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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.
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.
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
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
5313Airship Shenandoah
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Aerostat
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
B/W Photograph of U.S. Navy Airship "Shenandoah" hovering off Bar Island in Frenchman's Bay (July 3/4, 1925). The vessel to the left is Harry Haskell's yacht "Vanda." Some months later the airship was destroyed by lightning in one of the central States of the USA.
  • 1925
Airship Shenandoah
Item:
  • 5313   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Aerostat
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Date:
  • 1925
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1733
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W Photograph of U.S. Navy Airship "Shenandoah" hovering off Bar Island in Frenchman's Bay (July 3/4, 1925). The vessel to the left is Harry Haskell's yacht "Vanda." Some months later the airship was destroyed by lightning in one of the central States of the USA.
4865Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Carriage
Bear Island in center. Sutton Island to back left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • ca. 1900
  • 1 photograph (panoramic)
Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4865   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Carriage
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1219
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph (panoramic)
Description:
Bear Island in center. Sutton Island to back left. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
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
5166Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Carriage
Spurling & Ladd boat slip, later known as Clifton Dock, show people and horse-drawn carriage on the ramps. See also item 4865 (photo 1219)
  • ca. 1914
Clifton Dock, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5166   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Carriage
Date:
  • ca. 1914
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1588
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Spurling & Ladd boat slip, later known as Clifton Dock, show people and horse-drawn carriage on the ramps. See also item 4865 (photo 1219)
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.
5153Asticou Inn
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Transportation, Carriage
Showing north side and front of Asticou Inn with horse-drawn carriage at entrance.
  • ca. 1900
Asticou Inn
Item:
  • 5153   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Transportation, Carriage
Date:
  • ca. 1900
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1574
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Showing north side and front of Asticou Inn with horse-drawn carriage at entrance.
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
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
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.
5443Northeast Harbor Fire Station
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile
B/W photograph of the Northeast Harbor Fire Station on Main Street. No fire trucks visible. Several vintage cars are parked outside.
  • 1936
Northeast Harbor Fire Station
Item:
  • 5443   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1936
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1844
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of the Northeast Harbor Fire Station on Main Street. No fire trucks visible. Several vintage cars are parked outside.
5695Northeast Harbor Fire Co., Fire Truck and Ambulances
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
1: Northeast Harbor Fire Company, Inc building with 2 fire trucks ('Little Andy' and 'Toad') and ambulance lined up in front. 2-4: Ambulance 5: Ambulance parked with open doors and people on ground--photo by Carol Dana
  • 5 photographs
Northeast Harbor Fire Co., Fire Truck and Ambulances
Item:
  • 5695   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2081
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 5 photographs
Description:
1: Northeast Harbor Fire Company, Inc building with 2 fire trucks ('Little Andy' and 'Toad') and ambulance lined up in front. 2-4: Ambulance 5: Ambulance parked with open doors and people on ground--photo by Carol Dana
7027Northeast Harbor Fire Barn
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • 1 glass plate negative
Northeast Harbor Fire Barn
Item:
  • 7027   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • GPN 0159
Location:
  • GPN Box 1
Pages:
  • 1 glass plate negative
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
Seal Harbor Fire Company Photos
Item:
  • 6029   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Seal Harbor Fire Company Collection
Object ID:
  • SHFC 0002
Location:
  • Shelf 4C3
Pages:
  • 1 box
Medium:
  • 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
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.