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6014Mount Desert Granite Co., Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
...Desert Granite Company Quarry Showing work houses and drilling equipment. James Grant Photographs...
  • 1890's
  • 1 postcard
Mount Desert Granite Co., Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 6014   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
Date:
  • 1890's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0206
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1
Pages:
  • 1 postcard
Description:
...Desert Granite Company Quarry Showing work houses and drilling equipment. James Grant Photographs...
3557Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Edward L. Rand
  • 1893
  • 4 copies
  • 2 are very fragile, brittle paper, many tears and attached to paper case that the map fits into when folded. Third is extremely brittle and breaks when touched. Fourth is framed and on display in library.
Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 3557   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Edward L. Rand
Date:
  • 1893
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0002 ELR
Location:
  • On display in the library, 5F8
Pages:
  • 4 copies
Condition:
  • 2 are very fragile, brittle paper, many tears and attached to paper case that the map fits into when folded. Third is extremely brittle and breaks when touched. Fourth is framed and on display in library.
3558Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Waldron Bates, Edward Rand, Herbert Jacques
  • 1896
  • 2 copies
  • both maps are very fragile, brittle paper. One has paper envelope to store map when folded.
Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 3558   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Waldron Bates, Edward Rand, Herbert Jacques
Date:
  • 1896
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0003
Location:
  • 5F8
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Condition:
  • both maps are very fragile, brittle paper. One has paper envelope to store map when folded.
3580Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Island
Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and topography.
  • Edward L. Rand, Waldron Bates, Herbert Jacques
  • 1896
  • 2 maps
  • paper with cloth backing
  • map is in 21 pieces that have been adhered to a cloth piece.
Path Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 3580   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Hiking Trail
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Edward L. Rand, Waldron Bates, Herbert Jacques
Date:
  • 1896
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0027 ELR
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 2 maps
Medium:
  • paper with cloth backing
Condition:
  • map is in 21 pieces that have been adhered to a cloth piece.
Description:
Relief shown by hachures, spot heights, and topography.
6544Valuation Book for the year 1895 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 16.375 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1895
Valuation Book for the year 1895 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6544   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1895
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2A7
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 16.375 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6545Valuation Book for the year 1896 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.75 x 16.675 x 1.25 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1896
Valuation Book for the year 1896 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6545   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1896
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2A7
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.75 x 16.675 x 1.25 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6546Valuation Book for the year 1897 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.75 x 16.675 x 1.25 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1897
Valuation Book for the year 1897 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6546   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1897
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2A7
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.75 x 16.675 x 1.25 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6547Valuation Book for the year 1898 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1898
Valuation Book for the year 1898 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6547   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1898
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2A8
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6548Valuation Book for the year 1899 Town of Mount Desert
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1899
Valuation Book for the year 1899 Town of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6548   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1899
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • 2A8
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 20.5 x 16.5 x 1.5 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
4316Bar Harbor about 1887-1890
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Vessels, Steamboat
...Steamer SAPPHO at right, MOUNT DESERT at left. Mounted on 21x19" board...
  • 1887-1890
Bar Harbor about 1887-1890
Item:
  • 4316   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1887-1890
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0343 b
Location:
  • Shelf 4E5
Description:
...Steamer SAPPHO at right, MOUNT DESERT at left. Mounted on 21x19" board...
4871Farm Scene
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
...Early farm scene on Mount Desert Island - most probably around Northeast Harbor...
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • ca. 1890
  • 1 panoramic photograph
Farm Scene
Item:
  • 4871   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • ca. 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1225 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 panoramic photograph
Description:
...Early farm scene on Mount Desert Island - most probably around Northeast Harbor...
6538Valuation of the Town of Mount Desert for the year 1890
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 19.125 X 12.75 X 1 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1890
Valuation of the Town of Mount Desert for the year 1890
Item:
  • 6538   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1890
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Archival Box; 2A4
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing 19.125 X 12.75 X 1 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
6539Valuation of the Town of Mount Desert for the year 1891
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing NB on front label it says "Assessment in School District No. 7 will be found in Valuation Book 1890". 19.125 X 12.75 X 1 marbleized paper cover, reinforced black cloth spine, stitched binding-inside pages are pre-printed forms filled out by assessor
  • 1891
Valuation of the Town of Mount Desert for the year 1891
Item:
  • 6539   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1891
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Archival Box; 2A4
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing NB on front label it says "Assessment in School District No. 7 will be found in Valuation Book 1890". 19.125 X 12.75 X 1 marbleized paper cover, reinforced black cloth spine, stitched binding-inside pages are pre-printed forms filled out by assessor [show more]
6540Valuation of the Town of Mount Desert for the year 1892
  • Document, Government
  • Places
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing NB on front label is says "Assessment for District Nos. 6, 8, 10" 19 x 12.5 x 1.125 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
  • 1892
Valuation of the Town of Mount Desert for the year 1892
Item:
  • 6540   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1892
Collection:
  • Town Records
Location:
  • Archival Box; 2A5
Description:
Total valuation for town, includes number of polls assessed, poll rate, town assessment requirements per town meeting for town operations, schools, roads, county tax, vessels and owners, non-residents-assessments and tax collector's statement at end of listing NB on front label is says "Assessment for District Nos. 6, 8, 10" 19 x 12.5 x 1.125 hard cardboard covered with black cloth, corners and spine reinforced with red leather
3621Map of the Boston & Bangor Steamship Co.
