This photograph was probably from an 1882 series of photographic views of New Hampshire and Maine published by Charles Pollock. The series included four views of Bar Harbor.
Description: This photograph was probably from an 1882 series of photographic views of New Hampshire and Maine published by Charles Pollock. The series included four views of Bar Harbor.
Anne (Weston) McGowan gave twelve Mount Desert Island maps and brochures to the Southwest Harbor Public Library in June 2014. Among the maps was this blueprint. The Treadway family, who summered at “Grayrock” in Seal Harbor, had given the maps to her. This rare and delicate map contains hand-drawn annotations in red and black ink. Most are located in the lower right quadrant in the vicinity of Sargent Mountain, Redfield Hill, Day Mountain and Seal Harbor. To see these markings, view the map at full size and full screen. The actual map is located in the archives of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. It measures 45" x 32.5".
Description: Anne (Weston) McGowan gave twelve Mount Desert Island maps and brochures to the Southwest Harbor Public Library in June 2014. Among the maps was this blueprint. The Treadway family, who summered at “Grayrock” in Seal Harbor, had given the maps to her. This rare and delicate map contains hand-drawn annotations in red and black ink. Most are located in the lower right quadrant in the vicinity of Sargent Mountain, Redfield Hill, Day Mountain and Seal Harbor. To see these markings, view the map at full size and full screen. The actual map is located in the archives of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. It measures 45" x 32.5". [show more]
Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image.
Description: Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image. [show more]
Traced from an old plan belonging to W.D. Stanley (Jimmy) and bearing the following Title – "A plan of the Real Estate of Thomas Stanley late of Cranberry Isles, deceased, made by E.M. Hamor and A.C. Fernald, Showing the division among the widow and heirs as made by Leonard Holmes, A.C. Fernald and Henry H. Clark, Commissioners duly appointed by the Probate Court to make said partition. Scale of distance Ten rods to the inch. E.M. Hamor, Surveyor.’" A true copy attested A.C. Fernald’ This tracing made July 1928 by H.C. Dearborn. Thomas Stanley, who had owned this real estate, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr. (1784-1876). W.D. Stanley (Jimmy), mentioned in the inscription, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr.'s grandson, William Doane Stanley.(1855-1950)
Description: Traced from an old plan belonging to W.D. Stanley (Jimmy) and bearing the following Title – "A plan of the Real Estate of Thomas Stanley late of Cranberry Isles, deceased, made by E.M. Hamor and A.C. Fernald, Showing the division among the widow and heirs as made by Leonard Holmes, A.C. Fernald and Henry H. Clark, Commissioners duly appointed by the Probate Court to make said partition. Scale of distance Ten rods to the inch. E.M. Hamor, Surveyor.’" A true copy attested A.C. Fernald’ This tracing made July 1928 by H.C. Dearborn. Thomas Stanley, who had owned this real estate, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr. (1784-1876). W.D. Stanley (Jimmy), mentioned in the inscription, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr.'s grandson, William Doane Stanley.(1855-1950) [show more]
There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124.
Description: There are several street lamps visible in the photograph - the one on the right is different from the others. The lamp post on the left is at the corner of Clark Point Road. The building with the overhang beyond it is the Odd Fellows building. The building on the right is J.C. Ralph's Studio - Optician and Jeweler - and the Post Office. A man is standing in the door of the Post Office and a man standing in front of Ralph's Studio. The photograph was taken soon after John Ralph moved his store and expanded it. “In 1897, the different societies in the village combined to raise funds for street lights. The lamps were bought and placed near those houses whose owners were willing to furnish the kerosene and keep the lamps trimmed and lighted. These lamps did duty until the installation of electricity in the summer of 1917.” - “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 124. [show more]
"From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene.
Description: "From high on Freeman's Hill, one can view the development on Clark Point, an area once owned by the island's first minister, Ebinazer Eaton. Deacon Clark's hostelry and the William Underwood & Company spurred development on this point. Many of the residences belong to Clark family members. Storekeepers and tradesmen drawn to the area for work were settling here as well. Far off in the distance, the towers of Robert Kaighn's elaborate 1892 summer cottage signal the beginnings of the summer colony." - Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, p. 52 - 2001 Compare this image to item 12583 for a contemporary view of the same scene. [show more]
Surveyed and drawn by: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Inscription on map says "“A Plan of the moiety of the Island of Mount Desert granted by the Legislature of Massachusetts in June 1785 and afterwards by a division of said Island assigned to John Barnard Esq. surveyed and Lotted in 1808 By Salem Town Jun.r Hancock Is Register of Deeds Office July12, 1839 – This is a true copy of the Plan titled & signed as above, and deposited in this office. Attest F.B. Morgan Reg.r" Although popularly known as the "Salem Towne Map," this original map, owned by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, was drawn and clearly signed by "Salem Town Junr" in 1808.
