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You searched for: 'bar harbor'Date: [blank]Subject: Object
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Maine's Great Coast Resort: Bar Harbor and Lafayette National Park
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Object, Baseball Gear, Baseball
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Camping
  • Other, Fishing
  • Other, Horseback riding
  • Other, Lafayette National Park
  • Other, Otter Cliffs
  • Other, Radio stations
  • Other, Tennis
  • Recreation, Sports, Golf
Description:
Contains brief written descriptions of activities, accommodations, and more. No date given, but mentions the Building of Arts, USN Radio Station at Otter Cliffs.
Survey of Yesterday's Toys.....And Chistmas
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Object, Toys
Survey of Yesterday's Toys.....And Chistmas
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
...Bar Harbor Times December 24, 1964. Survey of Yesterday’s Toys... And Christmas. By La Rue Spiker...
Native American sweetgrass basket with lid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American sweetgrass basket with lid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs...
Native American Indian maiden doll
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Doll
  • Object, Doll
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American Indian maiden doll
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs...
Native American acorn-like sweet-grass basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American acorn-like sweet-grass basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor...
Native American miniature sweetgrass basket (Passamaquoddy)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American miniature sweetgrass basket (Passamaquoddy)
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs...
Native American sweetgrass basket and lid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American sweetgrass basket and lid
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor...
Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American sweetgrass whisk brooms
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs...
Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • Penobscot
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Indigenous American barrel-shaped Sweetgrass Basket
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs...
The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • Places, Shore
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
The Boiler, Great Cranberry Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
...The huge 11 ton boulder the local fishermen called “The Boiler” had been lodged in the mud just off Fish Point at the entrance to the Pool or harbor on...The Pool, a good sheltered harbor for schooners, is shallow with a 2-foot draft at low tide, rising to an 8 to 10 foot draft when the tide is in...The Bar Harbor Record, February 23, 1900 - Cranberry Island...
Native American sweetgrass square shape
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
  • Object, Containers, Basket
  • Object, Other Object
  • No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
Native American sweetgrass square shape
Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
Description:
...Norman Shaw) ca. 1980-2000, who ran the Dancing Deer gift shop in Bar Harbor. She eventually sold them to Wini Smart's daughter, Gail, (per Mrs...
Acetylene Beacon Traffic Control Tower
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
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.
Richardson Family Flintlock Musket
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Reference
  • Object, Other Object
  • In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Richardson Family Flintlock Musket
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
The gun was possibly used in the Battle of Norwood Cove.


File Attachment:
Richardson Family Flintlock Musket.pdf
…Special Interest: War of 1812, Battle of Norwood Cove, Southwest Harbor, Maine 1814. …Note: The estimated pedigree is made by the curator of the Southwest Harbor Public Library Digital Archive who is not trained in weapon identification. …The gun was found in the Richardson house at 5 Country Way, Bar Harbor, built in 1900 by Melville B. Richardson (1873-1953). …Morrill, published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, 2014.
Rebecca's Dolls
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Object, Doll
  • People
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Rebecca's Dolls
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Description:
Carroll family mythology says that Rebecca Carroll made sixteen dolls for her grandchildren – one for each grandchild born while she was alive. Researchers have found evidence of three of the dolls and are looking for the others.


File Attachment:
Carroll - Rebeccas Dolls.pdf
…There is also a footnote on p. 73 concerning the exact pages used for the cutout. - The Carroll Family Mountain House, Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1825 …Stanley Virginia Eaton Young (1905-1986) was born to Fred Eaton and Alice (Carroll) Young on July 22, 1905 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. …Wilbur (1901-1985) on September 10, 1937 in Southwest Harbor. Virginia Eaton (Young) Wilbur died on June 23, 1986 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. …Evelyn (Kittredge) Jordan died on August 7, 1983 in Bar Harbor, Maine.