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Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library	Publication, Book, Journal, Diary	People Places, Island Transportation, Carriage		1888	Mount Desert Island		Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7390 Type: Publication, Book, Journal, Diary Subject: People Places, Island Transportation, Carriage Publisher: Ferris Brothers Printers, Philadelphia Date: 1888 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: In July 1888, a group of young people from Philadelphia set off for a holiday in Maine, destination Mount Desert Island. This privately published travel journal recounts with humor their adventures during those days of fun and discovery. This volume belongs to Sarah Carter and contains 36 sepia photographs. The entire journal (cover image) as well as the individual photographs have been scanned. From the Preface: "As the summer of 1888 drew near, some young friends put their heads together to arrange a pleasant trip, and realizing that it is not good for man (and consequently woman) to be alone, they decided to take pity on a few of the sons of Adam, of George Fox persuasion, inviting them to join in an excursion to Mt. Desert; for which said sons of Adam desire to express their true and lasting gratitude." From the estate of John Welsh Drayton and Cynthia Whitney Drayton. Donated to the Library by Mr. Whitney Drayton. [show more]
Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Town Structures, Institutional, School Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance			Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Red Cross Vehicle and Trailer Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5475 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Town Structures, Institutional, School Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Red Cross station wagon pulling a trailer on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. In background are: Knowles Co., Ash House, Odd Fellows Hall, and Gilman High School. (May have been providing food for firemen in Oct. 1947.)
Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad	Frank H. Clergue	1883			Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7386 Type: Reference Subject: Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad Creator: Frank H. Clergue Date: 1883 Description: The Green Mountain Railway was finalized in 1883 by Frank H. Clergue of Bangor, Maine. It was 6,300 feet long and started on the shores of Eagle Lake. Its cost was $110.000. It closed down in 1893 after only 10 years of operation. (From Item 2162).
Main Street and Post Office, Seal Harbor, Maine Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Transportation, Railroad		early 1900s	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Main Street and Post Office, Seal Harbor, Maine Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5889 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office Transportation, Railroad Date: early 1900s Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor Description: Main Street and Post Office, Seal Harbor, Maine.
Echo Lake from Route 102 Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile	Unknown	c 1950s	Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine		Echo Lake from Route 102 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9041 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Other, Building Places, Landscape Transportation, Automobile Creator: Unknown Date: c 1950s Place: Echo Lake, Mt. Desert, Maine Description: Echo Lake from route 102 across from Echo Vista. Looking towards Beech Cliff. Echo Vista restaurant on left. Sign on building reads Dairy Creem. Cars parked in front. Marked on back, “Side view of Echo Vista - Mt. Desert Island showing general location and a little [?] view. Echo Vista is on Echo Lake Road, halfway between Somesville and S.W. Harbor - Route 3/102 to Mt. Desert from Info booth as you leave the causeway. Gift of M.L. Hughs.
Mount Washington Railway (formerly Green Mountain Railway) Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Places, Landscape Transportation, Train	Spiker, LaRue	c 1900s	Mount Washington		Mount Washington Railway (formerly Green Mountain Railway) Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9106 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Places, Landscape Transportation, Train Creator: Spiker, LaRue Date: c 1900s Place: Mount Washington Description: Former Green Mountain railway as Mount Washington Railway. Engine and car. Engine pushing car over trestle. Two men sitting on top of engine, one man standing next to coal car. Several people standing outside passenger car, others inside.
Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Request, Petition	Places, Island Transportation, Automobile					Petition to Senate & House of Representatives of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2119 Type: Document, Request, Petition Subject: Places, Island Transportation, Automobile Description: Petition of and others, for a regulation for the of Automobiles in the town of Mount Desert.
Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Legal, Legal Documents	Places, Island Transportation, Automobile	Bangor Daily Commercial	1911			Remonstrances Against Automobiles on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3119 Type: Document, Legal, Legal Documents Subject: Places, Island Transportation, Automobile Creator: Bangor Daily Commercial Date: 1911 Description: 4 copies of the same
Town Scrap Metal Heap Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places Transportation, Automobile			Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Town Scrap Metal Heap Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5761 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Transportation, Automobile Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Roy Salisbury Collection WWII Now site of MDES
Roy Salisbury Collection - Miscellaneous Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Events Nature, Animals, Birds Places, Harbor Transportation, Aerostat Transportation, Aircraft					Roy Salisbury Collection - Miscellaneous Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7004 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Events Nature, Animals, Birds Places, Harbor Transportation, Aerostat Transportation, Aircraft Description: 1. Postcard of a Mallard Drake, bird carving by Wendell Gilley. 3. - 7. Several photographs taken during a sculpture exhibit (Agnes Yarnall). 14. - 20. Other photographs depicting Air Force planes, ca. 1940's. 21. Postcard of Northeast Harbor Landing, Bear Island Light in distance
Sunshine and Shadow, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Road Transportation, Carriage	Charles A. Townsend	1905	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Sunshine and Shadow, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5996 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Road Transportation, Carriage Creator: Charles A. Townsend Date: 1905 Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor Description: Dirt road (Rowland Road) surrounded by trees, with wooden-post fence. Horse drawn carriage receding in background.
