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| 13968 | A History of Maine Build Automobiles and Motorized Vehicles 1834-1934 |
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Description: Includes a History of Maine License Plates. No date given. Famous Maine-made automobiles include the Stanley steamer, Electromobile (made by Belknap Motor Co., Portland), and others. | |||
| 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. | ||
| 12996 | A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine, Vol. One: Richtown Road to “Upper” Clark’s Point Road |
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Description: A two-volune history of these houses, arranged by location Volume One: Richtown Road to "Upper" Clark's Point Road Volume Two: Andrew Lopaus House (Kelleytown Road) to James Moulden/Bill Robinson House Inscribed by the author to the MDI Historical Society | |
| 16390 | A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine Vol. One: Richtown Road to "Upper" Clark's Point Road |
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|  A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine
Vol. One: Richtown Road to "Upper" Clark's Point Road
Description: Inscribed by the author to the MDI Historical Society. | |
| 12995 | A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine Vol. Two: Andrew Lopaus House (Kelleytown Road) to James Moulden/Bill Robinson House |
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Description: History of these houses, arranged by location. | |
| 13852 | A Key to the National Arithmetic Exhibiting the Operation of the More Difficult Questions in that Work: For the Use of Teachers Only |
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Description: Guide for teachers; appears to cover almost all grades, but method also seems obscure. Inscribed on front cover, Lyman Smith. |
| 12604 | A Latin Reader for the Second Year |
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Description: Selections from Caesar's Civil War, the Story of the Argonauts with a view to improving students' working vocabulary and principles of grammar. Includes a Grammatical Appendix and a Vocabulary section as well as notes throughout the text. Illlustrated. Inside front cover: John W. Somes, 4 Eaton Cottage, Andover, Mass. | ||
| 12776 | A Little Leaven in a Little Lump |
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Description: Fictional stories for Sunday School. Inscribed "No. 37, Sound Sabbath School." | ||
| 17309 | A Maine Town in the Civil War. |
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| 17257 | A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary 1785-1812. |
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| 12565 | A Museum of Early American Tools |
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| 11457 | A Narrative of the Captivity, Suffering,and Removes of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. |
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Description: Story of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, taken prisoner by the Indians. |
| 12782 | A New Graded Spelling-Book |
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Description: Emphasizes words in common use that are difficult to spell. Label pasted in front shows that the book is the "property of the Town of Mt. Desert" No. 97 and gives the rules, such as inspection by the teacher very two weeks, students must pay for "material injury" to the book. | |
| 13777 | A New System of Domestic Cookery. |
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| 13818 | A New System of Mercantile Arithmetic |
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Description: Sections on Numeration: tables of money, weights, measures; practical questions, bills of parcels, vulgar fractions, simple interest, insurance, and more. Inscribed in front "Haskell Norwood" and Wm. Burnett (?) Ellsworth, 1838 and in back "Haskell lNorwook Mt Desert", also Nathan Salsbury (?) Esq. (?) |
| 17115 | A One-Room School |
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| 17116 | A One-Room School |
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| 17031 | A Pictorial Guide to American Spinning Wheels |
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Description: Photos and descriptions of spinning wheels. |
| 12898 | A Pictorial History of the State of Maine on the occasion of its 150th Birthday 1970 |
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Description: Black and white photographs illustrating history, industry, animals, etc. of the state. |
| 12908 | A Practical English Grammar... |
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Description: Grammar rules with exercises. written on back page: We went down by about half past three, there was a gray headed man with him. I did not know who it was untill he spoke. I was out side of the road picking flowers, as I did not have anything else to do. I got all ready to go to S. School. Why didn't you go. Because is would not change my dress again. Mother said it was going to rain and I could not ware (sic) my gray dress. |
| 14124 | A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy and Continuation. Vol. II of The Works of Laurence Sterne, complete in eight volumes |
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Description: Loaned by Mrs. A.S. Joy, Nov., 62 inscribed inside front cover. |
| 14695 | A Short Story of Bygone Days for my Grandchildren |
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Description: Recollections of Mount Desert Island "before cars, TV, and electric refrigerators." | |
| 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. | |||
| 13718 | A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island |
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Description: Souvenir Booklet of Bar Harbor - Reproduction of 1893 booklet. Benefit of the Bar Harbor Historical Society | |
| 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] |
