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| 2117 | An Act to prohibit automobiles |
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| Draft of an act to amend the use of automobiles in Mount Desert. |
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Description: Draft of an act to amend the use of automobiles in Mount Desert. | ||||
| 2118 | Letter to Jerome H. Knowles from John S. Melcher |
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| Concerning the recommended use of the roads for automobiles in Mount Desert and how to compromise with Southwest Harbor etc. |
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Description: Concerning the recommended use of the roads for automobiles in Mount Desert and how to compromise with Southwest Harbor etc. | ||||
| 2119 | Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine |
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| Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert. |
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Description: Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert. | |||||
| 1526 | Letter from Bishop Doane to Jerome Knowles |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||
| 1564 | Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||||
| 2694 | Automobile Acts, 1907 - 1913 |
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| 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 |
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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 | ||||
| 2850 | Automobile ordinance: Town of Eden, 1900 |
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| 5694 | Northeast Harbor Ambulance Co., Ambulance |
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| Ambulance parked on lawn in front of a house. |
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Description: Ambulance parked on lawn in front of a house. | ||||
| 5475 | Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer |
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| 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.) | |||||||
| 4412 | Horse-drawn "Pung" |
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| Winter farming. Horse-drawn "Pung". |
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| 4218 | Road watering cart maintained by the Village Improvement Society |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||||
| 7386 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| 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). |
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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). | |||||
| 3532 | Maine Central Railroad, map |
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| 3743 | Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Maine ... |
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| Indexed county and railroad map and shippers' guide to Maine |
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Description: Indexed county and railroad map and shippers' guide to Maine | ||
| 7100 | New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! |
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| 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". |
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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". | ||
| 7101 | Maine Central Railroad 1940-1978 |
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| By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company. |
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Description: By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company. | ||
| 5564 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton. |
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Description: B/W photograph of Green Mountain locomotive pushing passenger car to top of mountain (now Cadillac Mountain). Engineer is Walter H. Dunton. | |||||
| 5127 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| 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. |
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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. | |||||
| 5287 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| B/W photograph of train going up Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain). |
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Description: B/W photograph of train going up Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain). | ||||||
| 5083 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| 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. |
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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. | ||||||
| 5084 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| Green Mountain Railway looking down track toward train sheds, ferry dock and Eagle Lake. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. |
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Description: Green Mountain Railway looking down track toward train sheds, ferry dock and Eagle Lake. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. | ||||||
| 5085 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| Green Mountain Railway looking up the track toward top of mountain. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. |
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Description: Green Mountain Railway looking up the track toward top of mountain. Green Mountain is now Cadillac Mountain. | ||||||
| 1591 | Green Mountain Railway: |
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| 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 |
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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 | ||||
| 2162 | Green Mountain Railway |
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| Article about the Green Mountain Railway (pg. 7) with four B/W pictures. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" - October 3, 1963. |
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Description: Article about the Green Mountain Railway (pg. 7) with four B/W pictures. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" - October 3, 1963. | |||||
| 3939 | Railroad tie from Green Mountain railway |
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| Attached to wooden base (mahogany). |
