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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 1672 | Rusticators |
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| History of the Thuya Gardens in Northeast Harbor with layout chart and many Photographs, including one of Joseph Curtis, the original owner. Published in Arts & Crafts Homes, Summer 2006 |
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Description: History of the Thuya Gardens in Northeast Harbor with layout chart and many Photographs, including one of Joseph Curtis, the original owner. Published in Arts & Crafts Homes, Summer 2006 | ||||
| 2015 | The Redoubtable Lady of Reef Point |
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| Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985. |
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Description: Short biography of Beatrix Farrand - her family background, her education, her focus on her Reef Point Gardens in Bar Harbor, and her landscape projects, including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller garden in Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1985. | |||
| 2026 | Flower bedtime |
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| Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010. |
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Description: Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010. | |||
| 1897 | It Could Have Been Mount Mansell Island! |
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| Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery. |
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Description: Excerpt of an article by William Otis Sawtelle in a 1925 Sprague's Journal of Maine History. Sir Robert Mansell bought Mt. Desert Island in a lottery. | |||
| 1873 | Adventures on Mount Desert |
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| Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995 |
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Description: Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995 | |||
| 2013 | Rachel Field of the Cranberry Isles |
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| Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971. |
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Description: Short biography of Rachel Field's life on Sutton Island and nearby Cranberry Islands and how her environment influenced her writing. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1971. | |||
| 1745 | Beatrix Jones Farrand - Pioneer in Gilt-Edged Gardens |
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| Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977. |
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Description: Description with photographs and diagrams of Beatrix Farrand's designs of the gardens at Dunbarton Oaks. Published in "Landscape Architecture" in January 1977. | |||
| 2023 | The Bar Harbor Auto War |
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| Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975. |
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Description: Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975. | |||
| 1833 | Patriarchal Picnics |
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| Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot. |
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Description: Frances Eliot reminisces in this essay of summer days in Northeast Harbor with Charles Eliot, President of Harvard Univ. (her father-in-law). She was the wife of Rev. Samuel Eliot. | |||
| 1729 | Beatrix Farrand's Last Maine Masterpiece |
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| Article with Photographs of the Farrand-designed year-round garden at Garland Farm in Salisbury Cove. |
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Description: Article with Photographs of the Farrand-designed year-round garden at Garland Farm in Salisbury Cove. | |||
| 2012 | Piper Prince of the Cranberry Isles |
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| Short biography of Islesford's resident artist and storyteller, Ashley Bryan with focus on his life and home on Cranberry Island. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1991. |
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Description: Short biography of Islesford's resident artist and storyteller, Ashley Bryan with focus on his life and home on Cranberry Island. Published in Down East Magazine, December 1991. | |||
| 2019 | Venturing up Somes Sound |
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| A sailing tour up Somes Sound, the only true fjord on the Atlantic Coast, noting geographical and historic landmarks such geographical landmarks and historic places such as the village of Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Valley Cove. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1980. |
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Description: A sailing tour up Somes Sound, the only true fjord on the Atlantic Coast, noting geographical and historic landmarks such geographical landmarks and historic places such as the village of Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Valley Cove. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1980. | |||
| 2027 | Personal Glimpses of Bar Harbor's Lush Era |
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| Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969. |
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Description: Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969. | |||
| 1728 | Climbing Plants in Eastern Maine |
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| Unusual & beautiful vines thrive in Reef Points Gardens in Bar Harbor, Maine. These pages are copied from Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbook on Vines. |
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Description: Unusual & beautiful vines thrive in Reef Points Gardens in Bar Harbor, Maine. These pages are copied from Brooklyn Botanic Garden Handbook on Vines. | |||
| 1732 | Program of the Garden Club of Mt. Desert |
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| Description of the annual summer garden tour in Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor with many of the gardens the work of Beatrix Farrand. |
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Description: Description of the annual summer garden tour in Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor with many of the gardens the work of Beatrix Farrand. | ||||
| 1786 | Man Who Built Northeast Harbor |
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| Biography and genealogy of Fred K. Savage with descriptions and photographs of homes and buildings he designed in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, February 1996 |
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Description: Biography and genealogy of Fred K. Savage with descriptions and photographs of homes and buildings he designed in Northeast Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, February 1996 | |||
| 2251 | Wasp's Nest |
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| Article about residents of Mount Desert Island's Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor elite. Photographs by Jennifer Livingston. Published in "WMagazine", October 2003. |
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Description: Article about residents of Mount Desert Island's Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor elite. Photographs by Jennifer Livingston. Published in "WMagazine", October 2003. | ||||
| 1735 | A Dream Transplanted |
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| Detailed account of the move of the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix Farrand to the Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor, supervised by Charles Savage. Published in "Garden Design", Spring 1988 |
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Description: Detailed account of the move of the Reef Point Garden of Beatrix Farrand to the Thuya Garden in Northeast Harbor, supervised by Charles Savage. Published in "Garden Design", Spring 1988 | ||||
| 1734 | An Attempted Evocation of a Personality |
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| Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks. |
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Description: Memorial article to Beatrix Farrand as one of the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Includes comments of Reef Point and Dumbarton Oaks. | |||
| 1907 | The Last WASP Enclave |
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| On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991 |
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Description: On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991 | |||
| 2228 | Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden |
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| Designed by Beatrix Farrand, the Rockefeller Gardens in Seal Harbor combine East and West influences in landscape design and artifacts. Several photographs included. Published in House & Garden, February 1985. |
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Description: Designed by Beatrix Farrand, the Rockefeller Gardens in Seal Harbor combine East and West influences in landscape design and artifacts. Several photographs included. Published in House & Garden, February 1985. | |||
| 1864 | Four Special Summer Places: 1 Northeast Harbor, Maine's snuggest harbor |
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| Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985. |
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Description: Article about many Northeast Harbor summer and year-round families (Mellon, Milliken, Peabody, Strawbridge), organizations (Cranberry Club) and places in town. Published in Town & Country, July 1985. | |||
| 2229 | Gardens by the Sea |
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| Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984. |
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Description: Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984. | |||
| 1708 | Phantom Groomers of Acadia |
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| Initiated by Dr. Bob Masucco of Somesville, the grooming project for cross-country skiing on several park trails is continued by many volunteers. |
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Description: Initiated by Dr. Bob Masucco of Somesville, the grooming project for cross-country skiing on several park trails is continued by many volunteers. | |||
| 1667 | Far East Down East |
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| Article about the combined oriental and English garden at the summer retreat of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor. |
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Description: Article about the combined oriental and English garden at the summer retreat of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hall on Peabody Drive, Northeast Harbor. |
