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Green Mountain Railway - View from Green Mountain to Steamboat Wharf on Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Transportation, Railroad	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Green Mountain Railway - View from Green Mountain to Steamboat Wharf on Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5660 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Transportation, Railroad Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places Structures, Transportation, Railroad Station	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Undetermined	Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16216 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places Structures, Transportation, Railroad Station Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
Green Mountain House, Mt. Desert, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Undetermined	Green Mountain House, Mt. Desert, Me. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16215 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
Green Mountain House Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel			Acadia National Park, HCTPR	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Green Mountain House Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-13315 Type: Reference Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
Acadia National Park - Champlain Monument Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Object, Site Marker, Monument	Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)	1908-10-03	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Acadia National Park - Champlain Monument Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9573 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Site Marker, Monument Creator: Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932) Date: 1908-10-03 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: The photograph was taken when the monument was on Seacliff Drive, its original position in the park, .
Green Mountain House - New and Open for Business. Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel		1883	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Green Mountain House - New and Open for Business. Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-6323 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Date: 1883 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Francis Hector Clergue built the Green Mountain House in 1883, adjacent to the old Mountain House on the summit of Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain, to, serve patrons of his Green Mountain Railway, a cog railroad, which chugged up the mountain from Eagle Lake. Both the old and new structures burned to the ground on August 2, 1884. “1884, August 2. The burning of a hotel on Green Mountain, Mount Desert, in the evening, was plainly seen from Belfast, at a distance of fifty miles.” – “History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875” by Joseph Williamson, p. 241 – 1913. Frank Clergue immediately replaced this structure with a smaller hotel and his business continued as noted in the review below. "...A Good Hotel Is At The Summit, where persons desiring it can find pleasant accomodations for a longer or shorter stay. Round trip tickets can be had of the company's agent, on Main Street, Bar Harbor. F.H. Clergue, President." - Part of an advertisement appearing in Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island by William Berry Lapham - 1887. [show more]
Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)	1870 c.	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5662 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914) Date: 1870 c. Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Taken later than the view shown in Item 5663, this view shows a little greenery grown up around the small hotel perched on granite. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more]
Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel	Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890)	1870 c.	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Daniel Webster Brewer's Mountain House on Green Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5663 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Creator: Bradley - Bryant Bradley (1838-1890) Date: 1870 c. Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: This view shows the small hotel perched on the bare granite summit of the mountain. The Mountain House, built in 1866, was the first hotel to be built on what was then Green Mountain, now Cadillac Mountain. "Daniel Brewer's Mountain House operated through the early 1880's, offering simple, but hearty meals and modest overnight lodging. During the 1870's as many as 3,000 visitors patronized the place each summer." - Steam to the Summit: The Green Mountain Railway - Bar Harbor’s Remarkable Cog Railroad, by Peter Dow Bachelder, p. 24 - 2005. This building was replaced with a much larger structure, The Green Mountain House, when the Green Mountain Railway was built in 1883. [show more]
Valley Cove Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Mountain	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1907-08-26	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Valley Cove Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9116 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Mountain Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1907-08-26 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
View from Valley Cove North Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Places, Harbor	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1908-09-12	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	View from Valley Cove North Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-9132 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Places, Harbor Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1908-09-12 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
Green Mountain Railway Excursion Steamer Wauwinet on Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Vessels, Steamboat		1883 c.	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Green Mountain Railway Excursion Steamer Wauwinet on Eagle Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-5530 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Vessels, Steamboat Date: 1883 c. Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
Jordan Pond and the Bubbles View Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	Places		1906 c.	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	Jordan Pond and the Bubbles View Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-7019 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1906 c. Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Before Park Creation in 1916
Schooner Head Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph	Places, Shore	Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914)	1865 c.	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Schooner Head Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12501 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Stereograph Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Allen - Edward Lowe Allen (c. 1830-1914) Date: 1865 c. Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Size – 6.875” x 3.125” Media – Albumen print - sepia Title – Schooner Head, Mt. Desert, Me – hand written in ink on the reverse
On Slope to Echo Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	Nature, Plants	Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)	1892-08-23	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	On Slope to Echo Lake Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-8268 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: Nature, Plants Creator: Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945) Date: 1892-08-23 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR
