Identities of the four most visible houses in the photograph. Left to Right: William G. “Bill Gill” Norwood (1833-1899) house at 719 Tremont Road, Map 5 – Lot 93, West Tremont. Note – the property is shown on the Salem Town map as Lot #21. William “Billy” H. Webster (1873-1943) house at 16 Horseshoe Road, Map 5 – Lot 91, West Tremont. Capt. Nathan Adam Reed (1823-) house at 23 Horseshoe Road, Map 6 – Lot 1, West Tremont. Henry Thomas Webster (1843-1914) house at 26 Webster Lane, Map 5 – Lot 94, West Tremont – burned in the 1940s.
Description: Identities of the four most visible houses in the photograph. Left to Right: William G. “Bill Gill” Norwood (1833-1899) house at 719 Tremont Road, Map 5 – Lot 93, West Tremont. Note – the property is shown on the Salem Town map as Lot #21. William “Billy” H. Webster (1873-1943) house at 16 Horseshoe Road, Map 5 – Lot 91, West Tremont. Capt. Nathan Adam Reed (1823-) house at 23 Horseshoe Road, Map 6 – Lot 1, West Tremont. Henry Thomas Webster (1843-1914) house at 26 Webster Lane, Map 5 – Lot 94, West Tremont – burned in the 1940s. [show more]
Bass Harbor, Maine near the southern point of Mount Desert Island. Air view shows lobster boats, the Swans Island Ferry Terminal, the Wyman Packing Co. Factory in Bass Harbor Village and Mount Desert Hills in Acadia National Park.
Description: Bass Harbor, Maine near the southern point of Mount Desert Island. Air view shows lobster boats, the Swans Island Ferry Terminal, the Wyman Packing Co. Factory in Bass Harbor Village and Mount Desert Hills in Acadia National Park.
Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market.
Description: Pickering Square is bordered by Water Street and Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor between Main Street and the Kenduskeag Stream. Now succumbed to urban renewal, historically it was the site of an open air market.
The arrows on map 2533 show the location of the U.S. Custom House, P.O. and Signal Office and what appears to be a revenue cutter. The circle shows the location of the Custom House Wharf.
Description: The arrows on map 2533 show the location of the U.S. Custom House, P.O. and Signal Office and what appears to be a revenue cutter. The circle shows the location of the Custom House Wharf.
The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.
Description: The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.
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]