See “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, p. 29 - 2002 See online - “Blair Eyrie 1894-1917”, Garden Club of America Collection, Smithsonian Archives, July 2002, Accessed online 02/12/20010; http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!246644!0 See - “American Country Homes and Their Gardens” By John Cordis Baker, 1906, Chapter – “Garden at Blair Eyrie, The Estate of DeWitt Clinton Blair, Esq., Bar Harbor, Me. - Andrews Jaques & Rantoul Architects” - p. 13. Published for W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Description: See “Bygone Bar Harbor: A Postcard Tour of Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park” by Earl Brechlin, p. 29 - 2002 See online - “Blair Eyrie 1894-1917”, Garden Club of America Collection, Smithsonian Archives, July 2002, Accessed online 02/12/20010; http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!246644!0 See - “American Country Homes and Their Gardens” By John Cordis Baker, 1906, Chapter – “Garden at Blair Eyrie, The Estate of DeWitt Clinton Blair, Esq., Bar Harbor, Me. - Andrews Jaques & Rantoul Architects” - p. 13. Published for W.H. Sherman, Bar Harbor, Maine. [show more]
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Mailed to: Cousin Emily - Emily M. Ray Haynes (1854-1913) Mailed from: Cousin Elsie - Elsie Louise Stanley (1893-1938) Text reads: "Hope you will get my letter. I am sending you today three postals, two for you and one for your friend. Read your card yesterday. With love Elsie"
Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
State:
ME
Source:
The Ward Family Collection
Description: Mailed to: Cousin Emily - Emily M. Ray Haynes (1854-1913) Mailed from: Cousin Elsie - Elsie Louise Stanley (1893-1938) Text reads: "Hope you will get my letter. I am sending you today three postals, two for you and one for your friend. Read your card yesterday. With love Elsie"
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]
The buildings behind the reservoir include the Deacon Clark's Island House complex at the far left of the photograph. To the right of the complex is the Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House, the structure with six windows on the side. The Lawton Canning Factory is the building along the shore. There is a grounded schooner visible next to the factory. A large canoe can be seen to the right of the photograph tied to the mud flats.
The buildings behind the reservoir include the Deacon Clark's Island House complex at the far left of the photograph. To the right of the complex is the Joseph Gilman Parker Jr. House, the structure with six windows on the side. The Lawton Canning Factory is the building along the shore. There is a grounded schooner visible next to the factory. A large canoe can be seen to the right of the photograph tied to the mud flats.
The postcard was printed by the Albertype Company and sold by the shop in the Park Theater. It may have been contracted for Bar Harbor stationer E.F. Teague and sold by the Park Theater.
Description: The postcard was printed by the Albertype Company and sold by the shop in the Park Theater. It may have been contracted for Bar Harbor stationer E.F. Teague and sold by the Park Theater.