On Top of Newport Mountain, Mount Desert Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Art, Drawing	People Places, Mountain	Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896)	1888	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	On Top of Newport Mountain, Mount Desert Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-14429 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: People Places, Mountain Creator: Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896) Publisher: Harper's Weekly Date: 1888 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: An illustration of Rusticators on the top of Newport Mountain, later known as Champlain Mountain. From Harper's Weekly, Volume 22, No. 1654
The “Spouting Horn” in a Storm Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Linton - William James Linton (1812-1897)		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	The “Spouting Horn” in a Storm Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12748 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Linton - William James Linton (1812-1897) Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: "Even more dramatic is Fenn’s view of the Maine coast, ‘The Spouting Horn’ in a Storm,” with the mast of a wrecked ship, an example of the sublime associated with danger and man’s weakness in face of nature’s power. The metaphor of battle to describe the confrontation of sea and rocky coast had become a literary convention used by several Picturesque America writers." – Part of the author’s discussion of 19th century artists who added drama to what they saw when illustrating it, before the advent of photography. - "Creating picturesque America: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape" by Sue Rainey, Vanderbilt University Press, 1994, p. 215. Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by William James Linton [show more]
Thunder Cave Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Filmer - John Filmer (1836-1929)		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	Thunder Cave Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12749 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Filmer - John Filmer (1836-1929) Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by John Filmer
Great Head Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) H. Linton - Unknown		Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	Great Head Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12751 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) H. Linton - Unknown Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by H. Linton
View on the Ocean Drive, Bar Harbor, Me. Before Paving Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Shore			Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	View on the Ocean Drive, Bar Harbor, Me. Before Paving Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12733 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Shore Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Size: 5.4375” x 3.4375” Media: Color collotype? Title: View on the Ocean Drive, Bar Harbor, Me. Subject: Ocean Drive – Acadia National Park Photographer: Unknown Publisher: A.H. [Sic] Bee, Bar Harbor, Me. – A.W. Bee – Bee’s Stationery shop Printed in Germany
Rusticators Above Spouting Horn Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore	Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905)	1884	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Rusticators Above Spouting Horn Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12735 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Creator: Allen - Warren P. Allen (1843-1905) Date: 1884 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Plate 13 from: Allen, Warren P. Mount Desert Souvenir : Fifteenth annual excursion of the Massachusetts Press Association, July 5-9, 1884 (Charles W. Eddy, Ware, Massachusetts, 1884).
Devil’s Den and Schooner Head - 1872 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore		1872	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	Devil’s Den and Schooner Head - 1872 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12737 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Date: 1872 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: Wood Engraving by an unknown artist - from "Mount Desert" by George Ward Nichols Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No. CCLXVII, August, 1872, Vol. XLV, p. 332.
Castle Head, Mount Desert - 1872 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving	Places, Shore	Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Quarterly - Frederick William Quarterly (1808-1866)	1872	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	Castle Head, Mount Desert - 1872 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12738 Type: Image, Print, Relief Print, Wood Engraving Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Fenn - Harry Fenn (1837-1911) Quarterly - Frederick William Quarterly (1808-1866) Date: 1872 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: From Picturesque America, Volume I Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by Frederick William Quarterly
Otter Cliffs Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Places, Shore	Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932)	1911-09-21	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Otter Cliffs Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12739 Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Townsend - Charles A. Townsend (1871-1932) Date: 1911-09-21 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: From Townsend 5x7 Glass Plate negative.
Rusticators Climbing Newport Mountain - 1886 Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Art, Drawing	People Places, Mountain	Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896)	1886-08	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	Copyright Not Evaluated	Rusticators Climbing Newport Mountain - 1886 Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12741 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: People Places, Mountain Creator: Reinhart - Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896) Date: 1886-08 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: This illustration is part of an article about the various things to do on Mount Desert Island in the late 19th century. Vol. 73 Harper's New Monthly Magazine June to November 1886 LXXIII Title: Climbing Newport Mountain Subject: Rusticators climbing Cadillac Mt. Publication: Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Date: August 1886 Volume and Number): Volume 73 – Number 435 Page: 419 The drawing was an illustration for Chapter 8 of the serialized story, "Their Pilgrimage," by author Charles Dudley Warner in which the characters in the story visited Bar Harbor. Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was a novelist and friend of Mark Twain. [show more]
Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph	People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage		1888-07-21	Acadia National Park, HCTPR	No Copyright - United States	Buckboard Party Passing Sand Beach Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12747 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage Date: 1888-07-21 Place: Acadia National Park, HCTPR Description: From July 12 to July 24, 1888 a party of twenty young people who attended Westtown [Quaker] School vacationed on Mount Desert Island. The young people stayed at The Roberts House hotel in Northeast Harbor from July 14, 1888 to July 23, 1888. They wrote and privately published a journal of their adventures, with one person writing each chapter. The journal was illustrated with photographs hand tipped in to the pages. Judy and Peter Obbard, longtime summer residents of Southwest Harbor, have kindly loaned their copy of “Mount Desert Memories” to the Southwest Harbor Public Library to study. Here in the Tenth Day Chapter, written by Anna Helena Goodwin, the young people, aboard a buckboard, passed Sand Beach on July 21, 1888 Goodwin – Anna Helena Goodwin (1862-1958) [show more]

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