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5564Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton.
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1885
Green Mountain Railway
Item:
  • 5564   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Date:
  • 1885
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1954
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton.
5509Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile
Eleven b/w scanned photographs of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, in 1972. Photo 1887 a: Fire House Photo 1887 b: Carlo's car Photo 1887 c: Bank Photo 1887 d: P. P. Hill's Photo 1887 e: Kimball Shop Photo 1887 f: Kimball Shop (from lower end) Photo 1887 g: McGrath's Photo 1887 h: Dot (Renault) Photo 1887 i: Dad getting into car in front of drug store Photo 1887 j: Drug store Photo 1887 k: Where Bank will be. Tracy's paint shop in white building
  • Velma Ashley
  • 1972
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5509   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Velma Ashley
Date:
  • 1972
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1887
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Eleven b/w scanned photographs of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, in 1972. Photo 1887 a: Fire House Photo 1887 b: Carlo's car Photo 1887 c: Bank Photo 1887 d: P. P. Hill's Photo 1887 e: Kimball Shop Photo 1887 f: Kimball Shop (from lower end) Photo 1887 g: McGrath's Photo 1887 h: Dot (Renault) Photo 1887 i: Dad getting into car in front of drug store Photo 1887 j: Drug store Photo 1887 k: Where Bank will be. Tracy's paint shop in white building [show more]
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
4412Horse-drawn "Pung"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Carriage
Winter farming. Horse-drawn "Pung".
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Horse-drawn "Pung"
Item:
  • 4412   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0463 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter farming. Horse-drawn "Pung".
5183U.S. Navy dirigible "Shenendoah"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Aerostat
Photograph of the U.S. Navy airship "Shenandoah" over Northeast Harbor. early 1920's
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
U.S. Navy dirigible "Shenendoah"
Item:
  • 5183   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Aerostat
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1604
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Photograph of the U.S. Navy airship "Shenandoah" over Northeast Harbor. early 1920's
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.
3743Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Maine ...
  • Map
  • Transportation, Railroad
Indexed county and railroad map and shippers' guide to Maine
  • Rand McNally & Company
  • 1908
  • 26
  • MAP, folded
  • fragile
Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Maine ...
Item:
  • 3743   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Rand McNally & Company
Date:
  • 1908
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0197 RM
Location:
  • 5F8
Pages:
  • 26
Medium:
  • MAP, folded
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Indexed county and railroad map and shippers' guide to Maine
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
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.
4695Northeast Harbor Fire House, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Knowles Company
  • 1930's
  • Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
Northeast Harbor Fire House, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4695   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1930's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0928
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 1 duplicate
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.
4728Northeast Harbor Fire Company
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Now the Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Knowles Company
  • 1930's
  • 6 photographs, 9 negatives
Northeast Harbor Fire Company
Item:
  • 4728   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1930's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1010
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 6 photographs, 9 negatives
Description:
Now the Great Harbor Maritime Museum
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.
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
Des Isles Building Fire
Item:
  • 5461   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • Kimball
Date:
  • 1965
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1853
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
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.)
4202Aunt Annie McKay
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • People
  • Transportation, Carriage
Horse-drawn buggy. Photograph likely taken in front of "Little Orchard". In the background is the Abram Gilpatrick House, visible is also the back side of the Rock End Hotel.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1 photograph, 1 glass plate negative
Aunt Annie McKay
Item:
  • 4202   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • People
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Julia G. Manchester
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0204 JM, GPN 0040 JM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 1 glass plate negative
Description:
Horse-drawn buggy. Photograph likely taken in front of "Little Orchard". In the background is the Abram Gilpatrick House, visible is also the back side of the Rock End Hotel.
4218Road watering cart maintained by the Village Improvement Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Carriage
Horse-drawn cart. Location: Head of Sea Street in front of old Manchester home. Building at left is the Gaynor Hotel, which stood on the site of the present Holmes store and burned, 1910. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • July 1898
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Road watering cart maintained by the Village Improvement Society
Item:
  • 4218   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Julia G. Manchester
Date:
  • July 1898
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0220 JM, GPN 0140 JM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Horse-drawn cart. Location: Head of Sea Street in front of old Manchester home. Building at left is the Gaynor Hotel, which stood on the site of the present Holmes store and burned, 1910. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4247Bar Harbor buildings.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Transportation, Carriage
Fanuiel Hall Market and Porcupine Hotel in Bar Harbor. Horse-drawn buggy in in the street.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Bar Harbor buildings.
Item:
  • 4247   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Transportation, Carriage
Creator:
  • Julia G. Manchester
Date:
  • 1897
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0249 JM, GPN 0134 JM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Fanuiel Hall Market and Porcupine Hotel in Bar Harbor. Horse-drawn buggy in in the street.
1591Green Mountain Railway:
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Transportation, Railroad
Essay by high school student Jessica Sattler submitted to the Island History Journal for possible publication. History of the development of the rail line up Green (Cadillac) Mountain and its dismantlement. Green Mountain Cog Railway 1883-1890 Now on Mount Washington
  • Jessica Sattler
  • 2001
  • 11
Green Mountain Railway:
Item:
  • 1591   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Jessica Sattler
Date:
  • 2001
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0103
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 11
Description:
Essay by high school student Jessica Sattler submitted to the Island History Journal for possible publication. History of the development of the rail line up Green (Cadillac) Mountain and its dismantlement. Green Mountain Cog Railway 1883-1890 Now on Mount Washington
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
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.
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.
7100New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification!
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Transportation, Railroad
By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train".
  • Howard S. Palmer
  • 1945
  • 24
  • 1 booklet
  • good
New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification!
Item:
  • 7100   
Type:
  • Publication, Booklet
Subject:
  • Transportation, Railroad
Creator:
  • Howard S. Palmer
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • New England
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 621.33 PAL
Location:
  • Shelf 6A3
Pages:
  • 24
Medium:
  • 1 booklet
Condition:
  • good
Description:
By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train".
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
5161Northeast Harbor Fire House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Northeast Harbor Fire House on Main Street with three trucks parked in front, one a 1948 snub-nosed Ford. The two men sitting in open truck are Fred Kimball of the police department and William S. Grant who donated the truck.
  • H. Eaton
  • 1949-1950
Northeast Harbor Fire House
Item:
  • 5161   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Creator:
  • H. Eaton
Date:
  • 1949-1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1582
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Northeast Harbor Fire House on Main Street with three trucks parked in front, one a 1948 snub-nosed Ford. The two men sitting in open truck are Fred Kimball of the police department and William S. Grant who donated the truck.