Description: Supplement to the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Bar Harbor Fire, with numerous articles and photographs. Editor: Diana Abrell Coordinator and writer: LaRue Spiker Research by Kristi Hempel
Description: Small patch of fabric with the illustration of a woman in a green dress and hat with a parasol leaning against a wood railing. On top reads: "Factory No. 646. First Dist. N.Y." and below reads" 12 Bar Harbor" Part of a collection of "Cigarette Silks" put out by the Tokio Cigarette Company called "Bathing Beauties" depicting various women at different beaches around the U.S.
Description: Sepia Photograph of Bar Harbor looking east over the village to the Porcupine Islands. The street in the foreground is Mount Desert Street. Update 6/19/21: According to Mr. Daniel Pyle (current organist/music-director at St. Saviour’s) this photograph, which shows the original church-building, must date from sometime after 1878 (when the first building was completed) and 1885, when building of the current structure must have started (it was completed in 1886). [show more]
Description: Lot map, 25x21, of property lots in Bar Harbor, detailing properties on the outskirts of downtown of the village. List of owners' names on reverse side.
Description: The Leading County Paper & the only Society Journal on MDI. This copy contains information & photographs from 1796-1896 relating to Bar Harbor. (Gift from Donald Norton)
Description: Nineteenth century lithographic view of Bar Harbor. Postcard is an invitation to an exhibit of the Boston Athenaeum collection held at the Wendell Gilley Museum in 1983.
Description: View of Bar Harbor, ME, from Bar Island. Tents of the indian camp are visible at the right, where the sand bar appears at low tide. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "Bar Harbor." Black and white
Description: Memories of growing up in Bar Harbor in the late 1890's and early 1900's. Ms. Cole writes of the John D. Rockefeller Jr. family in Seal Harbor. Many Photographs including an aerial shot of the "Eyrie". Published in Down East Magazine, July 1969.
Description: Insets at left and right show Hotel Des Iles, Bradley Block, Grand Central Hotel, Rodick House, Episcopal Church and West End Hotel. References at bottom add: Green Mountain, Eagle Lake, Ogden's Point, Bar Island, Abby's Retreat, Indian Camp, Steamboat Wharf, Mt. Kebo, Union Church, Rockaway House, School Houses, Newport House, Atlantic House, Lookout House, Belmont Hotel, St. Sauveur House, Agamont House, Wayside Inn, Rodick Cottages, Ash Cottage, Deering House, Exchange, Boat Wharf, and Steamer Lewiston. Artist's name A. F. Poole appears at lower left of main image. [show more]
Description: "It is a special tribute to the town of Bar Harbor, a diverse community surrounded by extraordinary scenery that inspired the original name, Eden. The magazine focuses on the rich heritage that created this community - how the town evolved from a fishing and farming community to a summer haven for wealthy socialites to a first-class tourist destination." Articles in this issue include: 1. A town they called Eden 2. Living on the Rocks 3. Boating to Bar Harbor 4. Bar Harbor's First Settlers 5. An island on fire 6. An education in ecology 7. Searching for a rustic life 8. A Cottage culture 9. A tale of Two Labs 10. Acaidia: One of America's Jewels 11. A friendly group 12. A bright future 13. Maps of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island Magazine available in the Archives. [show more]
Description: Book with views Bar Harbor, the history and photographs of town and park. 1. Our beautiful Athletic Field 2. Looking North from Great Head 3. On the Kebo Links 4. Sand Beach from Beehive Mountain 5. Kebo Valley Gulf Clubhouse and Links 6. The Tarn, Lafayette National Park 7. Anemone Cave on the Ocean Drive 8. Malverne Cottages, Kebo Street 9. Beehive Mountain 10. / 11 . Panoramic views of Bar Harbor 12. Upper Harbor at sunset 13. Pulpit Rock on the Shore Path 14. Post Office, Cottage Street 15. St. Sauveru Hotel 16. Main Street, Bar Harbor 17. Summer Homes as seen from Bar Island 18. The Gorge Road 19. Pleasure boats, Jackies Landing from a Warship 20. Balance rock on the Shore Path 21. / 22. On the Sea Cliff Drive 23. General View showing Robinhood Park 24. Harbor view 25. Sieur de Monts Spring 26. The Ovens, showing Profile Rock 27. Belmont Hotel 28. Birch Point, first summer cottage, built in 1868 29. Golf Links 30. Swimming pool 31. Dorr's Pond, Champlain Mountain in the distance 32. Dr. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard College, at Jordan Pond 33. Our rock bound coast 34. Echo Lake from Beech Hill 35. The Bowl on Champlain Moutain 36. Falls at New Mill Meadow 37. Cromwell Harbor and cottages 38. Seal Harbor 39. The Lorraine Hotel 40. Surf view on the Shore Path 41. The Meadow in the Gorge 42. Church of the Holy Redeemer, Mount Desert Street 43. Newport House 44. DeGregoire Hotel 45. View of Somes Sound 46. St. Saviour's Episcopal Church, Mount Desert Street 47. The Ovens on the Bay Shore 48. Eagle Lake, source of Bar Harbor's water supply 49. The Building of Arts, Music Center of Bar Harbor 50. Somes Sound and St. Sauveur Mountain from Sargeant Drive 51. Maine Central Ferry Boat going around the hills 52. Champlain Mountain from the Emery Path 53. View from Kebo Mountain: Golf Course and Building of Arts in foreground 54. Lone Pine on Flying Squadron Mountain 55. South from Acadia Mountain 56. Peonies in bloom at the Mount Desert nurseries [show more]
Description: Fire risk assessment and real property maps. Location map and index. Property/cottage names are included. Second book was updated and modified in 1952.