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113071808 Plan of the Moiety of the Island of Mount Desert
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872)
  • 1808
  • Mount Desert Island
Surveyed and drawn by: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Inscription on map says "“A Plan of the moiety of the Island of Mount Desert granted by the Legislature of Massachusetts in June 1785 and afterwards by a division of said Island assigned to John Barnard Esq. surveyed and Lotted in 1808 By Salem Town Jun.r Hancock Is Register of Deeds Office July12, 1839 – This is a true copy of the Plan titled & signed as above, and deposited in this office. Attest F.B. Morgan Reg.r" Although popularly known as the "Salem Towne Map," this original map, owned by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, was drawn and clearly signed by "Salem Town Junr" in 1808.
1808 Plan of the Moiety of the Island of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 11307   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872)
Date:
  • 1808
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
Tags:
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Description:
Surveyed and drawn by: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Inscription on map says "“A Plan of the moiety of the Island of Mount Desert granted by the Legislature of Massachusetts in June 1785 and afterwards by a division of said Island assigned to John Barnard Esq. surveyed and Lotted in 1808 By Salem Town Jun.r Hancock Is Register of Deeds Office July12, 1839 – This is a true copy of the Plan titled & signed as above, and deposited in this office. Attest F.B. Morgan Reg.r" Although popularly known as the "Salem Towne Map," this original map, owned by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, was drawn and clearly signed by "Salem Town Junr" in 1808. [show more]
26781880 Map Showing Route of Steamers Connecting Mount Desert Island with Eastern R.R. for Boston
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • U. S. Coast Survey
  • Passenger Dep't of Eastern R.R. Co.
  • 1880
  • Mount Desert Island
1880 Map Showing Route of Steamers Connecting Mount Desert Island with Eastern R.R. for Boston
Item:
  • 2678   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • U. S. Coast Survey
Publisher:
  • Passenger Dep't of Eastern R.R. Co.
Date:
  • 1880
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
27471881 Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • 1881
  • Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands embracing the Towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, Maine
1881 Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2747   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Adapted from Colby’s Atlas of Hancock County, Maine
Tags:
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Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands embracing the Towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, Maine
2741Chart of the Outer Islands of Mount Desert Island
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • 1883
  • Mount Desert Island
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Coast Chart No. 103, Mount Desert Island, Frenchman’s and Blue Hill Bays and Approaches, Maine
Chart of the Outer Islands of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2741   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1883
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Description:
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Coast Chart No. 103, Mount Desert Island, Frenchman’s and Blue Hill Bays and Approaches, Maine
26771883 Topographical drawing of the Crest, Face and Talus of a Granite Cliff. (Eagle Cliff, Mt. Desert Id.)
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Hergesheimer - E. Hergesheimer
  • 1883
  • Mount Desert Island
Shows the Carroll Homestead, Valley Cove and unidentified homestead just north of Valley Cove.
1883 Topographical drawing of the Crest, Face and Talus of a Granite Cliff. (Eagle Cliff, Mt. Desert Id.)
Item:
  • 2677   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Hergesheimer - E. Hergesheimer
Date:
  • 1883
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows the Carroll Homestead, Valley Cove and unidentified homestead just north of Valley Cove.
15625Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth Annual Excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884
  • Publication, Book
  • Places
  • Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905)
  • Charles W. Eddy
  • 1884
  • Mount Desert Island
A souvenir album of the Bar Harbor, Maine, area published by Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, with autoglyph prints by W. P. Allen, West Gardner, Massachusetts. Includes "21 autoglyph illustrations [by W.P. Allen] from photographs at Mount Desert, Maine, and a portrait. W.P. Allen, of West Gardner, purchased Artotype patent rights [in] 1879...Chandler identifies the Autoglyph with the Indotype patent." -- Hanson Collection catalog, p. 79 Includes photographs of: - Rodick House - Pulpit Rock - Balancing Rock - Duck Brook - Eagle Lake House - Green Mountain Railroad Train - Summit House on Green (Cadillac) Mountain - Mount Desert Island from Hancock Point - East from Sullivan Landing - Spouting Horn - Buckboard Part with Bee-Hive (Beehive) Mountain in background - Great Head - The Ovens - Cathedral Rock - Profile Rock - Natural Bridge - Great Oven
Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth Annual Excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884
Item:
  • 15625   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905)
Publisher:
  • Charles W. Eddy
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The University of Maine, DigitalCommons@UMaine.
