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| Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party Northeast Harbor Library 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] | ||
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the Green Mountain Railway (pg. 7) with four B/W pictures. Published in the "Bar Harbor Times" - October 3, 1963. | ||
| Handwritten notes or copies of newspaper articles about cars on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Handwritten notes or copies of newspaper articles about cars on MDI Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: No indication of who copied the articles. | ||||
| Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Automobiles - The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of a poem by Herbert Weir Smyth, Harvard professor, about the vote of residents of Mount Desert banning automobiles in the town. This was published August 23, 1913 in Bar Harbor Life. See also item 1564 | |
| Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting Northeast Harbor Library Description: August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island. | ||
| Who Says Automobiles: Interesting Letters from Many Summer Resort People Information Sheet, c. 1908 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association |
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|  Who Says Automobiles: Interesting Letters from Many Summer Resort People Information Sheet, c. 1908 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Description: An information sheet comprised of the opinions of hoteliers in resort towns regarding automobiles being allowed in their communities. The original request, made by W. M. Roberts, was to gain insight from the experiences of others ahead of the issue being discussed during Bar Harbor's annual town meeting. People Mentioned: W. M. Roberts, Edward S. Marshall, H. W. Staples, C. H. Greenleaf, Damon Winfield Jr., John Anderson, A. E. Reynolds, W. K. Hill, F. C. Sheldon, H. S. Mudgett, W. S. Cummings, N. J. Murphy, W. E. Carter, G. H. Brackett, Dave H. Morris, A. L. Westgard, C. W. Bickford, L. H. Cilley, P. E. Naylor, G. W. Stearns, James Cunningham, William P. Whitehouse, Edgar Jay Sherman, Frank T. Tyler [show more] | |
| Antique Water Pump Little Squirt Islesford Historical Society |
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|  Antique Water Pump Little Squirt Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Maine Central Railroad 1940-1978 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Maine Central Railroad 1940-1978 Northeast Harbor Library Description: By E. Spencer Miller, member of the Newcomen Society, chairman of the board of the Maine Central Railroad Company, Portland, and president from 1952-1977. With a 1979 map of Maine Central Railroad Company. | |
| New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! Northeast Harbor Library |
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| New England in National Leadership - 1895 - The First Steam Railroad Electrification! Northeast Harbor Library Description: By Howard S. Palmer, member of the Newcomen Society, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. With an opening poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Broomstick Train". | |
| The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Auto War Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the conflict when the automobile was introduced to Mount Desert Island. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1975. | |
| Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured. |