Description: Postcard from 1917 featuring a photograph of the Fabbri Cottage and a newspaper clipping from January 24, 1918 [year written on clipping incorrect] describing the recent fire that destroyed the home. Black and White
File Attachment: Jordan Pond House Fire-best quality.pdf …Conservation Corps buildings on McFar land s Hill in BarHarbor. …BARHARBOR REALTY CO. 67 Main Street Tel. 288-3578 CHARLES W. …As of Tuesday morning, nine had found new jobs: in BarHarbor, a breakfast cook at the Golden Anchor, cook at the Town Farm, a waitress at the BarHarbor …Sants Agmy Southwest Harbor Danielle Davis 244-3891 George Corkum 244-7135 BarHarbor Jane MacLeod 667-5109 288-4748 The BarHarbor Times, Thursday
File Attachment: Bar Harbor Burning-uncompressed.pdf …I REMEMBER BarHarbor Burning A letter borne from the front lines of the Great Fire of 47 captures the enormity of the historic blaze. …In the living room three big win dows looked out over the bay and across to BarHarbor. …We had planned to head for BarHarbor to help out there, but we had to wait until the road reopened. …As we moved toward BarHarbor we passed hundreds of fires burning on either side of the road.
Description: ..."It is a special tribute to the town of BarHarbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden...Boating to BarHarbor 4. BarHarbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8...Maps of BarHarbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives...
File Attachment: Bar Harbor Burns-uncompressed.pdf …WHIPPED BY 50-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS WHICH MADE FIRE FIGHTING ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, LEAPING FLAMES MAKE SHORT WORK OF BARHARBOR BURNS $25 million forest fire …Desert Island, Maine, encircled the famed summer-resort town of BarHarbor. …As the refugees pulled out, they could look, over AN ABANDONED SUMMER MANSION their shoulders and watch BarHarbor s colony of palatial estates go …WHILE HOUSE BLAZES LIKE CARDBOARD BOX (BELOW), FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH TREES TO CONTINUE MARCH DOWN BARHARBOR S MlLLIONAIRES ^ROW (OPPOSITE)
Description: Feature article is death of Rev. Leffingwell. Paper includes international and national articles, e.g. the Boer War; also includes many advertisements of local businesses.
File Attachment: The Bar Harbor Fire-uncompressed.pdf …THE BARHARBOR FIRE (Taken from Mount Desert - The Host Beautiful Island In The World by Sargent Collier) The great fire of 1947 was a crucible …Exhausted men eaugl.t brief naps on the floor of tho BarHarbor Fire House, the command center, between calls to duty on the ever-shiting fire lines. …T The Paris Figaro on its front page screamed La ville de BarHarbor est a deni detruite. …Le Figaro tried to imply that BarHarbor had been fired by Maine peasants protesting great landed estates.
File Attachment: The Bar Harbor Fire 1947-uncompressed.pdf …The BarHarbor Fire 1947 THE BARHARBOR FIRE As a preface to an account of the disastrous forest fire that devas tated one third of the total BarHarbor …Right here it must be stated that the courage of the BarHarbor people cannot be excelled anywhere in the world. …The estimated damage by valuation was $586,125 in the National Park and $11,218,565 in the town of BarHarbor. …SLEEPER, BARHARBOR FIRE DEPT.
File Attachment: Bar Harbor-40 Years Later-best quality.pdf …Although the substantial BarHarbor summer cottage of A. …who made BarHarbor and near by villages their summer playground. …Most of downtown BarHarbor was saved. …The story of the BarHarbor fire ran as front-page news worldwide.
Description: ...COA students, faculty, and staff grouped on the college pier surrounded by boats before jumping into the water for the annual Bar Island Swim...