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1526Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Transportation, Automobile
December 15, 1906 Letter about a rumored automobile being used on the island in Bar Harbor and the legal proceedings about automobile use on Mount Desert Island.
  • Bishop Doane, Jerome Knowles
  • 1906
  • 1
  • typed letter
Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles
Item:
  • 1526   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Bishop Doane, Jerome Knowles
Date:
  • 1906
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0035 WCD
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typed letter
Description:
December 15, 1906 Letter about a rumored automobile being used on the island in Bar Harbor and the legal proceedings about automobile use on Mount Desert Island.
1564Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
  • 1959
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 1564   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0075
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
Medium:
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Description:
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert 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.
2116Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564
  • Herbert Weir Smyth
  • 8/23/1913
  • 3
  • photocopy
Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 2116   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Poem
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Herbert Weir Smyth
Date:
  • 8/23/1913
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0630
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564
2117An Act to prohibit automobiles
  • Document, Government, Act
  • Transportation, Automobile
Draft of an act to amend the use of automobiles in Mount Desert.
  • 1909
  • 1
  • typescript
An Act to prohibit automobiles
Item:
  • 2117   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Act
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1909
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0631
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Draft of an act to amend the use of automobiles in Mount Desert.
2118Letter to Jerome H. Knowles from John S. Melcher
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Transportation, Automobile
Concerning the recommended use of the roads for automobiles in Mount Desert and how to compromise with Southwest Harbor etc.
  • 2/10/1911
  • 2
  • typescript
Letter to Jerome H. Knowles from John S. Melcher
Item:
  • 2118   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 2/10/1911
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0632
Location:
  • General Collection Box 20
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Concerning the recommended use of the roads for automobiles in Mount Desert and how to compromise with Southwest Harbor etc.
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.
2694Automobile Acts, 1907 - 1913
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Transportation, Automobile
Great automobile war Cover - 1: 1907 2-3: 1909 4-6: 1911 7: 1912 8: 1913 9: Name list, telegrams, envelope 10: Seventy fifth legislature, Senate - No. 29, January 25, 1911 11: Seventy sixth legislature, House - No. 82, January 29, 1913 12: Seventy sixth legislature, House - No. 118, February 3, 1913
  • Town of Mount Desert
  • 1907-1913
  • act
Automobile Acts, 1907 - 1913
Item:
  • 2694   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Town of Mount Desert
Date:
  • 1907-1913
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 108
Location:
  • II
Medium:
  • act
Description:
Great automobile war Cover - 1: 1907 2-3: 1909 4-6: 1911 7: 1912 8: 1913 9: Name list, telegrams, envelope 10: Seventy fifth legislature, Senate - No. 29, January 25, 1911 11: Seventy sixth legislature, House - No. 82, January 29, 1913 12: Seventy sixth legislature, House - No. 118, February 3, 1913
2850Automobile ordinance: Town of Eden, 1900
  • Document, Government, Regulation
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1900
  • 1
  • ordinance
Automobile ordinance: Town of Eden, 1900
Item:
  • 2850   
Type:
  • Document, Government, Regulation
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1900
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 249
Location:
  • VII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • ordinance
2851Legal brief: State of Maine versus J. D. Phillips
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Prosecution against J.D. Phillips for driving automobile
  • J. D. Phillips
  • 1910
  • 4
  • Brief
Legal brief: State of Maine versus J. D. Phillips
Item:
  • 2851   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • J. D. Phillips
Date:
  • 1910
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 25
Location:
  • I
Pages:
  • 4
Medium:
  • Brief
Description:
Prosecution against J.D. Phillips for driving automobile
3119Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
4 copies of the same
  • Bangor Daily Commercial
  • 1911
  • 1
  • article
Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert
Item:
  • 3119   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Bangor Daily Commercial
Date:
  • 1911
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 491
Location:
  • X
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • article
Description:
4 copies of the same
3998Classic Car
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Transportation, Automobile
Classic car with Maine license plate parked in front of Northeast Livery (present day gas station on Main Street). House in the background is the Manchester House.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 116 Main Street
  • 1 glass plate negative
Classic Car
Item:
  • 3998   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
Subject:
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • 116 Main Street
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • GPN 0013 ITM
Location:
  • GPN Box 2
Pages:
  • 1 glass plate negative
Description:
Classic car with Maine license plate parked in front of Northeast Livery (present day gas station on Main Street). House in the background is the Manchester House.
3999Classic Bangor Motor Co.
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Transportation, Automobile
Bangor Motor Co. with classic cars lined up in front.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1 glass plate negative
  • broken corner
Classic Bangor Motor Co.
