Description: Parade float for Mt. Desert Island Historical Society [passing Main street stores.. Larger banner on end of float proclaims, “Twixt the Hills.” Fiddle player (Ralph Stanley) in 19th century costume on end of float decorated in red, white, and blue. Women in costume in back of float with spinning wheel and Somesville National Historic District Sign. Crowd watches from the sidewalk.
Description: Parade float for Mt. Desert Island Historical Society passing Main street stores. Larger banner on end of float proclaims, “Twixt the Hills.” Bango and fiddle player (Ralph Stanley) in 19th century costume on end of float decorated in red, white, and blue. Women in costume in back of float with spining wheel and Museum sign. Float pulled by red truck. Crowd watches from the sidewalk.
Description: Parade float for Mt. Desert Island Historical Society. Float decorated in red, white,and blue. Women in costume in back of float with spinning wheel and Mount Desert Island Historical Society Sign. Model of church on table. Crowd watches from the sidewalk. 3.5 x 4
Description: Parade float for Mt. Desert Island Historical Society. Float decorated in red, white ,and blue. Women in costume in back of float with spining wheel and Somesville’s National Historic District Sign. Crowd watches from the sidewalk.
Description: 9.25 X 13.75 black and white photograph of lobster boat on mooring off Bar Island. Several traps stacked on stern of boat. Other moorings surround boat.Very few trees on Island. Unidentified structure to far left and in center. Snow covers boat and island. Gift of George Daniell.
Description: Steamboat "Lewiston" at Bar Harbor. Bar Island in background. Passengers boarding paddle steamer. In foreground, log fence. Women standing on land holding umbrellas. Well dressed ladies in full skirts and gentlemen stand on crowded pier.
Description: View of Bar Harbor from highland. Looking down Main street and out to Porcupine Islands. In foreground small farm with gardens. Rail fence to the right. Larger buildings, hotels near shore. Telephone poles line road. Stamped on back with LaRue Spiker, P O Box 625, Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679
Description: Newport House, near shore path in Bar Harbor. Four story hotel with covered porch extending across the length of the building. Top floor has several dormers and two separate roof peeks. Flag poll sits on lawn in front of hotels. Other grand buildings surround hotels. Granite wall borders beach.
Description: Unknown Lobsterman in apron standing in lobster boat. Caption removed from back of photo read, “Lobster fishing is hard, dangerous work, but most fisherman would not swap it for any other business.
Description: Phillip Lolar, member of the Penobscot Indians Governor’s Council, holds a ceremonial war club made by Senabeh, spiritual lead at Indian Islan, Old Town. The club was on display at time of the photograph at the shop of the Penobscot Indian Enterprises in Bar Harbor.
Description: Unknown ? woman with poodle in Toyota Celica at the corner of Main Street and Cottage Street. Jade East t-shirt shop behind car. Sign in shape of a lobster for Testa’s restaurant to the right.
Description: Bar Harbor from the town pier. Written on caption which was removed from the back of the photo, “Cunningham moors his boat not far from his tide-line home at Bar Harbor. Porcupine Islands are in the background.