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152111932 Criterion Theatre
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Theater Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • 35 Cottage Street
The Criterion Theatre is a cinema, performance theatre, and venue located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. It opened in June 1932 featuring vaudeville performances and movies during a time when Bar Harbor's summer scene was at its height. Today it is one of only two Art Deco theaters in the state of Maine and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 760 seat theatre was built for a convicted bootlegger named George McKay. After his release from federal prison, McKay solicited bids for constructions of a glamorous movie palace. The high bid of $95,206 was beat by Bunker & Savage Architects of Augusta, Maine who built the theatre in just six months for a contract price of $58,000. That's about $900,000 in today's dollars, a surprisingly low figure for such a magnificent structure. A $2 million dollar contribution from an anonymous donor in 2014 made possible the purchase and restoration of the Criterion which now operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to safeguarding this historic space for stories, storytellers, and audiences. Today, almost everything in the building is original or as close as possible to it, including the light fixtures, curtains, seats, and stencils on the ceiling.
1932 Criterion Theatre
Item:
  • 15211   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Theater Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 35 Cottage Street
Tags:
theater
Description:
The Criterion Theatre is a cinema, performance theatre, and venue located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. It opened in June 1932 featuring vaudeville performances and movies during a time when Bar Harbor's summer scene was at its height. Today it is one of only two Art Deco theaters in the state of Maine and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 760 seat theatre was built for a convicted bootlegger named George McKay. After his release from federal prison, McKay solicited bids for constructions of a glamorous movie palace. The high bid of $95,206 was beat by Bunker & Savage Architects of Augusta, Maine who built the theatre in just six months for a contract price of $58,000. That's about $900,000 in today's dollars, a surprisingly low figure for such a magnificent structure. A $2 million dollar contribution from an anonymous donor in 2014 made possible the purchase and restoration of the Criterion which now operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to safeguarding this historic space for stories, storytellers, and audiences. Today, almost everything in the building is original or as close as possible to it, including the light fixtures, curtains, seats, and stencils on the ceiling. [show more]
13021A. Bird Cough Store
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Bar Harbor
"A. Bird Cough [Adoniram Bird Cough] has opened a most attractive store at 26 Cottage Street. The store is stocked with a fine line of groceries and the usual vegetable lines." - The Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1909 - quoted in The Bar Harbor Times, June 18, 2009, p. 34. A. Bird Cough was Daniel and Elvira's son Adoniram Bird Cough (1872-1949) who opened his store in Bar Harbor in the 6th building from Main Street on the south side of Cottage Street, a site occupied by Cadillac Mt. Sports in 2013.
A. Bird Cough Store
Item:
  • 13021   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
"A. Bird Cough [Adoniram Bird Cough] has opened a most attractive store at 26 Cottage Street. The store is stocked with a fine line of groceries and the usual vegetable lines." - The Bar Harbor Record, June 16, 1909 - quoted in The Bar Harbor Times, June 18, 2009, p. 34. A. Bird Cough was Daniel and Elvira's son Adoniram Bird Cough (1872-1949) who opened his store in Bar Harbor in the 6th building from Main Street on the south side of Cottage Street, a site occupied by Cadillac Mt. Sports in 2013. [show more]
3510Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop
A.W. Bee, Stationers
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • 116 Main Street
The well known Main Street shop which Albert Wilson Bee II conducted for more than 40 years. <br /><br />Albert W. Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. <br /><br />“I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887.
