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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
4315Steamer MOUNT DESERT from Bass Harbor Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Starboard side from astern. Mounted on 21x19" board.
  • 1900
Steamer MOUNT DESERT from Bass Harbor Head
Item:
  • 4315   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1900
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0343 a
Location:
  • Shelf 4E5
Description:
Starboard side from astern. Mounted on 21x19" board.
4318From Ocean House, Manset: Steamer MOUNT DESERT
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Starboard side outbound past Greening's Island. Note: Friendship sloops at moorings in foreground. Mounted on 21x19" board.
  • 1900
From Ocean House, Manset: Steamer MOUNT DESERT
Item:
  • 4318   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1900
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0343 d
Location:
  • Shelf 4E5
Description:
Starboard side outbound past Greening's Island. Note: Friendship sloops at moorings in foreground. Mounted on 21x19" board.
5376Schooner on the Bar
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
B/W stereoview of a schooner aground on the sand bar. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
Schooner on the Bar
Item:
  • 5376   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Heywood
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1790 e
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W stereoview of a schooner aground on the sand bar. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5379Schooners off the Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
B/W stereo Photograph of two schooners off unidentified point of land. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
Schooners off the Point
Item:
  • 5379   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Heywood
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1790 h
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W stereo Photograph of two schooners off unidentified point of land. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4338Yacht CORSAIR in front of the Cromwell House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Vessels, Boat
Shows J. P. Morgan's yacht CORSAIR in front of the Cromwell House ("Rosserne"). View across Somes Sound to Fernald Point and Flying Mountain. Attached to 15x18" mountboard
  • 1905
Yacht CORSAIR in front of the Cromwell House
Item:
  • 4338   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Vessels, Boat
Date:
  • 1905
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0350 e
Location:
  • Shelf 4E5
Description:
Shows J. P. Morgan's yacht CORSAIR in front of the Cromwell House ("Rosserne"). View across Somes Sound to Fernald Point and Flying Mountain. Attached to 15x18" mountboard
3743Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Maine ...
  • Map
  • Transportation, Railroad
Indexed county and railroad map and shippers' guide to Maine
  • Rand McNally & Company
  • 1908
  • 26
  • MAP, folded
  • fragile
Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Maine ...
Item:
  • 3743   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Rand McNally & Company
Date:
  • 1908
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0197 RM
Location:
  • 5F8
Pages:
  • 26
Medium:
  • MAP, folded
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Indexed county and railroad map and shippers' guide to Maine
2117An Act to prohibit automobiles
  • Document, Government, Act
  • Transportation, Automobile
Draft of an act to amend the use of automobiles in Mount Desert.
  • 1909
  • 1
  • typescript
An Act to prohibit automobiles
Item:
  • 2117   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Act
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1909
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0631
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Draft of an act to amend the use of automobiles in Mount Desert.
1526Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Transportation, Automobile
December 15, 1906 Letter about a rumored automobile being used on the island in Bar Harbor and the legal proceedings about automobile use on Mount Desert Island.
  • Bishop Doane, Jerome Knowles
  • 1906
  • 1
  • typed letter
Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles
Item:
  • 1526   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Bishop Doane, Jerome Knowles
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0035 WCD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typed letter
Description:
December 15, 1906 Letter about a rumored automobile being used on the island in Bar Harbor and the legal proceedings about automobile use on Mount Desert Island.
2850Automobile ordinance: Town of Eden, 1900
  • Document, Government, Regulation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1900
  • 1
  • ordinance
Automobile ordinance: Town of Eden, 1900
Item:
  • 2850   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Regulation
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1900
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 249
Location:
  • VII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ordinance
3265Letter: Jerome H. Knowles to A. C. Wheelwright
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Structures, Utility Structure
Regarding Bar Harbor Electric Light Co.
  • Jerome H. Knowles
  • 1903
  • 3
  • Letter
Letter: Jerome H. Knowles to A. C. Wheelwright
Item:
  • 3265   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Structures, Utility Structure
Creator:
  • Jerome H. Knowles
Date:
  • 1903
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 623
Location:
  • XII
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding Bar Harbor Electric Light Co.
3306Letter: L. H. Bailey to J. H. Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Structures, Utility Structure
Regarding offer to set up Acetylene Gas Company
  • L. H. Bailey
  • 1902
  • 2
  • Letter
Letter: L. H. Bailey to J. H. Knowles
Item:
  • 3306   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Structures, Utility Structure
Creator:
  • L. H. Bailey
Date:
  • 1902
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 660
Location:
  • XII
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding offer to set up Acetylene Gas Company
5530Harborside Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Sepia toned photograph of a view of the harbor from Asticou Terraces with the Harborside wharf in center and the Sea Street dock on left.
  • early 1900's
Harborside Wharf
Item:
  • 5530   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Date:
  • early 1900's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1927
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Sepia toned photograph of a view of the harbor from Asticou Terraces with the Harborside wharf in center and the Sea Street dock on left.
4865Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Carriage
Bear Island in center. Sutton Island to back left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • ca. 1900
  • 1 photograph (panoramic)
Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4865   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Carriage
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1219
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph (panoramic)
Description:
Bear Island in center. Sutton Island to back left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5300Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
B/W, 10.5x3.5", Photograph looking across harbor with Manset dock in lower right and Southwest Harbor center left. Greening Island is center right. Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock.
