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| 12691 | Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine |
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| Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010. | 
Description: Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010. [show more] | ||
| 9517 | Looking East from Hotel Islesford, Islesford, ME |
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| 15626 | Mount Desert Views 1884 |
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| 17 albertype illustrations from photographs of views on Mount Desert Island, Maine...The plates in these portfolios [the Forbes Co. series] are larger than the average size of book plates and are therefore more commanding. Large individual prints are very uncommon in the United States."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 78 Includes plates: 1. Bar Harbor from Summit of Green Mountain 2. Great Head and Newport Sands 3. Schooner Head 4. Green Mountain Railway, 500 Feet Grade 5. The Oven 6. The Profile and Natural Bridge at the Oven 7. The Boulder, Bar Harbor 8. Steamer Mount Desert 9. Green Mountain Railway Station at Base of Green Mountain 10. Summit House on Green Mountain 11. Steamer Wauwinet on Eagle Lake 12. Eagle Lake 13. Eagle Lake House 14. Green Mountain Railway, - The Gulch 15. Otter Cliffs 16. View from Otter Cliff 17. Bar Harbor | 
Description: 17 albertype illustrations from photographs of views on Mount Desert Island, Maine...The plates in these portfolios [the Forbes Co. series] are larger than the average size of book plates and are therefore more commanding. Large individual prints are very uncommon in the United States."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 78 Includes plates: 1. Bar Harbor from Summit of Green Mountain 2. Great Head and Newport Sands 3. Schooner Head 4. Green Mountain Railway, 500 Feet Grade 5. The Oven 6. The Profile and Natural Bridge at the Oven 7. The Boulder, Bar Harbor 8. Steamer Mount Desert 9. Green Mountain Railway Station at Base of Green Mountain 10. Summit House on Green Mountain 11. Steamer Wauwinet on Eagle Lake 12. Eagle Lake 13. Eagle Lake House 14. Green Mountain Railway, - The Gulch 15. Otter Cliffs 16. View from Otter Cliff 17. Bar Harbor [show more] | |||
| 7009 | Paradise Point Showing Sargent's Mountain |
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| Published by Georgia Somes Smith, Mt. Desert, Me | 
Description: Published by Georgia Somes Smith, Mt. Desert, Me | |||
| 9461 | Surf. So. West Harbor, Me. |
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| 15011 | Bar Harbor Days |
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| “Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887. | 
Description: “Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887. | ||
| 15610 | Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast |
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| 6857 | View From The Moorings, Manset |
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| 6860 | Jesuit Field on Fernald Point |
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| 11550 | Map of Washington and Part of Hancock Counties, Maine |
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| 13293 | Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park |
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| Together, the pictures and text evoke the spirit of the Golden Age of Bar Harbor, with all the accoutrements of the rich and famous robber barons who summered there. Included are images of steamships and railroads; the summer homes, or cottages, and their gardens; the fabulous grand hotels; people in period dress in leisure pursuits; and the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1947, as well as views of the town and harbor and Acadia National Park. | 
Description: Together, the pictures and text evoke the spirit of the Golden Age of Bar Harbor, with all the accoutrements of the rich and famous robber barons who summered there. Included are images of steamships and railroads; the summer homes, or cottages, and their gardens; the fabulous grand hotels; people in period dress in leisure pursuits; and the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1947, as well as views of the town and harbor and Acadia National Park. | |||
| 13292 | Lost Bar Harbor |
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| From the 1880s to the end of World War I, the fashionable resort of Bar Harbor attracted thousands of summer visitors with the money and leisure to pursue "the simple life on a grand scale," as A. Atwater Kent put it. They came to rusticate, dance, sail, picnic, flirt--and they did it all with style. Many relaxed at Bar Harbor's lavish hotels, while others built even more lavish and fanciful "cottages" for their own summer retreats. That dazzling era is just a memory now. The Depression and World War II undermined the summer colony, and the Great Fire of 1947 dealt the final blow. Those summer homes and hotels that survived the blaze generally succumbed to changing times, and only a handful stand today. Eighty-six vanished summer palaces are pictured in Lost Bar Harbor. Many never before published photographs from the Bar Harbor Historical Society are supplemented by lively text describing the estates and their colorful inhabitants. It is the most comprehensive collection of early Bar Harbor photographs ever assembled, providing an unparalleled glimpse of one of the world's great resort communities. | 
Description: From the 1880s to the end of World War I, the fashionable resort of Bar Harbor attracted thousands of summer visitors with the money and leisure to pursue "the simple life on a grand scale," as A. Atwater Kent put it. They came to rusticate, dance, sail, picnic, flirt--and they did it all with style. Many relaxed at Bar Harbor's lavish hotels, while others built even more lavish and fanciful "cottages" for their own summer retreats. That dazzling era is just a memory now. The Depression and World War II undermined the summer colony, and the Great Fire of 1947 dealt the final blow. Those summer homes and hotels that survived the blaze generally succumbed to changing times, and only a handful stand today. Eighty-six vanished summer palaces are pictured in Lost Bar Harbor. Many never before published photographs from the Bar Harbor Historical Society are supplemented by lively text describing the estates and their colorful inhabitants. It is the most comprehensive collection of early Bar Harbor photographs ever assembled, providing an unparalleled glimpse of one of the world's great resort communities. [show more] | |||
| 13295 | Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album |
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| 16461 | Mount Desert Island, and the Cranberry Isles. |
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| 14364 | Sketches of Brooks History |
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| This book was originally published in 1935 and was reprinted 2013 to bring to the newer generations the rich history of the Brooks community specifically, and that of Waldo County generally. This publication includes 50 chapters starting with the Muscongus Grant (Waldo Patent) and culminating with Tombstone Inscriptions, References, and an Appendix of Birth, Marriages and Deaths from 1930 to 1934. | 