    http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/106
Description:
A souvenir album of the Bar Harbor, Maine, area published by Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, with autoglyph prints by W. P. Allen, West Gardner, Massachusetts. Includes "21 autoglyph illustrations [by W.P. Allen] from photographs at Mount Desert, Maine, and a portrait. W.P. Allen, of West Gardner, purchased Artotype patent rights [in] 1879...Chandler identifies the Autoglyph with the Indotype patent." -- Hanson Collection catalog, p. 79 Includes photographs of: - Rodick House - Pulpit Rock - Balancing Rock - Duck Brook - Eagle Lake House - Green Mountain Railroad Train - Summit House on Green (Cadillac) Mountain - Mount Desert Island from Hancock Point - East from Sullivan Landing - Spouting Horn - Buckboard Part with Bee-Hive (Beehive) Mountain in background - Great Head - The Ovens - Cathedral Rock - Profile Rock - Natural Bridge - Great Oven [show more]
26681885 Map of Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • George N. Colby & Co.
  • 1885
  • Mount Desert Island
Embracing the Towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, Maine. An inset at the bottom shows parts of Scarborough and Old Orchard and the cities of Saco and Biddeford.
1885 Map of Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands, Maine
Item:
  • 2668   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • George N. Colby & Co.
Date:
  • 1885
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • U.S. Coast Survey
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Embracing the Towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles, Hancock County, Maine. An inset at the bottom shows parts of Scarborough and Old Orchard and the cities of Saco and Biddeford.
26731887 Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Colby & Stuart
  • 1887
  • Mount Desert Island
Map of Mount Dessert Island, Sorrento, portions of Lamoine, Hancock, Frenchmans Bay, and adjacent islands. Compiled and drawn from official plans and actual surveys.
1887 Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2673   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • Colby & Stuart
Date:
  • 1887
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Map of Mount Dessert Island, Sorrento, portions of Lamoine, Hancock, Frenchmans Bay, and adjacent islands. Compiled and drawn from official plans and actual surveys.
5162Mary F. Steenstra, Sixteen Years Old, Rowing a Boat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Mount Desert Island
Mary F. Steenstra, 16 years old, wearing her eyeglasses, with her watch fob cord tucked through her button holes, her handkerchief neatly tucked into her sash and her hat at her feet seems relaxed at the oars of a rowboat, probably in the waters off Mount Desert Island.
Mary F. Steenstra, Sixteen Years Old, Rowing a Boat
Item:
  • 5162   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
Mary F. Steenstra, 16 years old, wearing her eyeglasses, with her watch fob cord tucked through her button holes, her handkerchief neatly tucked into her sash and her hat at her feet seems relaxed at the oars of a rowboat, probably in the waters off Mount Desert Island.
5022Schooner Puritan in Somes Sound Off Brown Mountain
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Mount Desert Island
Henry L. Rand probably photographed schooner "Puritan" while sailing in Somes Sound aboard his catboat, "Lanita." The photograph was taken in Somes Sound between Halls Quarry behind the camera and Brown Mountain, later Norumbega Mountain in the East behind the schooner.
Schooner Puritan in Somes Sound Off Brown Mountain
Item:
  • 5022   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
Henry L. Rand probably photographed schooner "Puritan" while sailing in Somes Sound aboard his catboat, "Lanita." The photograph was taken in Somes Sound between Halls Quarry behind the camera and Brown Mountain, later Norumbega Mountain in the East behind the schooner.
