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5409Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
  • Fred Pervear
  • 1938
Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
Item:
  • 5409   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War I
  • People
Creator:
  • Fred Pervear
Date:
  • 1938
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1817
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
5323Path map of eastern part of Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Island
Negative of photograph of the 1896 Bates, Rand and Jacques path map of the Eastern part of MDI
Path map of eastern part of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 5323   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1742
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Negative of photograph of the 1896 Bates, Rand and Jacques path map of the Eastern part of MDI
4420Winter Woodland Scene
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
Winter weather.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Winter Woodland Scene
Item:
  • 4420   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0471 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter weather.
5507Trenton Bridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Two b/w photographs (a + b) showing the "swing" bridge at the Trenton causeway.
  • September 1947
Trenton Bridge
Item:
  • 5507   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • September 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1885
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Two b/w photographs (a + b) showing the "swing" bridge at the Trenton causeway.
4888Grave of Brother Du Thet & Ruins of St. Savior's
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Gravehouse
Lithograph of grave on the southeast side of MDI, site of a mission founded A.D. 1613 by Father Biard destroyed by Argall of Virginia.
  • T. W. Strong
  • 1857
  • 1 photograph
Grave of Brother Du Thet & Ruins of St. Savior's
Item:
  • 4888   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Gravehouse
Creator:
  • T. W. Strong
Date:
  • 1857
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1250
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Lithograph of grave on the southeast side of MDI, site of a mission founded A.D. 1613 by Father Biard destroyed by Argall of Virginia.
4540Mountain scene on Mt. Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
Mountain scene on Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 4540   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0657
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
4538Tidal Pond, Mt. Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Shore
Tidal Pond, Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 4538   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Shore
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0655
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
4414Norway Drive in winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
Winter scene
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Norway Drive in winter
Item:
  • 4414   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0465 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene
4331Valley Cove, picnic
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Shows sloop-rigged yacht anchored with bow to westward facing the cove's shore. Picnic goers (in long skirts and hats for the women) on coach and in cabin.
  • 1898
Valley Cove, picnic
Item:
  • 4331   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Date:
  • 1898
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0347 d
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows sloop-rigged yacht anchored with bow to westward facing the cove's shore. Picnic goers (in long skirts and hats for the women) on coach and in cabin.
4198Hunter's Beach
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
Photograph of Hunter's Beach, on Ocean Drive. Rocky shore and calm water.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1904
Hunter's Beach
Item:
  • 4198   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0192 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Photograph of Hunter's Beach, on Ocean Drive. Rocky shore and calm water.
4195Rocky cliff
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
Tall rocky cliff on the shore.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1904
Rocky cliff
Item:
  • 4195   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0189 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Tall rocky cliff on the shore.
4194Cathedral rock, the Ovens, Salisbury Cove.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Isaac T. Moore
Cathedral rock, the Ovens, Salisbury Cove.
Item:
  • 4194   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0186 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
4177Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
This view involves the farm that became Bordeaux Dairy.
  • Isaac T. Moore
Somes Sound
Item:
  • 4177   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0169 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
This view involves the farm that became Bordeaux Dairy.
4170Western, Beech and Saint Sauveur Mountains
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Western, Beech, and Saint Sauveur mountains in the background. Ocean in the foreground.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1904
Western, Beech and Saint Sauveur Mountains
Item:
  • 4170   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0162 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Western, Beech, and Saint Sauveur mountains in the background. Ocean in the foreground.
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out.
  • 1897-1951
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
  • ledger books
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Item:
  • 7182   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Date:
  • 1897-1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Benjamin Graves - Rae Graves Masonry History on MDI
Object ID:
  • BGRB 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 7 TOP
Pages:
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
Medium:
  • ledger books
Description:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
2276Geology of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
  • Vernon Gray
  • 2 boxes
  • paper
Geology of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 2276   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Vernon Gray
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Geology of Mount Desert Island
Object ID:
  • GMDI
Location:
  • 4B3
Pages:
  • 2 boxes
Medium:
  • paper
Description:
Collection of information about the geology of MDI compiled by Vernon Gray in 1976.
5950Steamer SAPPHO, Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1 postcard
Steamer SAPPHO, Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 5950   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0141 WHB
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5951Steamer MOUNT DESERT, Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1 postcard
Steamer MOUNT DESERT, Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 5951   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0142 WHB
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5952Steamer FRANK JONES, Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1 postcard
Steamer FRANK JONES, Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 5952   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0143 WHB
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5967Entrance to Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
  • 1 postcard
Entrance to Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 5967   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0158
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
5822Path to Schooner Head, Mount Desert, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Charles A. Townsend
Path to Schooner Head, Mount Desert, ME
Item:
  • 5822   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
Creator:
  • Charles A. Townsend
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0015 CAT
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
2029The Gardens of Mt. Desert Island
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Garden
Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979.
  • Elizabeth Hulbert
  • Sep-79
  • 4
  • magazine
The Gardens of Mt. Desert Island
Item:
  • 2029   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Elizabeth Hulbert
Date:
  • Sep-79
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0541
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Brief article of the significance of landscaped gardens on MDI. Colored photographs of a few private gardens in Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1979.
5091Resource Conservation Zones
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, River
  • Places, Shore
Twenty-six b/w photographs by Russell Butcher, formerly of Seal Harbor, of undeveloped land in the town of Mount Desert proposed as possible resource conservation zones by the Town conservation committee.
  • Russell Butcher
  • 1970's
  • 26 photographs
Resource Conservation Zones
Item:
  • 5091   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, River
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Russell Butcher
Date:
  • 1970's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1505
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 26 photographs
Description:
Twenty-six b/w photographs by Russell Butcher, formerly of Seal Harbor, of undeveloped land in the town of Mount Desert proposed as possible resource conservation zones by the Town conservation committee.
4319Steamer NORUMBEGA on the rocks at Clark's Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Comment: She left Northeast Harbor on accumulated steam with her boilers shut down and ran out of "oomph". She was refloated without damage. Mounted on 21x19" board.
  • 1912
Steamer NORUMBEGA on the rocks at Clark's Point
Item:
  • 4319   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1912
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0343 e
Location:
  • Shelf 4E5
Description:
Comment: She left Northeast Harbor on accumulated steam with her boilers shut down and ran out of "oomph". She was refloated without damage. Mounted on 21x19" board.
4083Western, Beech, Saint Sauveur and Flying Mountains
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Mountain
Taken from near the Steamboat wharf, Northeast Harbor.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1976
Western, Beech, Saint Sauveur and Flying Mountains
Item:
  • 4083   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Mountain
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1976
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0072 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Taken from near the Steamboat wharf, Northeast Harbor.