26 - 50 of 188 results
You searched for: Place: is exactly 'Bar Harbor'✖
Refine Your Search
Refine Your Search
Subject
Type
Place
  • Bar Harbor
Date
Tags
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13020Bar Harbor Casino
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Casino
Item:
  • 13020   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13021A. Bird Cough Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Bar Harbor
"A. Bird Cough [Adoniram Bird Cough] has opened a most attractive store at 26 Cottage Street. The store is stocked with a fine line of groceries and the usual vegetable lines." - 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 side of Cottage Street, a site occupied by Cadillac Mt. Sports in 2013.
A. Bird Cough Store
Item:
  • 13021   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
"A. Bird Cough [Adoniram Bird Cough] has opened a most attractive store at 26 Cottage Street. The store is stocked with a fine line of groceries and the usual vegetable lines." - 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 side of Cottage Street, a site occupied by Cadillac Mt. Sports in 2013. [show more]
13023Kennedy Cottage - Kenarden
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Bar Harbor
Kennedy Cottage - Kenarden
Item:
  • 13023   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13027Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels.
Porcupine Hotel
Hotel Florence
Item:
  • 13027   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. [show more]
13042Robin Hood Park
  • Reference
  • Places
  • Bar Harbor
Robin Hood Park
Item:
  • 13042   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13162Musgrave Tea Tower
  • Reference
  • Structures, Tower
  • Bar Harbor
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
A landmark along the Shore Path was the Musgrave Tea Tower. In 1881, New York banker Thomas Musgrave built Edgemere, a Shingle-style cottage designed by William R. Emerson. Five years later he added a second cottage, Mare Vista, to his property. Musgrave's tower contained a second-floor tearoom and an attached bowling alley and dance hall." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 50. The Musgrave Tea Tower was built by Thomas Bateson Musgrave (1831-1903) and his wife, Frances 'Fannie' Eleanor (Jones) Musgrave. Archivists researching the life of the Musgraves embark upon a sea of stories combining opulence, litigation and controversy.
Musgrave Tea Tower
Item:
  • 13162   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Tower
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
Description:
A landmark along the Shore Path was the Musgrave Tea Tower. In 1881, New York banker Thomas Musgrave built Edgemere, a Shingle-style cottage designed by William R. Emerson. Five years later he added a second cottage, Mare Vista, to his property. Musgrave's tower contained a second-floor tearoom and an attached bowling alley and dance hall." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 50. The Musgrave Tea Tower was built by Thomas Bateson Musgrave (1831-1903) and his wife, Frances 'Fannie' Eleanor (Jones) Musgrave. Archivists researching the life of the Musgraves embark upon a sea of stories combining opulence, litigation and controversy. [show more]
13163Eden Hall
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Bar Harbor
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
Eden Hall
Item:
  • 13163   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Atlantic Ave
13203Balance Rock
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Bar Harbor
Balance Rock
Item:
  • 13203   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13204Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 13204   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13214Bar Harbor Shore Path
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Shore Path
Item:
  • 13214   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13256Malvern Hotel
  • Reference
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Bar Harbor
  • 80 Mt. Desert Street
Malvern Hotel
Item:
  • 13256   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 80 Mt. Desert Street
14797Huguenot Head
Pickett Mountain
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Bar Harbor
  • Huguenot Head
Huguenot Head
Pickett Mountain
Item:
  • 14797   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Huguenot Head
16018St. Sylvia’s Catholic Church
  • Reference
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Bar Harbor
  • 53 Kebo Street
St. Sylvia’s Catholic Church
Item:
  • 16018   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 53 Kebo Street
6999Bluenose I at the Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.
  • Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
  • Bar Harbor
Bluenose I at the Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal
Item:
  • 6999   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.
Publisher:
  • Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
10154Newport House, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • Bar Harbor
Newport House, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 10154   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
11679View of Bar Harbor from Eden Heights
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • Chisholm Brothers, Portland, Maine
  • Bar Harbor
View of Bar Harbor from Eden Heights
Item:
  • 11679   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • Chisholm Brothers, Portland, Maine
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
9327Hotel Florence, Bar Harbor, Me.
Hotel Porcupine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Bar Harbor
Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.
Hotel Florence, Bar Harbor, Me.
Hotel Porcupine
Item:
  • 9327   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Published by F.E. Sherman, Bar Harbor, ME. - Made in U.S.A.
6722Steamer Norumbega at Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Bar Harbor
Steamer Norumbega at Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6722   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
6729Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1906 c.
  • Bar Harbor
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject."
Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6729   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1906 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject." [show more]
6871Steamer Norumbega, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1918
  • Bar Harbor
Steamer Norumbega, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6871   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1918
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
6769Sidewheel Steamer Frank Jones Leaving Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • 1904 c.
  • Bar Harbor
Printed in Germany
Sidewheel Steamer Frank Jones Leaving Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 6769   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Date:
  • 1904 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Printed in Germany
9305View of Bar Harbor from the Water
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
  • Bar Harbor
The postcard was printed by the Albertype Company for Bar Harbor stationer W.H. Sherman to sell in his shop.
View of Bar Harbor from the Water
Item:
  • 9305   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Publisher:
  • The Albertype Company, Brooklyn, NY
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The postcard was printed by the Albertype Company for Bar Harbor stationer W.H. Sherman to sell in his shop.
6843Auxillary Sail Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Bar Harbor
Auxillary Sail Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 6843   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of William J. Lawlor
12225Ferdinand M. Dolliver
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • The Hall Studio, Bar Harbor, Me.
  • Bar Harbor
Ferdinand M. Dolliver
Item:
  • 12225   
Accession #:
  • 1014
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • The Hall Studio, Bar Harbor, Me.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Alton M. Billings Family Collection
12226Lester Leighton Wass
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • The Hall Studio, Bar Harbor, Me.
  • Bar Harbor
Lester Leighton Wass
Item:
  • 12226   
Accession #:
  • 1014
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • The Hall Studio, Bar Harbor, Me.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Alton M. Billings Family Collection