5114Hadlock Pond Brook in 1890
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Stream
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Mount Desert Island
This is one of locations frequented by the Champlain Society. See item 9607 for view of members of the Champlain Society in this same location.
Hadlock Pond Brook in 1890
Item:
  • 5114   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Stream
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
This is one of locations frequented by the Champlain Society. See item 9607 for view of members of the Champlain Society in this same location.
5748Schooner off Manchester Point and Fog
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Somes Sound
Schooner off Manchester Point and Fog
Item:
  • 5748   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Somes Sound
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5751Robinson's Mountain from Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Mountain
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Mount Desert Island
Robinson Mountain - Acadia Mountain in 2007 – 680 feet
Robinson's Mountain from Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5751   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
Robinson Mountain - Acadia Mountain in 2007 – 680 feet
5314Schooner Adelia - Out of Annapolis, Nova Scotia - in Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • Mount Desert Island
The picture shows four men on board.
Schooner Adelia - Out of Annapolis, Nova Scotia - in Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5314   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
The picture shows four men on board.
5027New York Nautical School Ship, Sloop St. Mary's Under Sail
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890-08
  • Mount Desert Island
New York Nautical School Ship, Sloop St. Mary's Under Sail
Item:
  • 5027   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5322New York Nautical School Ship, Sloop St. Mary's, Sails Furled
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890-08
  • Mount Desert Island
New York Nautical School Ship, Sloop St. Mary's, Sails Furled
Item:
  • 5322   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5316Edward Lothrop Rand and Group at High Head
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • People
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890-09-01
  • Mount Desert Island
Four men and four women are shown resting on a day's outing. The women are dressed for the country - complete with hats. Botanist, Edward Lathrop Rand, on the far right, is wearing elaborately buckled gaiters and carries his vasculum for collecting botanical specimens.
Edward Lothrop Rand and Group at High Head
Item:
  • 5316   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890-09-01
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Four men and four women are shown resting on a day's outing. The women are dressed for the country - complete with hats. Botanist, Edward Lathrop Rand, on the far right, is wearing elaborately buckled gaiters and carries his vasculum for collecting botanical specimens.
5317Edward Lothrop Rand and Buckboard Party on High Head
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890-09-01
  • Mount Desert Island
Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html.
Edward Lothrop Rand and Buckboard Party on High Head
Item:
  • 5317   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1890-09-01
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. [show more]
5226Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - "View up Somes Sound from the Old Campground"
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Sound
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1891
  • Mount Desert Island
Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - "View up Somes Sound from the Old Campground"
Item:
  • 5226   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5352Lobster Traps at the Narrows
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • Places, Sound
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1891
  • Mount Desert Island
Lobster Traps at the Narrows
Item:
  • 5352   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Object, Fishing, Fish Trap, Lobster Trap
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5353Coasting Schooner Gamecock
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1891-08
  • Mount Desert Island
Coasting Schooner Gamecock
Item:
  • 5353   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1891-08
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5357Incoming Fog at Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Sound
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1891-08-21
  • Mount Desert Island
Incoming Fog at Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5357   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1891-08-21
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5013Sidewheel Steamer Frank Jones Off Bass Harbor Head
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-08-15
  • Mount Desert Island
Sidewheel Steamer Frank Jones Off Bass Harbor Head
Item:
  • 5013   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1892-08-15
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
8083Robinson Mountain from Brown Mountain Road Across Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Mountain
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1893-08-27
  • Mount Desert Island
Robinson Mountain from Brown Mountain Road Across Somes Sound
Item:
  • 8083   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1893-08-27
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
5200Somes Sound Looking South
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Sound
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1893-08-31
  • Mount Desert Island
See SWHPL 8084 for another photo that may depict the woman in the hat shown in this photo.
Somes Sound Looking South
Item:
  • 5200   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1893-08-31
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
See SWHPL 8084 for another photo that may depict the woman in the hat shown in this photo.