Description: ...By 21 Capitalists As Exclusive Fish and Game ReservePortland Press Herald news article describing new club in Maine near Bar Harbor where land will be developed by “a group of capitalists as a private playground where they may camp, fish and hunt to their heart’s content undistrubed by civilization.” Includes Map
Structures, Civic, Assembly Hall, Fraternal Lodge, Grange Hall
Creator:
unknown
Date:
2010
Description: A CD that contains 45 digital images taken on June 5, 2010 at Salisbury Cove, Maine. These photos document the repair and maintenance work that was done on the stage curtain at the Bay View Grange. Photos include Charlotte Singleton and several unidentified individuals.
Description: Church was Methodist Episcopal. Also housed Baptist services. Mentions old road names, Coal Kiln Road, Old Beech Hill Rd. Battle of Norwood Cove mention Bit of history about Isaac Herrick as a Wheelwright Previously archived as 011.FIC.66.2
Description: Program The second Subscription Series Summer of 1938 of the Building of Arts, Bar Harbor ME. Includes advertising from a variey of establishments on the island. Has announcement of a black man (African American), a singer and musician
Description: An introduction to "the silver and ceramic tablewares that have been used at the western dining table since the 16th century and to show the features that help identify their style, date, manufacturer, and country of origin."
Description: Mount Desert Church Records, Vol. 73 of ? Source N.E. Genealogical Society, Boston. Short history of church from its founding on Oct 17, 1792. List founders, those later admitted and deaths. Record of baptisms. At end list members of those connected to the Congregational Church in Temont, Mt. Desert, and Eden in 1857,
Description: Five articles glued to a piece of white paper. One side Society Delays Action on Museum from the Bangor Daily News August 15, 1980 about the vote to defer action on building a new museum building pending more information. Second article on the same side Historical Society Still Undecided as to Type of Building to Erect from the Ellsworth American August 21, 1980. Other side Editorial from the Bar Harbor Times August 21, 1980 about the need for a new museum. Bangor Daily 8/6/1985 Notice about the upcoming annual meeting of the Mount Desert Historical Society. Bar Harbor Times, August 21, 1980 Historical Society Urges Building Decision Soon about the need for a new museum building. Previously archived as 011.FIC.57.3 [show more]
Description: Hall Quarry, quarry in winter. Looking across Somes Sound. Pieces of granite scattered about. Rail for tram covered with snow runs through center of photo. Various buildings in the middle ground. Derricks in the foreground.
Description: Paper Heart for the tin woodsman from the Wizard of Oz production performed in Seal Harbor in 1963red paper on cardboard with gold tie string
Description: An identification guide to American, English, and European porcelain arranged by factory marks according to their shapes, e.g., letters or words or by shapes such as animals, circles, etc.
Description: From the Ellsworth American August 5, 1982. This is an excerpt from the book Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Penobscot and blue Hill Bays. Talks about the earliest name of the island, who John Robinson was, other people who claimed the island. geneology of the Tinkers, commercial activity on Tinker Island.
Description: A compilation of film, photos, and audio oral histories created by Donna Wiegle, Swans Island Lighthouse , Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station.
Description: April 1995. Main Street Somesville. Street side end of new arched footbridge in place over stream. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Historic Selectmen’s Building Museum.
Description: Marian Lawrence Peabody diary, Aug 22 1904 , p. 149 to Sep 23, 1904 p. 170 She missed going to a meeting with Booker Washington, p. 157 Tennis at the Pinchots court, p. 159 Went to the Unitarian church and Sam Eliot preached Went to the Democratic Rally with the Morris' and Pinchot. "Pinchot is a fierce Republican..."
Description: Marian Lawrence Peabody Diary May 30 to Aug 16, 1901 in Boston., Took the train to BH , July 2 According to Mass Historical Society which has a collection of papers, (1875-1974) she was the daughter of Bishop William Lawrence (1850-1941) and Julia Cunningham Lawrence (1853-1927). Known to her family as "Maisie," Spent summer with her family in Nahant, MA and Bar Harbor ME
Description: Atricle about the Masonic Lodge in 1860s. Article contains notes from Captain Pray about traveling over the ice to get from one location to the other
Description: Article about the Mount Desert Island Society Strawberry Festival. From the Bar Harbor Times July 22, 1976. Previously archived as 011.FIC.57.3