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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
26891972 Sketch Map Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • The Knowles Company
  • 1972
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
1972 Sketch Map Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 2689   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1972
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
26901977 Cottage Directory of Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • The Knowles Company
  • 1977
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
1977 Cottage Directory of Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 2690   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1977
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
26921994 Cottage Directory of Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • The Knowles Company
  • 1994
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
1994 Cottage Directory of Northeast Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 2692   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Publisher:
  • The Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1994
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
27261942 Map of Mount Desert Quadrangle
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • United States Department of the Interior
  • 1942
  • Acadia National Park
Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.
1942 Map of Mount Desert Quadrangle
Item:
  • 2726   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher:
  • United States Department of the Interior
Date:
  • 1942
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.
26241917 Map of Mount Desert Island Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
  • Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston
  • 1917
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
Revised and corrected – adapted from the map dated June 1893, compiled for the Flora of Mount Desert Island.
1917 Map of Mount Desert Island Maine
Item:
  • 2624   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
Publisher:
  • Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston
Date:
  • 1917
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Sieur de Monts National Monument
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Library of Congress
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Revised and corrected – adapted from the map dated June 1893, compiled for the Flora of Mount Desert Island.
26281930 Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
  • Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston
  • 1930
  • Acadia National Park
1930 Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2628   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
Publisher:
  • Walker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston
Date:
  • 1930
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable, hiking trail
27151911 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Bunker - W. G. Bunker
  • W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine
  • 1911
  • Mount Desert Island
1911 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2715   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Bunker - W. G. Bunker
Publisher:
  • W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine
Date:
  • 1911
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
12583Aerial image of Southwest Harbor, Clark Point Area, and Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Bakel - Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photo
  • 2015-05-07
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
Aerial image of Southwest Harbor, Clark Point Area, and Greening Island
Item:
  • 12583   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Bakel - Rogier van Bakel, Eager Eye Photo
Date:
  • 2015-05-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
This photograph was taken from Freeman Ridge. Compare this photograph to SWHPL 5220 for a view of the same scene circa 1888 - 1897. The library is most grateful to photographer Rogier van Bakel of Eager Eye Photo, who came with his quad-copter mounted camera from Somesville to volunteer his time and expertise to make a companion piece to our circa 1888 photograph of Clark Point.
12600Main Street Looking South
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-04-19
On the left is McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store and the Second Masonic Hall. The right side of the street (from near to far) shows the corner of the wall in front of the Southwest Harbor Public Library, Little Notch Pizza and part of Sawyer's Market in the Lawler Building, the First National Bank, and the Carroll Building.
Main Street Looking South
Item:
  • 12600   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2015-04-19
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
On the left is McEachern & Hutchins Hardware Store and the Second Masonic Hall. The right side of the street (from near to far) shows the corner of the wall in front of the Southwest Harbor Public Library, Little Notch Pizza and part of Sawyer's Market in the Lawler Building, the First National Bank, and the Carroll Building.
12602Main Street Looking North
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Soules - George John Soules
  • 2015-05-03
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street Looking North
Item:
  • 12602   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Soules - George John Soules
Date:
  • 2015-05-03
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
7700Bar Harbor and Mountains from Bar Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1936-08
  • Bar Harbor
Shows the old Eastern Yacht Club Pier, later the Bar Harbor Reading Room Pier. Also shows the Shore Club, later the Mount Desert Reading Room.
Bar Harbor and Mountains from Bar Island
Item:
  • 7700   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1936-08
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows the old Eastern Yacht Club Pier, later the Bar Harbor Reading Room Pier. Also shows the Shore Club, later the Mount Desert Reading Room.
