Description: Letter (1925) to Stuart and Fred Smith of Somesville, Maine, from their friend, Warren S. Reeve during his stay in Berlin, Germany. On the back of Fred's letter is a copy of a sunday school sermon he wrote to the sunday scholars in Germany for Fred to deliver to the sunday school children in Somesville church. Both letters have wonderful descriptions of Germany and the surrounding areas.
Description: Official Map of Maine Compiled from U. S. Government Surveys, Official State Surveys, and original sources for State of Maine Publicity Bureau, Portland, Maine, 1923. Shows railroads, highways, trolleys, steamboat lines, hotels, boarding houses, community camps, boys’ and girls’ camps, golf courses, population of towns, elevation, and other information. Inset shows Best Routes to Maine: Railroads, Highways, Steamship Lines. Scale: 1" = 5 miles [show more]
Description: 1921 Sanborn Maps of Southwest Harbor and Manset showing dwellings, businesses, churches, roads. Key indicates building construction material, location of automatic sprinklers, number of stories, etc. Prominent businesses shown are John L. Stanley & Son, Fish Curing & Packing; John A. Hopkins, Fish Curing & Packing; Manset Coal Co., Addison Packing Co. Sardine Factory, Freeman Coal Co., Park Theatre Moving Pictures & Vaudeville, Dirigo and Claremont Hotels. Approx. 21.5" tall x 13.5" wide. Scale: 1 inch = 100 feet Maps have been scanned and the image files are linked to this record. See "Relations" If a printed image of these is made, it is suggested that the image be taken from the disc copy of the photos for higher resolution. It is possible that the image cataloged in Past Perfect database has been made smaller for storage purposes. [show more]
Description: An image of Map 1 of the Sanborn maps in MDI Historical Society collection. Scan made by Charlotte Morrill, SWH, April, 2011. There are two images of this map attached to this record. One image of the map includes the MDI Historical Society ownership record and the other is a map image without this attribution. Original scan images are in higher resolution than the files attached to this record. If needed, the higher resolution files are on disc and stored in the media album under this accession number. [show more]
Description: Geologic history of Mt. Desert Island; includes insert "The Geology of Mount Desert," by George McLane Wood. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. XXXI, Pp. 121-186/Note by Geo. B. Dorr
Description: July 1925 Maplewood Farm , E.T. Richardson, proprietor Milk, Cream, Poultry, Vegetables Eggs, Butter and Berries Sold to Mrs. Johnson 11 doz eggs, lard, coffee and (illegible) total $19.38
Description: These poems are from "a poetical competition of the Edwin Markham Chapter of the English Poetry Society held at Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, Santa Clara County, Californina, September 18, 1926.
Description: Black Compositions lined notebook with gold diamond emblem on cover.Property of Busy Bee’s :records of weekly meetings from 1928-Feb. 1934 Hand -written in ink.
Description: A Cream colored booklet: A report to the Plan Committee Bar Harbor Improvement Association from Architect, Charles W. Eliot, the 2nd. 1928. Includes color maps and black and white photographs
Description: small diary: owner unknown- found in the attic of Roths’ home on Indian Pt. Road Names: Numerous names mentioned including Leighton Smith, Fraley, Disston. Only a few dates have activities such as chop wood, go skating. Also has prices of goods
Description: Reprint of the first three volumes of six that were published by the Maine Historical Society between 1928 and 1975. Vol. I contains all government and courts not under the contril of Mass; that is, records under a. Sir Ferdinando Gorges and His Councillors (1636-1646; 1652) b. Ferdinando Gorges the Younger (1661-1665) c. the Commission of Charles II (1665-1668)
Description: Tributes to Dr. Edward Kellogg Dunham, summer resident of Seal Harbor, written by Henry Osborn Taylor and read before the Tavern Club of Boston and published in the New York Evening Post, by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. read in person before the Village Improvement Society of Seal Harbor, Maine; and by Simon Flexner. Includes reprint from The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. LII, May 1923 by H.D. Dakin. Includes "An Ode composed by Edward K. Dunham, Jr. on the occasion of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hoe, January 15, 1923." [show more]
Description: Known as the "Red Book." Lists owners and their cottages. Advertisements. 1920 Edition Directory and Handbook 3" X 5" 121 pps. Soft cover Index
Description: Path Map 1921 Typographyand hydrography adapted from the Map of Mount Desert Island issued by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, June 1882