Seventeen (a-q) 4"x 6' photographs of Northeast Harbor and Somes Sound during the heavy snow and ice of winter 1923. Some snow and ice of winter 1923. Scenes include snow piles on Main St. in front of businesses, damaged docks on Somes Sound, Fraser Peckham on ice ridge, Herrick's stable, etc. Photo 1596 a: Manchester dock on Somes Sound, destroyed by ice in 1923 Photo 1596 b: Sargeant Drive from the Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 c: pony-drawn sled on Somes Sound, Sargeant Drive Photo 1596 d: wreckage of Murray's Dock on Somes Sound, 1923. Photo 1596 e: Main Street, 1923. Note that Fire House not yet enlarged Photo 1596 f: Northeast Harbor Swimming Club, 1923 Photo 1596 g: Murray's Dock destroyed by ice Photo 1596 h: Somes Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 i: ice on Sound. Somes ridges were 10' high Photo 1596 j: Photo 1596 k: ice ridge on Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 l: Fraser Peckham on an ice ridge on Somes Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 m: Fraser Peckham on an ice ridge at Sargeant Drive, 1923 Photo 1596 n: Matthew Mellon's house on Smallidge Point..... Photo 1596 o: looking up Summit Road from Manchester towards the village. Spire just right of center is the Union Church Photo 1596 p: Herrick's Stable on Main Street, 1923. Photo 1596 q: snow bank in front of Manchester Brothers garage, 1923 Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: Seventeen (a-q) 4"x 6' photographs of Northeast Harbor and Somes Sound during the heavy snow and ice of winter 1923. Some snow and ice of winter 1923. Scenes include snow piles on Main St. in front of businesses, damaged docks on Somes Sound, Fraser Peckham on ice ridge, Herrick's stable, etc. Photo 1596 a: Manchester dock on Somes Sound, destroyed by ice in 1923 Photo 1596 b: Sargeant Drive from the Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 c: pony-drawn sled on Somes Sound, Sargeant Drive Photo 1596 d: wreckage of Murray's Dock on Somes Sound, 1923. Photo 1596 e: Main Street, 1923. Note that Fire House not yet enlarged Photo 1596 f: Northeast Harbor Swimming Club, 1923 Photo 1596 g: Murray's Dock destroyed by ice Photo 1596 h: Somes Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 i: ice on Sound. Somes ridges were 10' high Photo 1596 j: Photo 1596 k: ice ridge on Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 l: Fraser Peckham on an ice ridge on Somes Sound, 1923 Photo 1596 m: Fraser Peckham on an ice ridge at Sargeant Drive, 1923 Photo 1596 n: Matthew Mellon's house on Smallidge Point..... Photo 1596 o: looking up Summit Road from Manchester towards the village. Spire just right of center is the Union Church Photo 1596 p: Herrick's Stable on Main Street, 1923. Photo 1596 q: snow bank in front of Manchester Brothers garage, 1923 Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions. [show more]
Article about residents of Mount Desert Island's Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor elite. Photographs by Jennifer Livingston. Published in "WMagazine", October 2003.
Description: Article about residents of Mount Desert Island's Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor elite. Photographs by Jennifer Livingston. Published in "WMagazine", October 2003.
Description: Map of Mount Desert Island on one side and information and photographs of and about the Town of Mount Desert in the heart of Acadia National Park.
Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
6 postcards adhered to mount with stand. Handwritten captions under each postcard. 1: Seal Harbor, Acadia Nation Park, Mt. Desert Island, Maine 2: Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, Maine 3: Northeast Harbor, Maine 4: Bear Island 5: Somes Sound, Mt. Desert Island, Maine, Acadia National Park 6: Swimming Pool, Northeast Harbor, Maine Missing
Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Place:
Mount Desert
Collection:
Postcard
Object ID:
Post 0120
Location:
Shelf 4E4
Description: 6 postcards adhered to mount with stand. Handwritten captions under each postcard. 1: Seal Harbor, Acadia Nation Park, Mt. Desert Island, Maine 2: Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, Maine 3: Northeast Harbor, Maine 4: Bear Island 5: Somes Sound, Mt. Desert Island, Maine, Acadia National Park 6: Swimming Pool, Northeast Harbor, Maine Missing
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Today called Sound Drive, route 3/198. This view is no longer possible because of reforestation." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Today called Sound Drive, route 3/198. This view is no longer possible because of reforestation." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: Handwritten description/survey of the road, currently Route 198, between Somesville and Northeast Harbor for the Board of County Commissioners.
Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert. Focus on residents: Wilma Clark Eaton, Herbert Thomas (town manager), servicemen Fred Ralph, James McElroy, Ray Young, and Charles Stover.
Description: Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert. Focus on residents: Wilma Clark Eaton, Herbert Thomas (town manager), servicemen Fred Ralph, James McElroy, Ray Young, and Charles Stover.