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You searched for: Date: 1880s✖
Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
15860William R. Keene Boat Builder
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • 1888
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 151 Seawall Road
William R. Keene Boat Builder
Item:
  • 15860   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 151 Seawall Road
15923The Ancestral
Blueberry Ledge
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1881
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
  • Peabody Drive
The Ancestral
Blueberry Ledge
Item:
  • 15923   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Peabody Drive
12924Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • 1888
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 73 Seawall Road
The Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired by the plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown in the 1887 magazine depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
Alexandra Cottage - Dr. Abigail Mary (Redman) Fulton Cottage
Item:
  • 12924   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 73 Seawall Road
Description:
The Dr. Abigail Mary Redman Fulton Cottage, built in Southwest Harbor, Maine, in 1888, was one of several houses that were built between 1885 and 2002 inspired by the plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). The plans shown in the 1887 magazine depicted a house built in Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.
129351887 Scientific American Plans for a Residence in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1887-07
The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan were shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). Item 6990 shows the plans as being for "A Residence in Kansas City, MO"
1887 Scientific American Plans for a Residence in Kansas City, Missouri
Item:
  • 12935   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1887-07
Description:
The plans of a house designed by James W. Bryan were shown in Scientific American – Architects and Builders Edition (1887). Item 6990 shows the plans as being for "A Residence in Kansas City, MO"
14632Nubble Quarry
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • 1880 c.
Nubble Quarry
Item:
  • 14632   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
Date:
  • 1880 c.
State:
  • ME
15989Montreville Clark Gilley House
  • Reference
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1889
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 14 Forest Avenue
Montreville Clark Gilley House
Item:
  • 15989   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1889
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 14 Forest Avenue
15012Bar Harbor Days
  • Reference
  • Places
  • 1887
“Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887.
Bar Harbor Days
Item:
  • 15012   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1887
Description:
“Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887.
144321889 Bar Harbor Record Newspaper from March 14
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Other, General
  • 1889-03-14
  • Bar Harbor
1889 Bar Harbor Record Newspaper from March 14
Item:
  • 14432   
Accession #:
  • 1119
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Other, General
Date:
  • 1889-03-14
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
10225Advertisement for Albert W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 1887-02-17
  • Bar Harbor
Advertisement for Albert W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 10225   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 1887-02-17
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
3444Chisolm's Mount Desert Guide-Book, page 75
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Sweetser - M. F. Sweetser
  • 1888
A paragraph about the structures on Clark Point including the Claremont Hotel, Dirigo House, the Union Church, and Edgecliff Cottage
Chisolm's Mount Desert Guide-Book, page 75
Item:
  • 3444   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Sweetser - M. F. Sweetser
Date:
  • 1888
Description:
A paragraph about the structures on Clark Point including the Claremont Hotel, Dirigo House, the Union Church, and Edgecliff Cottage
3442Mount-Desert Guide-Book, page 70
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Sweetser - M. F. Sweetser
  • 1888
  • Southwest Harbor
A paragraph about Deacon Clark and his father.
Mount-Desert Guide-Book, page 70
Item:
  • 3442   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Sweetser - M. F. Sweetser
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
A paragraph about Deacon Clark and his father.
3047Chisholms Mount Desert Guide Book, page 72
  • Publication, Guidebook
  • Places
  • Sweetser - M. F. Sweetser
  • 1888
A paragraph desribing the scene at the Steamboat Wharf in Southwest Harbor
Chisholms Mount Desert Guide Book, page 72
Item:
  • 3047   
Type:
  • Publication, Guidebook
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Sweetser - M. F. Sweetser
Date:
  • 1888
Description:
A paragraph desribing the scene at the Steamboat Wharf in Southwest Harbor
16566The Passamaquoddy Encampment at Bar Harbor Newspaper Article
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • People
  • Places, Camp
  • Upham - C. Upham
  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
  • 1884-08-23
  • Bar Harbor
The Passamaquoddy Encampment at Bar Harbor Newspaper Article
Item:
  • 16566   
Accession #:
  • 2069
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Camp
Creator:
  • Upham - C. Upham
Publisher:
  • Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
Date:
  • 1884-08-23
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Donation of Elliot Santavicca
12801Damaged by Sunday's Storm
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1887-05-30
From the New York Times
Damaged by Sunday's Storm
Item:
  • 12801   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1887-05-30
Description:
From the New York Times
12825The New Yacht Yampa: Putting the Finishing Touches to Mr. Chapin's Steel Schooner
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • The New York Times
  • 1887-12-17
Article describing Chester Williams Chapin Jr''s new steel schooner, the Yampa. The yacht was later owned by German Emperor Wilhelm II.