  • early 1900's
Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5300   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • early 1900's
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1719
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W, 10.5x3.5", Photograph looking across harbor with Manset dock in lower right and Southwest Harbor center left. Greening Island is center right. Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock.
5132Train Bridge-Penobscot River
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Three B/W matted photographs (a-c) of the 1901 ice wreckage of the train bridge over the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1901
  • 3 photographs
Train Bridge-Penobscot River
Item:
  • 5132   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1901
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1546
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs
Description:
Three B/W matted photographs (a-c) of the 1901 ice wreckage of the train bridge over the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer.
5016Otter Creek Schoolhouse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Looking easterly along road toward the church. Collected for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
  • ca. 1907
  • 1 photograph, 2 duplicates
Otter Creek Schoolhouse
Item:
  • 5016   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Date:
  • ca. 1907
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1408
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 2 duplicates
Description:
Looking easterly along road toward the church. Collected for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
4058Gilman High School
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Designed by Fred L. Savage and built in 1887 (enlarged, 1907) and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the school closed in 1951 and was razed in 1953.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • ca. 1908
Gilman High School
Item:
  • 4058   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • ca. 1908
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0047 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Designed by Fred L. Savage and built in 1887 (enlarged, 1907) and named for Daniel Coit Gilman, the school closed in 1951 and was razed in 1953.
7035Bar Harbor High School
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Now Bar Harbor Municipal Building. Elevations.
  • Fred L. Savage
  • 1909
  • 2
  • tracing paper
  • good
Bar Harbor High School
Item:
  • 7035   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • Fred L. Savage
Date:
  • 1909
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0445 FLS
Location:
  • FF B-16
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • tracing paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Now Bar Harbor Municipal Building. Elevations.
5378Old Farmhouse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
B/W stereoview of an old farmhouse with barn in the Kebo Golf Course area (could be Leland's farmhouse. He had a mill there prior to 1860). Description courtesy of Mr. Gary Stellpflug (updated 12/09/21). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Heywood
  • ca. 1900
Old Farmhouse
Item:
  • 5378   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Creator:
  • Heywood
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1790 g
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W stereoview of an old farmhouse with barn in the Kebo Golf Course area (could be Leland's farmhouse. He had a mill there prior to 1860). Description courtesy of Mr. Gary Stellpflug (updated 12/09/21). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5882Gilpatrick Homestead
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Shows the Gilpatrick homestead (center), which later became the Tea Garden and then a summer house called Little Orchard. Brown & Gilley's hall out over Gilpatrick Cove (far left) and Cove Cottage (right).
  • ca. 1900
Gilpatrick Homestead
Item:
  • 5882   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0075
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
Shows the Gilpatrick homestead (center), which later became the Tea Garden and then a summer house called Little Orchard. Brown & Gilley's hall out over Gilpatrick Cove (far left) and Cove Cottage (right).
4500Rossi Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Furnishings, Bed
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Built by John H. Morison, Little & Brown, architects, 1904. Purchased by Mrs. L. Cogswell in 1926.
  • 1908
  • 2 photos
Rossi Cottage
Item:
  • 4500   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Object, Furnishings, Bed
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • 1908
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0600
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 photos
Description:
Built by John H. Morison, Little & Brown, architects, 1904. Purchased by Mrs. L. Cogswell in 1926.
4681Higgins Cottage, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Knowles Company
  • 1909
  • Indian Point
  • 2 photographs, 2 negatives
Higgins Cottage, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4681   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1909
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Indian Point
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0902
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 photographs, 2 negatives
4685View of Manchester Home, Indian Head
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
"Manchester Home" or "Indian Head". Built in 1880's, original owner John Manchester of Northeast Harbor. Used as home or Inn. 1986 owner Stacey Loyd.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1900's
  • 1 postcard
View of Manchester Home, Indian Head
Item:
  • 4685   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1900's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0914
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
"Manchester Home" or "Indian Head". Built in 1880's, original owner John Manchester of Northeast Harbor. Used as home or Inn. 1986 owner Stacey Loyd.
4872Mackay-Smith Cottage, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Just past the entrance to Little Long Pond, land was sold to Rockefeller. First plan for the site was for a public park - now site of David Rockefeller Jr. home.
  • early 1900's
  • 2 panoramic photographs
Mackay-Smith Cottage, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 4872   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • early 1900's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1226
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 panoramic photographs
Description:
Just past the entrance to Little Long Pond, land was sold to Rockefeller. First plan for the site was for a public park - now site of David Rockefeller Jr. home.
5145Lindsay Cottage, Swans Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Mrs. W. B. Lindsay's cottage on Swans Island. Photo 1563 a: Exterior view of cottage Photo 1563 b: One corner of central hall showing part of stairway Photo 1563 c: One end of library and living room showing the mantle and fireplace Photo 1563 d: Another view of the hall
  • ca. 1900
Lindsay Cottage, Swans Island
Item:
  • 5145   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Swans Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1563
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Mrs. W. B. Lindsay's cottage on Swans Island. Photo 1563 a: Exterior view of cottage Photo 1563 b: One corner of central hall showing part of stairway Photo 1563 c: One end of library and living room showing the mantle and fireplace Photo 1563 d: Another view of the hall