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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... | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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. 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 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. | |
| Abel - Henry Ransford Abel (1894-1980) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Abel - Henry Ransford Abel (1894-1980) Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Abel - Henry Ransford Abel (1894-1980).pdf …Death Date: July 26, 1980 Death Place: Bar Harbor, Maine Cemetery: Hillside Cemetery, Mount Desert, Maine Vessels: Author: Charlotte R. | |||
| Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Acadia National Park.pdf …Lenahan, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2010. Includes location and trail maps with GPS coordinates. | |||
| Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-07-21 Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity.pdf …In 1881 he established his summer home in Northeast Harbor. …in Bar Harbor a few years later. …An entrepreneurial graduate of Harvard, he launched a successful horticultural nursery and a granite quarrying business in Bar Harbor. …There are two peaks on its popular ridgeline, which overshadows downtown Bar Harbor's southwest flank. | |
| Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-12-03 Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab.pdf …In 1915 the Bar Harbor Times published that the Sieur de Monts Spring Company, a Maine corporation headed by George B. …One of these, Meadow Road, led from Bar Harbor's Ledgelawn Avenue, cutting straight through the swampy east side of Great Meadow. …Sieur de Monts Pool today *Footnotes: 1 GPS coordinates of the slab: N44 21.844' W068 12.251' 2 Bar Harbor Times, 9/18/1915; p. 1. 3 Bar Harbor Times | |
| Acadia National Park's Forsaken Lakes Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Forsaken Lakes Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-05-18 Acadia National Park's Forsaken Lakes.pdf …They are walkable at low water level and are similar to the stepping stones along the west side of The Tarn, south of Bar Harbor. …The 4-acre pond was owned by Charles How, a Bostonian who came to Bar Harbor in 1870. …How of the Fawn Pond and forty acres of land to the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 1906. …*Footnotes: 1 Bar Harbor Record, December 1, 1892, p.4. 2 Bar Harbor Record September 21, 1898, p.5. 3 Bar Harbor Times, March 28, 1934, p.7. 4 I am thankful | |
| Acadia National Park's Little-Known Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Little-Known Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-06-04 Acadia National Park's Little-Known Mountain.pdf …In 1896 it was changed to "Dan Brewers Mt" on the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association's Bates-Rand-Jaques Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount …In 1866 he built the first hotel on it, the Mountain House, overlooking Bar Harbor from its prominent 1530' summit. | |
| Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-01-10 Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island.pdf …entrance to Somes Harbor and off Squantum Point is Bar Island. …Courtesy: Northeast Harbor Library Courtesy: Northeast Harbor Library An 1887 map shows Bar Island and depicts the locations of the log cabin, a well …Mapmakers have consistently labeled the island as Bar Island; yet, it was often locally referred to as Pryor's Island. 2 Bar Harbor Times, 6/13/1934; p …. 8. 3 Bar Harbor Times, 8/26/1925; p. 12. 4 Memorial GPS coordinates: N44 21.390' W068 19.427' | |
| Acetylene Beacon Traffic Control Tower Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acetylene Beacon Traffic Control Tower Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The traffic control tower at the junction of Main Street and Clark Point Road was an acetylene beacon made by the American Gas Accumulator Co. of Elizabeth, New Jersey File Attachment: Traffic Beacons.pdf …Apparently Bar Harbor used the beacons too - "American Gas Accumulator Co., supplies for Beacons - $212.38" Annual Report of the Municipal Officers …of the Town of Bar Harbor, Year Ending 1927. | |||
| Adoniram Judson Robinson House Chester Warren Stanley House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Adoniram Judson Robinson House - T.pdf …House History Adoniram Judson Robinson House Ralph Judson Robinson House Ralph Warren Stanley - 1st Workshop Address: 376 Main Street City: Southwest Harbor …Bar Harbor Times, March 22, 1922. Robinson - Ralph Judson Robinson (1870-1923) The barn at the Adoniram Judson Robinson House served many purposes. …and, away from his workshop, painted the Freeman Elementary School (later Harbor House.) …Ralph was also a drummer and his workshop offered the Southwest Harbor Band a place to practice. | ||
