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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
3570Lafayette National Park
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Topographic map showing boundaries of Lafayette National Park (now Acadia National Park). Hancock County towns (Trenton, Lamoine, Hancock, and Sorrento) and some nearby islands are shown. George Wood's "Geology of Mt. Desert" is printed on the back.
  • 1922
  • 1
  • paper
  • brittle paper with tears and pieces missing. Fragile.
Lafayette National Park
Item:
  • 3570   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 1922
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0016
Location:
  • 5F8
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • brittle paper with tears and pieces missing. Fragile.
Description:
Topographic map showing boundaries of Lafayette National Park (now Acadia National Park). Hancock County towns (Trenton, Lamoine, Hancock, and Sorrento) and some nearby islands are shown. George Wood's "Geology of Mt. Desert" is printed on the back.
7304Real Estate Map of Northeast Harbor
  • Map
  • Places, Town
Scale 1" = 400"
  • G. H. Falt
  • Mid 1920's
  • MAP (framed)
  • excellent
Real Estate Map of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 7304   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • G. H. Falt
Date:
  • Mid 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0327
Location:
  • On display in the archives
Medium:
  • MAP (framed)
Condition:
  • excellent
Description:
Scale 1" = 400"
2435Extension of Maple Lane
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
Large study plan showing extension of Maple Lane from Summit Road to Neighborhood Road.
  • Alfred Mullikin
  • 1928
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fragile, damaged
Extension of Maple Lane
Item:
  • 2435   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alfred Mullikin
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 232
Location:
  • GHC Box 6
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
Large study plan showing extension of Maple Lane from Summit Road to Neighborhood Road.
7201Beatrix Farrand's plans for 2 gardens
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Garden
1. Plans for "Garden treatment between Mr. Lamont's and Mr. Milliken's houses", 721-723 Park Avenue, New York 2. Paving plan No. 2 for the garden of Gerrish H. Milliken Esq., 723 Park Avenue, New York
  • Beatrix Farrand
  • 1929
  • 2
  • paper
  • fragile, damaged
Beatrix Farrand's plans for 2 gardens
Item:
  • 7201   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Beatrix Farrand
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0812
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • fragile, damaged
Description:
1. Plans for "Garden treatment between Mr. Lamont's and Mr. Milliken's houses", 721-723 Park Avenue, New York 2. Paving plan No. 2 for the garden of Gerrish H. Milliken Esq., 723 Park Avenue, New York
7050George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
  • Henry S. Burrage
  • 1926
  • 62
  • 1 book
  • good
George Folsom, John A. Poor and a Century of Historical Research with reference to Early Colonial Maine
Item:
  • 7050   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Creator:
  • Henry S. Burrage
Date:
  • 1926
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 BUR
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 62
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
7053New England Old and New 1620-1920
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1920
  • 63
  • 1 book
  • good
New England Old and New 1620-1920
Item:
  • 7053   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
Creator:
  • Maine Historical Society
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 PLY
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 63
Medium:
  • 1 book
Condition:
  • good
Description:
A brief review of some historical and industrial incidents in the Puritan "New English Canaan," still the Land of Promise. Published by the Old Colony Trust Company of Boston, commemorating the Tercentenary of the First Landing at Plymouth in 1620 (MCMXX).
7142Long Pond Quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission, Long Pond Quadrangle, Somerset County (N45.30/W70.00). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by J. I. Gayetty, W. K. McKinley, S. L. Parker and G. E. Sisson. Control in part by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and from railroad valuation surveys.
  • J. I. Gayetty, W. K. McKinley, S. L. Parker, G. E. Sisson
  • 1922
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Long Pond Quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine
Item:
  • 7142   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • J. I. Gayetty, W. K. McKinley, S. L. Parker, G. E. Sisson
Date:
  • 1922
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0292
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of Maine represented by the Public Utilities Commission, Long Pond Quadrangle, Somerset County (N45.30/W70.00). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by J. I. Gayetty, W. K. McKinley, S. L. Parker and G. E. Sisson. Control in part by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and from railroad valuation surveys.
