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| Nelson - Carl Gustav (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Nelson - Carl Gustav (1898-1988) Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Carl G. Nelson, born in Sweden in 1898, came to the United States when he was five-years-old. A part-time resident of Cranberry Isles for 21-years and a full-time resident for 19-years following his retirement from teaching in Boston, he died Aug. 6, 1988, at the age of 91. Carl Nelson was a professional teaching artist. After retiring at 71, he bought a piece of land and settled in a house on Great Cranberry. He called his little estate "Tosh Park", Nelson is noted for his beautiful pen and inks, oils, casein paintings and handsome linoleum cuts. His work is currently represented in museums, gallerys, universities and both government and private collections. He has a long list of exhibitions to his credit at the Whitney Museum Biennials, Chicago Art Institute, Institute of Contemporary Art and the American Federation of the Arts to name oniy a few. He has had many one-man shows in New York, Boston, Cambridge, Fitchburg, Mass., and Atlanta. His works have also been reproduced in a number of books — from Herbert Agar's "Land of the Free", in 1935 to "American Drawings; Drawings of the Masters" by Bartlett H. Hayes in 1975. The documentary film "Of Endless Wonder" was made in 1969 by Betsy Seigal and David Westphall of Brandeis. The artist was born in Sweden, studied at the Art Student's League in New York, was a Tiffany Foundation scholar, and graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. [show more] | ||
| Dodge - Abigail (Dodge) Lurvey (1795-1887) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dodge - Abigail (Dodge) Lurvey (1795-1887) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Abigail, born in 1795, had a long life. She died at the age of 91, the mother of seven children. | |
| Peterson - Neil Stanley Peterson (1917-1979) aka Doc Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Peterson - Neil Stanley Peterson (1917-1979) aka Doc Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Bangor Daily News, Bangor's Sesquicentennial Northeast Harbor Library Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420) [show more] | |
| Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Green Mountain Railway Northeast Harbor Library 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). | ||
| Stuffed Snow Owl Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Stuffed Snow Owl Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This taxidermy snow owl was created by Wendell Holmes Gilley and is kept at the Wendell Gilley Museum. | ||
| Ricker Classical Institute Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Building of Arts, Eden Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Building of Arts, Eden Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Building of Arts was built for the summer population of Bar Harbor. It was meant to be a place where music lovers and professional musicians from all over the country would come to entertain the summer colony. Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe. Guy Lowell of Boston, Massachusetts, was chosen as architect for the building. It was finished in 1907 with a final cost of approximately $100,000. The opening concert was held on Saturday, July 13, 1907. Mme. Emma Eames and Mr. Emilio De Gogorza were soloists. Over the next 35 years the Building of Arts held concerts and shows by Ernest Schelling, Paderewski, Walter Damrosch, dancer Ted Shawn, Josef Hofmann, and many others, including celebrated stars from Hollywood and Broadway. By the end of this time period the building had fallen into disrepair and was sold in January 1943 to Earl D. and Charles A. Holt for $305.24. Just four years later in April 1947 the Holts sold the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. The plan was to use it as a summer theater. In October 1947 the Building of Arts was destroyed by fire. See also: "Lost Bar Harbor," p. 110. "Bygone Bar Harbor - A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park," p. 16. "Maine Cottages: Fred L. Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert," p. 232. [show more] | |
| Duck Brook Motor Bridge Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Duck Brook Motor Bridge Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The largest bridge that you've probably never seen on Mount Desert Island is the Duck Brook Motor Road Bridge. Ironically, anyone who drives the Park Loop Road, starting from the Hulls Cove Visitor Center, travels over the bridge (located here), but few people see the bridge itself. That's too bad since it is by far the longest and tallest bridge in the park. In fact, it's the largest continuous concrete arch deck bridge in the eastern United States. At 402' long (not counting the 65' approaches on each side) and having a center arch span of 95', it dwarfs every carriage road bridge in the park, the longest being Amphitheater at 245' and the tallest being Duck Brook at 43' (yes, there are two Duck Brook bridges, one for people and bikes, and this one for cars). An architectural drawing of the bridge indicates a height of 100' from the top of the 30" high parapet guardwall to the water below. So how does the largest road-related structure in Acadia National Park go unnoticed? There are three reasons. First, from above you might not realize you are driving over a bridge because the roadway and shoulders look much like other portions of the loop road. If you happen to park at the turnout located southeast of the bridge, then walk atop the bridge and look over the side, you only get a glimpse of the three