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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...
  • 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...
7390Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Carriage
...In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island...Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude."...
  • 1888
  • 60
  • 1 book with 36 photographs
  • very fragile
Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
Item:
  • 7390   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Carriage
Date:
  • 1888
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0846
Location:
  • General Collection OS Box 1, 5A5
Pages:
  • 60
Medium:
  • 1 book with 36 photographs
Condition:
  • very fragile
Description:
...In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island...Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude."...
1564Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
...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:
...Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island...
5715Album of Mount Desert
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Railroad
...It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2...Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21...
  • 1 red hard cover book
Album of Mount Desert
Item:
  • 5715   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Landscape
  • Places, Mountain
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Railroad
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2101
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • 1 red hard cover book
Description:
...It contains drawings of various places on Mount Desert Island and a map of Bar Harbor village. 1. Photo 2101 a: Bar Harbor from Bar Island 2...Photo 2101 r: Mount Desert as seen from M.C.R.R. Station 19. Photo 2101 s: Eagle Lake 20. Photo 2101 t: The Grand Central 21...
5419Mount Desert Summer Residents
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
B/W photograph of summer residents (period dress) posing before a roadster.
  • 1912-1913
Mount Desert Summer Residents
Item:
  • 5419   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1912-1913
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1824 k
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W photograph of summer residents (period dress) posing before a roadster.
3119Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
4 copies of the same
  • Bangor Daily Commercial
  • 1911
  • 1
  • article
Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert
Item:
  • 3119   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Bangor Daily Commercial
Date:
  • 1911
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 491
Location:
  • X
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • article
Description:
4 copies of the same
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
  • 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...
5028Steamboat Dock, Seal Harbor (Eastern Steamship Co.)
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Automobile
...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:
...For book Mount Desert, 1989...
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
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.
4015Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
Shows Herrick House, Pastime Theatre, F. T. Brown Co. Municipal offices built in 1917. See also Item 5941 (post 0133). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1923
  • 2 photographs
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4015   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0004 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 photographs
Description:
Shows Herrick House, Pastime Theatre, F. T. Brown Co. Municipal offices built in 1917. See also Item 5941 (post 0133). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
5045Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Enlargement of a smaller Photograph looking south on Main Street, Northeast Harbor with the Pastime Theater on the right, and kiosk in center of road. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions
  • ca. 1939
  • 1 photograph
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5045   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • ca. 1939
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1437
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Enlargement of a smaller Photograph looking south on Main Street, Northeast Harbor with the Pastime Theater on the right, and kiosk in center of road. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions
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.
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.
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)
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
5194Snow Plow on town road
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Truck, Maintenance Truck, Snowplow
Town "Walter" plow on (a) Pond Hill and (b) near Hadlock Pond after winter storm.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1937
Snow Plow on town road
Item:
  • 5194   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Transportation, Truck, Maintenance Truck, Snowplow
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1937
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1615
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Town "Walter" plow on (a) Pond Hill and (b) near Hadlock Pond after winter storm.
5195Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Winter scene of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, looking north with Model T in background.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1930
Main Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5195   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1930
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1616
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, looking north with Model T in background.
5196Sea Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Winter scene looking toward harbor on Sea St. with Plymouth beach wagon stuck in snow on unplowed road.
  • Alan Knox
  • late 1930's
Sea Street, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 5196   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • late 1930's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1617
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene looking toward harbor on Sea St. with Plymouth beach wagon stuck in snow on unplowed road.
5252Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Highly snow banked Main Street, covering a car, in front of the Bradford T. Herrick Real Estate office.
  • Alan Knox
  • 1937
Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Winter
Item:
  • 5252   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Town
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Alan Knox
Date:
  • 1937
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1666
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Highly snow banked Main Street, covering a car, in front of the Bradford T. Herrick Real Estate office.