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5996Sunshine and Shadow, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Road
  • Transportation, Carriage
Dirt road (Rowland Road) surrounded by trees, with wooden-post fence. Horse drawn carriage receding in background.
  • Charles A. Townsend
  • 1905
  • 1 postcard
Description:
Dirt road (Rowland Road) surrounded by trees, with wooden-post fence. Horse drawn carriage receding in background.
6029Seal Harbor Fire Company Photos
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Photographs: Old fire house and fire trucks: 1 folder Photographs: 1995 INT 1250 GPM Pumper (taken in Canada during construction) and Practice burn at Walls House, 1989: 1 folder Photographs: Training Burn in Town Hill: 1 folder Photographs: Otter Creek Community Hall 1994: 1 folder Photographs: Jordan Pond House Fire, 1979: 1 folder
  • 1 box
  • ledger books, papers, photographs
Description:
Photographs: Old fire house and fire trucks: 1 folder Photographs: 1995 INT 1250 GPM Pumper (taken in Canada during construction) and Practice burn at Walls House, 1989: 1 folder Photographs: Training Burn in Town Hill: 1 folder Photographs: Otter Creek Community Hall 1994: 1 folder Photographs: Jordan Pond House Fire, 1979: 1 folder
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
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
Description:
4 copies of the same
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
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
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
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
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
Description:
Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert.
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
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
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.
7177Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
David Stanley ran Stanley's Fish Market in Northeast Harbor. Photos 2188 a-f: Stanley's Fish Market Photo 2188 g: woody (Plymouth or Buick) from about 1950's.
  • Brenda Perry
  • ca. 1996
  • 5 photographs
  • good
Description:
David Stanley ran Stanley's Fish Market in Northeast Harbor. Photos 2188 a-f: Stanley's Fish Market Photo 2188 g: woody (Plymouth or Buick) from about 1950's.
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
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
5127Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
B/W 8x10 photograph looking down the rail tracks on Green Mountain with Eagle Lake in mid-distance and Eagle Lake Rd. and McFarland Hill in background. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
  • 1895 ?
  • heavy paper
Description:
B/W 8x10 photograph looking down the rail tracks on Green Mountain with Eagle Lake in mid-distance and Eagle Lake Rd. and McFarland Hill in background. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
5287Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
B/W photograph of train going up Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain).
  • 1884
Description:
B/W photograph of train going up Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain).
5083Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
Passenger cars and locomotive of the Green Mountain Railway at Eagle Lake shore. The locomotive was taken for use on Mt. Washington. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
  • 1885
Description:
Passenger cars and locomotive of the Green Mountain Railway at Eagle Lake shore. The locomotive was taken for use on Mt. Washington. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
5084Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
Green Mountain Railway looking down track toward train sheds, ferry dock and Eagle Lake. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
  • 1885
Description:
Green Mountain Railway looking down track toward train sheds, ferry dock and Eagle Lake. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
5085Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
Green Mountain Railway looking up the track toward top of mountain. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
  • 1885
Description:
Green Mountain Railway looking up the track toward top of mountain. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain.
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
Description:
B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton.
5715Album of Mount Desert
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Railroad
It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2. Photo 2101 b: Bar Harbor from Scotts Hill 3. Photo 2101 c: Harbor View 4. Photo 2101 d: Great Heat 5. Photo 2101 e: Schooner Head 6. Photo 2101 f: Otter Cliffs 7. Photo 2101 g: Cathedral Rock 8. Photo 2101 h: The Profile 9. Photo 2101 i: View at Bar Harbor 10. Photo 2101 j: West End Hotel 11. Photo 2101 k: On the Road to Otter Cliffs 12. Photo 2101 l: Balance Rock 13. Photo 2101 m: Bass Head Light House 14. Photo 2101 n: The Spouting Horn 15. Photo 2101 o: Drive to Great Head 16. Photo 2101 p: The Rodic House 17. Photo 2101 q: Southwest Harbor 18. Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21. Photo 2101 u: Green Mountain House, 1522 feet above sea level 22. Photo 2101 v: Green Mountain Railway 23. Photo 2101 w: Echo Lake and Cliffs 24. Photo 2101 x: Grenn Mountain Railway 25. Photo 2101 y: Head Somes Sound 26. Photo 2101 z: Anemone Cave 27. Photo 2101 z1: Mossley Hall, Bar Harbor. Private Residence 28. Plan of Bar Harbor
  • 1 red hard cover book
Description:
It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2. Photo 2101 b: Bar Harbor from Scotts Hill 3. Photo 2101 c: Harbor View 4. Photo 2101 d: Great Heat 5. Photo 2101 e: Schooner Head 6. Photo 2101 f: Otter Cliffs 7. Photo 2101 g: Cathedral Rock 8. Photo 2101 h: The Profile 9. Photo 2101 i: View at Bar Harbor 10. Photo 2101 j: West End Hotel 11. Photo 2101 k: On the Road to Otter Cliffs 12. Photo 2101 l: Balance Rock 13. Photo 2101 m: Bass Head Light House 14. Photo 2101 n: The Spouting Horn 15. Photo 2101 o: Drive to Great Head 16. Photo 2101 p: The Rodic House 17. Photo 2101 q: Southwest Harbor 18. Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21. Photo 2101 u: Green Mountain House, 1522 feet above sea level 22. Photo 2101 v: Green Mountain Railway 23. Photo 2101 w: Echo Lake and Cliffs 24. Photo 2101 x: Grenn Mountain Railway 25. Photo 2101 y: Head Somes Sound 26. Photo 2101 z: Anemone Cave 27. Photo 2101 z1: Mossley Hall, Bar Harbor. Private Residence 28. Plan of Bar Harbor [show more]
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
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
2162Green Mountain Railway
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Transportation, Railroad
Article about the Green Mountain Railway (pg. 7) with four B/W pictures. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" - October 3, 1963.
  • 1963
  • newspaper
Description:
Article about the Green Mountain Railway (pg. 7) with four B/W pictures. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" - October 3, 1963.
3939Railroad tie from Green Mountain railway
  • Object, Railroad, Track Component
  • Transportation, Railroad
Attached to wooden base (mahogany).
Description:
Attached to wooden base (mahogany).
5475Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Institutional, School
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
Red Cross station wagon pulling a trailer on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. In background are: Knowles Co., Ash House, Odd Fellows Hall, and Gilman High School. (May have been providing food for firemen in Oct. 1947.)
Description:
Red Cross station wagon pulling a trailer on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. In background are: Knowles Co., Ash House, Odd Fellows Hall, and Gilman High School. (May have been providing food for firemen in Oct. 1947.)