Description: 8x10 photograph of A-class boat number 29 , tip of sail of another boat visible to the left. Taken by Kathy Suminsby 1961 This is a duplicate of 007.114.2
Description: Prepared for the Summer-Year Round Resident Planning Committee of the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Includes land use maps of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Bracy Cove, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Pretty Marsh. The overall objective was to find ways and means to guide the coourse of change while maintaining the basic character of the community; find ways to achieve growth of the permament summer community. Includes study of hotel/inn and restaurant facilities to see if they are adequate. Among the findings: lengthening season, more older permanent summer residents; need for basic recreational facilities, expansion and modernization of Bar Harbor airport; light housekeeping rental cottages;better shopping and marine services on Sea St. in Northeast Harbor [show more]
Description: A black and white 4 1/2 x 3 photograph of the back of Mason Cobb's house on the corner of Oak Hill Road and Rt. 102. 1964 Historic Abraham Somes III house in Somesville (now owned by Marion and Richard Cobb) . White clapboard with dark shutters. Large barn/garage on back. Covered porch between house and barn.Several trees on front lawn one in back of house. Evergreens in back. White picket fence surrounds house. Marked on back, “back of Garm’s house, note fence.” This house was also owned by Abraham Somes III son, Thaddeus, grandfather of Virginia Somes Sanderson. Gram’s is Emilie Clarissa Meynell Somes, her grandmother. W.H. Ballard Photographer, Southwest Harbor, stamped on back. [show more]
Description: Aerial photograph showing Somesville and abutting national park lands. Possibly from May 1967, based on numbers given, which could be a date. Gift made from Mr. Henry Raup in fall 2005. #293 5-4-67 appear in the top left hand corner MTD-4-11 appear in the top right hand corner
Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Seal Harbor Village Improvement Society annual report listing the officers and directors, Financial Statement, President's Report, Comtributors- 1959, six typed quarter pages.
Description: Pewter bowl: Bangor Junior Chamber of Commerce Sportsmanship Award, 1965. Letter M appears between 19 and 65. No indication which school won the award.
Description: Two articles, both incomplete, celebrating the 94th and 96th birthdays of C.E. Whitmore also known as Ed Whitmore. Previoulsy archived as object Id 012.FIC.047.1
Description: An article from the Bar Harbor Times Thursday July 30, 1964 and is a biography of William Manning by LaRue Spiker. Details his early life in England, rise to become Bishop, life on Mount Desert Island.
Description: Color photograph of a blue boat with an outboard motor on an anchorage mooring in a body of water. Mountain on the opposite side of the body of water. Birch trees changing a golden color in the forground. Boby of water might be Somes Sound.
Description: Blurry color photo of cave as seen from the water. Notation on front of photo: Anemone Cave From blue album labled "Southwest Harbor August 1960" in "Spiker Family Friends Personae" file
Description: Color photo of Coast Guard ship as seen from the rocky shoreline From blue album labled Southwest Harbor August 1960 in Spiker Family Friends Personae file
Description: Color photo of LaRue Spiker (middle), unknown woman (right), unknown woman left standing outside with a cabin in the background. From Blue Album labled "Southwest Harbor August 1960" in "Spiker Family Friends Personae" File