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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
14689Main Street, Southwest Harbor
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor
“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
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“In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
14704Gloucester
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  • Places, Town
  • Gloucester MA
“Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008
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“Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008 [show more]
14740Baddeck, Nova Scotia
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  • Places, Town
A small village on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia
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A small village on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia
14775Town of Tremont
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  • Places, Town
  • Tremont
14816Brooks, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Brooks ME
12488The Underwood Sardine Factory, Tremont, Maine
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Businesses, Cannery Business
  • Places, Town
  • Lyford - Philip Lyford (1887-1950)
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
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
6863Winter Scene at Hall Quarry
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  • Places, Town
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
6475Bernard in the Snow
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  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • Tremont, Bernard
Dr. Watson house is on the left, Cough Store is on the right. The photograph was taken in front of the Elias Neal house.
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Dr. Watson house is on the left, Cough Store is on the right. The photograph was taken in front of the Elias Neal house.
11679View of Bar Harbor from Eden Heights
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • Chisholm Brothers, Portland, Maine
  • Bar Harbor
11134Clark Point Road with a View of Manset
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • D. L. Mayo's Cash Store
  • Southwest Harbor
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.
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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.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street Looking North
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Main Street Looking North
6800Southwest Harbor from Flying Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
  • Southwest Harbor
7000Northeast Harbor from Flying Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
7013Aerial View of Seal Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Bromley - George W. and Walter S. Bromley, Civil Engineers
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
9323Aerial View of Bass Harbor, Maine
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  • Places, Town
  • Phillips - Augustus Dewey Phillips (1898-1975)
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
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.
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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.
9517Looking East from Hotel Islesford, Islesford, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places, Town
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
7074Buildings on Shore Road in Manset
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  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Th Welton Store is in the background on the right.
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Th Welton Store is in the background on the right.