Description: This book was originally published in 1935 and was reprinted 2013 to bring to the newer generations the rich history of the Brooks community specifically, and that of Waldo County generally. This publication includes 50 chapters starting with the Muscongus Grant (Waldo Patent) and culminating with Tombstone Inscriptions, References, and an Appendix of Birth, Marriages and Deaths from 1930 to 1934. | |||
| 15377 | The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters. |
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| Historian, Genealogist, Musician, Boat Builder, Author, Raconteur - there is only one Ralph Stanley. Ralph bears many titles and awards, but for the Southwest Harbor Public Library he is, most of all, a friend. Ralph started using the library as a child and continued as an adult, graduated to Trustee, to President of the Trustees, and, in 2013, became our first Trustee Emeritus. Since 2007 he has spent hundreds of hours patiently identifying people, places and vessels in the Digital Archive. He gave the library his vast collection of photographs, The Ralph Warren Stanley Collection, in 2014. For years he has told us stories of his family, friends and adventures on Mount Desert Island. Archivists have written down almost every word and fact – a treasure for the collection and for the community. This is his chef d’oeuvre, The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Ralph’s own story, based on his own research and in his own words. To purchase the print version of this book please contact the Southwest Harbor Public Library at archivist@swhplibrary.org or (207) 244-7065. | 
Description: Historian, Genealogist, Musician, Boat Builder, Author, Raconteur - there is only one Ralph Stanley. Ralph bears many titles and awards, but for the Southwest Harbor Public Library he is, most of all, a friend. Ralph started using the library as a child and continued as an adult, graduated to Trustee, to President of the Trustees, and, in 2013, became our first Trustee Emeritus. Since 2007 he has spent hundreds of hours patiently identifying people, places and vessels in the Digital Archive. He gave the library his vast collection of photographs, The Ralph Warren Stanley Collection, in 2014. For years he has told us stories of his family, friends and adventures on Mount Desert Island. Archivists have written down almost every word and fact – a treasure for the collection and for the community. This is his chef d’oeuvre, The Stanleys of Cranberry Isles…and Other Colorful Characters, Ralph’s own story, based on his own research and in his own words. To purchase the print version of this book please contact the Southwest Harbor Public Library at archivist@swhplibrary.org or (207) 244-7065. [show more] | ||
| 7004 | Cottage Street, Northeast Harbor, Maine |
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| 7024 | General View of Five Islands, Maine |
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| 6720 | View of Steamer Camden Entering the Penobscot River Near Winterport, Maine |
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| 6784 | Street View, SO. West Harbor, Me. |
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| Main Street looking north with view of Elisha Crane's House and Ralph's Store. | 
Description: Main Street looking north with view of Elisha Crane's House and Ralph's Store. | |||
| 6992 | Garden at Blaireyrie, Bar Harbor, Maine |
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| See “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, p. 29 - 2002 See online - “Blair Eyrie 1894-1917”, Garden Club of America Collection, Smithsonian Archives, July 2002, Accessed online 02/12/20010; http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!246644!0 See - “American Country Homes and Their Gardens” By John Cordis Baker, 1906, Chapter – “Garden at Blair Eyrie, The Estate of DeWitt Clinton Blair, Esq., Bar Harbor, Me. - Andrews Jaques & Rantoul Architects” - p. 13. Published for W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine. | 
Description: See “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, p. 29 - 2002 See online - “Blair Eyrie 1894-1917”, Garden Club of America Collection, Smithsonian Archives, July 2002, Accessed online 02/12/20010; http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!246644!0 See - “American Country Homes and Their Gardens” By John Cordis Baker, 1906, Chapter – “Garden at Blair Eyrie, The Estate of DeWitt Clinton Blair, Esq., Bar Harbor, Me. - Andrews Jaques & Rantoul Architects” - p. 13. Published for W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine. [show more] | ||||
| 12744 | Lafayette National Park, Western Slope, Acadia Mountain - Showing Entrance of Somes Sound, Mt. Desert Island, Maine |
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| Date: Circa 1920 Size: 5.5” x 3.5” Media: Tinted half-tone Subject: “Lone Pine” on Robinson Mountain Photographer: Unknown Publisher: W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine Original Printer: Curt Teich Co. – under C.T. American Art name Divided Back: Y Bordered: Y Mailed: N Number: 82548 Postmarked: N The photograph was not printed in register, but the image has become a classic. | 
Description: Date: Circa 1920 Size: 5.5” x 3.5” Media: Tinted half-tone Subject: “Lone Pine” on Robinson Mountain Photographer: Unknown Publisher: W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine Original Printer: Curt Teich Co. – under C.T. American Art name Divided Back: Y Bordered: Y Mailed: N Number: 82548 Postmarked: N The photograph was not printed in register, but the image has become a classic. | |||
| 6772 | Clark's Point from Head of Harbor, S. W. Harbor, Me. |
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| 15165 | Magnolia, Massachusetts |
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| "Just over the Manchester [Massachusetts] line in the western section of Gloucester is the major portion of the village of Magnolia at Magnolia Point, long one of the North Shore's most important hospitality tourism destinations… Originally a fishing and farming settlement, Magnolia had its beginnings as a summer resort center in the early 1870s with the construction of the first summer cottages there…" - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 99, University Press of New England – 2008 | 
Description: "Just over the Manchester [Massachusetts] line in the western section of Gloucester is the major portion of the village of Magnolia at Magnolia Point, long one of the North Shore's most important hospitality tourism destinations… Originally a fishing and farming settlement, Magnolia had its beginnings as a summer resort center in the early 1870s with the construction of the first summer cottages there…" - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 99, University Press of New England – 2008 [show more] | |||||
| 15529 | Edward Lothrop Rand Memorial |
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