“Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008
Description: “Occupying the major portion of Cape Ann is the nationally renowned fishing and tourism city of Gloucester, its rugged, scenic southern coastline extending from Magnolia Point to Gloucester Harbor, Eastern Point, Bass Rocks, and Cape Hedge. Thirty-one miles from Boston, initially on the Eastern and then the Boston & Maine railroads, this venerable community, including Magnolia Point…, became the North Shore’s most significant summer resort center in the mid to late nineteenth century, boasting numerous single-season residences and the largest concentration of resort hotels between Boston and the southern coastline of Maine.” - “Summer By The Seaside: The Architecture of New England Coastal Resort Hotels, 1820-1950” by Bryant F. Tolles, Jr., p. 102-3, University Press of New England – 2008 [show more]
This book was originally published in 1935 and was reprinted 2013 to bring to the newer generations the rich history of the Brooks community specifically, and that of Waldo County generally. This publication includes 50 chapters starting with the Muscongus Grant (Waldo Patent) and culminating with Tombstone Inscriptions, References, and an Appendix of Birth, Marriages and Deaths from 1930 to 1934.
Description: This book was originally published in 1935 and was reprinted 2013 to bring to the newer generations the rich history of the Brooks community specifically, and that of Waldo County generally. This publication includes 50 chapters starting with the Muscongus Grant (Waldo Patent) and culminating with Tombstone Inscriptions, References, and an Appendix of Birth, Marriages and Deaths from 1930 to 1934.
See “Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island” by Dean Lawrence Lunt, 1999 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation Maine” by Vivian Lunt, 1976 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation: The First Hundred Years” by Vivian Lunt, 1980
Description: See “Hauling by Hand: The Life and Times of a Maine Island” by Dean Lawrence Lunt, 1999 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation Maine” by Vivian Lunt, 1976 See “Frenchboro, Long Island Plantation: The First Hundred Years” by Vivian Lunt, 1980
This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
Description: This items ties together sheets 1, 2, and 3, a set of three maps depicting Southwest Harbor, Maine as of September 1921. The upper right corner of Sheet 1 shows the winter population as 206 and the summer population as 1500.
From the 1880s to the end of World War I, the fashionable resort of Bar Harbor attracted thousands of summer visitors with the money and leisure to pursue "the simple life on a grand scale," as A. Atwater Kent put it. They came to rusticate, dance, sail, picnic, flirt--and they did it all with style. Many relaxed at Bar Harbor's lavish hotels, while others built even more lavish and fanciful "cottages" for their own summer retreats. That dazzling era is just a memory now. The Depression and World War II undermined the summer colony, and the Great Fire of 1947 dealt the final blow. Those summer homes and hotels that survived the blaze generally succumbed to changing times, and only a handful stand today. Eighty-six vanished summer palaces are pictured in Lost Bar Harbor. Many never before published photographs from the Bar Harbor Historical Society are supplemented by lively text describing the estates and their colorful inhabitants. It is the most comprehensive collection of early Bar Harbor photographs ever assembled, providing an unparalleled glimpse of one of the world's great resort communities.
Description: From the 1880s to the end of World War I, the fashionable resort of Bar Harbor attracted thousands of summer visitors with the money and leisure to pursue "the simple life on a grand scale," as A. Atwater Kent put it. They came to rusticate, dance, sail, picnic, flirt--and they did it all with style. Many relaxed at Bar Harbor's lavish hotels, while others built even more lavish and fanciful "cottages" for their own summer retreats. That dazzling era is just a memory now. The Depression and World War II undermined the summer colony, and the Great Fire of 1947 dealt the final blow. Those summer homes and hotels that survived the blaze generally succumbed to changing times, and only a handful stand today. Eighty-six vanished summer palaces are pictured in Lost Bar Harbor. Many never before published photographs from the Bar Harbor Historical Society are supplemented by lively text describing the estates and their colorful inhabitants. It is the most comprehensive collection of early Bar Harbor photographs ever assembled, providing an unparalleled glimpse of one of the world's great resort communities. [show more]
The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.
Description: The town of Tremont split from Eden and was incorporated on June 4, 1848. It included what is now Southwest Harbor. The eastern part of Bass Harbor was then known as East Bass Harbor. East Bass Harbor was changed to McKinley in 1897. McKinley was changed to Bass Harbor on August 1, 1966.
The arrows on map 2533 show the location of the U.S. Custom House, P.O. and Signal Office and what appears to be a revenue cutter. The circle shows the location of the Custom House Wharf.
Description: The arrows on map 2533 show the location of the U.S. Custom House, P.O. and Signal Office and what appears to be a revenue cutter. The circle shows the location of the Custom House Wharf.