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You searched for: Date: 1920s✖Subject: Places✖
Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1602Letter from George B. Dorr to Samuel A. Eliot
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Places, Park
Letter from George Dorr to Samuel Eliot regarding the development of Lafayette National Park, referred to as Sieur de Monts National Monument.
  • 11-11-1924, 11-13-1924
  • 6
  • typescript
Letter from George B. Dorr to Samuel A. Eliot
Item:
  • 1602   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Places, Park
Date:
  • 11-11-1924, 11-13-1924
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0114
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Letter from George Dorr to Samuel Eliot regarding the development of Lafayette National Park, referred to as Sieur de Monts National Monument.
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.
5179Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places
Hall Quarry miners cutting granite blocks.
  • 1900-1920
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 5179   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places
Date:
  • 1900-1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1600
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Hall Quarry miners cutting granite blocks.
5495View of the harbor in Northeast Harbor from Schoolhouse Ledge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Landscape
Panoramic post card looking out over Northeast Harbor toward Bear Island and over the business and residential section showing a number of buildings. The harbor was not filled in.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1910-1920
View of the harbor in Northeast Harbor from Schoolhouse Ledge
Item:
  • 5495   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1910-1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1871 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Panoramic post card looking out over Northeast Harbor toward Bear Island and over the business and residential section showing a number of buildings. The harbor was not filled in.
6733LEDGER
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Record of Town Orders 1913-1922; Misc. accounts; Misc. bills; Misc. receipts 1915-1922 Leather cover
  • 1913-1922
LEDGER
Item:
  • 6733   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1913-1922
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2G2
Description:
Record of Town Orders 1913-1922; Misc. accounts; Misc. bills; Misc. receipts 1915-1922 Leather cover
6774RECORD / MORTGAGES / BILLS OF SALE / No. 9 TOWN OF MT. DESERT
  • Document, Government
  • Places
alphabetically indexed lien claims on mortgages or bills of sale between individuals or the town and businesses black cloth cover with red leather corners and spine
  • 1915-1921
RECORD / MORTGAGES / BILLS OF SALE / No. 9 TOWN OF MT. DESERT
Item:
  • 6774   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1915-1921
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2G2
Description:
alphabetically indexed lien claims on mortgages or bills of sale between individuals or the town and businesses black cloth cover with red leather corners and spine
6755Record of Inventory of Real Estate 1916-1922 Town of Mount Desert, ME.
  • Document, Government
  • Places
description and valuation of real estate liable to be taxed in town of Mt Desert; residents first then non-residents; both groups in alphabetical order by first initial of last name 20 x 18.75 x 2.5 post bound; golden brown corduroy cloth cover with brown leather reinforced corners and spine edge
  • 1916-1922
Record of Inventory of Real Estate 1916-1922 Town of Mount Desert, ME.
Item:
  • 6755   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1916-1922
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 3B4
Description:
description and valuation of real estate liable to be taxed in town of Mt Desert; residents first then non-residents; both groups in alphabetical order by first initial of last name 20 x 18.75 x 2.5 post bound; golden brown corduroy cloth cover with brown leather reinforced corners and spine edge
6731JOURNAL
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Record of Town Orders (checks written from town to individual or business); miscellaneous receipts for 1920 Leather cover
  • 1917-1921
JOURNAL
Item:
  • 6731   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1917-1921
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2G2
Description:
Record of Town Orders (checks written from town to individual or business); miscellaneous receipts for 1920 Leather cover
5844Main Street, Looking South, Northeast Harbor, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Hand colored postal card. Note Pastime Theatre, Hamor & Stanley plumbing shop with gas pump, Hillcrest Market. Style of autos & presence of Municipal building indicate 1918-24.
  • 1918-1924
Main Street, Looking South, Northeast Harbor, ME
Item:
  • 5844   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1918-1924
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0037
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Description:
Hand colored postal card. Note Pastime Theatre, Hamor & Stanley plumbing shop with gas pump, Hillcrest Market. Style of autos & presence of Municipal building indicate 1918-24.
5365View from Carroll Tyson Cottage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
Framed, B/W photograph overlooking the harbor in winter from the Tyson Cottage.
  • 1920
View from Carroll Tyson Cottage
Item:
  • 5365   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
Date:
  • 1920
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1783
Location:
  • Shelf 4E5
Description:
Framed, B/W photograph overlooking the harbor in winter from the Tyson Cottage.
4334Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
Shows Seal Harbor from the air with large yacht in mid-harbor. Sutton Island in background. Attached to 15x17" mountboard.
  • 1920
Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 4334   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0350 a
Location:
  • Shelf 4E5
Description:
Shows Seal Harbor from the air with large yacht in mid-harbor. Sutton Island in background. Attached to 15x17" mountboard.
6569Valuation Book for the year 1920 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing NB lot descriptions no longer included in listing, but page reference is given to description in the real estate book 19.75 x 12.5 x 1.25 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1920
Valuation Book for the year 1920 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6569   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1920
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2C2
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing NB lot descriptions no longer included in listing, but page reference is given to description in the real estate book 19.75 x 12.5 x 1.25 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather [show more]
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).
3113Annual Report: town officers of Mount Desert, 1920
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Places, Town
  • Town of Mount Desert
  • 1920
  • 64
  • booklet
Annual Report: town officers of Mount Desert, 1920
Item:
  • 3113   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Subject:
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Town of Mount Desert
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 486
Location:
  • IX
Pages:
  • 64
Medium:
  • booklet
3259Letter: Jerome H. Knowles to John S. Melcher
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Park
Regarding Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society Regarding Rockefeller Park
  • Jerome H. Knowles
  • 1920
  • 1
  • Letter
Letter: Jerome H. Knowles to John S. Melcher
Item:
  • 3259   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • Jerome H. Knowles
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 618
Location:
  • XII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society Regarding Rockefeller Park
3260Letter: John A. Peters to Jerome H. Knowles
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places, Park
Regarding Rockefeller and Seal Harbor Property
  • John A. Peters
  • 1920
  • 2
  • Letter
Letter: John A. Peters to Jerome H. Knowles
Item:
  • 3260   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • People
  • Places, Park
Creator:
  • John A. Peters
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 619
Location:
  • XII
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • Letter
Description:
Regarding Rockefeller and Seal Harbor Property
6736S. E. LEDGER
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Indexed record of town department accounts including: common schools, poor & insane, roads & bridges, Seal Harbor, fire, police, sewer, state roads, sidewalks, interest on Town accounts, ploughing roads, etc. 1923 is indexed separately beginning on page cloth bound (tan) with red leather corners
  • 1920-1923
S. E. LEDGER
Item:
  • 6736   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1920-1923
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 1G2
Description:
Indexed record of town department accounts including: common schools, poor & insane, roads & bridges, Seal Harbor, fire, police, sewer, state roads, sidewalks, interest on Town accounts, ploughing roads, etc. 1923 is indexed separately beginning on page cloth bound (tan) with red leather corners
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.
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
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".