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6979GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
...Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso...Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950...
GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints
Item:
  • 6979   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso...Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950...
2169Development, Shaping the future of our communities
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
...A compilation of articles on the development of the Mount Desert Island area which appeared in the Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987...
  • David Outerbridge
  • 8/23/1987
  • newspaper
Development, Shaping the future of our communities
Item:
  • 2169   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • David Outerbridge
Date:
  • 8/23/1987
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0682
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
...A compilation of articles on the development of the Mount Desert Island area which appeared in the Bar Harbor Times between July 23 and August 27, 1987...
5300Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
...Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock...
  • early 1900's
Manset Dock and Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 5300   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • early 1900's
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1719
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Steamboat "Mount Desert" is at Manset dock...
2164Resort Town War-Minded
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
...Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert...
  • 1943
  • newspaper
  • fair
Resort Town War-Minded
Item:
  • 2164   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1943
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0677
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
...Several clipped articles about the 1943 war time activity in the Town of Mount Desert...
2616Proposed Harbor Park
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
...Stanley, Smallidge, Brown, Hochberg, Town of Mount Desert, L. E. Kimball, Mount Desert Realty & Mineral Co., Geo. Joy, R. Webber, S. Wood, R...
  • Alfred Mullikin
  • 1929
  • 2 copies
  • MAP
Proposed Harbor Park
Item:
  • 2616   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Places, Park
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alfred Mullikin
Date:
  • 1929
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 47
Location:
  • GHC Box 2
Pages:
  • 2 copies
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
...Stanley, Smallidge, Brown, Hochberg, Town of Mount Desert, L. E. Kimball, Mount Desert Realty & Mineral Co., Geo. Joy, R. Webber, S. Wood, R...
7389Gilman High School Students
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Students outside Gilman High School
  • 1908
  • 1
  • paper mounted on board
  • fair
Gilman High School Students
Item:
  • 7389   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
Date:
  • 1908
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2195
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper mounted on board
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
Students outside Gilman High School
7391Joy Building, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
People outside the Joy Building in Northeast Harbor, "Northeast Harbor Laundry - Manchester Bros."
  • 1904
  • Main Street
  • 1
  • paper mounted on board
  • fair
Joy Building, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 7391   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Main Street
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2196
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • paper mounted on board
Condition:
  • fair
Description:
People outside the Joy Building in Northeast Harbor, "Northeast Harbor Laundry - Manchester Bros."
4698Lawson Cottage, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Owned 1915-23 by Thomas W. Lawson of Boston. Rented by James F. Lord, Brookline, MA late 1920-1932. Lawson family not listed after 1923.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1920's
  • 1 photograph, 1 negative
Lawson Cottage, Somesville
Item:
  • 4698   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1920's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0941
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph, 1 negative
Description:
Owned 1915-23 by Thomas W. Lawson of Boston. Rented by James F. Lord, Brookline, MA late 1920-1932. Lawson family not listed after 1923.
2173Bar Harbor Times
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Places, Town
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
  • 10/4/1951
  • newspaper
Bar Harbor Times
Item:
  • 2173   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 10/4/1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0686
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 2
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
A weekly newspaper covering the events of the communities on MDI, the schools, births, deaths, marriages and other important news or items of interest that occur.
2222"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
  • Horace H. Leavitt
  • 1940
  • newspaper
"Between the Hills" and its 100 year old church.
Item:
  • 2222   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Events, Civic
  • Organizations, Religious
  • Other, History
  • People
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Horace H. Leavitt
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0736
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Medium:
  • newspaper
Description:
Historical address of Dr. Horace Leavitt on the 100th anniversary of the Somesville Union Meeting House. He traces early history of Somesville and many families. Bar Harbor Times, September 19, 1940.
2242Maine Fire Disaster
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events, Fire
Pictorial review of the 1947 fire.
  • Guy P. Gannett, Publisher
  • 1947
  • 16
  • newspaper
  • fragile
Maine Fire Disaster
Item:
  • 2242   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Creator:
  • Guy P. Gannett, Publisher
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0756
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 3
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • newspaper
Condition:
  • fragile
Description:
Pictorial review of the 1947 fire.
3995View of MacKay-Smith Cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
View of MacKay-Smith Cottage on hilltop.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1 glass plate negative
View of MacKay-Smith Cottage
Item:
  • 3995   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • GPN 0010 ITM
Location:
  • GPN Box 2
Pages:
  • 1 glass plate negative
Description:
View of MacKay-Smith Cottage on hilltop.
4013Harbourside Inn
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Shows first lowering of roadbed. Advent of electrical service
  • Isaac T. Moore
Harbourside Inn
Item:
  • 4013   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0002 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows first lowering of roadbed. Advent of electrical service
4014Home of I. T. Moore
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Note wooden sidewalks
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 3 photographs
Home of I. T. Moore
Item:
  • 4014   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0003 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs
Description:
Note wooden sidewalks
4040Rock End Hotel
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Designed by Fred L. Savage for Herman Savage. Built in 1883, enlarged in 1908, and burned on 3/3/1942 (according to Northeast Harbor Fire Co. records).
