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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
7412Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial
  • Reference
  • Events, Civic
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420)
  • Cheryl Olson & Joan H. Smith (editors)
  • 6/28/1984
Description:
This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420) [show more]
5113Exhibit of Exploratory Maps
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Exhibit
  • Places
Old map of New France, showing what is now Maine, MDI, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. Part of exhibit of exploratory maps on display in Milliken Room of the Northeast Harbor Library to celebrate the Bicentennial.
  • Richard Keene
  • 1976
Description:
Old map of New France, showing what is now Maine, MDI, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. Part of exhibit of exploratory maps on display in Milliken Room of the Northeast Harbor Library to celebrate the Bicentennial.
5125Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment. Photographs available in Dropbox.
  • Jane Joseph
  • 7/29/2008
  • 2 discs with digital images
Description:
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment. Photographs available in Dropbox.
5126Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli. Photographs available in Dropbox
  • Mia Thompson Brown
  • 7/29/2008
  • 2 discs with digital images
Description:
These document the loss of Colonel's Deli. Photographs available in Dropbox
5142Photographs of Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Exhibit
  • People
  • Places, Island
Twenty-seven glass plate photographs of Islesford and family of Frederick Morse. Sent to Northeast Harbor Library in l997 by Marie Locke, the photographer's great granddaughter, following an exhibit in Islesford.
  • Frederick W. Morse
  • 1997
Description:
Twenty-seven glass plate photographs of Islesford and family of Frederick Morse. Sent to Northeast Harbor Library in l997 by Marie Locke, the photographer's great granddaughter, following an exhibit in Islesford.
5143Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
DVD recording of the Main Street Fire of 2008 - Colonel's Deli, Wingspread Gallery, Joy Building. The fire was fought by numerous area departments & emergency Services. Recording by Chris Marzolf. Images by Jane Joseph and Willie Granston.
  • Christopher Marzolf
  • 7/29/2009
  • 2 discs with video and images
Description:
DVD recording of the Main Street Fire of 2008 - Colonel's Deli, Wingspread Gallery, Joy Building. The fire was fought by numerous area departments & emergency Services. Recording by Chris Marzolf. Images by Jane Joseph and Willie Granston.
5163Harbor Reconstruction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Construction
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Land fill and reconstruction of Northeast Harbor's town dock and boat launch.
  • William D. Hocker
  • circa 1950
Description:
Land fill and reconstruction of Northeast Harbor's town dock and boat launch.
52011966 Fire Scenes
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
1966 fire, Main Street, Northeast Harbor.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1966
Description:
1966 fire, Main Street, Northeast Harbor.
5202Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1941
  • 5 photographs, 1 article
Description:
Fire at Augusta Smith's Dry Goods Store, Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Included is scan of 1941 newspaper article.
5211Main Street Fire 1966
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Fire on corner of Main St. and Summit Rd., Northeast Harbor.
  • Alan Knox
  • 12-15-1966
  • 2
Description:
Fire on corner of Main St. and Summit Rd., Northeast Harbor.
5461Des Isles Building Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Small B/W photograph of the Des Isles Building on Main Street, Northeast Harbor at the start of the fire which destroyed it in 1965. Photograph shows truck parked in front of building and adults and children (one with bike.)
  • Kimball
  • 1965
Description:
Small B/W photograph of the Des Isles Building on Main Street, Northeast Harbor at the start of the fire which destroyed it in 1965. Photograph shows truck parked in front of building and adults and children (one with bike.)
5612Main Street Fire, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
This documentary shows the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment.
  • Ferguson Peters
  • 7/29/2008
  • 2 discs with video
Description:
This documentary shows the loss of Colonel's Deli, the Wingspread Gallery, the Joy block, Smart Studio, the Kimball Shop and an apartment.
6972Schooner ARIZONA
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Two masted wrecked Schooner ARIZONA at Islesford.
  • 2
  • fair
Description:
Two masted wrecked Schooner ARIZONA at Islesford.
7004Roy Salisbury Collection - Miscellaneous
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Events, Exhibit
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Harbor
  • Transportation, Aerostat
  • Transportation, Aircraft
1. Postcard of a Mallard Drake, bird carving by Wendell Gilley. 3. - 7. Several photographs taken during a sculpture exhibit (Agnes Yarnall). 14. - 20. Other photographs depicting Air Force planes, ca. 1940's. 21. Postcard of Northeast Harbor Landing, Bear Island Light in distance
  • 20
  • photographs
Description:
1. Postcard of a Mallard Drake, bird carving by Wendell Gilley. 3. - 7. Several photographs taken during a sculpture exhibit (Agnes Yarnall). 14. - 20. Other photographs depicting Air Force planes, ca. 1940's. 21. Postcard of Northeast Harbor Landing, Bear Island Light in distance
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
Description:
By Henry S. Burrage, D.D., L.L.D. State Historian of Maine.
7051Waymouth Tercentenary
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • 53
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
An account of the celebration of the landing of George Waymouth on the coast of Maine. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
7052Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river
  • Publication, Book
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
  • Maine Historical Society
  • 1907
  • 58
  • 1 book
  • fragile
Description:
Tercentenary of the Landing of the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec river. August 29, 1907. (Scanned copy in part from archive.org)
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
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).
