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15165Magnolia, Massachusetts
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  • Places, Town
"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
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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 [show more]
15331Village of Blue Hill
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  • Places, Town
  • Blue Hill ME
13364Village of Bernard
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont, Bernard
13379Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1921 Sanborn Map
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  • Places, Town
  • Sanborn Map Company
  • Southwest Harbor
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
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This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
13400Ipswich, Massachusetts
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  • Places, Town
  • Ipswich MA
13402West Tremont
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont, West Tremont
13408Sorrento, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Sorrento ME
13409Seal Cove, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
13432Town of Southwest Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
13452Town of Northeast Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
13526Village of Manset and Manset Shore
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
12915Pickering Square
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  • Places, Town
  • Bangor ME
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.
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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.
13134Customs House, Eastport
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  • Places, Town
  • Eastport ME
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.
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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.
13204Bar Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Bar Harbor
13206Village of Bass Harbor
Village of McKinley
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  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
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.
Village of Bass Harbor
Village of McKinley
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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.
9517Looking East from Hotel Islesford, Islesford, ME
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  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
11679View of Bar Harbor from Eden Heights
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  • Places, Town
  • Chisholm Brothers, Portland, Maine
  • Bar Harbor
7206Aerial View of Bass Harbor
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  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Luther S. Phillips, Bangor, Maine
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
11134Clark Point Road with a View of Manset
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  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
  • Southwest Harbor
9305View of Bar Harbor from the Water
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  • 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.
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The postcard was printed by the Albertype Company for Bar Harbor stationer W.H. Sherman to sell in his shop.
9398Street View SO. West Harbor, Me.
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  • Places, Town
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street Looking North
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Main Street Looking North
5570Porcupine Islands and Bar Harbor
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  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Bar Harbor
6152The Manset Shore
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001
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The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001 [show more]
6285Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
6612View of Clark Point from Manset
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  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor