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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
7309Mount Desert Island Visitor
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
...Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park...
  • The Bar Harbor Times
  • 1970
  • 1 supplement
  • good
Mount Desert Island Visitor
Item:
  • 7309   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Nature
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • The Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 1970
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0841
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1
Medium:
  • 1 supplement
Condition:
  • good
Description:
...Newspaper supplement published by the Bar Harbor Times covering sightseeing and activities on and around Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park...
6148Right Development of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Book
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
  • Charles W. Eliot
  • 1904
  • 14
  • 1 book
Right Development of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 6148   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Charles W. Eliot
Date:
  • 1904
Collection:
  • Special Collection Books
Object ID:
  • SCB 974.1 ELI
Location:
  • Shelf 6A4/6A5
Pages:
  • 14
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
...Eliot's thoughts about the development of Mount Desert as a pleasure and health resort with regards to environment, marine activity (sailing and fishing...
1873Adventures on Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
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
  • John Cole
  • Jul-95
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
  • photocopy
Adventures on Mount Desert
Item:
  • 1873   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
Subject:
  • Businesses, Tourism
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • John Cole
Date:
  • Jul-95
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0387
Location:
  • General Collection Box 13
Pages:
  • pages 74-75, 88-92
Medium:
  • photocopy
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
7337Hall Quarry
  • Reference
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
...The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry...
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 7337   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Description:
...The settlement of Hall Quarry in located in the town of Mount Desert on Mount Desert Island and was home to a granite quarry...
5025Otter Creek fishing shacks
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Shore
...Photograph loaned for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
  • 1900-1920
Otter Creek fishing shacks
Item:
  • 5025   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Shore
Date:
  • 1900-1920
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1417
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
...Photograph loaned for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions...
2674GXS Collection
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...
GXS Collection
Item:
  • 2674   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Places, Island
  • Places, Park
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...This collection is an assortment of ephemera relating to coastal Maine, Maine history, and inns, motels, hotels and homes on Mount Desert Island and in...

File Attachment:
GXS Collection Finding Aid-August 2023.pdf
…, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950. …Steamer Norumbega from Mount Desert Ferry to Manset, ME 80. (a+b) Islehurst, Mount Desert Bridge 81. Great Head, Bar Harbor, Maine 82. …Desert, Maine 83. Atlantic Comber, Mount Desert Island, Maine 84. Boat Shop at Bass Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine 85. …Jordan Pond, Mount Desert, Maine (Chas. A. Townsend) 108. Stereoview Schooner Head 109. Stereoview Green Mt. House, Mount Desert 110.
1509Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • George L. Stebbins
  • Aug-38
  • 11
  • typescript
Random Notes on the Early History and Development as a Summer Resort of Mount Desert Island and Particularly Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1509   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Other, History
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • George L. Stebbins
Date:
  • Aug-38
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0021 GLS
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 11
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of the village improvement society in Seal Harbor, Maine.
6981GXS Collection - Ephemera
  • Collection
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast...
GXS Collection - Ephemera
Item:
  • 6981   
Type:
  • Collection
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Collection:
  • GXS Collection
Object ID:
  • GXS
Location:
  • Shelf 4B4
Description:
...Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock...Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island...Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast...
5713Helen H. Lippincott Photographs
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Helen H. Lippincott (Mrs. Walker H.), photographer. People in the early 1980's whom she enjoyed interacting with. a. Northeast Harbor b. Charlie and Ada Rice d. Wilfred Bunker e. Ruth Jordan e. Joe Green (aka Malcolm Graves) f. Mr. Stanley g. Mr. Burden's gardener h. i. Jordan Pond House, September 8, 1981 j. Islesford restaurant and chef k. Islesford
  • Helen Lippincott
  • 1980's
  • 1 photograph album
  • Marbled paper covers with photographs written in silver script. Black paper pages with photo corners holding in photographs.
Helen H. Lippincott Photographs
Item:
  • 5713   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • People
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Helen Lippincott
Date:
  • 1980's
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2099 HHL
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Pages:
  • 1 photograph album
Medium:
  • Marbled paper covers with photographs written in silver script. Black paper pages with photo corners holding in photographs.
Description:
Helen H. Lippincott (Mrs. Walker H.), photographer. People in the early 1980's whom she enjoyed interacting with. a. Northeast Harbor b. Charlie and Ada Rice d. Wilfred Bunker e. Ruth Jordan e. Joe Green (aka Malcolm Graves) f. Mr. Stanley g. Mr. Burden's gardener h. i. Jordan Pond House, September 8, 1981 j. Islesford restaurant and chef k. Islesford
5056Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
  • Places, Town
2 contact sheets of b/w photographs of people, buildings, and mining sites in Hall Quarry.
  • 1980's
  • 2
  • contact sheet
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 5056   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1980's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1452
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2
Medium:
  • contact sheet
Description:
2 contact sheets of b/w photographs of people, buildings, and mining sites in Hall Quarry.
