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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
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
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.
5617Front Street (South Shore Road)
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Front Street, unpaved, (now South Shore Road) looking east. Kimball House on left, Steven Smallidge farm just right of center, and St. Mary's wooden chapel in background.
  • early 1880's
Description:
Front Street, unpaved, (now South Shore Road) looking east. Kimball House on left, Steven Smallidge farm just right of center, and St. Mary's wooden chapel in background.
4302Kimball Point from Eliot's House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • ca. 1885
  • good
4364South Shore Road looking west.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
Presented by Eleanor T. Burr. Photograph taken from Stephen Smallidge (1993 Drexel) House.
  • Burr
  • 1888
Description:
Presented by Eleanor T. Burr. Photograph taken from Stephen Smallidge (1993 Drexel) House.
4373Cadillac's Harbor of Mount Desert from Bear Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Landscape
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
4374View from Sargent Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society.
4375Harbor Brook
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Stream
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "I am not sure whether this is what is now called Little Harbor Brook on Peabody Drive, or what is called Asticou Stream, which feeds through what is now the Azalea Garden." Tom Eliot
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "I am not sure whether this is what is now called Little Harbor Brook on Peabody Drive, or what is called Asticou Stream, which feeds through what is now the Azalea Garden." Tom Eliot
4376Jordan Pond
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Places, Mountain
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. Overlook from Jordan Pond House to the Bubbles.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. Overlook from Jordan Pond House to the Bubbles.
4377Head of Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "As far as I am able to tell by carrying the picture to the site, a combination of reforestation and the cutting down of a hill to make the intersection of routes 3 and 233, this photo is not quite possible to replicate. The poles carried telegraph wires." Tom Eliot
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
  • 1 photograph
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "As far as I am able to tell by carrying the picture to the site, a combination of reforestation and the cutting down of a hill to make the intersection of routes 3 and 233, this photo is not quite possible to replicate. The poles carried telegraph wires." Tom Eliot
4378Road on east side of Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Today called Sound Drive, route 3/198. This view is no longer possible because of reforestation." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Samuel A. Eliot
  • 1881
Description:
One of 9 photographs of the Northeast Harbor area taken in the 1880's during encampments by the Champlain Society. "Today called Sound Drive, route 3/198. This view is no longer possible because of reforestation." Tom Eliot Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
3716Map of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Shows landownership.
  • 1887
  • 1 map, 1 photocopy
  • very fragile
Description:
Shows landownership.
3720Cranberry Islands Property Map
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Copies from the Registry of Deeds from 1880.
  • 1880
  • 3 copies
  • MAP
Description:
Copies from the Registry of Deeds from 1880.
3723Mount Desert and adjacent islands
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Photographic negative of the map.
  • Walling
  • 1881
  • 1
  • plastic Photographic negative
Description:
Photographic negative of the map.
3726Mount Desert and adjacent islands embracing the towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont and Cranberry Isles
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Relief shown in hachures and spot heights. Shows roads and landowners.
  • 1885
  • 1
  • MAP (framed)
Description:
Relief shown in hachures and spot heights. Shows roads and landowners.
3808Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Aids to navigation corrected to 1886. map (s) ; 80 x 63 cm. Scale, 1:40,000 (or, 3,333 1/3 ft. = 1 in.).
  • 1882
  • 1
  • paper with wooden hanger
Description:
Aids to navigation corrected to 1886. map (s) ; 80 x 63 cm. Scale, 1:40,000 (or, 3,333 1/3 ft. = 1 in.).
2434Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands.
  • J. Hilgard, Superintendent
  • 1882
  • 1
  • MAP
  • fair
Description:
Large topographical map of Mount Desert Island and off shore islands.
2438Bay of Islands - Newfoundland
  • Map
  • Places, Island
Bay of Islands of Newfoundland west coast from British surveys 1880-1881.
  • 1884
  • 1
  • MAP
  • good
Description:
Bay of Islands of Newfoundland west coast from British surveys 1880-1881.
7390Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Carriage
In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton.
  • 1888
  • 60
  • 1 book with 36 photographs
  • very fragile
Description:
In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more]
6090Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the Protection of the Woods from Fire
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Events, Fire
  • Places
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
  • Northeast Harbor Association for the protection of the Woods from Fire
  • 1884
  • 8
  • pamphlet
  • good
Description:
Report of a Committee of the No. East Harbor Association for the protection of the woods from fire, upon the forest fires on the Island of Mount Desert, Me., in the year 1883, with a brief record of the same, and some suggestions for the better protection of the woods in the future.
7386Green Mountain Railway
  • Reference
  • Places, Mountain
  • Transportation, Railroad
The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162).
  • Frank H. Clergue
  • 1883
Description:
The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162).