7858Main Street, Southwest Harbor - View South from Pemetic School Sidewalk
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1951-10-20
  • Southwest Harbor
Main Street, Southwest Harbor - View South from Pemetic School Sidewalk
Item:
  • 7858   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1951-10-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
12052Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Camp
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1935-09-02
  • 1281 Main Street (Route 102)
Automobiles: Far left – 1931 Packard Coupe Middle – 1933 or 1934 Ford 2 Door Sedan Right – 1934 Hudson Sedan
Ernest T. Richardson's Maplewood Lunch and Tourist Camps
Item:
  • 12052   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Camp
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Motel
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1935-09-02
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 1281 Main Street (Route 102)
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
Tags:
restaurant, camp, zoomable, building, gas pump, automobile
Description:
Automobiles: Far left – 1931 Packard Coupe Middle – 1933 or 1934 Ford 2 Door Sedan Right – 1934 Hudson Sedan
5510Steamboat Wharf Road and Try House Point - Bernard
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Places
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
Notice the two children standing in front of the small structure located just left and below center of the photo. The building at the left on the point just to the top right of the trees is the Try House for boiling whale oil. The house on the far right is the Freeman and Vesta Gott house - the Trask house in 2006.
Steamboat Wharf Road and Try House Point - Bernard
Item:
  • 5510   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Notice the two children standing in front of the small structure located just left and below center of the photo. The building at the left on the point just to the top right of the trees is the Try House for boiling whale oil. The house on the far right is the Freeman and Vesta Gott house - the Trask house in 2006.
5568Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Shore
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1905 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Southwest Harbor - View from Manset to Clark Point
Item:
  • 5568   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1905 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Charles A. Townsend Collection
Tags:
zoomable
6079Buildings on the Shore Road in Manset
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Buildings on the Shore Road in Manset
Item:
  • 6079   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
6117Buildings on Shore Road, Manset, from Water
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch.
Buildings on Shore Road, Manset, from Water
Item:
  • 6117   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
There are six major buildings along the shore. Left to right: Two and a half story building on left with long front walk is now Hinckley Yacht Brokerage - 130 Shore Road. Building to the right of it with sign says, "Ship Work" - now a residence at 119 Shore Road. It now has an addition on the right. Fourth building from the left has a sign, "Portland Liquid Paint." The steeple on the Manset Union Church is visible on the horizon between the fourth and fifth building from the left. Fifth building from the left has a hammock on the front porch. [show more]
9184Schooner Fred C. Holden in Bass Harbor Passing the Shore at Bernard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
View from Bass Harbor to Bernard.
Schooner Fred C. Holden in Bass Harbor Passing the Shore at Bernard
Item:
  • 9184   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
View from Bass Harbor to Bernard.
5063The Dolliver Brothers Cleaning Fish at Seawall
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-08-18
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Edward T. Dolliver and William H. Dolliver
The Dolliver Brothers Cleaning Fish at Seawall
Item:
  • 5063   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1892-08-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Edward T. Dolliver and William H. Dolliver
11490Aerial View of Bernard, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1972 c.
  • Tremont, Bernard
Shows the area around Columbia Avenue.
Aerial View of Bernard, Maine
Item:
  • 11490   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1972 c.
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Margo Harkins Stanley
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Shows the area around Columbia Avenue.
5924Lawn Tennis at the Island House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Southwest Harbor
The view is toward the head of Southwest Harbor. The house in the far background at the extreme left is the James E. Robinson house, which then occupied what is now 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor – Map 3 – Lot 44 – MHPC #405-0145. The building to its right in the photograph is the Farnsworth Store. The house in the foreground right - behind the tennis players is: Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House ME – SWH – Clark Point Road - 114 The tennis players were most probably guests at the Island House across Clark Point Road from where they are playing on its lawn.