The New Yacht Yampa: Putting the Finishing Touches to Mr. Chapin's Steel Schooner
Item:
  • 12825   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • The New York Times
Date:
  • 1887-12-17
Description:
Article describing Chester Williams Chapin Jr''s new steel schooner, the Yampa. The yacht was later owned by German Emperor Wilhelm II.
13167Failure of T.B. Musgrave
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
  • The New York Times
  • 1889-09-04
Failure of T.B. Musgrave
Item:
  • 13167   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • The New York Times
Date:
  • 1889-09-04
16627Sketchbook of a summer at the Stanley House Hotel
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • People
  • 1882
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 149 Shore Road
A sketchbook kept by Daniel Lewis' Great-Great Grandmother depicting the summer of 1882 at the Stanley House Hotel.
Sketchbook of a summer at the Stanley House Hotel
Item:
  • 16627   
Accession #:
  • 2075
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 149 Shore Road
Source:
  • Donation of Sally Cushman Lewis
Description:
A sketchbook kept by Daniel Lewis' Great-Great Grandmother depicting the summer of 1882 at the Stanley House Hotel.
15625Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth Annual Excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884
  • Publication, Book
  • Places
  • Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905)
  • Charles W. Eddy
  • 1884
  • Mount Desert Island
A souvenir album of the Bar Harbor, Maine, area published by Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, with autoglyph prints by W. P. Allen, West Gardner, Massachusetts. Includes "21 autoglyph illustrations [by W.P. Allen] from photographs at Mount Desert, Maine, and a portrait. W.P. Allen, of West Gardner, purchased Artotype patent rights [in] 1879...Chandler identifies the Autoglyph with the Indotype patent." -- Hanson Collection catalog, p. 79 Includes photographs of: - Rodick House - Pulpit Rock - Balancing Rock - Duck Brook - Eagle Lake House - Green Mountain Railroad Train - Summit House on Green (Cadillac) Mountain - Mount Desert Island from Hancock Point - East from Sullivan Landing - Spouting Horn - Buckboard Part with Bee-Hive (Beehive) Mountain in background - Great Head - The Ovens - Cathedral Rock - Profile Rock - Natural Bridge - Great Oven
Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth Annual Excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884
Item:
  • 15625   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905)
Publisher:
  • Charles W. Eddy
Date:
  • 1884
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The University of Maine, DigitalCommons@UMaine.
    http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistory/106
Description:
A souvenir album of the Bar Harbor, Maine, area published by Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, with autoglyph prints by W. P. Allen, West Gardner, Massachusetts. Includes "21 autoglyph illustrations [by W.P. Allen] from photographs at Mount Desert, Maine, and a portrait. W.P. Allen, of West Gardner, purchased Artotype patent rights [in] 1879...Chandler identifies the Autoglyph with the Indotype patent." -- Hanson Collection catalog, p. 79 Includes photographs of: - Rodick House - Pulpit Rock - Balancing Rock - Duck Brook - Eagle Lake House - Green Mountain Railroad Train - Summit House on Green (Cadillac) Mountain - Mount Desert Island from Hancock Point - East from Sullivan Landing - Spouting Horn - Buckboard Part with Bee-Hive (Beehive) Mountain in background - Great Head - The Ovens - Cathedral Rock - Profile Rock - Natural Bridge - Great Oven [show more]
15626Mount Desert Views 1884
  • Publication, Book
  • Places
  • Forbes Co. Boston
  • 1884
17 albertype illustrations from photographs of views on Mount Desert Island, Maine...The plates in these portfolios [the Forbes Co. series] are larger than the average size of book plates and are therefore more commanding. Large individual prints are very uncommon in the United States."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 78 Includes plates: 1. Bar Harbor from Summit of Green Mountain 2. Great Head and Newport Sands 3. Schooner Head 4. Green Mountain Railway, 500 Feet Grade 5. The Oven 6. The Profile and Natural Bridge at the Oven 7. The Boulder, Bar Harbor 8. Steamer Mount Desert 9. Green Mountain Railway Station at Base of Green Mountain 10. Summit House on Green Mountain 11. Steamer Wauwinet on Eagle Lake 12. Eagle Lake 13. Eagle Lake House 14. Green Mountain Railway, - The Gulch 15. Otter Cliffs 16. View from Otter Cliff 17. Bar Harbor
Mount Desert Views 1884
Item:
  • 15626   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • Forbes Co. Boston
Date:
  • 1884
Description:
17 albertype illustrations from photographs of views on Mount Desert Island, Maine...The plates in these portfolios [the Forbes Co. series] are larger than the average size of book plates and are therefore more commanding. Large individual prints are very uncommon in the United States."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 78 Includes plates: 1. Bar Harbor from Summit of Green Mountain 2. Great Head and Newport Sands 3. Schooner Head 4. Green Mountain Railway, 500 Feet Grade 5. The Oven 6. The Profile and Natural Bridge at the Oven 7. The Boulder, Bar Harbor 8. Steamer Mount Desert 9. Green Mountain Railway Station at Base of Green Mountain 10. Summit House on Green Mountain 11. Steamer Wauwinet on Eagle Lake 12. Eagle Lake 13. Eagle Lake House 14. Green Mountain Railway, - The Gulch 15. Otter Cliffs 16. View from Otter Cliff 17. Bar Harbor [show more]
15011Bar Harbor Days
  • Publication, Book
  • Places
  • Cary - Constance (Cary) Harrison (1843-1920)
  • Harper & Brothers
  • 1887
“Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887.
