Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
16226	Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin Henry Ward and Ingrid Ward	Image, Photograph	People Places, Harbor			1934 c.				Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin Henry Ward and Ingrid Ward Item: 16226    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Harbor Date: 1934 c. Source: The Ward Family Collection
16149	Mt. Desert, Me. Echo Hill.	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	People Places, Road		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1907 c.	Mount Desert		Mailed to: Mrs. Eldora Ward Manset, Me. Text reads: "That post card looks very nice in my large collection. Many thinks but please sign your whole name again so I won't have to guess all day. C.M.W."	Mt. Desert, Me. Echo Hill. Item: 16149    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: People Places, Road Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1907 c. Place: Mount Desert State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection Description: Mailed to: Mrs. Eldora Ward Manset, Me. Text reads: "That post card looks very nice in my large collection. Many thinks but please sign your whole name again so I won't have to guess all day. C.M.W."
16195	Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Ingrid, William, and Franklin Ward on Unknown Beach	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore			1934 c.				Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Ingrid, William, and Franklin Ward on Unknown Beach Item: 16195    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Date: 1934 c. Source: The Ward Family Collection
16192	Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin, William, and Ingrid Ward	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore			1934 c.				Cora Myrtle (Hamblen) Ward with Franklin, William, and Ingrid Ward Item: 16192    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Date: 1934 c. Source: The Ward Family Collection
16047	Ranger and Boys Looking Westward in Acadia National Park	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	People Places, Landscape		Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois		Acadia National Park			Ranger and Boys Looking Westward in Acadia National Park Item: 16047    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: People Places, Landscape Publisher: Curt Teich Co., Chicago, Illinois Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Source: The Ward Family Collection
7814	Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain	Image, Photograph	People Places, Hiking Trail	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1941-08	Acadia National Park	Precipice Trail	The young man in the photo is Lawrence Ballard, son of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard.	Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain Item: 7814    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Hiking Trail Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1941-08 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Address: Precipice Trail Description: The young man in the photo is Lawrence Ballard, son of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard.
7806	Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain	Image, Photograph	People Places, Hiking Trail	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)		1941-08	Acadia National Park		The young women in the photo is Diane Ballard, daughter of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard. She is is at the top of the climb, just finishing the hike up the trail.	Acadia National Park - Precipice Trail on Champlain Mountain Item: 7806    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Hiking Trail Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Date: 1941-08 Place: Acadia National Park State: ME Description: The young women in the photo is Diane Ballard, daughter of the photographer who took the picture, Willis Ballard. She is is at the top of the climb, just finishing the hike up the trail.
8057	Man, Woman and Dog on Fuller Street	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Nature, Animals People Places, Road	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1892-10-30	Dedham MA			Man, Woman and Dog on Fuller Street Item: 8057    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Nature, Animals People Places, Road Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-10-30 Place: Dedham MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
8072	Woman on Bay State Road, Pigeon Cove	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Places, Road	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1893-07-16	Gloucester MA, Magnolia			Woman on Bay State Road, Pigeon Cove Item: 8072    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Places, Road Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1893-07-16 Place: Gloucester MA, Magnolia State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
8081	"Daisy" and Misses Smith on Round Bottom Skiff "Undine"	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Places, Shore Vessels, Boat	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1893-08-17				"Daisy" and Misses Smith on Round Bottom Skiff "Undine" Item: 8081    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Places, Shore Vessels, Boat Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1893-08-17 State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
8105	Playing a Game on the Shore	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Places, Shore	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1893-09-01	Southwest Harbor		Shore of Long Pond	Playing a Game on the Shore Item: 8105    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Places, Shore Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1893-09-01 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection Description: Shore of Long Pond
8186	Silhouette Tableau on the Shore at Eastern Point	Object, Art, Silhouette	People Places, Shore	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1891-10-17	Gloucester MA			Silhouette Tableau on the Shore at Eastern Point Item: 8186    Accession #: 1015 Type: Object, Art, Silhouette Subject: People Places, Shore Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1891-10-17 Place: Gloucester MA State: MA Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
8332	St. Peter's Locks and Canal	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Places, River	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1894-07-16	Canada, Cape Breton Island, Baddeck			St. Peter's Locks and Canal Item: 8332    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Places, River Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1894-07-16 Place: Canada, Cape Breton Island, Baddeck State: NS Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
9113	"Q" Rowing a Boat at "Fox Dens" Point	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Places, Shore	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1907-06				"Q" Rowing a Boat at "Fox Dens" Point Item: 9113    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Places, Shore Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1907-06 State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
9114	"Q" Rowing a Boat at "Fox Dens" Point	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Places, Shore	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1907-06	Southwest Harbor			"Q" Rowing a Boat at "Fox Dens" Point Item: 9114    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Places, Shore Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1907-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
9145	"Q" at top of the "Golden Stairs" Down to the Water	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People Places, Shore	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)		1909-09-30	Southwest Harbor			"Q" at top of the "Golden Stairs" Down to the Water Item: 9145    Accession #: 1015 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Places, Shore Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1909-09-30 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Henry L. Rand Collection
12521	View at Mt. Desert, Maine	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	People Places, Landscape			1865 c.	Mount Desert		Man wearing straw hat leaning on a long pole or rake - view over harbor.	View at Mt. Desert, Maine Item: 12521    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: People Places, Landscape Date: 1865 c. Place: Mount Desert State: ME Description: Man wearing straw hat leaning on a long pole or rake - view over harbor.