Lawn Tennis at the Island House
Item:
  • 5924   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
The view is toward the head of Southwest Harbor. The house in the far background at the extreme left is the James E. Robinson house, which then occupied what is now 410 Main Street in Southwest Harbor – Map 3 – Lot 44 – MHPC #405-0145. The building to its right in the photograph is the Farnsworth Store. The house in the foreground right - behind the tennis players is: Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House ME – SWH – Clark Point Road - 114 The tennis players were most probably guests at the Island House across Clark Point Road from where they are playing on its lawn. [show more]
6152The Manset Shore
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001
The Manset Shore
Item:
  • 6152   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
The Stanley House is visible in the background. The women on the street are shown with shirtwaists and long skirts. "Before the days of summer boarders, Manset, shown here, was the hub of Southwest Harbor. The only post office south of Somesville lay in this corridor, along with the customs house and shipbuilding and fishing operations… Seen here is William Ward's house, right, overlooking his wharf on the shroe, which housed his store and bowling alley. The adjacent wharf is where John L. Stanley operated his ice and fisheries businesses, and Lewis Newman's meat market lies further at the left." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 58 - 2001 [show more]
6156The Haynes Point Area on the Manset Shore
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The photograph was probably taken from the Stanley House. The grey shingled building with sagging roof on the front left is Albert Bartlett's sail loft. The building to the left of the horizontally striped building is James Parker's fish shed. The mansard roofs of Ocean House Hotel and Cottage are visible just under the horizon. The photograph shows the Durgain shed and James Parker's Wharf.
The Haynes Point Area on the Manset Shore
Item:
  • 6156   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Ralph Warren Stanley Collection
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
The photograph was probably taken from the Stanley House. The grey shingled building with sagging roof on the front left is Albert Bartlett's sail loft. The building to the left of the horizontally striped building is James Parker's fish shed. The mansard roofs of Ocean House Hotel and Cottage are visible just under the horizon. The photograph shows the Durgain shed and James Parker's Wharf.
9494Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Camp
  • Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950)
  • 1880
  • Mount Desert
From Left to Right: Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar. John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand. Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses. William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers. William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens. Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar. Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316.
Champlain Society Members at Camp Pemetic
Item:
  • 9494   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Camp
Creator:
  • Slade - Marshall Perry Slade (1861-1950)
Date:
  • 1880
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Nan Eliot Lincoln
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
From Left to Right: Samuel Atkins Eliot II (1862-1950) - Meteorologist & "Hunter" - 17 years old in 1880. Samuel was the brother of Charles Eliot George Bradford Dunbar (1860-1929) - "Hunter" - 20 years old in 1880 - holding saw and hatchet. George was brother to William Dunbar. John Lathrop Wakefield (1859-1949) - Botanist - 20 years old in 1880. John was brother to Frank Mortimer Wakefield and a first cousin of Edward and Henry Rand. Charles Eliot (1859-1897) - Director - 20 years old in 1880 - with sunglasses. William Harrison Dunbar (1862-?) - "Hunter"- 17 years old in 1880. William and George Dunbar were brothers. William is carrying a vasculum for collecting botanical specimens. Orrin A. Donnell (1859-1942) - Seaman - 21 years old in 1880 - standing with oar. Ernest Lovering (1859-1932) - "Hunter"- 20 years old in 1880. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. To see what a vasculum looks like see Item 5316. [show more]
113071808 Plan of the Moiety of the Island of Mount Desert
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872)
  • 1808
  • Mount Desert Island
Surveyed and drawn by: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Inscription on map says "“A Plan of the moiety of the Island of Mount Desert granted by the Legislature of Massachusetts in June 1785 and afterwards by a division of said Island assigned to John Barnard Esq. surveyed and Lotted in 1808 By Salem Town Jun.r Hancock Is Register of Deeds Office July12, 1839 – This is a true copy of the Plan titled & signed as above, and deposited in this office. Attest F.B. Morgan Reg.r" Although popularly known as the "Salem Towne Map," this original map, owned by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, was drawn and clearly signed by "Salem Town Junr" in 1808.
1808 Plan of the Moiety of the Island of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 11307   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872)
Date:
  • 1808
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Surveyed and drawn by: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Inscription on map says "“A Plan of the moiety of the Island of Mount Desert granted by the Legislature of Massachusetts in June 1785 and afterwards by a division of said Island assigned to John Barnard Esq. surveyed and Lotted in 1808 By Salem Town Jun.r Hancock Is Register of Deeds Office July12, 1839 – This is a true copy of the Plan titled & signed as above, and deposited in this office. Attest F.B. Morgan Reg.r" Although popularly known as the "Salem Towne Map," this original map, owned by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, was drawn and clearly signed by "Salem Town Junr" in 1808. [show more]