stone arches. To really see them, you have to hike down to the brook, but there is no trail and the terrain is dangerously steep. Second, the only view from below is along the narrow and busy stretch of Route 3 between Sonogee and the Holiday Inn. At 40 mph, you wouldn't see the bridge even if you knew the exact instant when and where to look. Finally, from below, the bridge is almost entirely obscured in summer by deciduous trees growing in the deep ravine that the bridge spans. To see this magnificent structure which was constructed from 1950 to 1953 using granite from Hall Quarry in Somesville, you have to seek it out at the right time of year. The Duck Brook Motor Road Bridge is truly a hidden architectural and historical gem. John D. Rockefeller purchased the land for the Paradise Hill Road where the bridge is located, donated the land to to the park, and was involved in planning the road as early as 1934, but World War II and subsequent funding shortages delayed the start of construction. As many as 75 men were on the job at one time with total labor estimated at 92,000 hours. Total cost of the structure was $366,000 making it the most expensive road-related structure in the park at the time of its completion. George Soules - November 2015 [show more] | |
| Fagans - Lester Fagans (1901-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fagans - Lester Fagans (1901-1964) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The following comes from an article in Soundings by Steve Knauth. Lester Fagans was a top commercial illustrator and painter through three decades, honored by the American Merchant Marine Institute as “one of the country’s leading contemporary marine artists.” Fagans was known early on for his detailed boat portraits. A 1939 work, Breezy Day, shows Henry Gibson’s powerboat Vesta, built by Hubert Johnson’s yard in Bay Head, New Jersey. After serving in the South Pacific during World War II, Fagans began a career in commercial art, working for a variety of companies. He did road maps for Esso (Standard Oil); illustrated articles for Popular Science (one on “How to Drive” required Fagans to do extensive study of accident photographs); and a series of cutaway drawings of a centrifuge (for an article on supersonic aviation). His finely done posters for the shipping companies Moore-McCormack, Grace Lines and American Export Lines helped publicize their new fleets of ocean liners. But he’s perhaps best known for his work in the recreational boating field. The boating business was booming in the 1950s and ’60s, with new boats, new designs and new technology to excite the buying public. Fagans helped show it all off through his magazine article illustrations and covers. He also did drawings for the so-called “Bible of Boating,” Chapman Piloting: Seamanship and Small Boat Handing. Self-effacing, Fagans worked with what he called “quick sketches” and “no ideas.” He described himself as a guy who has to work “pretty hard” and “once in a while receives a check.” He was active as an artist in the Chatham, Massachusetts, community that was his home. Countless entries in the Chatham Press announced lessons and demonstrations for civic groups and schoolchildren. Fagans died in 1964. To those with whom he worked, he was known for his draftsmanship and attention to detail. As an illustrator, one publication noted, Lester Fagans was a “popular choice.” This article originally appeared in the April 2017 issue. [show more] | |
| Waldron Bates - The Pathmaker Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Waldron Bates - The Pathmaker Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Memorials of Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Memorials of Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: From 2012 to 2017, Don Lenahan of Bar Harbor, Maine wrote blog posts about the people, geography, and history of Acadia National Park. Those posts are preserved here as PDF files to ensure that they are never lost. No part of the posts may be reproduced without the author's permission. Click the links below to read Don's blog or purchase his iBook. | |
| The Magnificent and Mysterious Homans Path Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Magnificent and Mysterious Homans Path Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Van Santvoord Trail - a Hiking Enigma Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Van Santvoord Trail - a Hiking Enigma Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Curran Path - a Once Long and Lovely Walk Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Curran Path - a Once Long and Lovely Walk Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Acadia Mountain - a Memorial Gift to Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia Mountain - a Memorial Gift to Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Northeast Harbor's Schoolhouse Ledge - a Place for a Peaceful Hike Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Northeast Harbor's Schoolhouse Ledge - a Place for a Peaceful Hike Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Requirements for a National Park Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Requirements for a National Park Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Dane Trail and Wildwood Stables Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Dane Trail and Wildwood Stables Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| The Satterlee Window Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Satterlee Window Southwest Harbor Public Library | |
| Start of FOA-Acadia NP's 2013 Volunteer Season Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Start of FOA-Acadia NP's 2013 Volunteer Season Southwest Harbor Public Library |