar Harbor, Maine... | |
| 1881 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1881 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Tipped in map from "The Bar Harbor Blue Book and Mount Desert Guide With Maps and Tables"... | |
| 1881 Map of the Village of Bar Harbor, Town of Eden, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1881 Map of the Village of Bar Harbor, Town of Eden, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: From the "Atlas of Hancock County, Maine" | |
| 1886 Bird's Eye View of Bar Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1886 Bird's Eye View of Bar Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt... |
| 1889 Bar Harbor Record Newspaper from March 14 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1889 Bar Harbor Record Newspaper from March 14 Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| 1896 Map of Bar Harbor Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1896 Map of Bar Harbor Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Presented by Edward B. Mears, Real Estate and Building |
| 1904 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1904 Map of Bar Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| 1911 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1911 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| 1920 Path-Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1920 Path-Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Anne (Weston) McGowan gave twelve Mount Desert Island maps and brochures to the Southwest Harbor Public Library in June 2014...The Treadway family, who summered at “Grayrock” in Seal Harbor, had given the maps to her...Most are located in the lower right quadrant in the vicinity of Sargent Mountain, Redfield Hill, Day Mountain and Seal Harbor...The actual map is located in the archives of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. It measures 45" x 32.5"... |
| 1922 Southwest Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1922 Southwest Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Main Street in Southwest Harbor was devastated by fire on March 27, 1922...Newspaper accounts of the fire reported estimated losses of $150,000 and that the Southwest Harbor Volunteer Fire Company, “did remarkable work, considering...Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor firemen also responded, but the roads were considerably different from today and it took the Bar Harbor department, “four...“Had the roads been in anything like fair condition it is the unanimous opinion that the truck from Bar Harbor would have been able to save the Odd Fellows... | ||
| 1928 Map of Lafayette National Park, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1928 Map of Lafayette National Park, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Desert, Bar Harbor, and Swan Island quadrangles – Surveyed in 1901 and 1902. Edition of 1922, reprinted 1928 Maine (Hancock County)... |
| 1932 Criterion Theatre Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1932 Criterion Theatre Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The Criterion Theatre is a cinema, performance theatre, and venue located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine...It opened in June 1932 featuring vaudeville performances and movies during a time when Bar Harbor's summer scene was at its height... | ||
| 1947 Bar Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1947 Bar Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 1947 Bar Harbor Fire.pdf …the Bar Harbor, Maine Fire Department received a call from a Mrs. …Written by an historian who was on the scene for the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire. …Bar Harbor: A Town Almost Lost A Pictorial Essay of Bar Harbor s Mansions Before and After the Fire of 1947 by Deborah M. …Dyer, maps courtesy of Arthur Corliss, Bar Harbor Historical Society, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2008. Author: Charlotte R. Morrill Date: 2016 | |||
| 1947 Map of Areas Burned by Bar Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1947 Map of Areas Burned by Bar Harbor Fire Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Map Shows Burned Area of Village and Vicinity |
| 1951 Map and Cottage Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1951 Map and Cottage Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Directory of Southwest Harbor, Maine compliments of L.S. Robinson Co. Real Estate - Insurance... File Attachment: L.S. Robinson 1951 - Index.pdf …SOUTHWEST HARBOR, MAINE King, Stanwood King, Mrs. Susie Knox, Thomas Knowles, William Krantz, Oscar 476. Insurance and Real Estate Tel. S. W. …Ballard, Anchor Light Studio Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. …Southwest Boat CorPSouthwest Harbor Motor Co. Spahr, Boyd Lee 593. 107. 407. | |
| 1967 Bar Harbor Times Newspaper, Fire of 1947 Anniversary Supplement Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  1967 Bar Harbor Times Newspaper, Fire of 1947 Anniversary Supplement Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...A 12 page special supplement published on the 20th anniversary of the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire... | |