Item:
  • 3999   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • GPN 0014 ITM
Location:
  • GPN Box 2
Pages:
  • 1 glass plate negative
Condition:
  • broken corner
Description:
Bangor Motor Co. with classic cars lined up in front.
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.
4511Dan McEachern, Nathan Fennelly, Clair McBride
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Shows McEachern & Fennelly in back seat, unnamed dog & McBride in front (McBride driver), in circa 1915 REO touring car.
  • 1915
Dan McEachern, Nathan Fennelly, Clair McBride
Item:
  • 4511   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1915
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0622
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows McEachern & Fennelly in back seat, unnamed dog & McBride in front (McBride driver), in circa 1915 REO touring car.
4664Alice Graves' Cottage and Bungalow, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Bungalow
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Transportation, Automobile
Alice Graves was Mrs. T. N. Graves. Winter scene with Model T Ford in foreground. 1921 rented to Percy C. Madeira, 1925 to Montgomery family.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • Summit Road
  • 6 photographs, 3 duplicates, 2 negatives
Alice Graves' Cottage and Bungalow, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4664   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Bungalow
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Summit Road
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0865
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 6 photographs, 3 duplicates, 2 negatives
Description:
Alice Graves was Mrs. T. N. Graves. Winter scene with Model T Ford in foreground. 1921 rented to Percy C. Madeira, 1925 to Montgomery family.
4702Lowell Estate, Hancock Point
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Transportation, Automobile
Series of pictures of house and view. Note car for date of photograph.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1940's
  • 4 photographs, 4 negatives
Lowell Estate, Hancock Point
Item:
  • 4702   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1940's
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0947
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs, 4 negatives
Description:
Series of pictures of house and view. Note car for date of photograph.
4878Northeast Harbor Tennis Courts
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Transportation, Automobile
Northeast Harbor Tennis Club house and courts. Automobiles indicate mid-1930's.
  • Knowles Company
  • 3 photographs, 1 print, 3 negatives
Northeast Harbor Tennis Courts
Item:
  • 4878   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1233
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs, 1 print, 3 negatives
Description:
Northeast Harbor Tennis Club house and courts. Automobiles indicate mid-1930's.
4913Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
A photograph of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, taken in the 1930's, the Herrick House has been replaced by Brown's Taxi shown at the right.
  • 1930's
  • 1 photograph
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4913   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1930's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1279
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
A photograph of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, taken in the 1930's, the Herrick House has been replaced by Brown's Taxi shown at the right.
5028Steamboat Dock, Seal Harbor (Eastern Steamship Co.)
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Automobile
Shows chain-drive Mack open cab delivery truck and several men in front of dock building. Location was near site of current town dock. For book Mount Desert, 1989
  • 1914-1920
Steamboat Dock, Seal Harbor (Eastern Steamship Co.)
Item:
  • 5028   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1914-1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1420
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows chain-drive Mack open cab delivery truck and several men in front of dock building. Location was near site of current town dock. For book Mount Desert, 1989
5045Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Enlargement of a smaller Photograph looking south on Main Street, Northeast Harbor with the Pastime Theater on the right, and kiosk in center of road. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions
  • ca. 1939
  • 1 photograph
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5045   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • ca. 1939
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1437
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Enlargement of a smaller Photograph looking south on Main Street, Northeast Harbor with the Pastime Theater on the right, and kiosk in center of road. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions
5123Model boats hand-carved by Philip McLean
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Model, Model Ship
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Vessels, Boat
B/W photograph of Philip McLean's model boats displayed in back of pick-up truck in driveway
  • Marion Salisbury
  • 1950-1960
Model boats hand-carved by Philip McLean
Item:
  • 5123   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Object, Model, Model Ship
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Marion Salisbury
Date:
  • 1950-1960
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1537
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Philip McLean's model boats displayed in back of pick-up truck in driveway
5195Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Winter scene of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, looking north with Model T in background.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1930
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5195   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1930
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1616
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, looking north with Model T in background.
5196Sea Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Winter scene looking toward harbor on Sea St. with Plymouth beach wagon stuck in snow on unplowed road.
  • Alan Knox
  • late 1930's
Sea Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5196   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • late 1930's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1617
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene looking toward harbor on Sea St. with Plymouth beach wagon stuck in snow on unplowed road.
5252Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Highly snow banked Main Street, covering a car, in front of the Bradford T. Herrick Real Estate office.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1937
Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Winter
Item:
  • 5252   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1937
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1666
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Highly snow banked Main Street, covering a car, in front of the Bradford T. Herrick Real Estate office.