  • Isaac T. Moore
Rock End Hotel
Item:
  • 4040   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0029 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Designed by Fred L. Savage for Herman Savage. Built in 1883, enlarged in 1908, and burned on 3/3/1942 (according to Northeast Harbor Fire Co. records).
4131Asticou Inn Gardens
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Landscape
View of harbor taken from window of Inn. Harborside dock on right.
  • Isaac T. Moore
Asticou Inn Gardens
Item:
  • 4131   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0123 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
View of harbor taken from window of Inn. Harborside dock on right.
4135View of Northeast Harbor from Asticou Terraces
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Boat
Several schooners and power yachts in harbor.
  • Isaac T. Moore
View of Northeast Harbor from Asticou Terraces
Item:
  • 4135   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0127 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Several schooners and power yachts in harbor.
4136Kimball House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Looking across the mouth of Northeast Harbor from Asticou to the Kimball House. Shows cottages.
  • Isaac T. Moore
Kimball House
Item:
  • 4136   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0128 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Looking across the mouth of Northeast Harbor from Asticou to the Kimball House. Shows cottages.
5302South Shore Road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
B/W, matted, photograph looking west on South Shore Road with people and horse & buggies walking along road. Rock End Hotel is in background. Photograph taken from front of Kimball House. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • 1896
South Shore Road
Item:
  • 5302   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1721
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Description:
B/W, matted, photograph looking west on South Shore Road with people and horse & buggies walking along road. Rock End Hotel is in background. Photograph taken from front of Kimball House. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5307Main Street Businesses
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Businesses, Medical Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Carriage
B/W photograph of Main St., Northeast Harbor building holding Ober's Market, a Bakery, and a dentist. Two men aboard a horse-drawn buggy in front of wooden sidewalk. Several people pose in front of store.
Main Street Businesses
Item:
  • 5307   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Market Business
  • Businesses, Medical Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Carriage
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1726
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Description:
B/W photograph of Main St., Northeast Harbor building holding Ober's Market, a Bakery, and a dentist. Two men aboard a horse-drawn buggy in front of wooden sidewalk. Several people pose in front of store.
5358Sloops in Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Framed, B/W photograph of sloops under sail and moored in harbor of Northeast Harbor. Baker Island and Sutton Island are center background. Sloop in center is "Opachie" owned by Francis Parkman. Given by William Morris.
  • late 1800's
Sloops in Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5358   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Sloop
Date:
  • late 1800's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1776
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Framed, B/W photograph of sloops under sail and moored in harbor of Northeast Harbor. Baker Island and Sutton Island are center background. Sloop in center is "Opachie" owned by Francis Parkman. Given by William Morris.
5393Gilpatrick Cove and Smallidge Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Sepia photograph overlooking Gilpatrick Cove and the Vaughan House on Smallidge Point. From the carpenter shop (boat house?) at lower right, the walkway extends to the fleet dock and to the point. The steamer "MORSE" is in center. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • C. B. Borland
  • 1896
Gilpatrick Cove and Smallidge Point
Item:
  • 5393   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • C. B. Borland
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1802 CBB
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Description:
Sepia photograph overlooking Gilpatrick Cove and the Vaughan House on Smallidge Point. From the carpenter shop (boat house?) at lower right, the walkway extends to the fleet dock and to the point. The steamer "MORSE" is in center. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5407Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
B/W Photograph taken from east side of the Sound looking west toward Hall Quarry, with quarry schooners at dock and anchored in the Sound. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 5407   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1815
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W Photograph taken from east side of the Sound looking west toward Hall Quarry, with quarry schooners at dock and anchored in the Sound. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5408Schooner "Rebecca Douglas" at Seal Harbor coal wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
B/W Photograph of the 3-mast schooner, Rebecca Douglas, docked at the Seal Harbor coal wharf in Seal Harbor (Nelson Rockefeller Estate). The Seaside and Glen Cove Hotels are in the background. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Schooner "Rebecca Douglas" at Seal Harbor coal wharf
Item:
  • 5408   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1816
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W Photograph of the 3-mast schooner, Rebecca Douglas, docked at the Seal Harbor coal wharf in Seal Harbor (Nelson Rockefeller Estate). The Seaside and Glen Cove Hotels are in the background. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5495View of the harbor in Northeast Harbor from Schoolhouse Ledge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Landscape
Panoramic post card looking out over Northeast Harbor toward Bear Island and over the business and residential section showing a number of buildings. The harbor was not filled in.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1910-1920
View of the harbor in Northeast Harbor from Schoolhouse Ledge
Item:
  • 5495   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Places, Landscape
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1910-1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1871 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Panoramic post card looking out over Northeast Harbor toward Bear Island and over the business and residential section showing a number of buildings. The harbor was not filled in.