BW photographs of Northeast Harbor, sailboats, schooners, carriage roads, cottages etc. 5. Schooner MATTIE 7. View from Flying Mounting looking SE 8. - 9. Sergeant Drive 10. Asticou Inn in background 12. Harry Haskell Cottage, "The Anchorage", built for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Havemeyer, where Tennis Court is now. Burned down (1950's/1960's) 13. Looking across the harbor at Sea Street 14. - 17. Carriage Roads in winter 18. Pathway at Asticou in winter 21. St. Mary's Church 23. Steamboat Wharf (with one of the Maine Central Railroad boats)
Description: BW photographs of Northeast Harbor, sailboats, schooners, carriage roads, cottages etc. 5. Schooner MATTIE 7. View from Flying Mounting looking SE 8. - 9. Sergeant Drive 10. Asticou Inn in background 12. Harry Haskell Cottage, "The Anchorage", built for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Havemeyer, where Tennis Court is now. Burned down (1950's/1960's) 13. Looking across the harbor at Sea Street 14. - 17. Carriage Roads in winter 18. Pathway at Asticou in winter 21. St. Mary's Church 23. Steamboat Wharf (with one of the Maine Central Railroad boats) [show more]
Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
Description: Short biography of Fitz Hugh Lane and an excerpt from William Witherle's diary of a sailing trip with Lane and 4 other men from Castine to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, October 1988.
Copy of intensive study of the ANP carriage road system involving transfer of land ownership, natural resources, trail and road planning & design, costs, labor
Description: Copy of intensive study of the ANP carriage road system involving transfer of land ownership, natural resources, trail and road planning & design, costs, labor
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.
About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
Description: About Francis Bernard, governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts, his interest in the boundary question between the U.S. and Nova Scotia, and his grant of 100, 00 acres of land. Built a summer home in part of SW Harbor.
Reproduction of a map of the New Netherlands and New England in 1635, drawn by William Janszoon Blaeu. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from an original print in its own collection.
Description: Reproduction of a map of the New Netherlands and New England in 1635, drawn by William Janszoon Blaeu. Reproduced by American Heritage, the Magazine of History, from an original print in its own collection.
Copy of B/W photograph looking south on Main Street after the big snowstorm of 1923. Half way down street on left is the fire house before enlargement.
Description: Copy of B/W photograph looking south on Main Street after the big snowstorm of 1923. Half way down street on left is the fire house before enlargement.
Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
Description: Written policy governing fire prevention, pre-suppression and suppression activities in ANP. Prepared by the senior foreman (forester) and Asst. Park Fire Chief (Park Ranger)
Description: Looking along Somesville's Main Street with Harbor at left. Same scene as item 5011/photo 1403. Taken for "Mt. Desert: an Informal History"
Description: Exact same photograph as Photo 1429/item 5037 taken to show changes from 1914 to 1988. Building at right is current restaurant and post office.
Looking south on Main Street with Brown's Hardware, Northeast Plumbing, the Post Office, Swan Agency Real Estate office, and the Holmes Store on left. On right is the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Co. Autos in Photograph.
Description: Looking south on Main Street with Brown's Hardware, Northeast Plumbing, the Post Office, Swan Agency Real Estate office, and the Holmes Store on left. On right is the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust Co. Autos in Photograph.