Bar Harbor Days
Item:
  • 15011   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Cary - Constance (Cary) Harrison (1843-1920)
Publisher:
  • Harper & Brothers
Date:
  • 1887
Description:
“Bar Harbor Days” by Mrs. Burton Harrison with illustrations by Fenn and Hyde was published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1887.
8429Hand Drawn Map of Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, Maine, Circa 1885
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • 1885 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Adapted from a hand-drawn map of Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, drawn by a Parker family member. The original hand-written place names have been set in type for clarity. "In addition to the homestead property my father also owned an acre of farm land behind the hotel Dirigo…" - “Recollections of Southwest Harbor, Maine 1885-1894” by Jesse L. Parker, p. 10, manuscript, 1955 - Noted on map as "Parker One Acre Farm."
Hand Drawn Map of Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, Maine, Circa 1885
Item:
  • 8429   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1885 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Purchased by Philip Garrett Rhoads from Grace (Myers) Parker, Mrs. Jesse Lindon Parker, June 25, 1967.
Description:
Adapted from a hand-drawn map of Clark Point, Southwest Harbor, drawn by a Parker family member. The original hand-written place names have been set in type for clarity. "In addition to the homestead property my father also owned an acre of farm land behind the hotel Dirigo…" - “Recollections of Southwest Harbor, Maine 1885-1894” by Jesse L. Parker, p. 10, manuscript, 1955 - Noted on map as "Parker One Acre Farm."
2750Physical Map of Brazil
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Wells - James William Wells (1842-1938)
  • 1886
South America – Physical Map of Brazil: A Sketch Indicating the Surface configuration of the Country. Published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. See also: Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles Through Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Maranhão: With an Appendix Containing Statistics and Observations on Climate, Railways Central Sugar Factories, Mining, Commerce, and Finance; The Past, Present, and Future, and Physical Geography of Brazil by James William Wells, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887 – In Two Volumes.
Physical Map of Brazil
Item:
  • 2750   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Wells - James William Wells (1842-1938)
Date:
  • 1886
Source:
  • Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Description:
South America – Physical Map of Brazil: A Sketch Indicating the Surface configuration of the Country. Published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. See also: Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles Through Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Maranhão: With an Appendix Containing Statistics and Observations on Climate, Railways Central Sugar Factories, Mining, Commerce, and Finance; The Past, Present, and Future, and Physical Geography of Brazil by James William Wells, S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887 – In Two Volumes. [show more]
26021886 Bird's Eye View of Bar Harbor, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places, Town
  • Poole - A. F. Poole
  • J.J. Stoner, Madison, Wis.
  • 1886
  • Bar Harbor
Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image.
1886 Bird's Eye View of Bar Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 2602   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Poole - A. F. Poole
Publisher:
  • J.J. Stoner, Madison, Wis.
Date:
  • 1886
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Boston Public Library
Tags:
church, building, hotel, bird's eye view, zoomable
Description:
Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image. [show more]
26211887 Map of Mount Desert Island and the Coast of Maine, Boston and Maine RR
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Passenger Department of Boston & Maine Railroad
  • Rand Avery Supply Co., Engravers, Boston
  • 1887
  • Maine, Coast
1887 Map of Mount Desert Island and the Coast of Maine, Boston and Maine RR
Item:
  • 2621   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Passenger Department of Boston & Maine Railroad
Publisher:
  • Rand Avery Supply Co., Engravers, Boston
Date:
  • 1887
Place:
  • Maine, Coast
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
2737Plan of Bar Harbor
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Colby & Stuart
  • 1887
  • Bar Harbor
Plan of Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 2737   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • Colby & Stuart
Date:
  • 1887
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Map Division, Library of Congress