Francis Hector Clergue built the Green Mountain House in 1883, adjacent to the old Mountain House on the summit of Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain, to, serve patrons of his Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad, which chugged up the mountain from Eagle Lake. Both the old and new structures burned to the ground on August 2, 1884. “1884, August 2. The burning of a hotel on Green Mountain, Mount Desert, in the evening, was plainly seen from Belfast, at a distance of fifty miles.” – “History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875” by Joseph Williamson, p. 241 – 1913. Frank Clergue immediately replaced this structure with a smaller hotel and his business continued as noted in the review below. "...A Good Hotel Is At The Summit, where persons desiring it can find pleasant accomodations for a longer or shorter stay. Round trip tickets can be had of the company's agent, on Main Street, Bar Harbor. F.H. Clergue, President." - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham - 1887.
Description: Francis Hector Clergue built the Green Mountain House in 1883, adjacent to the old Mountain House on the summit of Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain, to, serve patrons of his Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad, which chugged up the mountain from Eagle Lake. Both the old and new structures burned to the ground on August 2, 1884. “1884, August 2. The burning of a hotel on Green Mountain, Mount Desert, in the evening, was plainly seen from Belfast, at a distance of fifty miles.” – “History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875” by Joseph Williamson, p. 241 – 1913. Frank Clergue immediately replaced this structure with a smaller hotel and his business continued as noted in the review below. "...A Good Hotel Is At The Summit, where persons desiring it can find pleasant accomodations for a longer or shorter stay. Round trip tickets can be had of the company's agent, on Main Street, Bar Harbor. F.H. Clergue, President." - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham - 1887. [show more]
Plate 13 from: Allen, Warren P. Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth annual excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884 (Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, 1884).
Description: Plate 13 from: Allen, Warren P. Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth annual excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884 (Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, 1884).
From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958)
Description: From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958) [show more]
This photograph is often misidentified as having been taken at Mount Desert Island. Archivists at the Southwest Harbor Public Library have researched the origin of the sitting and hope other copies will be correctly identified.
Description: This photograph is often misidentified as having been taken at Mount Desert Island. Archivists at the Southwest Harbor Public Library have researched the origin of the sitting and hope other copies will be correctly identified.
Back Row – Left to Right: Harriet Gilley (1838-1930) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Alice E. Gilley (1856-1938) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) William Frederick Stanley (1866-) – grandson of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Carrie B. (Ober) Stanley (1862-1932) – Mrs. William Frederick Stanley Charles Adelbert Gilley (1847-1914) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Front Row – Left to Right: Joseph Warren Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Two sisters - archivists unsure which girl is which: Annie S. Allen (1879-1949) Eunice M. Allen (1886-) The girls, visiting the family on the island, were granddaughters of Oliver L. Allen and Matilda (Gilley) Allen. Matilda (Gilley) Allen (1817-1909) was the sister of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894)
Description: Back Row – Left to Right: Harriet Gilley (1838-1930) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Alice E. Gilley (1856-1938) – daughter of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) William Frederick Stanley (1866-) – grandson of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Carrie B. (Ober) Stanley (1862-1932) – Mrs. William Frederick Stanley Charles Adelbert Gilley (1847-1914) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Front Row – Left to Right: Joseph Warren Gilley Jr. (1859-1918) – son of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) Two sisters - archivists unsure which girl is which: Annie S. Allen (1879-1949) Eunice M. Allen (1886-) The girls, visiting the family on the island, were granddaughters of Oliver L. Allen and Matilda (Gilley) Allen. Matilda (Gilley) Allen (1817-1909) was the sister of Joseph Warren Gilley (1813-1894) [show more]
The children, left to right: Mollie Garfield Lopaus (1882-1956) Anna “Annie” May Lopaus (1880-1965) Roscoe Green Lopaus (1873-1957) Roy Clark Lopaus (1875-1942)
Description: The children, left to right: Mollie Garfield Lopaus (1882-1956) Anna “Annie” May Lopaus (1880-1965) Roscoe Green Lopaus (1873-1957) Roy Clark Lopaus (1875-1942)
Note on the back of identical photograph MDI P 005.17.9 - "S.A.E. must have held the camera for he is not in the group and the usual photographer (Slade) is." Seated at back on Fence - From Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Edward Lothrop Rand? Unknown - Charles Eliot? Unknown Unknown Seated on Ground - Left to Right: Unknown - Charles Wendell Townsend? Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Frank Mortimer Wakefield? Unknown - John Lathrop Wakefield? Unknown Unknown Unknown Seated at Right Front - Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown - Henry Lathrop Rand?
Description: Note on the back of identical photograph MDI P 005.17.9 - "S.A.E. must have held the camera for he is not in the group and the usual photographer (Slade) is." Seated at back on Fence - From Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Edward Lothrop Rand? Unknown - Charles Eliot? Unknown Unknown Seated on Ground - Left to Right: Unknown - Charles Wendell Townsend? Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown - Frank Mortimer Wakefield? Unknown - John Lathrop Wakefield? Unknown Unknown Unknown Seated at Right Front - Left to Right: Unknown Unknown Unknown - Henry Lathrop Rand? [show more]
From Left to Right: Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar. John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand. Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses. William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers. William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens. Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar. Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880. 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. To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316.
Description: From Left to Right: Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar. John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand. Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses. William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers. William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens. Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar. Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880. 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. To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316. [show more]
Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880 - holding ferns Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Henry Mascarene Hubbard (1860-1917) - 21 years old in 1881 - holding rock hammer Frank Mortimer Wakefield (1862-1932) - 18 years old in 1881 John was brother to John Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880 William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880 Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 - holding telescope Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot
Description: Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880 - holding ferns Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Henry Mascarene Hubbard (1860-1917) - 21 years old in 1881 - holding rock hammer Frank Mortimer Wakefield (1862-1932) - 18 years old in 1881 John was brother to John Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880 William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880 Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 - holding telescope Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot [show more]
Left to Right: John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Edward Lathrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 - holding a fern or leaf to a page for study Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 21 years old in 1881 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 21 years old in 1881 Note the ornate wood stove at the left front of the photograph with wood stacked beside it for cold mornings.
Description: Left to Right: John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand Henry Munson Spelman (1861-1946) - 19 years old in 1881 Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880 Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot Edward Lathrop Rand (1859-1924) - Botanist - 21 years old in 1881 - holding a fern or leaf to a page for study Edward was the older brother to photographer Henry Lathrop Rand Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 21 years old in 1881 Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 21 years old in 1881 Note the ornate wood stove at the left front of the photograph with wood stacked beside it for cold mornings. [show more]