Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
6729	Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1906 c.	Bar Harbor		“…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject."	Hotel Florence and Village Green, Bar Harbor, Maine Item: 6729    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1906 c. Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Clark Family Description: “…the…Hotel Porcupine, later the Florence (1887; burned, 1918), a Main Street, five-story rectangular block with Shingle-style features and a strong sense of verticality represented by its stacked window bays, bay roof caps, steep-pitched roof planes, and tall, corbelled brick chimneys…represented [with the larger Malvern Hotel] an impressive conclusion to Bar Harbor’s opulent Victorian hotel era.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 165, 170, University Press of New England – 2008 - An excellent study including information about The Island House in Southwest Harbor and its place in the range of hotels on the island during this period along with a very complete history of many of the Bar Harbor hotels. "For the origins and summary of the Bar Harbor hotel scene and the social life that surrounded it, including the first visit of the fleet to Bar Harbor see – “Bar Harbor: The Hotel Era, 1868-1880” by Richard A. Savage, Chapter 17, p. 226 in “Maine – A History Through Selected Readings” edited by David C. Smith and Edward O. Schriver – 1985 The article originally appeared in the “Maine Historical Society Newsletter,” Vol. 10, No.4, May 1971, pp. 101-121 For the complete story of the Leightons and Maine postcards see: ""Greetings from Maine: A Postcard Album"" by R. Brewster Harding, published by Old Port Publishing Co., Portland, 1975 - ""Turn of the Century Views of America's Pine Tree State as recorded by Portland's Picture Postcard Pioneers, Chisholm Bros., the Hugh C. Leighton Co., the Geo. W. Morris Co. and others 1888-1915. This book appears to be the source for other published information on the subject." [show more]
6732	St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Ceremonial, Church		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1906 c.	Bar Harbor	41 Mount Desert Street		St. Saviour's Episcopal Church and Rectory Item: 6732    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Ceremonial, Church Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1906 c. Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Address: 41 Mount Desert Street Source: Collection of the Clark Family Tags: building
6727	Malvern Hotel, Cottages, Kebo Street, Bar Harbor	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	The American News Company, New York		1908 PM	Bar Harbor			Malvern Hotel, Cottages, Kebo Street, Bar Harbor Item: 6727    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: The American News Company, New York Date: 1908 PM Place: Bar Harbor State: ME Source: Collection of the Clark Family

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