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12424Henry Higgins
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Portrait
  • B.F. Joy
  • c 1880s
Description:
Henry Higgins age 20 - 30. Straight hair and small mustache. Wears heavy gray or brown coat with white shirt and dark die, collar standing up. Cheeks colored by photograher. Oval photo with wood grain pattern surrounding. Marked on back Henry Higgins, Town Hill. B.F. Joy Photographer, Ellsworth, ME 1880. (2 photos)
8500Green Mountain Railway, tracks on view toward Eagle Lake terminal
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Green Mountain Railway
  • Bradley, B.
  • 1883
Description:
Color negative of tracks view from above down toward Eagle Lake terminal, Bar Harbor, about 1883. Original image (stereopticon card) appears to be similar if not same as 011.31.20 (Objects). Label on card: 51. Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me.
8501Green Mountain Railway Tracks, long upgrade view
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Sheet Film Negative
  • Other, Green Mountain Railway
  • Bradley, B.
  • 1883
Description:
Color negative of a Long upgrade view, Green Mountain Railway. [Made by Ballard] from a B. Bradley print; stereopticon card double view. About 1883 Label on card: 53. Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me.
13514Green Mountain Railway
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Building
  • Places, Landscape
  • Bradley, Bryant [W.H. Ballard Collection]
  • 1885c.
Description:
Green Mountain Railway train descending, or ascending the Mountain. Photo taken from pier on Eagle Lake. Large shed with verticle siding to the left. Tracks run through train shed in middle. Third building to the right of train shed. Shack to far right near lake. Lumber scattered throughout scene, perhaps used for steam engine. Bryant Bradley was born about 1840. His wife’s name was Ellen. She was born about1847. Their son Harry born around 1876 became a photographer also. His father died by 1900 and Harry had taken over the studio. Mounted on cardboard. [show more]
12581A Geneaolgy and Historical Notices of the Family of Plimpton or Plympton in America and of Plumpton in England.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Genealogy
  • Other, Plimpton family
  • Chase, Levi B.
  • Plimpton Mfg. Co.
  • 1884
Description:
Handwritten notes by Virginia Somes Sanderson in front.
12990Bar Harbor Village
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Claes, Frank E.
  • 1881
Description:
Sepai-toned photographic print of Bar Harbor Village, 1881.
12991Harbor View, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Harbors
  • Claes, Frank E.
  • 1884
Description:
Sepia-toned photographic print of Harbor View, Bar Harbor, 1884.
12992The Marlborough Hotel, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Hotels
  • Claes, Frank E.
  • 1884
Description:
Sepia-toned photographic print of the Marlborough Hotel, Bar Harbor, 1884.
142431887 Colby & Stuart map of Mount Desert Island
  • Map
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Map making
  • Other, Roads
  • Colby & Stuart
  • Colby & Stuart
  • 1887
Description:
Framed 1887 Colby & Stuart map of Mount Desert Island on linen. Frame: 32 3/8 " x 39 1/2 " .
14251Transparency of Colby & Stuart Map of Mount Desert and adjacent islands, 1887
  • Map
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Maps
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tremont
  • Colby & Stuart
  • 1887
Description:
Colby & Stuart map includes towns of Eden, Mount Desert, Tremont, Cranberry Isles; physical landmarks, adjacent islands (1887). This mylar transparency may be used to make copies of the map. size: 30 by 40 inches Scale: 1 mile=1 inch
14256Photocopy of Colby & Stuart Map of Mount Desert and adjacent islands (1887)
  • Map
  • Other, Cranberry Islands
  • Other, Maps
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Other, Tremont
  • Colby & Stuart
  • Published for F.D. Foster, Bar Harbor, Maine by Colby & Stuart"
  • 1887
Description:
Colby & Stuart map includes villages of Mount Desert, physical landmarks, adjacent islands in 1887. This is a blue print copy. size: 30 by 40 inches
13938Colby’s Atlas of Hancock County Maine 1881
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Atlas
  • Other, Hancock County
  • Colby, George N., ed.
