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Snowshoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Transportation, Snowshoe
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Other, leather
  • Other, shoes
  • Transportation, Snowshoe
  • 06/14/2011
Snowshoe
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wooden frame with woven rawhide strips. Leather moccasin partially intact. Ropes to tie around feet.
Conductor of Baltimore Symphony Describes Retreat at Mckinley
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Nature, Seasons, Summer
  • Other, Conductors
  • Peter Herman Adler writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 11/5/9164
Description:
Article with photographs on two pages written by Dr. Peter Adler, conductor of the Baltimore Symphony. This article, reprinted from the "Baltimore Sunday Sun Magazine," describes Adler's lifestyle while summering in the village of McKinley on Mt. Desert Island. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.4
Unique Features in Forest Growh of MDI Found in Study Completed by Ecologist
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Forests
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for the Bar Harbor Times
  • 11/9/1961
Description:
Article deals with the study of Mt. Desert Island forest by ecologist, Dr. Ronald Davis. Tree, bird and mammal species found in these forests are discussed. Previously archived as 012.FIC.029.5
Modern Deer Management Methods Needed in Maine
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Nature, Animals
  • Places, Island
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 12/12/1952
Inventory of Real Estate of Abraham Somes Senior
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, List, Inventory
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Estates
  • Other, Land
  • 1819?
Inventory of Real Estate of Abraham Somes Senior
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Small booklet of real estate of Abraham Somes, land, animals owned, content of home such as featherbed, clothing and values Back page adds up estate in two different ways indicates that the estate was valued at $1332.?? in one column and $1330.?? in other column
Pectoral Sandpiper
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Print, Planographic Print, Lithograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • J. J. Audubon
  • 1836
Pectoral Sandpiper
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Engraved, printed and colored by R. Howell.
James Parker to Letitia A. Parker Letter and Envelope, September 27, 1863
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • Other
  • People
  • Parker, James
  • 1863-09-27
  • Mount Desert
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
James Parker writes to his sister, Letita A. Parker, from Fort Sumner about the pleasure of receiving letters, the cold weather, a trip he took into the country and some dogs he saw there, and learning to play chess. The original postmarked envelope is included as well.
Main Street, Somesville, 1870.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Buildings
  • 1870 c.
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, Maine
Main Street, Somesville, 1870.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Caption in The Living Past page 122; "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse drawn vehicles on rutted dirt road. Negative.
Main Street, Somesville, 1870
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Buildings
  • Other, Transportation
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • 1870c.
  • Somesville, Mt. Desert, ME
Main Street, Somesville, 1870
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Caption in The Living Past, p. 122: "Somesville's main road in 1870, looking north towards Ellsworth. Mount Desert House on left; A.J. Whiting store on right (note balcony and porch); corner of blacksmith shop on right. Telegraph wires were in use in 1870." Horse-drawn vehicles on each side of rutted dirt roadstopped in front of blacksmith’s shop.
Apgar’s Plant Analysis.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Plants
  • Other, Biology
  • Other, Botany
  • Other, Education
  • Apgar, E.A. and A.C.
  • 1874
Apgar’s Plant Analysis.
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Student's record book. Donated by A.C. Thom
Re-printed article in the Ellsworth American about the Harry E. Davis Buckboard company, located in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor.
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Buckboards
  • Other, Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Other, Carriages
  • Other, Ellsworth
  • Other, Transportation
  • 1880-1910
Description:
Re-printed article in the Ellsworth American about the Harry E. Davis Buckboard company, located in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor.
Sketches and Paintings
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Object, Painting, Sketchbook
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • Sarah Cabot Wheelwright
  • 1880's-1900's
Sketches and Paintings
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Sarah Cabot Wheelwright (1834-1917). Sarah Cabot later became Mrs. Andrew Wheelwright and the mother of Miss Mary Cabot Wheelwright. Album contains 75 images.
Nests and eggs of the birds of the United States
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gentry - Thomas George Gentry (1843-1905)
  • 1882
Description:
Published by J. A. Wagenseller
Epidendrum atropurpureum var. Randi L. Lind. & Rod.
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Art, Illustration
  • Nature, Plants
  • Linden - J. Linden
  • 1886
  • International
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Lindenia Iconography of Orchids, Director: J. Linden, Editor-in-Chief, Lucien Linden &
Grading the Dirt Road in front of the Benson House - The Home of Dr. Elias C. Neal, Tremont, Maine - After 1888
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1888 after
  • Tremont, Bernard
  • No Copyright - United States
Description:
The sign beside the front door says, "Elias C. Neal, M.D." Two men and four horses are shown grading the dirt road in front of the house. The end of a board sidewalk is just visible on the right.
Flower Border at Jane Augusta “Jennie” (Lathrop) Rand's House
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Plants
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • New England
  • No Copyright - United States
Jane Augusta “Jennie” (Lathrop) Rand's Family Cat - “Tucker”
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • New England
  • No Copyright - United States
A Wayside Tangle
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Plants
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • No Copyright - United States
A Wayside Tangle
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Rand Family Cat "Muffin"
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • No Copyright - United States
Rand Family Cat "Muffin"
Southwest Harbor Public Library
“Georgie” and Family Dog "Pug"
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • No Copyright - United States
“Georgie” and Family Dog "Pug"
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Rand Family Dog - Pug
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • New England
  • No Copyright - United States
Rand Family Dog - Pug
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Rand Family Cat "Muffin"
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • New England
  • No Copyright - United States
Rand Family Cat "Muffin"
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Rand Family Cat Muffin in a Hammock
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
  • New England
  • No Copyright - United States
Rand Family Cat Muffin in a Hammock
Southwest Harbor Public Library
Emily Robinson Farnsworth, Mrs. Alton E. Farnsworth, on a Donkey
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • 1890 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • No Copyright - United States
Edward Lothrop Rand and Buckboard Party on High Head
Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890-09-01
  • Mount Desert Island
  • No Copyright - United States
Description:
Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. [show more]