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| The Bar Harbor Fire: Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Fire: Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Ruth Donnell Coombs, switchboard operator at Seal Harbor recalls the fire of 1947 that burned Bar Harbor... | |
| The Bar Harbor Fire Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Fire Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Christine B Rowell recalls the 1947 Bar Harbor fire and her escape... | ||
| Green Grows Bar Harbor: reflections from Kebo Valley Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Green Grows Bar Harbor: reflections from Kebo Valley Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...History of Bar Harbor, with photographs by Sargent Collier...Includes chapters on Acadia National Park, social and club life, island laboratories, Bar Harbor-Yarmouth ferry, Fire of 1947, Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar...Harbor Club, Pot and Kettle Club, the Building of Arts, Great Automobile War... | ||
| Bar Harbor Horse Show a Great Success Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Horse Show a Great Success Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Downloaded copy of a special article in the New York Times about summer events in Bar Harbor and Northeast Harbor... | ||
| 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, 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... | |
| 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 | |||
| 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... | |
| Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Special Millennium Edition, The Bar Harbor Times Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...In December 2000, The Bar Harbor Times published this "Special Millennium Edition" in 2 sections: A (cover-8) and B (9-19)... | ||
| 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 Record, 1796-1896 Centennial Souvenir Edition Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Record, 1796-1896 Centennial Souvenir Edition Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...This copy contains information & photographs from 1796-1896 relating to Bar Harbor. (Gift from Donald Norton)... | ||
| Excerpt from Bar Harbor record article re: Asticou Inn fire, 1900 Tremont Historical Society |
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|  Excerpt from Bar Harbor record article re: Asticou Inn fire, 1900 Tremont Historical Society Description: ...Excerpt from Bar Harbor record article re: Asticou Inn fire, 1900... | |||
| Bar Harbor Record Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Bar Harbor Record Northeast Harbor Library 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. | ||
| The Bar Harbor Fire Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Fire Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: The Bar Harbor Fire-uncompressed.pdf …THE BAR HARBOR 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 Bar Harbor 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 Bar Harbor est a deni detruite. …Le Figaro tried to imply that Bar Harbor had been fired by Maine peasants protesting great landed estates. | |||
| Bar Harbor Times Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor Times Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Entire newspaper. Report on Jordan Pond House fire. Entire newspaper is devoted to the fire. | |||
| 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 Times Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bar Harbor Times Northeast Harbor Library Description: A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur. | ||
| Scrapbook, newspaper clippings about 1947 Bar Harbor Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Scrapbook, newspaper clippings about 1947 Bar Harbor Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...A green faux leather scrapbook that includes many clippings from the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert island... | |||
| The Bar Harbor Fire 1947 Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Fire 1947 Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: The Bar Harbor Fire 1947-uncompressed.pdf …The Bar Harbor Fire 1947 THE BAR HARBOR FIRE As a preface to an account of the disastrous forest fire that devas tated one third of the total Bar Harbor …Right here it must be stated that the courage of the Bar Harbor 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 Bar Harbor. …SLEEPER, BAR HARBOR FIRE DEPT. | |||
| Bar Island Swim College of the Atlantic |
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|  Bar Island Swim College of the Atlantic Description: ...COA students, faculty, and staff on the college pier and swimming towards Bar Island for the annual Bar Island Swim... | |
| 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. | |||
| The Bar Harbor Fire 1948 Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Bar Island Swim College of the Atlantic |
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|  Bar Island Swim College of the Atlantic Description: ...Student jumping into the water with other swimmers for the annual Bar Island Swim... |
| Bar Harbor fire of 1947 Tremont Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor: 40 Years Later Jesup Memorial Library |
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| Bar Harbor: 40 Years Later Jesup Memorial Library |