“Summer tourists who enter Mount Desert by the way of South-west Harbor are liable to receive very unfavorable impressions of this beautiful island. While approaching the shore, the most charming views are obtained, but after the first salutation their majesties the mountains become shy, and when the steamer reaches the pier they are wholly lost to sight. On landing, an ancient, fish-like smell is found to pervade the air around the dock in the vicinity of the lobster-boiling establishment, while the general aspect of the place is hardly inviting. By crossing the harbor to the Ocean House, the view of the mountains may indeed be regained, yet the prospect from the east side is tame.” - Rambles in Mount Desert With Sketches of Travel on The New-England Coast by B.F. DeCosta, p. 45 - 1871
Description: “Summer tourists who enter Mount Desert by the way of South-west Harbor are liable to receive very unfavorable impressions of this beautiful island. While approaching the shore, the most charming views are obtained, but after the first salutation their majesties the mountains become shy, and when the steamer reaches the pier they are wholly lost to sight. On landing, an ancient, fish-like smell is found to pervade the air around the dock in the vicinity of the lobster-boiling establishment, while the general aspect of the place is hardly inviting. By crossing the harbor to the Ocean House, the view of the mountains may indeed be regained, yet the prospect from the east side is tame.” - Rambles in Mount Desert With Sketches of Travel on The New-England Coast by B.F. DeCosta, p. 45 - 1871 [show more]
The lobster factory is on the right and the 'Bangor Freight House" on the left. A surrey is a light, four-wheeled pleasure carriage of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, usually drawn by two horses and typically having two seats and a flat top.
Description: The lobster factory is on the right and the 'Bangor Freight House" on the left. A surrey is a light, four-wheeled pleasure carriage of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, usually drawn by two horses and typically having two seats and a flat top.
This item replaces item 6262. Written on back: "Steamboat Wharf - Clark Point Southwest Harbor Eastern Steamship Lines American Railway Express Agency always in Clark Family" Left to Right: Grace Clark (Carroll) Clark, Mrs. Roderick Pepper Clark (1882-1949) - in doorway Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) William Edwin Parker (1890-1962) Jack Cutter Parker (1887-1980) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) - Maine Central Railroad agent Probably George E. Dunton (1883-1969) - Eastern Steamship Company agent Unidentified man Probably Harold K. Parker (1901-) Lawrence S. Robinson (1897-1980) "Prince" at the delivery cart (horse)
Description: This item replaces item 6262. Written on back: "Steamboat Wharf - Clark Point Southwest Harbor Eastern Steamship Lines American Railway Express Agency always in Clark Family" Left to Right: Grace Clark (Carroll) Clark, Mrs. Roderick Pepper Clark (1882-1949) - in doorway Jesse Lyndon Parker (1881-1966) William Edwin Parker (1890-1962) Jack Cutter Parker (1887-1980) Roderick Pepper Clark (1880-1965) - Maine Central Railroad agent Probably George E. Dunton (1883-1969) - Eastern Steamship Company agent Unidentified man Probably Harold K. Parker (1901-) Lawrence S. Robinson (1897-1980) "Prince" at the delivery cart (horse) [show more]
Left to right: George Dunton - Eastern Steamship Company agent Grace Clark (R.P. Clark's niece ?) Roderick Pepper Clark - Maine Central Railroad and American Express Company agent.
Description: Left to right: George Dunton - Eastern Steamship Company agent Grace Clark (R.P. Clark's niece ?) Roderick Pepper Clark - Maine Central Railroad and American Express Company agent.
Description: This photograph was taken on Newport Avenue in Bar Harbor, slightly south of the present-day Agamont Park. Porcupine Island is in the background.