| A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: A.E. Parker Wharf and Boat Shop.pdf …Address 168 Clark Point Road City Southwest Harbor State Maine Map and Lot: Map 4 Lot 29 Map - ROB 1951 SW BOAT CORP Original Owner …- The Bar Harbor Times, September 9, 1925. Southwest Harbor A.E. | ||
| Agnes - Steam Passenger Launch Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Agnes - Steam Passenger Launch Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Agnes – Steam Passenger Launch.pdf …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, May 10, 1888. 1888: "The steam launch Agnes, took a party from the Stanley House around Mount Desert Island last Friday …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, August 16, 1888. 1888 "The steamer Agnes, built by W.R. …Hadlock." - Bar Harbor Record, July 10, 1888 Captain Samuel Osgood Richardson (1842-1910) 1888: "The steam launch Agnes, took a party from the Stanley …The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, August 16, 1888. 1891: "Sept 18th 1891 - Dr Bates has given out that the Sunday school picnic will be a week from today | |||
| Albert Wilson Bee Cottage Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound Barton Haxall Grundy Cottage, "Journey's End" Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Albert Wilson Bee Cottage Sleepy Hollow By-the-Sound Barton Haxall Grundy Cottage, "Journey's End" Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Albert Wilson Bee Cottage.pdf …Bee was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer …The Bar Harbor Record, March 29, 1888. The builder was probably Seth W. …Bee s new summer home at Southwest Harbor. …From the extensive verandas there are charming views of the mountains and ocean, and every boat arriving at Southwest Harbor or Northeast Harbor can be | ||
| Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop A.W. Bee, Stationers Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the... “I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom...lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887... File Attachment: Bee - Albert Wilson Bee - Entrepreneur.pdf …The Bar Harbor Record, March 10, 1887. …Bee, Bar Harbor, Me." The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, August 15, 1889. …Bee, Bar Harbor, Me." The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, August 15, 1889. …The Bar Harbor Record, Thursday, June 20, 1889. | ||
| Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired... File Attachment: Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage.pdf …The Bar Harbor Record, March 24, 1887. Southwest Harbor Hillside Cottage Dr. Alex Fulton and wife, Ellsworth. …The Bar Harbor Record, July 14, 1887 In 1888 the Fultons contracted to build Highland Cottage in Southwest Harbor. P.H. …Fulton s that are in the market The Bar Harbor Record, March 22, 1888. …The Bar Harbor Record, April 12, 1888 Southwest Harbor Mrs. Dr. | |
| Alice M. Leland - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Alice M. Leland - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Alice M. Leland - Schooner - T.pdf …." - The Bar Harbor Record, October 30, 1890. …and was supposed to be sinking, and the crew took to the boat and landed on an island where rough weather kept them prisoners for several days." - The Bar …Harbor Record, May 25, 1893. | |||
| Alice Pike Barney Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Alice Pike Barney Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Alice Pike Barney File Attachment: Biography_BARNEY.pdf …Prepared by: Bar Harbor Historical Society Biography Barney Alice Pike Barney (1857 1931) Father: Samuel Sapthali Pike Mother: Ellen P. …Barney (1876-1972) and Laura Clifford Barney (1879-1974) Occupation: Painter Childhood Home: Cincinnati, Ohio and New York, New York Adult Home (Summer): Bar …Harbor, Maine Adult Home (Winter): Death Date: 12 October 1931 Death Place: Los Angeles, California Cemetery: __ MS/06-28-2000 Our thanks to Southwest …Harbor Public Library for sharing this data entry template for use by The History Trust (Feb 2021). | ||
| Allen - Frederick Allen (1813-1885) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Allen - Frederick Allen (1813-1885) Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Allen - Frederick Allen (1813-1885).pdf …Occupation: Sea Captain/Mariner Death Date: October 30, 1885 Death Place: Bar Harbor, Maine Cemetery: Mountain View Cemetery; originally buried in his | |||
| Allen - Joseph Allen (1870-1946) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Allen - Joseph Allen (1870-1946) Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Allen - Joseph Allen (1870-1946).pdf …Instructor of Mathematics Cornell University 1894-1897 Associate Professor of Mathematics City College of New York 1897-1940 Director of Grayrock School, Seal Harbor …Winter Home: 9 Myrtle Street, White Plains, New York Death Date: March 3, 1946 Death Place: Des Moines, Iowa Cemetery: 1914-1945: Chairman of the Seal Harbor …Lenahan, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2010, p. 5. This most helpful book includes location and trail maps with GPS coordinates. |