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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
6972Schooner ARIZONA
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Two masted wrecked Schooner ARIZONA at Islesford.
  • 2
  • fair
Schooner ARIZONA
Item:
  • 6972   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Shipwreck
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2187
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Two masted wrecked Schooner ARIZONA at Islesford.
5358Sloops in Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Framed, B/W photograph of sloops under sail and moored in harbor of Northeast Harbor. Baker Island and Sutton Island are center background. Sloop in center is "Opachie" owned by Francis Parkman. Given by William Morris.
  • late 1800's
Sloops in Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5358   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Date:
  • late 1800's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1776
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Framed, B/W photograph of sloops under sail and moored in harbor of Northeast Harbor. Baker Island and Sutton Island are center background. Sloop in center is "Opachie" owned by Francis Parkman. Given by William Morris.
5180Northeast Harbor with sail boats
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Sail boats in Northeast Harbor looking toward Bear Island.
  • ca. 1920
Northeast Harbor with sail boats
Item:
  • 5180   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • ca. 1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1601
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Sail boats in Northeast Harbor looking toward Bear Island.
5118Coast Guard " Peapod" boat near hut on Baker Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
Scanned copy of Photograph of the U.S. Coast Guard runabout "Peapod", near hut with lobster traps on Baker Island.
  • William Strawbridge
  • 1980's
Coast Guard " Peapod" boat near hut on Baker Island
Item:
  • 5118   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • William Strawbridge
Date:
  • 1980's
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Baker Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1532
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Scanned copy of Photograph of the U.S. Coast Guard runabout "Peapod", near hut with lobster traps on Baker Island.
2023The Bar Harbor Auto War
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
  • Richard A. Savage
  • 1975
  • pages 66-87
  • magazine
The Bar Harbor Auto War
Item:
  • 2023   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Richard A. Savage
Date:
  • 1975
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0535
Location:
  • General Collection Box 17
Pages:
  • pages 66-87
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975.
2119Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert.
  • 1
  • typescript
Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine
Item:
  • 2119   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0633
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert.
2992Petition: Murphy weir at Bartlett's Island, 1918
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • James Turner, Everett Murphy
  • 1918
  • 1
  • Petition
Petition: Murphy weir at Bartlett's Island, 1918
Item:
  • 2992   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • James Turner, Everett Murphy
Date:
  • 1918
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Bartletts Island
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 377
Location:
  • VIII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • Petition
5360Gilpatrick Cove and Greening Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Framed, B/W, 14x21.5 photograph of Stanley dock at Gilpatrick Cove with boats and people. Greening Island in background. Present (2010) site of the Northeast Harbor Fleet. Descriptive statement by S. E. Morison on back of photograph.
  • late 1900's
Gilpatrick Cove and Greening Island
Item:
  • 5360   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Date:
  • late 1900's
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1778
Location:
  • Shelf 4E4
Description:
Framed, B/W, 14x21.5 photograph of Stanley dock at Gilpatrick Cove with boats and people. Greening Island in background. Present (2010) site of the Northeast Harbor Fleet. Descriptive statement by S. E. Morison on back of photograph.
5412Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
B/W close-up photograph of the lighthouse on Bear Island.
  • Willis H. Ballard
Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 5412   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1820
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W close-up photograph of the lighthouse on Bear Island.
5415Coast Guard Station on Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Other Structures, Coast Guard Base
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
B/W scans of the former U.S. lighthouse service, now the U.S. Coast Guard station on Islesford
Coast Guard Station on Islesford
Item:
  • 5415   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Other Structures, Coast Guard Base
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1823
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W scans of the former U.S. lighthouse service, now the U.S. Coast Guard station on Islesford
5145Lindsay Cottage, Swans Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Mrs. W. B. Lindsay's cottage on Swans Island. Photo 1563 a: Exterior view of cottage Photo 1563 b: One corner of central hall showing part of stairway Photo 1563 c: One end of library and living room showing the mantle and fireplace Photo 1563 d: Another view of the hall
  • ca. 1900
Lindsay Cottage, Swans Island
Item:
  • 5145   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Swans Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1563
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Mrs. W. B. Lindsay's cottage on Swans Island. Photo 1563 a: Exterior view of cottage Photo 1563 b: One corner of central hall showing part of stairway Photo 1563 c: One end of library and living room showing the mantle and fireplace Photo 1563 d: Another view of the hall
4820Raymond Dwelley Home, Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Mark T. Cole
  • 1985
  • 1 photograph
Raymond Dwelley Home, Islesford
Item:
  • 4820   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Mark T. Cole
Date:
  • 1985
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1171
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
2098Sutton Island, Maine
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
Lists properties on Sutton Island.