5152N. S. Bunker Tailoring
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
Looking north on Main St., Northeast Harbor with focus on N. S. Bunker Tailoring Shop and employees.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • ca. 1910
N. S. Bunker Tailoring
Item:
  • 5152   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • ca. 1910
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1573 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Looking north on Main St., Northeast Harbor with focus on N. S. Bunker Tailoring Shop and employees.
5179Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places
Hall Quarry miners cutting granite blocks.
  • 1900-1920
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 5179   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Places
Date:
  • 1900-1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1600
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Hall Quarry miners cutting granite blocks.
5192Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Places, Town
Winter scene of man (unidentified) shoveling snow in front of Haskell's Barber Shop, Main Street, Northeast Harbor.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1937
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5192   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1937
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1613
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene of man (unidentified) shoveling snow in front of Haskell's Barber Shop, Main Street, Northeast Harbor.
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.
5359Northeast Harbor Livery
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
B/W, 14x12' Photograph of Rogers and Atwood Livery barn. Photograph shows many people aboard buggies tethered to horses.
  • 1880's
Northeast Harbor Livery
Item:
  • 5359   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1880's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1777
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W, 14x12' Photograph of Rogers and Atwood Livery barn. Photograph shows many people aboard buggies tethered to horses.
5509Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile
Eleven b/w scanned photographs of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, in 1972. Photo 1887 a: Fire House Photo 1887 b: Carlo's car Photo 1887 c: Bank Photo 1887 d: P. P. Hill's Photo 1887 e: Kimball Shop Photo 1887 f: Kimball Shop (from lower end) Photo 1887 g: McGrath's Photo 1887 h: Dot (Renault) Photo 1887 i: Dad getting into car in front of drug store Photo 1887 j: Drug store Photo 1887 k: Where Bank will be. Tracy's paint shop in white building
  • Velma Ashley
  • 1972
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5509   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Velma Ashley
Date:
  • 1972
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1887
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Eleven b/w scanned photographs of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, in 1972. Photo 1887 a: Fire House Photo 1887 b: Carlo's car Photo 1887 c: Bank Photo 1887 d: P. P. Hill's Photo 1887 e: Kimball Shop Photo 1887 f: Kimball Shop (from lower end) Photo 1887 g: McGrath's Photo 1887 h: Dot (Renault) Photo 1887 i: Dad getting into car in front of drug store Photo 1887 j: Drug store Photo 1887 k: Where Bank will be. Tracy's paint shop in white building [show more]
5736George Brown's Garage after Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Main Street, Northeast Harbor: Brown's Garage and Pastime Theater after the fire. Roy Salisbury Collection.
  • 1966
  • 3 photographs
George Brown's Garage after Fire
Item:
  • 5736   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1966
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2122 RS
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs
Description:
Main Street, Northeast Harbor: Brown's Garage and Pastime Theater after the fire. Roy Salisbury Collection.
4532Northeast Livery and Boarding Stable
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Places, Town
Grooms with 23 riding horses. Livery in Northeast Harbor.
  • pre 1914
Northeast Livery and Boarding Stable
Item:
  • 4532   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • pre 1914
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0648
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Grooms with 23 riding horses. Livery in Northeast Harbor.
4533Northeast Livery and Boarding Stable Chas. D. Burr
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Places, Town
  • 1
  • board
  • fair
Northeast Livery and Boarding Stable Chas. D. Burr
Item:
  • 4533   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0649
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • board
Condition:
  • fair
4907I. W. Herrick Transient Livery, Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
I. W. Livery on Main St., next to Brown's Store. This was taken about 1910 (No automobiles). It shows 2 adults, 3 teenagers, 3 children & 2 horses.
  • ca. 1910
I. W. Herrick Transient Livery, Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4907   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • People
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • ca. 1910
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1269
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
I. W. Livery on Main St., next to Brown's Store. This was taken about 1910 (No automobiles). It shows 2 adults, 3 teenagers, 3 children & 2 horses.
1499The Cooksey Realty Company
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • People
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Shore
Legal document regarding the creation of a rough foot-path in Seal Harbor.
  • 1912
  • 6
  • typescript
The Cooksey Realty Company
Item:
  • 1499   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
  • People
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Shore
Date:
  • 1912
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0014 COO
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 6
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Legal document regarding the creation of a rough foot-path in Seal Harbor.
5578Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Town
Main Street, Northeast Harbor / Stanley's Fish Market
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5578   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1963
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Main Street, Northeast Harbor / Stanley's Fish Market
7385Northeast Harbor Livery
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Places, Town
Photos of the Town Livery on 22 Harborside Rd. This barn was built around 1820 and had rooms for employees and horses. Courtesy of Mr. Paul Kalenian. Only digital files.
  • 22 Harborside Rd.
Northeast Harbor Livery
Item:
  • 7385   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Places, Town
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • 22 Harborside Rd.
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • 7385-NEH Livery
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Photos of the Town Livery on 22 Harborside Rd. This barn was built around 1820 and had rooms for employees and horses. Courtesy of Mr. Paul Kalenian. Only digital files.