7063History of Vinalhaven
  • Publication, Book
  • Events, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
  • Albra Josephine Vinal
  • 1900
  • 84
  • 1 book
  • fair
Description:
A brief historical sketch of the Town of Vinalhaven from its earliest known settlement. Prepared by order of the town on the occasion of its One Hundredth Anniversary.
7072The Discovery of America
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • Places
A Massachusetts Historical Society picture book. Contains several historical maps and portraits. Twenty-second in a series of picture books issued yearly since 1954 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
  • Massachusetts Historical Society
  • 1975
  • 23
  • 1 booklet
  • good
Description:
A Massachusetts Historical Society picture book. Contains several historical maps and portraits. Twenty-second in a series of picture books issued yearly since 1954 by the Massachusetts Historical Society.
5725Photographs of Betsy Flagg Melcher art
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Exhibit
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
Photographs of Betsy Flagg Melcher's portraits, floral still lives, and nature scenes. Several photographs are of an exhibit of her paintings at the Northeast Harbor Library in 1992.
  • ca. 1992
  • 11 photographs
Description:
Photographs of Betsy Flagg Melcher's portraits, floral still lives, and nature scenes. Several photographs are of an exhibit of her paintings at the Northeast Harbor Library in 1992.
5736George Brown's Garage after Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Main Street, Northeast Harbor: Brown's Garage and Pastime Theater after the fire. Roy Salisbury Collection.
  • 1966
  • 3 photographs
Description:
Main Street, Northeast Harbor: Brown's Garage and Pastime Theater after the fire. Roy Salisbury Collection.
5741Gilpatrick Cove
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Construction
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings
Fleet House under construction. Roy Salisbury Collection.
  • ca. 1949
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Fleet House under construction. Roy Salisbury Collection.
5767On top of Cadillac Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Civic
  • Places, Mountain
Roy Salisbury Collection Men and women standing around at a ceremony.
  • 2 photographs
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection Men and women standing around at a ceremony.
5386John Fayerweather Photograph Collection
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • Places
Photocopies: 1: Magnum Donum and St. Mary's-by-the-sea 2: Hiking Green Mountain and Bubble Pond, ca. 1884 3: On Western Mountain, ca. 1884 4: Four Boating Scenes, ca. 1884 -- Anne Terry Gardiner, R. Bradley, L. Bradley, PGB, EGG 5: Four Boating Scenes, ca. 1884 -- James Terry Gardiner 6: Archbishop of Canterbury at St. Mary's with Bishop Doane, 1907 7: Archbishop of Canterbury's Cruise of the Corsair, 1907 8: Performance of play Universal Neurasthenia, 1907 -- Ye Haven 9: Performance of play Universal Neurasthenia, 1907 -- Ye Haven Photographs: 1: Gardiner Wedding, ca. 1900 -- James Gardiner and Margaret Doane 2: Northeast Harbor Clergy, ca. 1900 -- Archbishop of Canterbury, Mrs. Davidson, Bishop William Doane 3: Group on Yacht Kaiwa, ca. 1900 4: Ye Haven, interior, ca. 1900 5: Bishop Doane on Carriage with Granddaughter, ca. 1900 6: Picnic on Western Mountain, ca. 1900 -- James T. Gardiner, Eliza Doane Gardiner 7: Group on yacht Corsair, ca. 1900 -- Archbishop of Canterbury, Mrs. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the captain, and Mrs. Doane aboard J. P. Morgan's yacht. 8: Cast of the play Universal Neurasthenia, ca. 1900 9-15: unlabeled photos
Description:
Photocopies: 1: Magnum Donum and St. Mary's-by-the-sea 2: Hiking Green Mountain and Bubble Pond, ca. 1884 3: On Western Mountain, ca. 1884 4: Four Boating Scenes, ca. 1884 -- Anne Terry Gardiner, R. Bradley, L. Bradley, PGB, EGG 5: Four Boating Scenes, ca. 1884 -- James Terry Gardiner 6: Archbishop of Canterbury at St. Mary's with Bishop Doane, 1907 7: Archbishop of Canterbury's Cruise of the Corsair, 1907 8: Performance of play Universal Neurasthenia, 1907 -- Ye Haven 9: Performance of play Universal Neurasthenia, 1907 -- Ye Haven Photographs: 1: Gardiner Wedding, ca. 1900 -- James Gardiner and Margaret Doane 2: Northeast Harbor Clergy, ca. 1900 -- Archbishop of Canterbury, Mrs. Davidson, Bishop William Doane 3: Group on Yacht Kaiwa, ca. 1900 4: Ye Haven, interior, ca. 1900 5: Bishop Doane on Carriage with Granddaughter, ca. 1900 6: Picnic on Western Mountain, ca. 1900 -- James T. Gardiner, Eliza Doane Gardiner 7: Group on yacht Corsair, ca. 1900 -- Archbishop of Canterbury, Mrs. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the captain, and Mrs. Doane aboard J. P. Morgan's yacht. 8: Cast of the play Universal Neurasthenia, ca. 1900 9-15: unlabeled photos [show more]