7143Plymouth Quadrangle, New Hampshire
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of New Hampshire, Highway Department, Plymouth Quadrangle (N43.45/W71.30). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by R. L. McCammon and E. V. Holloway. Culture and drainage in part compiled from aerial photographs taken by Air Corps, U.S. Army.
  • R. L. McCammon, E. V. Holloway
  • 1928
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Plymouth Quadrangle, New Hampshire
Item:
  • 7143   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • R. L. McCammon, E. V. Holloway
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0293
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. State of New Hampshire, Highway Department, Plymouth Quadrangle (N43.45/W71.30). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by R. L. McCammon and E. V. Holloway. Culture and drainage in part compiled from aerial photographs taken by Air Corps, U.S. Army.
7144Calais Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine
  • Map
  • Places
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Calais Quadrangle, Washington County (N45.00/W67.15). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by R. J. Belton, C. W. Birdseye, C. H. Price and International Boundary Commission.
  • R. J. Belton, C. W. Birdseye, C. H. Price
  • 1929
  • 1
  • paper
  • good
Calais Quadrangle, Washington County, Maine
Item:
  • 7144   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • R. J. Belton, C. W. Birdseye, C. H. Price
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0294
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • good
Description:
One of a series of topographical maps issued by the United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. United States Department of the Army Corps of Engineers. Calais Quadrangle, Washington County (N45.00/W67.15). Scale 1: 62 500. Topography by R. J. Belton, C. W. Birdseye, C. H. Price and International Boundary Commission.
6062Report on the Safe Guiding of Public Welfare
  • Document, Report
  • Places, Town
Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings
  • Alfred Mullikin
  • 1927
  • 7
  • good
Report on the Safe Guiding of Public Welfare
Item:
  • 6062   
Type:
  • Document, Report
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alfred Mullikin
Date:
  • 1927
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 352 MULLIKIN 1927
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 7
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Alfred Mullikin, C. E. An engineering report to the Building Ordinances Committee of the town of Mount Desert on the character and location of buildings
6125Maine The Summer Playground of the Nation
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Places
Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs.
  • 1920's
  • 66
  • 1 brochure
  • good
Maine The Summer Playground of the Nation
Item:
  • 6125   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 917.4 INFO
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 66
Medium:
  • 1 brochure
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Pamphlet of the Maine State Information Bureau of the geography, physical, social, and climatic characteristics of Maine with Mount Desert Island included. Many b/w photographs.
6086The Jones Cove Shell-Heap
  • Publication, Book
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Shore
Bulletin 1, The Jones cove Shell-Heap at West Gouldsboro, Maine by W. B. Smith in connection with Lafayette National Park - account of archeological digs at this Flanders Bay site in W. Gouldsboro, ME in 1928.
  • Walter B. Smith
  • 1929
  • 28
  • good
The Jones Cove Shell-Heap
Item:
  • 6086   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Walter B. Smith
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 560 SMITH
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 28
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Bulletin 1, The Jones cove Shell-Heap at West Gouldsboro, Maine by W. B. Smith in connection with Lafayette National Park - account of archeological digs at this Flanders Bay site in W. Gouldsboro, ME in 1928.
4669View of Northeast Harbor from Harborside
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
Note yacht at left center
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • 1 photograph
View of Northeast Harbor from Harborside
Item:
  • 4669   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0878
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Note yacht at left center
4715Miramar, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Built 1891 owner C. A. Wesson, NYC rented for a month 1928 Knowles map No. 165 Historic Survey 1986 No. 44 1986 owner Dr. Paul Vignos 6-16-2018: V. Kelly Bellis sent us information about the original owners Charles Howland Wesson (1840-1873) and Miss Emma M. Leland, who he married in 1869.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • Huntington Way
  • 17 photographs, 1 negative
Miramar, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4715   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Huntington Way
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0976
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 17 photographs, 1 negative
Description:
Built 1891 owner C. A. Wesson, NYC rented for a month 1928 Knowles map No. 165 Historic Survey 1986 No. 44 1986 owner Dr. Paul Vignos 6-16-2018: V. Kelly Bellis sent us information about the original owners Charles Howland Wesson (1840-1873) and Miss Emma M. Leland, who he married in 1869.
