Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Letter discussing a check to the the Seal Harbor Yarch Club and the purchase of stock certificates.
Description: Article by Dr. R. L. Grindle about Toddy Pond and its historical and present day usage, father making log rafts to get logs to the mills, herediary greatness, ancestor Edmund Grindle and his son, back to talking about Toddy Pond.
Description: Map of the Eastern Steamship Company’s territory and its connections. Includes Quebec and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Published by Rand Avery Supply Co, Boston Mass. Once folded. Now framed. ca. 1920.
Description: Boston and Maine Railroads and Connections; map shows routes (in red) going from Boston to Eastport, Calais, and other points. Map torn. Dimensions: 23" x 30"
Description: June Smith age 5-9 sitting on pile of straw. Brother of Daniel Somes Smith. Boy wears light colored shirt and knee pants with dark stockings and black boots. Holds hat in hand.
Description: Promotional booklet for Jordan Pond House likely written and published by T.A. McIntire, Proprietor. Includes a description of Jordan Pond, offerings of the Jordan Pond House, suggested walks to and from Jordan Pond House, and a map of Mount Desert Island supplemented by contemporary images of the House, both interior and exterior, and the Park. Photographs of Jordan Pond and the Bubbles from the lawn of the Jordan Pond House, a walking path along the pond, and the front and drive of the Jordan Pond House are copyright Chas. A. Townsend. [show more]
Description: Marked Hollis. Man age 40 -50 stands in field above two story white house. Telephone pole and unpaved road visible in background. Man wears dark cap with dark suit. Coat buttoned. Shiny/patterned tie hanging out of coat.
Description: June Smith age 5-9. Boy wears big smile, light colored shirt and knee pants with dark stockings and black boots. Stands on grass near large tree.
Description: Fossil Young holding a bucket of lobsters. She wears a long doublebreasted coat , holds papers in her left hand and a bucket of lobsters in her right hand. She stands on the grass beside a dirt road, in front of a cove with land on three sides. Wears a had with bow in center. Fossil was born at sea, married Leon Smith of Portland in 1902. Copy was made from a copy belonging to Judith Burger-Gossart.
Description: Virginia Somes Sanderson: short wavy hair, wearing blousy white dress, ribbon hanging around neck. Marked on back, “Just to let you know, dear Aunt Ada, that I am thinking of you. Virginia.” Lower right corner bent.
Description: possibly a gate or door latch remnant found at Ober Lath and Shingle mill “S” relates to a map that was created by Alice Smith 002.47 (archived in flat file)
Description: Pair of black leather made by J and T Cousins New York. Sold by Read and Nichols Bangor. Soft leather, very creased. 2” heel flared at end. Pointed flap over foot. Left shoe leather badly cracked on right toe. Heels worn.