  • S.F. Colby and Company
  • 1881.
Description:
Colby's Atlas of Hancock County Maine
2903Death Notice of Daniel Somes
  • Document, Announcement, Obituary
  • Other, Obituary
  • Copied from Mount Desert Herald
  • 1/18/1885
Description:
Death notice of Daniel Somes, 1803-1882, copied from the Mount Desert Herald of January 18, 1883. Includes biographical information on Somes.
11730Historical notes nos. I-V.Champlain Society
  • Document, Log
  • Other, Champlain Society
  • Eliot, Charles
  • 1887
Description:
Historical notes nos. I-VIII. Champlain Society Historical Notes submitted by Charles Eliot One "volume" is I-V; another is No. VI, another No.VII, and another No. VIII (1887) They are all covered in mylar and tied together in string.
13259The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Education
  • Other, Mathematics
  • Greenleaf, Benjamin
  • Leach,Shelwell & Sanborn
  • 1881
Description:
The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written
12907A Graded Spelling Book
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Spelling
  • Other, Textbook
  • Harrington, H.F.
  • Harper & Brothers
  • 1883
Description:
"Being a Complete Course in Spelling for Primary and Grammar Schools."
17072Maine State Year-Book and Legislative Manual for the year 1882-83
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • Other, Legislative bodies
  • Hoyt, Edmund S.
  • Hoyt, Fogg & Donham
  • 1883
14024Somesville from Colby Atlas
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Other, Map
  • Hylander
  • 1883
Description:
Map of Somesville from Colby Atlas. Owners names and lot numbers marked. Marked on back, “Photograph by Hylander Mount Desert, Maine 04660 Duplicate of 999-1-3085
12913Glimpses of Three Coasts.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, California
  • Other, England
  • Other, Geography
  • Other, Miss Mary Somes signature
  • Other, Norway,Denmark, Germany
  • Other, Oregon
  • Other, Scotland
  • Jackson, Helen
  • Roberts Brothers
  • 1886.
Description:
Miss Mary Somes's signature is on front page and date. Book is about other coasts, not Maine. From the Somes House.
13783Meservey’s Book-Keeping,
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Business & finance
  • Meservey, A.B.
  • Thompson
  • Brown and Company, 1882.
13695The Summer School of Philosophy at Mt Desert.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Early tourism
  • Mitchell, J. A.
  • Henry Holt
  • 1881
Description:
Illustrations with some text on Mount Desert.
2827The Haunted Ship, a Strange Legend of Mount Desert
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Sailing ships
  • Mount Desert Herald
  • 9/14/1882
Description:
Article describes a Mexican ship and its fate of being run aground near Mt. Desert Island in 1814. Previously archived as 012.FIC.022.5
2823The Sea Serpent, His Visit to Southwest Harbor
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Legends
  • Other, Sea monsters
  • Mount Desert Herald
  • 10/25/1883
Description:
Article describes legend of a sea serpent purportedly seen in waters of Mt. Desert Island near Southwest Harbor, in the 19th century.
2732Kidd's Treasure: Is it Buried at Fernald's Point?
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Pirates
  • Other, Treasure-trove
  • Mt. Desert Herald
  • 8/22/1882
Description:
One page article describing the legend of the location of Capt. Kidd's treasures in the area of Flying Mountain on Mt. Desert Island. This legend was put forward by a Capt. Henry. Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.048.2
12644The Home Library of Useful Knowledge.
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Business
  • Other, Etiquette
  • Other, Handbook
  • Peale, R.S., ed.
  • Home Library Association
  • 1883.
Description:
A Complete Cyclopedia of Reference. Bound into the front is a Home Library Association Certificate of Membership, No.293316, certifying Mr. L. Allen as a member. Certificate dated Aug. 17, 1889.