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5660 | Green Mountain Railway - View from Green Mountain to Steamboat Wharf on Eagle Lake |
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16216 | Green Mountain Railway, Mt. Desert, Me. |
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16215 | Green Mountain House, Mt. Desert, Me. |
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12748 | The “Spouting Horn” in a Storm |
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| "Even more dramatic is Fenn’s view of the Maine coast, ‘The Spouting Horn’ in a Storm,” with the mast of a wrecked ship, an example of the sublime associated with danger and man’s weakness in face of nature’s power. The metaphor of battle to describe the confrontation of sea and rocky coast had become a literary convention used by several Picturesque America writers." – Part of the author’s discussion of 19th century artists who added drama to what they saw when illustrating it, before the advent of photography. - "Creating picturesque America: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape" by Sue Rainey, Vanderbilt University Press, 1994, p. 215. Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by William James Linton | Description: "Even more dramatic is Fenn’s view of the Maine coast, ‘The Spouting Horn’ in a Storm,” with the mast of a wrecked ship, an example of the sublime associated with danger and man’s weakness in face of nature’s power. The metaphor of battle to describe the confrontation of sea and rocky coast had become a literary convention used by several Picturesque America writers." – Part of the author’s discussion of 19th century artists who added drama to what they saw when illustrating it, before the advent of photography. - "Creating picturesque America: Monument to the Natural and Cultural Landscape" by Sue Rainey, Vanderbilt University Press, 1994, p. 215. Drawn by Harry Fenn Wood Engraving by William James Linton [show more] | ||
12749 | Thunder Cave |
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12751 | Great Head |
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12733 | View on the Ocean Drive, Bar Harbor, Me. Before Paving |
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| Size: 5.4375” x 3.4375” Media: Color collotype? Title: View on the Ocean Drive, Bar Harbor, Me. Subject: Ocean Drive – Acadia National Park Photographer: Unknown Publisher: A.H. [Sic] Bee, Bar Harbor, Me. – A.W. Bee – Bee’s Stationery shop Printed in Germany | Description: Size: 5.4375” x 3.4375” Media: Color collotype? Title: View on the Ocean Drive, Bar Harbor, Me. Subject: Ocean Drive – Acadia National Park Photographer: Unknown Publisher: A.H. [Sic] Bee, Bar Harbor, Me. – A.W. Bee – Bee’s Stationery shop Printed in Germany | ||||
12728 | Eagle Lake from Currens Cove |
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| Tinted Halftone Postcard. Made in Germany. Date: Before 1909 – possibly an excellent fake of an old postcard Size: 5. .4375” x 3. .4375” Subject: Eagle Lake – Ice Harvest Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company Original Printer: Unknown printer in Germany Divided Back: Y Bordered: N Mailed: N Postage: One Cent – Two Cents foreignNumber: 27277 Postmarked: N "The device [wheels in a wood structure] set in a cove at the northwest corner of the lake, is part of a conveyor owned by a company that harvested ice from the lake until the 1950s. Part of the sluiceway remains on the lake bottom and can be seen when the light is right and the water low." - “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, 2002, p. 58. | Description: Tinted Halftone Postcard. Made in Germany. Date: Before 1909 – possibly an excellent fake of an old postcard Size: 5. .4375” x 3. .4375” Subject: Eagle Lake – Ice Harvest Photographer: Unknown Publisher: Hugh C. Leighton Company Original Printer: Unknown printer in Germany Divided Back: Y Bordered: N Mailed: N Postage: One Cent – Two Cents foreignNumber: 27277 Postmarked: N "The device [wheels in a wood structure] set in a cove at the northwest corner of the lake, is part of a conveyor owned by a company that harvested ice from the lake until the 1950s. Part of the sluiceway remains on the lake bottom and can be seen when the light is right and the water low." - “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, 2002, p. 58. [show more] | ||
5886 | Acadia National Park - Before Park Creation in 1916 - Great Head |
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5536 | Green Mountain Railway |
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5534 | Green Mountain Railway |
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9507 | Jordan Pond and the Bubbles |
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9508 | Jordan Pond and the Bubbles |
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5661 | Green Mountain Railway |
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6997 | Hunters Beach Head |
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