| 2013-11-01 Acadia National Park's Oceanfront Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  2013-11-01 Acadia National Park's Oceanfront Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-11-01 Acadia NP's Oceanfront Cottage.pdf …enlarged view This oceanfront building was a cottage belonging to Reverend Christopher Starr Leffingwell, a native Ohioan who became the first rector of Bar …Harbor's St. …Harbor. …Harbor Times, September 12, 1928, p. 3. 3 Because of Dorr's U.S. | |
| 4th of July Celebration, Southwest Harbor, July 3, 1895 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| 4th of July Celebration, Southwest Harbor, July 3, 1895 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The first feature of the day was the band concert given the Southwest Harbor band, assisted by Lindall’s band of Boston and Bar Harbor, at the rustic little...In the afternoon after the band concert the ball game between Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor nines was called, in the field near the Union church...To the Bar Harbor people there was nothing pleasanter for the day than the sail back and forth on the [steamer] Golden Rod. Capt....” – The Bar Harbor Record, July 6, 1895... | |||
| A Biography of Ruth Moore of Gott’s Island, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Biography of Ruth Moore of Gott’s Island, Maine Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Reprinted in The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society - 2007-2008. File Attachment: A Biography of Ruth Moore of Gott.pdf …Her father and her brother Harve also maintained a weir in the island s harbor. …Gott s Island is actually two islands, Great Gott and Little Gott, connected by a tidal bar. …By the turn of the century, these rusticators had made their way to Bar Harbor, Maine and established there a thriving enclave of summer cottages …Desert Island communities of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, and Northeast Harbor. Gott s Island was not isolated from the influx of select families. | |
| A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A. Bird Cough, Fine Groceries and Provisions Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| A. Bird Cough Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| A. Bird Cough Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...." - The Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1909 - quoted in The Bar Harbor Times, June 18, 2009, p. 34. A...Bird Cough was Daniel and Elvira's son Adoniram Bird Cough (1872-1949) who opened his store in Bar Harbor in the 6th building from Main Street on the south... | ||
| A Cheese-shaped Building Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Cheese-shaped Building Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A Bangor Daily News article about an urban legend hiding in plain sight. File Attachment: A cheese-shaped building BDN article.pdf …has been here long enough to remember it still calls it The Cheese House, said Sargent, a sales manager across the road at Coastal Builders at 393 Bar …Harbor Road, the local name for that section of Route 3. …Competition from big-box grocery stores that added specialty cheeses to their delis helped push the store out of business, said Holly Macomber, a Bar Harbor …Courtesy of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive. |
| A Gala-Day at Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Gala-Day at Bar Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ..."A Gala-Day at Bar Harbor" - 1887 Illustration by William Henry Hyde and Harry Fenn, engraved by Gardener, for Mrs...Burton Harrison's Novel, "Bar Harbor Days"... |
| A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-06-24 A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts.pdf …The walk starts at the 1906 horse trough/fountain at the southeast corner of Bar Harbor's village green. …You'll pass three churches: the Congregational Church, since rebuilt, was the first church in Bar Harbor; St. …You are now heading back to Bar Harbor. Behind the Nature Center is a memorial to George Dorr. …Harbor you might wish to get Betty Massie's SelfGuided Walking Tour of Historic Bar Harbor. | |
| A Talk About the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1905-2005) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Talk About the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1905-2005) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...This is a transcription of a talk given by Meredith Hutchins as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005... File Attachment: The Southwest Harbor Public Library – 1905-2005 - MH.pdf …The Southwest Harbor Public Library 1905-2005 by Meredith Hutchins A talk given as a Southwest Harbor Public Library evening program in 2005. …According to the Bar Harbor Record of Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1895 A large number of people from all parts of the town of Tremont gathered at Southwest Harbor …To return to the library dedication, after the presentation of the keys, the Bar Harbor Record says that the greater part of the assembly went to Tremont …She would leave in mid-May to operate her Mount Desert Bookstore in Bar Harbor, while a summer librarian filled in. |