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| 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... | |
| Hayseed Ball, Bar Harbor Casino Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Hayseed Ball, Bar Harbor Casino Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| 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... | ||
| The Wreck of the Bar Harbor Express Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Wreck of the Bar Harbor Express Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Southwest Harbor Public Library Auction Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Public Library Auction Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...to benefit Harbor House and the Southwest Harbor Public Library...National Bank of Bar Harbor...The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias...The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13... | ||
| The Bar Harbor Fire - Ruins of the Malvern Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Fire - Ruins of the Malvern Hotel Southwest Harbor Public Library |
| The Bar Harbor Fire - View from Beech Hill Road Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Fire - View from Beech Hill Road Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Somesville is at left and the E.F. Butler house is at left center. The photograph was taken at about 3 p.m. on October 23, 1947.. | |
| The Bar Harbor Fire From Route 102 in Town Hill Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Fire From Route 102 in Town Hill Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The photograph was taken at about noon on October 23, 1947. W.H. Ballard was standing on Route 102 in Town Hill. Notice that the flames are taller than the trees in the foreground. |
| Scott Allen Worcester Winning the Southwest Harbor Public Library Auction Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Scott Allen Worcester Winning the Southwest Harbor Public Library Auction Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ..."Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning...National Bank of Bar Harbor...The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias...The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13... |
| The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...In 1892 the ladies of Southwest Harbor gathered together to raise money for land upon which to build a library building and then reported how they raised...their dollar..The Dollar Social was the first fundraising event held for the Southwest Harbor Public Library and the poem describing it was famous in... File Attachment: The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor.pdf …The Dollar Social At Southwest Harbor The Southwest Harbor Public library was founded in 1884. …Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 115. …"The Dollar Social At Southwest Harbor" describes how each woman earned her dollar. …Tracy, our Republican friend, took a bribe, I'm sorry to state, For her husband promised her a dollar if she would help him illuminate, So she sacrificed bar | |||
| Southwest Harbor Then & Now 2015 Exhibit Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Southwest Harbor Then & Now 2015 Exhibit Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...The July 2015 Show at the Southwest Harbor Public Library presented a visual stroll down Main Street and Clark Point Road composed of photographs from... File Attachment: THEN AND NOW SHOW 2015 - BROCHURE.pdf …Neal is just visible driving his horse and buggy out of the barn drive across the wood plank sidewalk on to Main Street. 05 B The Bar Harbor Bank and …See the Bar Harbor Times, April 20, 1927, p. 7. 9 21 B The First Masonic Hall - The Clark Point Road from Main Street - Circa 1909-1910 353 Main Street …Public Library Collection of Photographs 23 A Moore's Garage Co. and Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Co. on Clark Point Road - Circa 1919-1933 19 Clark Point …Photographer unknown Number 5823 - The Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs The Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Company is housed in the | ||
| 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... | |||
| Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured... | ||
| 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... | ||
| Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156 File Attachment: Effects_of_the_1947_Fire.pdf …However, as recorded in Bar Harbor or maintenance of the trails. …Norton had also been a member of the towards Hulls Cove and Bar Harbor and south over CCC trails crew at the Great [Long] Pond Camp. …For several years, Norm Walls and his crew divided their time between the NPS and the Bar Harbor VIA. …Path in Bar Harbor, a challenging task as the area was often hard-hit by winter storms. | |
| The Mayflower and Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Mayflower and Mount Desert Island Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Ralph Stanley has researched the people he knew on Mount Desert Island and their common ancestors who were Mayflower passengers and their descendents. File Attachment: Pilgrims - The Mayflower and Mount Desert Island.pdf …Eben Hamor in his History of Bar Harbor lists thirteen families from Eastham that were settled in Eden before 1779. …Israel Higgins took up land at Bar Harbor about 1771 and was living there with his wife and their son, Henry, then two years old. …branch of the Bar Harbor Banking and Trust Co. until she retired, Lawrence B. …Richardson, who now lives at Bar Harbor, Constance (Robbins) Stanley of Southwest Harbor and Jaylene Roths, former director of the Mount Desert Island | |
| The Horse Show at Robin Hood Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Horse Show at Robin Hood Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |