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| 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... | ||
| 1937 Racing Instructions Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  1937 Racing Instructions Northeast Harbor Fleet Description: ...the Official Racing Rules of the North American Yacht Racing Union," code signals and special code signals, map of courses, Racing Schedule, Northeast Harbor...Fleet Classes and rules with illustrated diagrams of vessels, international code flags and pennants, Northeast Harbor 1937 High Tide Chart... File Attachment: 1937 RACING INSTRUCTIONS 2022X.04.08.pdf …August 4 Bar Harbor Team Races at Northeast.. .August 5 Friday............................................................ …August 20 *Bar Harbor Schooner Race....................... …August 21 Bar Harbor Team Races at Bar Harbor. .August 23 Tuesday....................................................... …Sears Cup try-outs at Buck Harbor, August 9, 10, 11; Adams Cup try-outs at Northeast Harbor, August 18, 19. | |
| 1939 Racing Instructions Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  1939 Racing Instructions Northeast Harbor Fleet Description: ...section on safety, care of sails, map of courses, The Northeast Harbor Fleet Classes with rules and standards, illustrated diagrams of vessels, The Compass..., International Code flags and pennants, High Tide at Northeast Harbor 1939, Protest forms (multiple blank copies)... File Attachment: 1939 RACING INSTRUCTIONS 2022X.04.10.pdf …I THE NORTHEAST HARBOR FLEET RACING INSTRUCTIONS 1939 1. Si THE NORTHEAST HARBOR FLEET RACING INSTRUCTIONS 1939 SR-? …July 26, 6th Series Race Friday July 28, 7th Series Race July 31, Bar Harbor Team Races at Bar Harbor Monday AUGUST RACES Tuesday August 1, 1st Series …August 2, Seamanship Race (in case of postponement, sailed Saturday, August 5) Thursday... .August 3, Bar Harbor Team Races at Northeast Harbor Friday …Don t winch up the sail bar taut don t pull out the foot of the sail bar taut. | |
| 1940 Racing Instructions Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  1940 Racing Instructions Northeast Harbor Fleet Description: ...Includes "Extracts from the Office Racing Rules of the North American Yacht Racing Union," code signals, 1940 Racing Schedule, The Northeast Harbor Fleet...rules, standards and illustrated diagrams of vessels, map of courses, point on the compass, international code flags and pennants, High Tide at Northeast Harbor... File Attachment: 1940 RACING INSTRUCTIONS 2022X.04.11.pdf …FLEET HEADQUARTERS Fleet Headquarters are established in the village at North east Harbor, where a telephone is installed. …HARBOR SCHOONER CLASS The following conditions will govern The Northeast Harbor Schooner Class sometimes referred to as Class Z: I. …Racing Trim (see page 3 of Northeast Harbor Racing Instructions). 1. …What Boats Qualify: Crowninshield 17|-foot knockabouts, gaff rigged, of the Islesboro, Manchester, North Haven, or Bar Harbor type (i.e., with or without | |
| 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 Fire Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  1947 Fire Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...1: Bar Harbor Burning. Reprint of a letter from U...Maine, Orono, student to his father in NJ about the l947 Bar Harbor fire which he and fraternity brothers helped fight. 2: The Big Fire by Parson Williams...Williams 3: Bar Harbor 40 Years Later... | ||
| 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... | |
| 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 Grand Success First Annual Ball of Island Lodge Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  A Grand Success First Annual Ball of Island Lodge Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Description of the First Annual Ball of Island Lodge, No. 120, I.O.O.F. held at the Rodick Music Room in Bar Harbor...Ida, Augusta, and Delma Smallidge of Northeast Harbor attended... | |||
| Acadia Maritime Cultural Resources Inventory Final Report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Acadia Maritime Cultural Resources Inventory Final Report Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Report. Acadia Maritime Cultural Resources Inventory Final Report, funded by an LL Bean Acadia Research Fellowship, Submitted January 2009, by Franklin H. Price, Joshua Daniel, Kristen Chasse, and John Stallings. Emailed to GCIHS September 2014. A brief overview and assessment project reviewing maritime disaster and vessel abandonment near Acadia National Park. Provides a synopsis of known ship wrecks, a GIS database with geospatial information, and a model of where maritime cultural resources might be found. Field interviews, archaeologically corroborated known ship wrecks, photographs of wreck remains, references, bibliography. Field interviews include Charlene Allen, Sheldon Goldthwaite, Ralph Stanley, Mike Pinkham, and Phil Whitney among others. Report was sent via -email as part of an e-mail exchange between Price and GCIHS September 4, 2014. [show more] File Attachment: 2015.329.2091.pdf …Bar Harbor, ME. BAR HARBOR RECORD 1891 No Title. Bar Harbor Record. 10 December. Bar Harbor, ME. 1892a Southwest Harbor. Bar Harbor Record. 14 April. …Bar Harbor, ME. 1898 The Boat Capsized. Bar Harbor Record. 2 November. Bar Harbor, ME. 1898 Atlantic. Bar Harbor Record. 7 December. …Bar Harbor, ME. 1908 Prospect Harbor. Bar Harbor Record. 5 February. Bar Harbor, ME. 1908 Schooner Perry C. …Bar Harbor Times. 8 December. Bar Harbor, ME. 1988 Wreck of the Grand Design. Bar Harbor Times. 5 May. Bar Harbor, ME. | ||