  • George L. Paine, Hoyt C. Hottel
  • 1963
  • 1 page, 3 copies
  • document
Sutton Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2098   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Dwellings
Creator:
  • George L. Paine, Hoyt C. Hottel
Date:
  • 1963
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0612
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Pages:
  • 1 page, 3 copies
Medium:
  • document
Description:
Lists properties on Sutton Island.
2410Plan of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Ld., Co.
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
  • 1
  • MAP
Plan of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Ld., Co.
Item:
  • 2410   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 21
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Rough copy of development plans, 13x18" tracing cloth, of part of Mount Desert Island showing property of Mount Desert Eastern Shore Land Company (a development group), encompassing 3500 acres on land now part of Seal Harbor and Acadia National Park. Shows cottage lots near Wildwood Farms, the Triad, Turtle Lake (Bubble Pond today). Also shows proposed elevated railroad from Northeast Harbor to Jordan Pond, Eagle Lake, and beyond.
4815Post Office, Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Mark T. Cole
  • 1985
  • 3 photographs
Post Office, Islesford
Item:
  • 4815   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Creator:
  • Mark T. Cole
Date:
  • 1985
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1162
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs
4816Main Street, Islesford
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • Mark T. Cole
  • 1985
  • 4 photographs, 1 copy
Main Street, Islesford
Item:
  • 4816   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Creator:
  • Mark T. Cole
Date:
  • 1985
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1164
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs, 1 copy
5497Bar Harbor Village
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Sepia Photograph of Bar Harbor looking east over the village to the Porcupine Islands. The street in the foreground is Mount Desert Street. Update 6/19/21: According to Mr. Daniel Pyle (current organist/music-director at St. Saviour’s) this photograph, which shows the original church-building, must date from sometime after 1878 (when the first building was completed) and 1885, when building of the current structure must have started (it was completed in 1886).
  • 1871-74
Bar Harbor Village
Item:
  • 5497   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Date:
  • 1871-74
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1873
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Sepia Photograph of Bar Harbor looking east over the village to the Porcupine Islands. The street in the foreground is Mount Desert Street. Update 6/19/21: According to Mr. Daniel Pyle (current organist/music-director at St. Saviour’s) this photograph, which shows the original church-building, must date from sometime after 1878 (when the first building was completed) and 1885, when building of the current structure must have started (it was completed in 1886). [show more]
5498Bar Harbor Village
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
B/W Photograph of Bar Harbor looking east over the village to the Porcupine Islands. The street toward the right is Mount Desert Street.
  • 1881
Bar Harbor Village
Item:
  • 5498   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1874
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W Photograph of Bar Harbor looking east over the village to the Porcupine Islands. The street toward the right is Mount Desert Street.
5927Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park...
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
  • 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
Seal Harbor, Acadia National Park...
Item:
  • 5927   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
  • 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
6147Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Report
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • 1972
  • 40
  • pamphlet
Town of Cranberry Isles Annual Report
Item:
  • 6147   
Type:
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1972
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 CRA
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 40
Medium:
  • pamphlet
1958Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
"It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives.
  • Mark Condon
  • 2001
  • 48
  • magazine
Bar Harbor, Celebrating 200 Years in Eden
Item:
  • 1958   
Type:
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Mark Condon
Date:
  • 2001
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0470
Location:
  • General Collection Box 15
Pages:
  • 48
Medium:
  • magazine
Description:
"It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives. [show more]
1960Towns of Mount Desert Island
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 1
  • typescript
Towns of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 1960   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0473
Location:
  • General Collection Box 16
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Explaining formation of towns & dates these occurred. It also gives a more detailed description of the Town of Mount Desert & services offered.
2080History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map. Brief chronological list from 1789-1848 and a list of map's inaccuracies. Several maps show all the island's towns.
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
  • 2003
  • 21
History of Town of Mount Desert via 1881 Colby & Stuart Map
Item:
  • 2080   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Memorial Service for Robert R. Pyle
Date:
  • 2003
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0594
Location:
  • General Collection Box 19
Pages:
  • 21
Description:
History of the town of Mount Desert using colored scans of negatives of the 1881 Colby and Stuart map. Brief chronological list from 1789-1848 and a list of map's inaccuracies. Several maps show all the island's towns.
2920Town road ways at Cranberry Isles, 1912
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
Description of roadways.
  • 1912
  • notice
Town road ways at Cranberry Isles, 1912
Item:
  • 2920   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1912
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 311
Location:
  • VIII
Medium:
  • notice
Description:
Description of roadways.
5246Thrumpcap, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Shore
From Ox Hill. Looking toward Great Cranberry Island.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1937
Thrumpcap, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 5246   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1937
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1660
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
From Ox Hill. Looking toward Great Cranberry Island.