Description: View looking northeast from Sargent or Penobscot across the top of Somes Sound towards Somesville. Sargent Cove and Bar Island are visible.
View from the top of Flying Mountain looking west with Great Cranberry Island in the background, the Jesuit Field on Fernald Point in the middle ground, and a dog, two women, and a man seated in the foreground. Sailboats are visible on the water. The photographer and date are unknown, but none of the tall trees that obscure the view today in 2023 are present in the photo.
Description: View from the top of Flying Mountain looking west with Great Cranberry Island in the background, the Jesuit Field on Fernald Point in the middle ground, and a dog, two women, and a man seated in the foreground. Sailboats are visible on the water. The photographer and date are unknown, but none of the tall trees that obscure the view today in 2023 are present in the photo.
Includes many images taken on Mount Desert Island and the outer islands, antique automobiles, and Nettie Mills' autograph book. An index of the images will be added to this item in the future.
Description: Includes many images taken on Mount Desert Island and the outer islands, antique automobiles, and Nettie Mills' autograph book. An index of the images will be added to this item in the future.
Subjects include: - Ambulance - Beals Bowling Alley - Bar Harbor Banking and Trust - Southwest Harbor Bus Lines bus - The Causeway Club and sale water swimming pool - Clark Point - Elmwood Cafe - Gordon & White garage - Harbor View Motel - Library - Main Street - The Moorings - Pumping station - Pemetic School - Steam Boat Wharf - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. - Medical Center on Herrick Road - Tydol gas station Some of the images are photos of old photos. Many of these images appear individually in other items in the Digital Archive.
Description: Subjects include: - Ambulance - Beals Bowling Alley - Bar Harbor Banking and Trust - Southwest Harbor Bus Lines bus - The Causeway Club and sale water swimming pool - Clark Point - Elmwood Cafe - Gordon & White garage - Harbor View Motel - Library - Main Street - The Moorings - Pumping station - Pemetic School - Steam Boat Wharf - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. - Medical Center on Herrick Road - Tydol gas station Some of the images are photos of old photos. Many of these images appear individually in other items in the Digital Archive. [show more]
The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934.
Description: The Echo Lake Camp began in 1922 when George B. Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake. In 1926 he signed another lease for ten more years. The land, including thirteen acres with 1600 feet of shoreline on Echo Lake, was deeded in perpetuity to the AMC on November 19, 1934.
Six images which merge historical and contemporary images of Southwest Harbor in these locations: - Main Street - The Carroll Building (item 5559) - The Causeway Under Construction (item 5084) - Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road (item 5225) - John R. Tinker House (item 7348) - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. (item 10247) - The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church (item 11229)
Description: Six images which merge historical and contemporary images of Southwest Harbor in these locations: - Main Street - The Carroll Building (item 5559) - The Causeway Under Construction (item 5084) - Central Filling Station - Tydol Service Station on Clark Point Road (item 5225) - John R. Tinker House (item 7348) - Southwest Harbor Motor Co. (item 10247) - The Southwest Harbor Congregational Church (item 11229)
Program and photographs from the Acadia National Park 2016 Centennial event at Jordan Pond on 8/27/2016. Photographs are by George Soules. Postcard of the original Jordan Pond House by Michael Raynor who was a chef at the pond house in 1977. A brochure for the Southwest Harbor Public Library's "Collection of Photographs" Newspaper article from the Mount Desert Islander dated 2/23/2017 about the $35,000 Knight Foundation grant awarded for the Digital Archive. See index for more information.
Description: Program and photographs from the Acadia National Park 2016 Centennial event at Jordan Pond on 8/27/2016. Photographs are by George Soules. Postcard of the original Jordan Pond House by Michael Raynor who was a chef at the pond house in 1977. A brochure for the Southwest Harbor Public Library's "Collection of Photographs" Newspaper article from the Mount Desert Islander dated 2/23/2017 about the $35,000 Knight Foundation grant awarded for the Digital Archive. See index for more information. [show more]
Photographs of various boats, Greenings Island, and the Beach Cliff Sardine sign at Stinson Seafood. Of note is photograph 07 of Donald Featherstone who designed the Pink Flamingo which inspired the Southwest Harbor Flamingo Festival.
Description: Photographs of various boats, Greenings Island, and the Beach Cliff Sardine sign at Stinson Seafood. Of note is photograph 07 of Donald Featherstone who designed the Pink Flamingo which inspired the Southwest Harbor Flamingo Festival.