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| 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... | ||
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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) | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 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 Harbor: 40 Years Later Jesup Memorial Library |
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| RFC Declares Bar Harbor Area Disaster Area Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  RFC Declares Bar Harbor Area Disaster Area Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: RFC Declares BH Disaster Area-uncompressed.pdf …While Guite supervises, Mary Clough receives a call from Kansas City inquiring about a friend at Bar Harbor. Mrs. Helen F. …Harbor) on a similar errand. …RFC Declares Bar Harbor Area Disaster Area (NEWS Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 While federal agencies marshaled aid to combat Maine …Harbor area a disaster area. | L. | |||
| 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... | ||
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Fabbri Home at Bar Harbor Burns Postcard and Clipping, 1917-1918 Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Fabbri Home at Bar Harbor Burns Postcard and Clipping, 1917-1918 Jesup Memorial Library 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 | ||
| 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... | |||
| Permit to go onto Mount Desert Island during the Bar Harbor fire of October, 1947 Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Permit to go onto Mount Desert Island during the Bar Harbor fire of October, 1947 Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Early History of Seal Harbor, 1959, History Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Early History of Seal Harbor, 1959, History Claremont Hotel Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...12 page typewritten manuscript. early history of Seal Harbor, Jan 1959 with corrections Letter from Mrs. Roscoe C...Smith, 1947, re Miss Gordon's letter about Bar Harbor fire... | |||
| The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 Years Later Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 Years Later Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Newspaper supplement to the Bar Harbor Times, 1987, "The Fire of '47; Remembering - 40 Years Later." With photos and remembrances... | |||
| Newspaper article retrospectives of 1947 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Newspaper article retrospectives of 1947 Fire Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...1967 and 1972 articles from Bar Harbor Times and Ellsworth American on Fire of 1947... | ||||
| The Maine Fire Story Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Maine Fire Story Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Article about the 1947 fire that destroyed Bar Harbor... | |||
| Fabbri Cottage Print and Notes Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Fabbri Cottage Print and Notes Jesup Memorial Library Description: ...House and grounds at The Fabbri Cottage in Bar Harbor, ME... | ||
| Rivers Clippings Collection Alphabetical Files Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Rivers Clippings Collection Alphabetical Files Northeast Harbor Library Description: ...Compiled by Lydia Satterlee Rivers, who worked at the Northeast Harbor Library under Robert Pyle. The collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry C...Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Airlines Bar Harbor Yacht Club Bartlett, Irene Bartlett Island Bass, Robert Beal & Bunker Ferry Beal, David A...Whitehill, Walter Widmerding, John Woman’s Club of Northeast Harbor Wooden Boat Woodward, Charles H...Wright, Jack Wright, Mildred Y Yacht Club, Seal Harbor Young, Nathan Yourcenar, Marguerite Z Zirnkilton, Stephen... File Attachment: Rivers Clippings Alphabetical Files b.pdf …Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Airlines Stalking the Wild Scenic , The Bar Harbor Times, August 15, 1991 - 85th birthday: Community involvement prescription …for healthy MDI Hospital , The Bar Harbor Times, September 29, 1983 - The Great Bar Harbor Fire of 1947: A personal recollection, The Bar Harbor Times …, The Bar Harbor Times, August 15-29, 1991 - Acadia Acrostic , The Bar Harbor Times, September 5-19, 1991 - Acadia Acrostic , The Bar Harbor …to Cranberry , August 30, 1979 - Bar Harbor Times is fifty years old this week , Bar Harbor Times, July 9, 1964 - Bar Harbor Times has new owners | ||||
| Musical performances by the Arcady Music Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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| Musical performances by the Arcady Music Society Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: ...Two DVD copies of musical performances by the Arcady Music Society of Bar Harbor, Maine, with accompanying note from Masanobu and Tomoko Ikemiya to Phil... | |||
| Prologue: The Great Fire Memoir Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Prologue: The Great Fire Memoir Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Prologue-The Great Fire-uncompressed.pdf …The wind shifted again, driving the fire toward the village of Bar Harbor. …From The Story of Bar Harbor by Richard Walden Hale, Jr 1 Bar Harbor Weather 1947 Oct 17 Friday 62 degrees Sunshine Oct 18 Saturday 65 degrees …returned to Bar Harbor later and joined the firefighters. …Frances Spear Seeley Pineo Lane Bar Harbor, Kaine January, 1977 | |||
| College of the Atlantic Students Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  College of the Atlantic Students Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...Inscription on back reads "COA is governed by" and "Return to LaRue Spiker Southwest Harbor" in blue pen... |