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| 13542 | Summers at the Eyrie |
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Description: Summer home of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his family. Describes family life, gardens, interior furnishings. House was demolished c. 1963. | ||
| 13493 | Wildfire Loose: The Week Maine Burned |
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Description: Description of the progression of fires throughout Maine in fall, 1947. Describes drought that affected the state. Several chapters have sections on Mount Desert Island. Photos include aerial view of Bar Harbor, burned public buildings and homes in Bar Harbor, including Jackson Lab. Photo of firefighters with Indian pumps. Third edition, 1997. |
| 13188 | My Cove Has Many Moods: Happy Memories of Mount Desert Island, Maine |
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Description: Mary Bond Collection of essays published by the Bar Harbor Times from 1976 to 1986. (Updated description 04/17/2012 by Annette). Mary Bond was the wife of James Bond - the ornithologist who was the namesake for Ian Fleming's character. The Bonds lived in Pretty Marsh on the estate which is now (2012) owned by Joan Fitzgerald. | |
| 13090 | Mr. Rockefeller’s Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia’s Carriage Roads &Their Creator |
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| 13003 | Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park: An Unconventional History and Guide. |
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Description: Discovering Old Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park... Autographed by author. |
| 13002 | Inventing Acadia: Artists and Tourists at Mount Desert |
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Description: Landscape paintersThomas Cole, Frederic Edwin Church, and others discovered Mt. Desert Island and inspired tourists to visit. This book examines how images and works of art inspired the artists and tourists, alike. |
| 13001 | Beyond Bar Harbor: Being a history, memoir, and walks of Mount Desert Island |
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Description: History, walks, trails, lodging, and more on Mt. Desert Island. | |
| 13000 | Beyond Bar Harbor: Being a History, Memoir, and Walks of Mount Desert Island |
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Description: Describes the history, activities, lodging, shopping, walks, and more about Mt. Desert Island. |
| 12996 | A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine, Vol. One: Richtown Road to “Upper” Clark’s Point Road |
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Description: A two-volune history of these houses, arranged by location Volume One: Richtown Road to "Upper" Clark's Point Road Volume Two: Andrew Lopaus House (Kelleytown Road) to James Moulden/Bill Robinson House Inscribed by the author to the MDI Historical Society | |
| 12995 | A History of the Houses of West Tremont, Maine Vol. Two: Andrew Lopaus House (Kelleytown Road) to James Moulden/Bill Robinson House |
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Description: History of these houses, arranged by location. | |
| 12972 | A Day’s Work: A Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs 1860-1920 Part I |
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Description: Photographs from about the Civil War times to about the time of the First World War relating to economic activity in the state. Activities include agriculture, lumbering, boat building, and more. Photo credits are given. |
| 12968 | The Mariner’s Book of Days |
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Description: This is a desktop calendar containing quotations, definitions, and other ephemera related to the sea, as well as spaces for each date/day of the 1998 calendar year. | |
| 12966 | Early Settler Activity Guide |
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Description: This is a guide for teachers and others for use with classes and small groups. It covers making a time line, costumes, use of field trips, and other activities. |
| 12961 | Home Pattern Company 1914 Fashions Catalog |
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Description: ..."the newest, most sophisticated styles for the home sewer." Shows fashions for 1914 including those for children. | |
| 12960 | Antiquing for Dummies |
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Description: Gives auction tips, questions to ask and antique dealer, signs of a valuable antique, flaws to watch out for, and more. |
| 12943 | American Maritime Paintings of John Stobart |
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Description: Contains more than 70 color reproductions of Stobart's paintings as well as halftones and drawings. Subjects include clipper ships, whalers, and steamboats; text gives background information and relates American maritime history. |
| 12942 | Rural New England Furniture: People, Place, and Production |
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Description: The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Annual Proceedings 1998, a collection of articles on subjects such as "Repairs versus Deception on Essex County Cupboards," "Cabinetmaking Practices...", and about such people as Capt. Abraham Knowlton, William Lloyd, Amzi Chapin; and places such as Worcester County, Mass.; Sterling, Mass. |
| 12940 | Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945 |
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Description: Covers styles with minimal text and black and white photographs. Styles include: Spanish Colonial, Mission, Pueblo, Spanish Colonial Revival, New England Colonial, Southern Colonial. French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Roman Classicism, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic, Italian Villa, Italianate, Renaissance Revival, Second Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Victorian Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque, Octagon, Chateau, Second Empire Easter Stick, Western Stick, Eastlake, Shingle, Queen Anne, Sullivanesque, Beaux-Arts Clasicism, New-Classicism, Bungalow, Prairie, International, Art Deco, Art Moderne [show more] |
| 12938 | Maine Lobsterboats: Builders and Lobstermen Speak of Their Craft |
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Description: Describes construction and features of lobsterboats and give profiles of those who built them. |
| 12926 | A Comprehensive Guide for Listing a Building in The National Register of Historic Places |
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Description: Gives guidelines for completing forms to list properties in National Register. Author was executive director of the Camden, NJ, Cultural and Heritage Commission. |
| 12923 | John Calvin Stevens: Domestic Architecture 1890-1930 |
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Description: A survey of architect Stevens's four decades of design taken from his photographs in albums, a change from the earlier line drawings. The primary photographer was Thomas Ellison. An introductory biographical essay was written by grandson John Calvin Stevens II. |
| 12922 | A Delight to All Who Knew It: The Maine Summer Architecture of William R. Emerson |
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Description: The author is an architectural historian and has gathered information about the architects and builders of hotels and cottages, along with their clients, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to today. This work focuses on the work of William R. Emerson. |
| 12921 | Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History |
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Description: How and why to explore an house's history using the setting, written records, oral and visual sources, and the home itself as resources. Also discusses the American dream of owning a home, construction techniques and materials, and more. |
| 12902 | Ray Dwelley of Islesford, Maine: A Short Biography |
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Description: A brief biography of one of the individuals (as opposed to families) who came to live in Islesford, Maine. He was a teacher, hotel keeper, store keeper, postmaster, grange master, and churchman. Occasional Paper #5 |
| 12901 | The Roofing Handbook for Historic Buildings |
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Description: Series of articles by various people in chapters about Guidelines and References, History and Technology, Planning and Specifications, and Roofing Materials |
