Description: Color tinted post card of Main Street looking West. Shows people strolling on boardwalk in front of stores and horse and buggies on dirt road.
Scanned photographs used for "A Walking Tour of Northeast Harbor Main Street" led by Bob Pyle, Library Director, and Willie Granston, Curator of the Great Harbor Museum, in July and August 2011. 1. Early Northeast Harbor 2. Looking down Summit to Main Street 3. Kindergarten at the school before Gilman 4. Gilman School 5. Main Street, 1918 6. South on Main Street 7. Fire Barn and Jail 8. Red Cross House 9. Herrick Boarding House 10. Herrick's Livery, 1910 11. Geo Brown Garage 12. Pastime Theatre 13. Bain Building 14. Hillcrest Market 15. Scrubby Ober's 16. Haynes Express 17. Herrick's Stable, 1910 18. Brown's 19. Paper-Hanging shop & Pool Hall 20. Northeast Plumbing Hamor Stanley 21. Masonic/Holmes Building 22. Mrs. Flye's Sandwiches 23. Barber Shop 24. Fish Market 25. Manchester House 26. Manchester Bros. Garage 27. Pine Tree Market 28. Drug Store 29. Fire House [30. Merritt Ober Meats - See Item 4969 (Photo 1359)] 31. Flower Shop 32. Joseph H. Curtis House 33. Paint Shop 34. P. P. Hill Jewelry & Antiques 35. Carry-on Shop 36. L. Elrie Holmes Building 37. Winter Industries & Western Union 38. Red Front A & P during Bar Harbor Bank era 39. Post Office 40. Joy Building 41. Colonel's & V. R. Smith Dry-goods 42. J. D. Phillips Drug Store 43. Eri Bunker House 44. I. E. Ralph 45. Fish Iveney's 46. Neighborhood House
Description: Scanned photographs used for "A Walking Tour of Northeast Harbor Main Street" led by Bob Pyle, Library Director, and Willie Granston, Curator of the Great Harbor Museum, in July and August 2011. 1. Early Northeast Harbor 2. Looking down Summit to Main Street 3. Kindergarten at the school before Gilman 4. Gilman School 5. Main Street, 1918 6. South on Main Street 7. Fire Barn and Jail 8. Red Cross House 9. Herrick Boarding House 10. Herrick's Livery, 1910 11. Geo Brown Garage 12. Pastime Theatre 13. Bain Building 14. Hillcrest Market 15. Scrubby Ober's 16. Haynes Express 17. Herrick's Stable, 1910 18. Brown's 19. Paper-Hanging shop & Pool Hall 20. Northeast Plumbing Hamor Stanley 21. Masonic/Holmes Building 22. Mrs. Flye's Sandwiches 23. Barber Shop 24. Fish Market 25. Manchester House 26. Manchester Bros. Garage 27. Pine Tree Market 28. Drug Store 29. Fire House [30. Merritt Ober Meats - See Item 4969 (Photo 1359)] 31. Flower Shop 32. Joseph H. Curtis House 33. Paint Shop 34. P. P. Hill Jewelry & Antiques 35. Carry-on Shop 36. L. Elrie Holmes Building 37. Winter Industries & Western Union 38. Red Front A & P during Bar Harbor Bank era 39. Post Office 40. Joy Building 41. Colonel's & V. R. Smith Dry-goods 42. J. D. Phillips Drug Store 43. Eri Bunker House 44. I. E. Ralph 45. Fish Iveney's 46. Neighborhood House [show more]
Copy of a Facebook message to Bob Pyle with a photograph of him at an Open House at the Library honoring his 40+ years of service to the library and community. Connie Madeira is on lower right.
Description: Copy of a Facebook message to Bob Pyle with a photograph of him at an Open House at the Library honoring his 40+ years of service to the library and community. Connie Madeira is on lower right.
Description: Real Estate ad with Photograph of "Edgecliff" on Somes Sound opposite North East (sic) Harbor. Noted as 1st house rented on MDI by Talbott.