4788Thrush Woods, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Object, Fireplace
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Built 1921; Fred Savage design. Original owner William Jay Turner. also Turner Cottage. 1986 owner: Shelby Davis. No. 181 in 1986 Historic Properties Survey.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • Schoolhouse Ledge
  • 18 photographs, 6 duplicates, 27 negatives
Thrush Woods, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4788   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Object, Fireplace
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Schoolhouse Ledge
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1123
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 18 photographs, 6 duplicates, 27 negatives
Description:
Built 1921; Fred Savage design. Original owner William Jay Turner. also Turner Cottage. 1986 owner: Shelby Davis. No. 181 in 1986 Historic Properties Survey.
4790Assorted views of Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Harbor
Assorted views of the harbor
  • Knowles Company
  • pre 1920's
  • 3 photographs, 1 clipping, 2 negatives
Assorted views of Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4790   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • pre 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1128
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs, 1 clipping, 2 negatives
Description:
Assorted views of the harbor
4791View from Somes Head
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • 1 negative
View from Somes Head
Item:
  • 4791   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1129
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 negative
4862Pierce Head, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Places, Island
Pierce Head is behind Bear Island next to Harbor Brook. Bishop Mackay-Smith's home is on the right. The left area is Berry Cliff. Right is now David Rockefeller's.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1920's
  • Peabody Drive
  • 5 photographs (panoramic)
Pierce Head, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 4862   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Street:
  • Peabody Drive
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1214 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 5 photographs (panoramic)
Description:
Pierce Head is behind Bear Island next to Harbor Brook. Bishop Mackay-Smith's home is on the right. The left area is Berry Cliff. Right is now David Rockefeller's.
4863Harbor Brook, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
Photo 1215 a: Mabel Ingalls Point, Harbor Brook Beach, Bear Island taken from Berry Cliff property. Photo 1215 b: Bear Island from Harbor Brook Beach.
  • 1920's
  • 2 photographs (panoramic)
Harbor Brook, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 4863   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Landscape
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1215
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 photographs (panoramic)
Description:
Photo 1215 a: Mabel Ingalls Point, Harbor Brook Beach, Bear Island taken from Berry Cliff property. Photo 1215 b: Bear Island from Harbor Brook Beach.
4868Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Bubble Mountains in center background
  • 1920's
  • 2 panoramic photographs
Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park
Item:
  • 4868   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Jordan Pond
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1222 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 panoramic photographs
Description:
Bubble Mountains in center background
4015Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
Shows Herrick House, Pastime Theatre, F. T. Brown Co. Municipal offices built in 1917. See also Item 5941 (post 0133). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1923
  • 2 photographs
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4015   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0004 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 photographs
Description:
Shows Herrick House, Pastime Theatre, F. T. Brown Co. Municipal offices built in 1917. See also Item 5941 (post 0133). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5019Otter Creek in early 1920's
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
Otter Creek from Otter Cliffs, showing transmitter towers from naval radio station at right. Wooden bridge had not been built. Note "Lafayette National Park".
  • 1920's
  • 1 photograph
Otter Creek in early 1920's
Item:
  • 5019   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1411
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Otter Creek from Otter Cliffs, showing transmitter towers from naval radio station at right. Wooden bridge had not been built. Note "Lafayette National Park".
5025Otter Creek fishing shacks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Shore
Otter Creek causeway along eastern shore. Photograph loaned for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • 1900-1920
Otter Creek fishing shacks
Item:
  • 5025   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Shore
Date:
  • 1900-1920
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1417
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Otter Creek causeway along eastern shore. Photograph loaned for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5034Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • 1920's
Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 5034   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1426
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
5174Winter 1923
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Sound
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.
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
  • 1923
  • 17 photos
Winter 1923
Item:
  • 5174   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1596 (a-q)
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 17 photos
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]