Description: A photographic trip through the different sections of Bar Harbor, designed to be a study of the town's character in an effort to better understand how to plan for future development. This unpublished book was produced for the Bar Harbor Town Planning Office in order to help them evaluate and protect the scenic qualities which determine the town's unique character.
Description: "Famous Tally-Ho Buckboard, Seating Fifteen People including Driver. - All sizes of Bar Harbor Buckboards…Carriage Repairing and Painting of every Description - W.H. Davis, Bar Harbor Buckboard Builder" - An advertisement appearing in A Guide to Bar Harbor published by W.H. Sherman, p. 104 - 1897
Description: Beige card with black text across entire face. Advertisement for Messrs. Battey and Hacker Tick and Fancy Skating at the Bar Harbor Casino on Wednesday, July 25th, 1883.
Description: Beige card with red illustration and black text. Advertisement for the roller skating rink in Bar Harbor. Illustration depicts two people in floppy hats holding onto rope. Top text in red reads: "The Sea! The Sea! The Beautiful, See?" Bottom black text reads: "Bar Harbor Roller Skating Rink, 'Not the Tent' Prices Reduced."
Description: Small patch of fabric with the illustration of a woman in a green dress and hat with a parasol leaning against a wood railing. On top reads: "Factory No. 646. First Dist. N.Y." and below reads" 12 Bar Harbor" Part of a collection of "Cigarette Silks" put out by the Tokio Cigarette Company called "Bathing Beauties" depicting various women at different beaches around the U.S.
Description: The Mount Desert Kennel Club's first annual dog show took place in 1931. Poster advertising a dog show hosted by the Mount Desert Kennel Club at the athletic field in Bar Harbor, ME. People Mentioned: T. E. L. Kemp
Description: "THE BANGOR AND BAR HARBOR LINE - BANGOR AND BAR HARBOR SB'T CO., STEAMERS: CIMBIA, SEDGWICK, TREMONT - Only line of steamers running between Bar Harbor and Bangor. Landings made at Seal Harbor, N. E. Harbor, S.W. Harbor, Sedgwick, Deer Isle, Isleboro, Castine, Fort Point and all landings on Penobscot River. Navigating the waters of Frenchman's Bay, Blue Hill Bay, Eggemoggin Reach, Penobscot Bay and River. - SCENERY UNSURPASSED - Steamers leave Bar Harbor Daily, except Sunday, at 7 a.m., arriving at Bangor at 5 p.m. Excellent meals served on board. Send card for time tables and maps of route. BEO. H. BARBOUR, President, H.W. Barbour, Manager, F.D. Pullen, Gen'l Ticket Agt. - Office: Bangor, Me." - The advertisement appeared in A Guide to Bar Harbor published by W.H. Sherman, p. 85 - 1897 [show more]
Structures, Civic, Cultural & Recreational Structures
Date:
1910-08
Place:
Bar Harbor
Description: Poster for the Bar Harbor Horse Show. Poster is a Charles W. Holmes Lithograph depicting a woman with a light blue bonnet holding a parasol and holding a horse's face to her own. The Horse is poking its head out of a circle in the blank background of the print. Text of the poster reads: "Bar Harbor Horse Show Aug. 23, 24, 25 1910" In the lower left hand corner is the phrase "When Thoroughbreds Meet" and above that, next to the parasol tip, is Holmes' signature "Chas. W. Holmes". [show more]
Description: Flier listing upcoming exhibitions at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, ME. In addition, the flier asks for monetary contributions and lists different subscriber levels. The names of the members of the book committee are also provided. People Mentioned: Sargent Collier, John Whitcomb, Edward Browning, Mrs. R. Amore Thorndike, Dora Brewer, John Hampton Barnes, Mrs. Edward Browning, Mrs. Haskell Cleaves, Mrs. Harry Conners, Mrs. Shepard Fabbri, Albert Eugene Gallatin, Sheldon Goldthwait, Mrs. Richard W. Hale, Mrs. Russell S. Hubbard, Mrs. John H. Evans, Seth Libby, Mrs. C. C. Little, Mrs. Ralph Masterman, Eleanor Mellon, Harriett V. C. Ogden, Mrs. John DeWitt Peltz, Mrs. Stanley M. Rinehart, Alonzo H. Tuck [show more]
Description: Pencil drawing by Ralph Yardley from Stockholm Record. Represents George B Dorr with caption: "George B Dorr may be a bachelor but he's married to Lafayette Park".
Description: General letter from the Jesup Memorial Library to accompany a catalog of its most recent acquisitions. The letter asks for monetary contributions and lists different subscriber levels. The names of the members of the book committee are also provided. People Mentioned: John Whitcomb, Arthur Train, Mrs. R. Amory Thorndike, Dora Brewer, John Hampton Barnes, Mrs. Edward Browning, Mrs. Haskell Cleaves, Mrs. Harry Conners, Mrs. Shepard Fabbri, Sheldon Goldthwait, Mrs. Richard W. Hale, Mrs. Russell S. Hubbard, Mrs. John H. Evans, Seth Libby, Mrs. Ralph Masterman, Eleanor Mellon, Harriett V. C. Ogden, Mrs. John DeWitt Peltz, Mrs. Stanley M. Rinehart, Mrs. C. Morton Smith, Alonzo H. Tuck [show more]
Description: A letter in which Mr. Kennedy expresses his opposition to a proposal to have a causeway constructed between Bar Harbor (then Eden), on Mount Desert Island, and Bar Island, also known as Rodick's island.
Description: An unsigned letter from the Bar Harbor Path Committee to George B. Dorr, the custodian of Lafayette National Park. The letter states that the various Mount Desert Island path committees are eager to cooperate with Dorr and asks that he confer with them regarding any planned road construction in the park. The path committees understand the need for limited automobile access to the park but would like the pedestrian trail system to be left untouched. People Mentioned: William Jay Turner [show more]
Description: A form letter from the Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association asking the recipient to send a letter expressing their feelings regarding allowing automobiles in Bar Harbor to the town selectman.