| Accounts of Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Accounts of Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Newspaper stories from Boston Post, Bangor Commercial, NY Times (listing places burned and owners) retyped on a computer | |||
| Address by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Address by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Mitchell's address before the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Society, Original brought to Library by Mimi Miller... | |
| Advertisement for Mrs. Tom Thumb Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Advertisement for Mrs. Tom Thumb Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...In this advertisement, the newspaper misprinted her name as Gevena in the announcement for her visit to Bar Harbor in 1896... | ||
| All College Meeting College of the Atlantic |
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|  All College Meeting College of the Atlantic Description: Photographic print of students leading the last All College Meeting (ACM) to be held in the old auditorium. | |
| Articles on Jordan Pond House History and Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Articles on Jordan Pond House History and Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Eight pages of articles detailing history of the Jordan Pond House, its loss by fire, reactions to the loss, employee reminiscences and popover recipe. Many photographs included. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.038.1 | ||
| Articles on the Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Articles on the Fire of 1947 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...Hand written notes, typed articles with edits of contributions to Bar Harbor Times by LaRue Spiker of the Fire of 1947 40th Anniversary of fire... | |||
| Bangor Daily News 10/22/1947 and 11/1-2/1947 Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bangor Daily News 10/22/1947 and 11/1-2/1947 Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: BDN Fire Photos-uncompressed.pdf …Hil dreth was in Bar Harbor yesterday conferring with local planners on the rehabilitation of the community. …In the picture, are, left to right: Donald McLeod, Bar Harbor planning board; Major Paul Pooler, National Guard; L. W. …Roland, na tional Red Cross official; and Sheldon Goldthaite, chairman of the Bar Harbor citizens committee. …of Bar Harbor shows that much of the town proper escaped the holocaust last week. | |||
| Bar Harbor: 40 Years Later Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bar Harbor: 40 Years Later Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Bar Harbor-40 Years Later-best quality.pdf …Although the substantial Bar Harbor summer cottage of A. …who made Bar Harbor and near by villages their summer playground. …Most of downtown Bar Harbor was saved. …The story of the Bar Harbor fire ran as front-page news worldwide. | |||
| Bar Harbor: 40 Years Later Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Bar Harbor Burning Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Burning Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Bar Harbor Burning-uncompressed.pdf …I REMEMBER Bar Harbor 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 Bar Harbor. …We had planned to head for Bar Harbor to help out there, but we had to wait until the road reopened. …As we moved toward Bar Harbor we passed hundreds of fires burning on either side of the road. | |||
| Bar Harbor Burns Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Burns Jesup Memorial Library 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 BAR HARBOR BURNS $25 million forest fire …Desert Island, Maine, encircled the famed summer-resort town of Bar Harbor. …As the refugees pulled out, they could look, over AN ABANDONED SUMMER MANSION their shoulders and watch Bar Harbor s colony of palatial estates go …WHILE HOUSE BLAZES LIKE CARDBOARD BOX (BELOW), FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH TREES TO CONTINUE MARCH DOWN BAR HARBOR S MlLLIONAIRES ^ROW (OPPOSITE) | |||
| Bar Harbor Burns Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor Burns Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: article from the Bureaugraph , November 1947 on Maine Fires and Situation on Mount Desert Island | |||
| Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden Northeast Harbor Library Description: ..."It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden...Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8...Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives... | |
| Bar Harbor Cottages destroyed in 1947 Fire Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Cottages destroyed in 1947 Fire Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of a hand-printed report (of a BH summer resident?) of summer cottages selected for their Architectural qualities which were destroyed in the Fire of 1947. Greenway Court, Archbold, Thirlstane, Mizzentop and Stanwood. | |||
| Bar Harbor fire of 1947 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Bar Harbor fire of 1947 Tremont Historical Society |