12691	Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine	Publication, Book	People Places, Town	Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958)	Acadia Publishing Company	1938			Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010.	Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine Item: 12691    Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Places, Town Creator: Carroll - Nellie Rebecca (Carroll) Thornton (1871-1958) Publisher: Acadia Publishing Company Date: 1938 Description: Nellie Carroll Thornton descended from early settlers of Southwest Harbor and was related, in one way or another, to practically all of her neighbors. She inherited her aunt Mary Ann Carroll’s notes for a planned history of the town. Nellie was the author of the SWH social column in the Bar Harbor Times from c. 1921 until c. 1958. She combined her notes from the Times with those from Mary Ann and a good deal of scholarship to produce a very complete history of the town, full of opinion, local mythology and history. She was an astute observer and made a laudable effort to distinguish mythology from history. She left the town she loved its most valuable gift. Traditions and records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton (Nellie C. Thornton) was originally published by Merrill & Webber Company in 1938. It was reproduced in 1988 by the Southwest Harbor Public Library and digitized in 2010. [show more]
15618	Art and Nan Kellam outside at their home on Placentia Island	Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency	People Places, Island	Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017)			Frenchboro, Placentia Island		Northwood Kenway took this photograph of Art and Nan in the yard of their home on Placentia Island	Art and Nan Kellam outside at their home on Placentia Island Item: 15618    Type: Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Kenway - Edward Northwood Kenway (1924-2017) Place: Frenchboro, Placentia Island State: ME Source: Collection of Northwood Kenway Description: Northwood Kenway took this photograph of Art and Nan in the yard of their home on Placentia Island
6014	A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake	Image, Photograph	People Places, Mountain Transportation, Carriage	Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)		1900 c.			The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.	A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake Item: 6014    Accession #: 1010 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Mountain Transportation, Carriage Creator: Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939) Date: 1900 c. State: ME Source: George A. Neal Collection Description: The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
14429	On Top of Newport Mountain, Mount Desert	Image, Art, Drawing	People Places, Mountain	Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896)	Harper's Weekly	1888	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Champlain Mountain	An illustration of Rusticators on the top of Newport Mountain, later known as Champlain Mountain. From Harper's Weekly, Volume 22, No. 1654	On Top of Newport Mountain, Mount Desert Item: 14429    Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: People Places, Mountain Creator: Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896) Publisher: Harper's Weekly Date: 1888 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Address: Champlain Mountain Description: An illustration of Rusticators on the top of Newport Mountain, later known as Champlain Mountain. From Harper's Weekly, Volume 22, No. 1654
12735	Rusticators Above Spouting Horn	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore	Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905)		1884	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Schooner Head	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).	Rusticators Above Spouting Horn Item: 12735    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Creator: Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905) Date: 1884 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Address: Schooner Head 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).
12741	Rusticators Climbing Newport Mountain - 1886	Image, Art, Drawing	People Places, Mountain	Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896)		1886-08	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Cadillac Mountain	This illustration is part of an article about the various things to do on Mount Desert Island in the late 19th century. Vol. 73 Harper's New Monthly Magazine June to November 1886 LXXIII Title: Climbing Newport Mountain Subject: Rusticators climbing Cadillac Mt. Publication: Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Date: August 1886 Volume and Number): Volume 73 – Number 435 Page: 419 The drawing was an illustration for Chapter 8 of the serialized story, "Their Pilgrimage," by author Charles Dudley Warner in which the characters in the story visited Bar Harbor. Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was a novelist and friend of Mark Twain.	Rusticators Climbing Newport Mountain - 1886 Item: 12741    Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: People Places, Mountain Creator: Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896) Date: 1886-08 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Address: Cadillac Mountain Description: This illustration is part of an article about the various things to do on Mount Desert Island in the late 19th century. Vol. 73 Harper's New Monthly Magazine June to November 1886 LXXIII Title: Climbing Newport Mountain Subject: Rusticators climbing Cadillac Mt. Publication: Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Date: August 1886 Volume and Number): Volume 73 – Number 435 Page: 419 The drawing was an illustration for Chapter 8 of the serialized story, "Their Pilgrimage," by author Charles Dudley Warner in which the characters in the story visited Bar Harbor. Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was a novelist and friend of Mark Twain. [show more]
12747	Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage			1888-07-21	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Sand Beach	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)	Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach Item: 12747    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage Date: 1888-07-21 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR State: ME Address: Sand Beach Source: Mount Desert Memories 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]
3457	Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine	Publication, Literary, Article	People Places, Island	Pixley - Jennifer Craig Pixley		1997	Tremont, Great Gott Island		The lives of authors Ruth Moore and Eleanor Ruth Mayo were their own, but their private lives and the lives they led on Mount Desert Island, were so intertwined that archivists find it difficult to divide documents, stories and photographs between them. It is for this reason that this Item exists in the database. It ties together other Items that relate more to both women than to either as an individual. “Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine” by Jennifer Craig Pixley is so well conceived that it may be recommended to those who are interested in Ruth and Eleanor above many other works, but there is much to be learned from everything included here.	Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine Item: 3457    Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Pixley - Jennifer Craig Pixley Date: 1997 Place: Tremont, Great Gott Island State: ME Description: The lives of authors Ruth Moore and Eleanor Ruth Mayo were their own, but their private lives and the lives they led on Mount Desert Island, were so intertwined that archivists find it difficult to divide documents, stories and photographs between them. It is for this reason that this Item exists in the database. It ties together other Items that relate more to both women than to either as an individual. “Homesick For That Place: Ruth Moore Writes About Maine” by Jennifer Craig Pixley is so well conceived that it may be recommended to those who are interested in Ruth and Eleanor above many other works, but there is much to be learned from everything included here. [show more]

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