Train on the Green Mountain Railway Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad			Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain	Copyright Not Evaluated	Train on the Green Mountain Railway Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1022 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad Place: Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain Description: Passengers travel up Cadillac Mountain the Green Mountain cog railway. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Green Mountain Railway Tracks Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad			Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain	Copyright Not Evaluated	Green Mountain Railway Tracks Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1023 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad Place: Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain Description: View looking down the tracks of the Green Mountain Railway on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Green Mountain Railway Tracks and Station Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad			Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain	Copyright Not Evaluated	Green Mountain Railway Tracks and Station Stereograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-1024 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Mountain Transportation, Railroad Place: Acadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain Description: View looking down the tracks of the Green Mountain Railway, toward the station on Mount Desert Island, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen. Black and white
Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Road Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Transportation, Automobile	Isaac T. Moore	1923	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-4015 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Road Places, Town Structures, Commercial, Commercial Structures Transportation, Automobile Creator: Isaac T. Moore Date: 1923 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Shows Herrick House, Pastime Theatre, F. T. Brown Co. Municipal offices built in 1917. See also Item 5941 (post 0133). Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Cammerer, Arno B.	1922-07-26	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1033 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Cammerer, Arno B. Date: 1922-07-26 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from the acting director of the National Park Service, Arno B. Cammerer, to the Lafayette National Park custodian, George B. Dorr. Cammerer informs Dorr that a proposed road project in Lafayette National Park has been approved. Cammerer believes the proposed plan will provide access to more of the park and states that the planning recognized the importance of keeping some areas remote from the development to maintain their wild character. People Mentioned: E. C. Finney, Frederick Hale, Bert Manfred Fernald, John Edward Nelson [show more]
George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Pepper, George Wharton	1924-03-08	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1032 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other Places, Park Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Pepper, George Wharton Date: 1924-03-08 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Senator George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody. Senator Pepper includes a copy of the text from a letter he wrote to Loren Kimball, outlining his position on the construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Pepper tells Peabody that he feels the Jordan Pond Valley is spoiled but hopes that the Bubble Pond Valley may yet be saved. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr, John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other Places, Park Places, Road Recreation Transportation, Automobile	Moore, Barrington	1924-03-14	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1030 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Places, Road Recreation Transportation, Automobile Creator: Moore, Barrington Date: 1924-03-14 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Barrington Moore suggesting arguments to Harold Peabody for advancing his campaign against the further construction of roads in Lafayette National Park. Moore argues that while roads are necessary for the park to fulfill its mission of providing access to the public, certain areas must be kept wild, not only for the enjoyment of those seeking solitude in nature but also to serve as natural laboratories for scientists. People Mentioned: George B. Dorr [show more]
Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile	Weekes, Frederic Delano	1924-07-14	Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1026 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Weekes, Frederic Delano Date: 1924-07-14 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell, the secretary of the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association. Weekes states his hope that high-ranking officials in the National Park Service will share his and Rowell's view that road construction in Lafayette National Park should be curtailed. Weekes goes on to suggest that those involved with the various path committees should confer and create a plan to prevent over-development in the park. People Mentioned: Robert Sterling Yard, Arno B. Cammerer, Harold Peabody [show more]
Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Store Business People Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station Transportation, Automobile	Velma Ashley	1972	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street, Northeast Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5509 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Store Business People Places, Town Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station Transportation, Automobile Creator: Velma Ashley Date: 1972 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: Eleven b/w scanned photographs of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, in 1972. Photo 1887 a: Fire House Photo 1887 b: Carlo's car Photo 1887 c: Bank Photo 1887 d: P. P. Hill's Photo 1887 e: Kimball Shop Photo 1887 f: Kimball Shop (from lower end) Photo 1887 g: McGrath's Photo 1887 h: Dot (Renault) Photo 1887 i: Dad getting into car in front of drug store Photo 1887 j: Drug store Photo 1887 k: Where Bank will be. Tracy's paint shop in white building [show more]
Main Street Businesses Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Market Business Businesses, Medical Business People Places, Town Transportation, Carriage			Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Main Street Businesses Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5307 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Market Business Businesses, Medical Business People Places, Town Transportation, Carriage Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: B/W photograph of Main St., Northeast Harbor building holding Ober's Market, a Bakery, and a dentist. Two men aboard a horse-drawn buggy in front of wooden sidewalk. Several people pose in front of store.
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Nature Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile	Peabody, Marian Lawrence		Mount Desert Island	Copyright Not Evaluated	M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2) Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Identifier: bhvia-1025 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Nature Other Places, Park Transportation, Automobile Creator: Peabody, Marian Lawrence Place: Mount Desert Island Description: A letter from Harold Peabody to the director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather. Peabody believes that he and Mather share a similar desire to see wild places conserved and that Mather will see that the natural character of Mount Desert Island will be preserved by the National Park Service by not allowing further development of Lafayette National Park. People Mentioned: William C. Endicott
Photo Album Islesford Historical Society	Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album	People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage					Photo Album Islesford Historical Society Identifier: ihs-1325 Type: Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album Subject: People Places, Shore Transportation, Carriage Description: Seal Harbor
Buckboard on Carriage Road Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph	Places, Carriage Road Transportation, Carriage		July 1942	Acadia National Park		Buckboard on Carriage Road Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5756 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places, Carriage Road Transportation, Carriage Date: July 1942 Place: Acadia National Park Description: Horse-drawn buckboard on a Carriage Road. Roy Salisbury Collection
Main Street, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Places, Road Places, Town Transportation, Automobile			Mount Desert, Seal Harbor		Main Street, Seal Harbor Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5888 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Places, Road Places, Town Transportation, Automobile Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor Description: Main Street, Seal Harbor, Maine.

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