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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
9347Women's Suffrage in Maine
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Automobiles, antique
  • Other, Cars, antique
  • Other, Clam digger
  • Other, Jonesport
  • Other, League of Women Voters
  • Other, Maine Association Opposed to Suffrage of Women
  • Other, Maine Digest
  • Other, Rockland
  • Other, Suffrage
  • Other, Voting
  • Other, Woman Suffrage Association
  • Other, Women's rights
  • 1969
Description:
Correspondence with Tim Wetterlow of the Maine Digest. One appears to be a letter regarding writing pieces on a Jonesport clam digger, William Alley; Phillips Lord; Dick Payne. The other letter is regarding her manuscript that is attached on women's suffrage. Correspondence indicates she is looking for relevant pictures. Manuscript uses Maine Woman Suffrage Association. Should it be Women's. Discusses key figures in suffrage movement but no mention of individuals on MDI Previously archived as object id 012.FIC.042.10, **1343 [show more]
9386Cars along roadway overlooking lake
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Automobiles
  • People
  • Places, Landscape
  • H.L. Bradley
  • 1920c.
Description:
Two cars parked along road side over looking lake and mountain beyound. Man stands with foot on running board of 1920s convertible. Woman near back, wears white shoes, print skirt, white sweater, and hat. Second car, man stands with foot on runningboard. Another man stands near front wheel. Third talks to woman in white sweater. Marked, “H.L. Bradley, Bar Harbor, Me.” H.L. Bradley was the son of photographer Bryant Bradley. 11/20/13: No marking HL Bradley on back; rather it is stamped LaRue Spiker (ABenson) [show more]
57021914 Ford
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
1914 Ford at antique auto show. Woman seated to right of car eating sandwich.
8522Shoreside
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Shellfish, Lobsters
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Spiker, LaRue
Description:
Cars, wooden lobster traps, shacks by rocky shore, with hills in background. Origional Accession number 007.80
5225Seawall, Manset, 1919
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Automobiles
  • 1919
Description:
Seawall. Manset, ME. August 9, 1919. Automobile on dirt road along sea wall; rocks on both sides of road.
16682The Bar Harbor Auto War
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Rustication
  • Savage, Richard
  • 1975
Description:
Article in August 1975 issue of Down East magazine; includes photos.
13670Shifting Gears: 2013 Summer Exhibit
  • Object, Writing, Notebook
  • Other, Automobiles
  • 2013
Description:
Binder containing information about Mount Desert Island gas stations, automobile dealerships, or automotive-related businesses; visitors were asked to add their own comments or information. Small pamphlet about exhibit inside pocket.
3893Handwritten notes or copies of newspaper articles about cars on MDI
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Transportation, Transit Railway Vehicle, Streetcar, Trolley
Description:
No indication of who copied the articles.
3894Typewritten notes or copies of articles about cars on MDI
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Eden
Description:
Notes are dated and appear to be copied from Bar Harbor or Bangor papers.
3892Map & misc. papers about cars on MDI
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Maps
Description:
1. Sketch map showing proposed access road to be used for automobile driving, from BHR, 3/15/11. 2. Photocopy of notes from 1913 meeting about cars on MDI. 3. Handwritten notes and chronology with apparent references to articles in newspaper. 4. Excerpt from page 176 of History of Bar Harbor by Richard Hale concerning "automobile war." 5. Typewritten checklists of newspaper articles.
2909The Great Automobile War: Part II
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Buckboards
  • Other, Davis. Co.
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1968
Description:
Bar Harbor Times article of June 20, 1968 concerning ban against automobiles on Mt. Desert and its challenge in 1909. Photograph of Davis Co. buckboards on street in Bar Harbor.
2910Automobiles on Mt. Desert Island
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
Description:
Poor quality photocopies of articles from undated newspaper (unidentified, but likely Bar Harbor) relating to debate about allowing cars on Mt. Desert Island. Handwritten notes on verso of some indicate dates are April 4, 1900; July 4, 1906
2908"Automobile War" on MDI Was Long and Spirited
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Buckboards
  • Spiker, LaRue
  • 1978
Description:
Jan. 5, 1978 newspaper article from Ellsworth American recounting arrest of Sim Mayo for civil disobedience (driving automobile), banning of driving autos on certain roads; 2 photos: cars on road above Eagle Lake, buckboards in front of Bass Cottage, Bar Harbor.
2907Articles related to cars on MDI
  • Document, Document File
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, Bar Harbor
Description:
7 original articles, undated, except one dated June 17, 1996, include: 1. Photograph of old ferry at Bucksport showing the Belfast (Boston steamer) across river (n.d.). 2. Poem, "The Mount Desert Town Meeting," by Herbert Weir Smyth, Prof. of Greek at Harvard, originally published in Bar Harbor Life, Aug. 23, 1913. 3. "Let us now praise automobiles (sort of)," George Will, Bangor Daily News, June 17, 1996. 4. Yesterday: "Bar Harbor's High Real Estate Prices," about real estate companies in 1887. 5. "Early Vehicles Were Many And Varied In Maine Travel": incomplete article. 6. Incomplete article about Mayo case 7. Incomplete article about 1,000 horses coming to Bar Harbor in summer of 1889. [show more]
2814Great Automobile War: Part II
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 6/20/1968
Description:
One page article describing the early 20th century disputes on Mt. Desert Island regarding the use of automobiles on Island roads. Part I of article is missing. Previously archived as object Id 012.FIC.034.1
2813MDI's Auto War: Summer vs. Permanent Residents, 1900-1915
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • Diana Abrell writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 9/6/1984
Description:
Article beginning on p.17 and continued on p.32 describing the disputes on Mt. Desert Island in the early 20th century regarding the use of automobiles on the Island. Addended to the article is a poem, reprinted from Bar Harbor Life, August 23, 1913, entitled "Automobiles, The Mount Desert Town Meeting. Only initials "H.W.S." [Herbert Weir Smyth] identify the author of the poem.
2812"Automobile War" on MDI was Long and Spirited
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Other, Automobiles
  • Other, History
  • Other, Mount Desert Island
  • LaRue Spiker writing for Bar Harbor Times
  • 1/5/1978
Description:
Two copies of a one page article, illustrated with photographs, describing disputes and court cases in the early 20th century regarding use of automobiles on Mt. Desert Island. One copy of the article has been annotated in pencil. PReviously archived as object Id 012.FIC.034.3