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Description: Surveyed and drawn by: Town - Salem Town Jr. (1780-1872) Inscription on map says "“A Plan of the moiety of the Island of Mount Desert granted by the Legislature of Massachusetts in June 1785 and afterwards by a division of said Island assigned to John Barnard Esq. surveyed and Lotted in 1808 By Salem Town Jun.r Hancock Is Register of Deeds Office July12, 1839 – This is a true copy of the Plan titled & signed as above, and deposited in this office. Attest F.B. Morgan Reg.r" Although popularly known as the "Salem Towne Map," this original map, owned by the Southwest Harbor Public Library, was drawn and clearly signed by "Salem Town Junr" in 1808. [show more]
Map of Mount Dessert Island, Sorrento, portions of Lamoine, Hancock, Frenchmans Bay, and adjacent islands. Compiled and drawn from official plans and actual surveys.
Description: Map of Mount Dessert Island, Sorrento, portions of Lamoine, Hancock, Frenchmans Bay, and adjacent islands. Compiled and drawn from official plans and actual surveys.
"I captured this scene from the end of the Manset Town dock. Though the view appears very wide, it's only about 90° from end to end. It seems wider because I shot it with a 200mm lens to get the detail along the shore with minimal water and sky. I stitched the panorama from 17 separate images taken left to right, each frame rotated 5° to the right of the previous one. Yesterday I saw this same scene while driving around to take the pictures posted here, but when I arrived at this spot the sun was too high and I didn't have my tripod with me. This morning I got up before dawn and set up my tripod on the snow-covered dock at 6:15 AM. Then I waited in the bitter cold for the sun to rise. Fresh snow that fell last night made the scene even better than it was yesterday. Sometimes it just works out that way. " -- George Soules
Description: "I captured this scene from the end of the Manset Town dock. Though the view appears very wide, it's only about 90° from end to end. It seems wider because I shot it with a 200mm lens to get the detail along the shore with minimal water and sky. I stitched the panorama from 17 separate images taken left to right, each frame rotated 5° to the right of the previous one. Yesterday I saw this same scene while driving around to take the pictures posted here, but when I arrived at this spot the sun was too high and I didn't have my tripod with me. This morning I got up before dawn and set up my tripod on the snow-covered dock at 6:15 AM. Then I waited in the bitter cold for the sun to rise. Fresh snow that fell last night made the scene even better than it was yesterday. Sometimes it just works out that way. " -- George Soules [show more]
With kind permission from the owners, George Soules made this panorama below on the summer solstice at 5:23 AM. He used a Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR camera and a Canon 45mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens shooting 1/125 sec, f/5.6 at ISO 100. The pano is a combination of 16 images stitched together to capture a view of approximately 270°.
Description: With kind permission from the owners, George Soules made this panorama below on the summer solstice at 5:23 AM. He used a Canon 5D Mark III digital SLR camera and a Canon 45mm f/2.8 tilt/shift lens shooting 1/125 sec, f/5.6 at ISO 100. The pano is a combination of 16 images stitched together to capture a view of approximately 270°.
This image does not give actual topographic elevations like a topographic map does. It was processed from the raw Lidar point data at a one meter elevation resolution (the raw data is at 25 cm resolution) with a false sun illumination from the northwest. To see other views of this map, click the link below.
Description: This image does not give actual topographic elevations like a topographic map does. It was processed from the raw Lidar point data at a one meter elevation resolution (the raw data is at 25 cm resolution) with a false sun illumination from the northwest. To see other views of this map, click the link below.
Hancock County, Mount Desert Quadrangle, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, H.M Wilson, Geographer in charge, Department of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary, U.S. Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, Edition of May 1904, corrected 1910, reprinted 1918. – Northwest Mt. Desert.
Description: Hancock County, Mount Desert Quadrangle, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, H.M Wilson, Geographer in charge, Department of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, Secretary, U.S. Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, Edition of May 1904, corrected 1910, reprinted 1918. – Northwest Mt. Desert.
Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.
Description: Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.