World War II diary of Hoyt Clark from training camp Feb. 1944 until discharge Nov. 1945. Serving on Guam and Tinian Islands in the Pacific, he describes bombing raids over Japan
Description: World War II diary of Hoyt Clark from training camp Feb. 1944 until discharge Nov. 1945. Serving on Guam and Tinian Islands in the Pacific, he describes bombing raids over Japan
Catalog from Clark Point Gallery in SW Harbor for summer exhibit of photographs by Richard Herman Rothe, landscape designer. In 1906 he became superintendent of Mount Desert Nurseries on Nursery Lane, Northeast Harbor.
Description: Catalog from Clark Point Gallery in SW Harbor for summer exhibit of photographs by Richard Herman Rothe, landscape designer. In 1906 he became superintendent of Mount Desert Nurseries on Nursery Lane, Northeast Harbor.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island. File contains brochures and articles of the planned events.
Description: Mount Desert Island Historical Society collaborates with other island organizations to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the island. File contains brochures and articles of the planned events.
1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Articles are not catalogued by year nor subject. Files have been extracted from FileMaker (expect some formatting inaccuracies).
Description: 1 filing cabinet containing folders with envelopes, loose articles and clippings about local people, families, organizations and events. Articles are not catalogued by year nor subject. Files have been extracted from FileMaker (expect some formatting inaccuracies).
Several magazine articles featuring architect Roc R. Caivano's work. Cover: House & Garden Building, Summer 1978 (excerpt) 1. At Home in the Sun: An Open-House tour of solar homes in the United States (Norah Deakin Davis and Linda Lindsey), 1979 2. L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Juin 1980 3. Process: Architecture No. 21 - "Solar and Underground Houses" - 1981 4. Down East Magazine, October 1988 (article by Norah Deakin Davis about the Wendell Gilley Museum) 5. Down East Magazine, July 2001 (article by Paul Doiron) 6. Maine Boats & Harbors, Autumn 2002 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 7. Custom Home, November/December 2002 8. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2003 (article by Roc Caivano) 9. Down East Magazine, March 2004 (article by James Schwartz) 10. Down East Magazine, September 2007 (article by Kim Ridley) 11. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2008 (article by Roc Caivano) 12. Down East Magazine, Home & Garden Issue, April 2011 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 13. The Somesville Bridge (Roc Caivano), 2017. Published in Chebacco, The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Volume XVIII, 2017
Description: Several magazine articles featuring architect Roc R. Caivano's work. Cover: House & Garden Building, Summer 1978 (excerpt) 1. At Home in the Sun: An Open-House tour of solar homes in the United States (Norah Deakin Davis and Linda Lindsey), 1979 2. L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Juin 1980 3. Process: Architecture No. 21 - "Solar and Underground Houses" - 1981 4. Down East Magazine, October 1988 (article by Norah Deakin Davis about the Wendell Gilley Museum) 5. Down East Magazine, July 2001 (article by Paul Doiron) 6. Maine Boats & Harbors, Autumn 2002 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 7. Custom Home, November/December 2002 8. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2003 (article by Roc Caivano) 9. Down East Magazine, March 2004 (article by James Schwartz) 10. Down East Magazine, September 2007 (article by Kim Ridley) 11. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2008 (article by Roc Caivano) 12. Down East Magazine, Home & Garden Issue, April 2011 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 13. The Somesville Bridge (Roc Caivano), 2017. Published in Chebacco, The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Volume XVIII, 2017 [show more]
Sonja Weber Gilkey creates fiber sculptures using fishing rope, twine, shells, feathers, and other beach combing finds. Published in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, April/May 2011.
Description: Sonja Weber Gilkey creates fiber sculptures using fishing rope, twine, shells, feathers, and other beach combing finds. Published in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, April/May 2011.
Description: Article by Carl Little about the resurgence of Northeast Harbor's Art Scene. Published in the September/October 2019 issue of "Art New England".
Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
Description: Copy of Stanley's "History of Shipbuilding on MDI "with a list of vessels built between 1782 and 1902. Several photographs of the boats were added by R. Pyle at the Northeast Harbor library.
Copy of web page describing the "Champlain Project" influenced by the 1880 Champlain Society. Its purpose is to assemble and present information about MDI's natural resources.
Description: Copy of web page describing the "Champlain Project" influenced by the 1880 Champlain Society. Its purpose is to assemble and present information about MDI's natural resources.