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| 13720 | Old Farmer's Almanac |
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Description: 1849, 1861-65,1883-89, 1891, 1891 Maine Farmer's Almanac,1893-96 1849 and 1861-65 belonged to William Kittredge | ||||
| 2412 | Corporate book 1836-1916 |
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Description: Leather bound. Marble end papers. Notice of meeting in 1899 signed by E. Hamor | |||
| 2413 | Mount Desert Bridge Corporation: Corporation Book 1836-1916 |
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Description: Coporation Book: 1836-1916. Leatherbound. Marble end papers. Notice of meeting signed by: E Hamor. | ||||
| 3075 | The Memorials of Acadia National Park. by Donald P. Lenehan |
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| 9049 | Picturesque Maine |
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Description: Copy of M.F. Sweetser's Picturesque Maine, 1880. Primarily text detailing the major cities and natural features of Maine. | ||
| 9050 | Scenes in the Isle of Mount Desert |
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Description: Copy of Scenes in the Isle of Mount Desert by B.F. de Costa. Text of island history to 1868. | ||
| 7440 | Natural School Geography |
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Description: Natural School Geography book used in Mount Desert schools. "Property of the Town of Munt Desert No. 8" written on inside front cover. | ||
| 1523 | Keeper's Log of Bear Island Lighthouse, 1877-1878 |
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Description: During his tenure as lightkeeper, his family consisted of his wife, Catherine (Kimball), 4 daughters, Sarah, age 8, Ida, age 7, Augusta, age 4, and Adelma, age 2. Gives accounts of oil, wicks, and chimneys expended daily; shows time of lighting and extinguishing and length of time lighted each night, for each month. | |||
| 1525 | The Beginner's American History |
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Description: U.S. history textbook published by Ginn and Company, c. 1915. Stamped "Property of Trenton School Department" inside front cover. | ||
| 1526 | Line, Shade, and Shadow: The Fabrication and Preservation of Architectural Drawings |
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| 1546 | A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island |
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Description: Many photographs of 19th century Bar Harbor "cottages" and views. Also includes advertisements and two pages of narrative. No publisher indicated. A reproduction of this book may be found at 008.029. | |||
| 1547 | The Mirror of Maine |
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Description: This is an annotated and illustrated bibliography of 100 books "that reveal the history of the state and the life of its people." | |
| 1549 | FromSchoolhouse to Schooling System... |
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Description: This book is the story of Maine public education in the 20th century; it traces the history from small community schoolhouses to a "seamless statewide system" with the attendant tensions that accompany this transition. | |
| 1550 | Sadie's Winter Dream |
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Description: Fishermen's Wives & Maine Sea Coast Mission Hooked Rugs, 1923-1938 | |
| 1551 | The Comprehensive Teachers' Bible |
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Description: Contains Old and New Testaments, helps to Bible study, a new concordance, elementary introductions to the Hebrew and Greek languages, and an indexed Bible Atlas. Inscribed W.H. Whitmore, Emma A. Whitmore Paper inserted contains recipe for mock apple pie written on receipt of W.H. Whitmore "dry and fancy goods" store. | |||
| 1552 | New Testament |
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Description: 2.5" X 3" leather-bound Inscribed EA Whitmore, Seal Harbor, Maine No date | ||||
| 1569 | The White House Cook Book |
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Description: " Cooking, toilet, and household recipes; menus, dinner-giving, table etiquette; care of the sick, health suggestions; facts worth knowing, etc. etc." "A comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home" Full-page photographs of Frances Folsom Cleveland and Carrie Scott Harrison in front. Written in pencil on front page: Miss (?) Mary H. Whitmore Inserted with in book are a floral card that reads, "Love, Honour, Hope & JoyFill Every Year of Thine" and a small "affectionate greeting" from Joseph Whitmore. [show more] | |
| 12429 | Rumford Complete Cook Book |
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Description: Reprint of earlier (1908 cookbook); inscribed "Eva Bordeaux Oct. 25, 1946". Preface indicates that Rumford was the first "to issue booklets and folders on better cooking" 85 years before this edition | ||
| 12430 | Mrs. Clarke's Cook Book |
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Description: "Over one thousand of the best up-to-date receipts for every conceivable need in kitchen and other departments of housekeeping." Introductory section on "Domestic Cookery"; essay on art and history of cookery; other sections on invalid diet, and a separate part on household management (marketing, table linens, etc.) Inscribed on title page: Ava Rice Bordeaux, Mrs. Flora Bordeaux | |
| 12432 | The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park |
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Description: Copy 1 (for the archives) of Paul Richardson's manuscript about Acadia National Park with particular emphasis on the carriage roads and bridges and their construction. Includes a map and pictures and an appendix with a description and technical information on all carriage road bridges. A bibliography and index are included. "A Gift from Paul S. and Dorothy L. Richardson to the Mount Desert Island Historical Society." Fifty copies were given to the Historical Society for distribution locally. [show more] | ||
| 12496 | A History of Swan's Island, Maine by H.W. Small, M.D. (published 1898) |
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Description: A History of Swan's Island, Maine by H.W. Small, M.D. (published 1898).Chapters on Aborigines, Settlement and land titles, Col. James Swan, early settlers, Gott's Island, fishing industry, municipal records. | ||
| 12565 | A Museum of Early American Tools |
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| 12597 | Mount Desert A History |
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Description: Title page: Mount Desert | A History | By George E. Street | Edited by Samuel A. Eliot | with a memorial introduction by Wilbert L. Anderson | Boston and New York | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | The Riverside Press, Cambridge | 1905 This copy includes hand annotations of unknown origin. | ||
| 12634 | Maine Automobile Road Book And Pine Tree Tour of Maine And White Mountains |
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| 12646 | A Study of Summer Visitors' Facilities in the Town of Mount Desert, Maine |
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Description: Prepared for the Summer-Year Round Resident Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Includes land use maps of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Bracy Cove, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Pretty Marsh. The overall objective was to find ways and means to guide the coourse of change while maintaining the basic character of the community; find ways to achieve growth of the permament summer community. Includes study of hotel/inn and restaurant facilities to see if they are adequate. Among the findings: lengthening season, more older permanent summer residents; need for basic recreational facilities, expansion and modernization of Bar Harbor airport; light housekeeping rental cottages;better shopping and marine services on Sea St. in Northeast Harbor [show more] |
