Bass Harbor, Maine near the southern point of Mount Desert Island. Air view shows lobster boats, the Swans Island Ferry Terminal, the Wyman Packing Co. Factory in Bass Harbor Village and Mount Desert Hills in Acadia National Park.
Description: Bass Harbor, Maine near the southern point of Mount Desert Island. Air view shows lobster boats, the Swans Island Ferry Terminal, the Wyman Packing Co. Factory in Bass Harbor Village and Mount Desert Hills in Acadia National Park.
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.
“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]