Albert Wilson Bee's Stationery Store and Shop
A.W. Bee, Stationers
Item:
  • 3510   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 116 Main Street
Description:
The well known Main Street shop which Albert Wilson Bee II conducted for more than 40 years. <br /><br />Albert W. Bee II was a newspaper agent in Boston, who established a branch store offering newspapers, stationary, fruit, and confections in Bar Harbor during the summer months at least as early as 1876. <br /><br />“I shall open my stores at Bar Harbor, with my usual line of summer goods, early in June; and at Southwest Harbor, July 1st.” – The bottom lines of a front page ad that Albert ran in many issues of the Bar Harbor Record; this one on March 17, 1887. [show more]
6843Auxillary Sail Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Bar Harbor
Auxillary Sail Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 6843   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of William J. Lawlor
13203Balance Rock
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Bar Harbor
Balance Rock
Item:
  • 13203   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
16069Balance Rock and Frenchman’s Bay
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
  • Bar Harbor
Balance Rock and Frenchman’s Bay
Item:
  • 16069   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Publisher:
  • Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
16217Balance Rock and Frigate Portsmouth
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Kilburn - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909)
  • Bar Harbor
Balance Rock and Frigate Portsmouth
Item:
  • 16217   
Accession #:
  • 2004
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Kilburn - Benjamin West Kilburn (1827-1909)
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Gift of Charles Carroll
6728Balance Rock, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Owens Bros. - Hillson Co., Boston, Mass.
  • Bar Harbor
Balance Rock, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 6728   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Owens Bros. - Hillson Co., Boston, Mass.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
13204Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Places, Town
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 13204   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
5885Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
  • Places, Town
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 5885   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
6998Bar Harbor - Emery's Black and White Cottages
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Tourist Cottage
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor - Emery's Black and White Cottages
Item:
  • 6998   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Tourist Cottage
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
building, aerial view
6932Bar Harbor and Mountains
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Mountain
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor and Mountains
Item:
  • 6932   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
7102Bar Harbor Boat Landing
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Boat Landing
Item:
  • 7102   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
13020Bar Harbor Casino
  • Reference
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Casino
Item:
  • 13020   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Other Structures
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
2031Bar Harbor Casino
  • Map, Annotated Map
  • Places
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Casino
Item:
  • 2031   
Type:
  • Map, Annotated Map
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
9310Bar Harbor from Green Mountain
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Places
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor from Green Mountain
Item:
  • 9310   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
7407Bar Harbor Pier
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Bar Harbor
shows Green Mountain Buckboard Line
Bar Harbor Pier
Item:
  • 7407   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Description:
shows Green Mountain Buckboard Line
14433Bar Harbor Record
  • Reference
  • Other, General
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Record
Item:
  • 14433   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Other, General
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
13214Bar Harbor Shore Path
  • Reference
  • Places, Shore
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Shore Path
Item:
  • 13214   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
6725Bar Harbor Shore Path - Sea Wall Walk
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Shore Path - Sea Wall Walk
Item:
  • 6725   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Publisher:
  • G.W. Morris, Portland, Maine
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Tags:
tinted, shore
6324Bar Harbor Wharf and Steamer Mount Desert
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor Wharf and Steamer Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6324   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf, Steamboat Wharf
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
9314Bathing Beach and Shore Club, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Shore
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
  • Bar Harbor
Bathing Beach and Shore Club, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 9314   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Publisher:
  • American Art Post Card Co., Boston and Brookline, Mass.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
2074Bee's Bar Harbor Store
  • Map, Annotated Map
  • Places
  • Bar Harbor
Bee's Bar Harbor Store
Item:
  • 2074   
Type:
  • Map, Annotated Map
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
6999Bluenose I at the Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
  • Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.
  • Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
  • Bar Harbor
Bluenose I at the Bar Harbor - Yarmouth Ferry Terminal
Item:
  • 6999   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Terminal, Marine Terminal
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Creator:
  • Knaut - Paul A. Knaut, Jr.
Publisher:
  • Bromley & Company, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
3558Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Photography Business
  • Bar Harbor
  • Main Street
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.
Bryant Bradley Studio, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 3558   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Photography Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Main Street
Description:
The photography studio of Bryant Bradley in Bar Harbor. Bradley built a three-story office building on Main Street to house his business. He developed and printed his photos on site.