  • Map
  • Places
...Shows steamship route between Boston and Bangor and Mount Desert...
  • Boston & Bangor Steamship Service
  • 1891
  • 1
  • MAP
Map of the Boston & Bangor Steamship Co.
Item:
  • 3621   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Boston & Bangor Steamship Service
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0067
Location:
  • Shelf 5C4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Shows steamship route between Boston and Bangor and Mount Desert...
5022Otter Creek Bridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • ca. 1890
  • 1 photograph
Otter Creek Bridge
Item:
  • 5022   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • ca. 1890
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1414
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
...Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
4220Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Steamboat Landing
...Morse, Sappho, Richmond, Mount Desert and other vessels landed...
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf
Item:
  • 4220   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Steamboat Landing
Creator:
  • Julia G. Manchester
Date:
  • 1897
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0222 JM, GPN 0067 JM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
...Morse, Sappho, Richmond, Mount Desert and other vessels landed...
4333Yacht HESPER
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
...Former Boston pilot boat HESPER as Andrew Wheelwright's yacht shown off Mount Desert on port tack flying all but her fore topsail...
  • 1895
Yacht HESPER
Item:
  • 4333   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Date:
  • 1895
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0349
Location:
  • Oversize Photograph Box 1, 4E3
Description:
...Former Boston pilot boat HESPER as Andrew Wheelwright's yacht shown off Mount Desert on port tack flying all but her fore topsail...
7127Genealogy of the Gamble Family
  • Document, Genealogy Records
  • Other, History
  • People
...Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley...
  • 1895
  • 2 clippings
  • fair
Genealogy of the Gamble Family
Item:
  • 7127   
Type:
  • Document, Genealogy Records
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • People
Date:
  • 1895
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0801
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Medium:
  • 2 clippings
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Excerpt of "The Mount Desert Widow - Genealogy of the Gamble Family", by Greenleaf and Jonathan P. Cilley...
6872Appointment of School money raised by the Town of Mount Desert for the support of schools in said town for AD 1845
  • Document, Government
  • Organizations, School Institution
Names of school agents and number of school districts with account of money received and paid out and memorandums of school orders. 1/2 leather bound ledger book 8" x 10"
  • 1846-1898
  • 1 ledger book
Appointment of School money raised by the Town of Mount Desert for the support of schools in said town for AD 1845
Item:
  • 6872   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Date:
  • 1846-1898
Collection:
  • Town Records
Object ID:
  • TMD 0014
Location:
  • Shelf 1D2
Medium:
  • 1 ledger book
Description:
Names of school agents and number of school districts with account of money received and paid out and memorandums of school orders. 1/2 leather bound ledger book 8" x 10"
5039Stevens & Cooper sawmill, Long Pond
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
Developed by William D. Hocker.
  • ca. 1890
Stevens & Cooper sawmill, Long Pond
Item:
  • 5039   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Factory, Sawmill Building
Date:
  • ca. 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1431
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Developed by William D. Hocker.
5258Granite schooner on Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry as seen from "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
  • Cromwell
  • 1890's
Granite schooner on Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5258   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Cromwell
Date:
  • 1890's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1672
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry as seen from "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
5259Granite schooner on Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Close-up sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry going by "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
  • Cromwell
  • 1890's
Granite schooner on Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5259   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Cromwell
Date:
  • 1890's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1673
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Close-up sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry going by "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
5361Corson Farm and Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Framed, sepia tone, 9.5x11" Photograph looking down Somes Sound with Corson Farm on center right.
  • 1891
Corson Farm and Somes Sound
Item:
  • 5361   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Date:
  • 1891
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1779
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Framed, sepia tone, 9.5x11" Photograph looking down Somes Sound with Corson Farm on center right.
4331Valley Cove, picnic
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Shows sloop-rigged yacht anchored with bow to westward facing the cove's shore. Picnic goers (in long skirts and hats for the women) on coach and in cabin.
  • 1898
Valley Cove, picnic
Item:
  • 4331   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Date:
  • 1898
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0347 d
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows sloop-rigged yacht anchored with bow to westward facing the cove's shore. Picnic goers (in long skirts and hats for the women) on coach and in cabin.