Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass."
The Outlook - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine
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Description: Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass." [show more]
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
Description: Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
Mrs. Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, aka Lavinia Warren, the wife of General Tom Thumb, continued to tour after her husband's death. In this advertisement, the newspaper misprinted her name as Gevena in the announcement for her visit to Bar Harbor in 1896.
Description: Mrs. Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump, aka Lavinia Warren, the wife of General Tom Thumb, continued to tour after her husband's death. In this advertisement, the newspaper misprinted her name as Gevena in the announcement for her visit to Bar Harbor in 1896.
Newspaper article about the Bowdoin Cottage, known as La Rochelle, when it was being constructed on West Street in Bar Harbor in 1902. A transcription of the article is also attached to this item.
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Description: Newspaper article about the Bowdoin Cottage, known as La Rochelle, when it was being constructed on West Street in Bar Harbor in 1902. A transcription of the article is also attached to this item.
Harry Alexander Ogden's famous drawing of the S.S. Cambria. The article begins: "In the landlocked waters of Southwest Harbor lies the now muchly talked of Cambria. A more adroit selection for a quiet berth could scarcely have been made; and when we came to take a glance at the trim and taut-looking vessel, we felt inclined to wonder, as with the fly in amber, "how the deuce she got there?” Southwest Harbor is about twenty-three miles from Ellsworth, Maine. To reach it, recalls those tortuous times when our forefathers ventured forth at rare intervals, their wills made, their flasks full, and their powder dry. The journey from New York to Boston, and from thence to Bangor, savors of the nineteenth century, but from Bangor to Ellsworth, and from Ellsworth to Southwest Harbor, speaks loudly of the eighteenth."
Description: Harry Alexander Ogden's famous drawing of the S.S. Cambria. The article begins: "In the landlocked waters of Southwest Harbor lies the now muchly talked of Cambria. A more adroit selection for a quiet berth could scarcely have been made; and when we came to take a glance at the trim and taut-looking vessel, we felt inclined to wonder, as with the fly in amber, "how the deuce she got there?” Southwest Harbor is about twenty-three miles from Ellsworth, Maine. To reach it, recalls those tortuous times when our forefathers ventured forth at rare intervals, their wills made, their flasks full, and their powder dry. The journey from New York to Boston, and from thence to Bangor, savors of the nineteenth century, but from Bangor to Ellsworth, and from Ellsworth to Southwest Harbor, speaks loudly of the eighteenth." [show more]
"Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature," The Maine Literature Project, Edited by Jeff Fischer Director, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance in conjunction with the Maine Council for English Language Arts, First Edition, 1989, p. 359.
Description: "Maine Speaks: An Anthology of Maine Literature," The Maine Literature Project, Edited by Jeff Fischer Director, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance in conjunction with the Maine Council for English Language Arts, First Edition, 1989, p. 359.