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1808 Plan of the Moiety of the Island of Mount Desert
1880 Map Showing Route of Steamers Connecting Mount Desert Island with Eastern R.R. for Boston
1881 Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
1885 Map of Mount Desert and Adjacent Islands, Maine
1887 Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
1911 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine
1932 Map of Mount Desert Island, Maine
1934 Map of Mount Dessert Island, Maine, Showing Acadia National Park
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A History of Bartletts Island Mount Desert Maine
A Man Called Frazier: From Slavery to Salt Making
A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island Maine
A Predictive Model for Common Loon Productivity on Mount Desert Island
A Preliminary List of the Summer Birds of Mount Desert Island Maine
A.B. & J.R. Hodgkins Contractors and Builders Invoice, May 1, 1937
A-Boat #50 Gull (Pew) undersail
A-Boats #1, Daffydil , #17 Kipper
A-Boats #22Aeolus (Lee), # 24 Last Chance (Sinkler) and #18 Sinbad (Thompson)
Abstract of Title from June 14 1785-Sept 4 1828
Acadia Mountain (3)
Acadia Mountain and Somes Sound
Acadia National Park Draft Master Plan and Position Papers Document, July 23, 1976
Acadia: The Transformation of Mount Desert Island from an Exclusive Resort to a National Park
Aerial Views of Mount Desert Island
A.G. Jewett Automatic Heating and Air Conditioning Invoice, May 1, 1937
Albert Pancoast Neilson, Alberta Pancoast (Reath) Neilson and "Pete" Aboard Leader
Albert Pancoast Neilson and Lewis Gilley Stanley Aboard Motor Yacht Placida
Anemone Cave, Mt. Desert Island
Angela C. Kaufman and Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Statement Legal Notice, August 7, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Court Summons Legal Notice, September 12, 1938 (1)
Angela C. Kaufman Court Summons Legal Notice, September 12, 1938 (2)
Angela C. Kaufman Rent Receipt, August 16, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Rent Receipt, August 23, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Rent Receipt, August 30, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Rent Receipt, August 9, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Rent Receipt, July 16, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Rent Receipt, July 19, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Rent Receipt, September 6, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman to Mildred Morrison Letter, July 15, 1935
Angela C. Kaufman Transfer of Goods to Mark Perlinsky Legal Notice, November 22, 1938
Archaelogical Site Locations in Acadia National Park and Vicinity
Architectural Drawings & Early Sketches of Fred L. Savage
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (1)
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, February 28, 1927 (2)
Arno B. Cammerer to George B. Dorr Letter, July 26, 1922
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, August 6, 1927
Arno B. Cammerer to Gist Blair Letter, July 28, 1927
Artists of Mount Desert Island
Asticou Terraces, Thuya Lodge & Thuya GardenAsticou Terraces Pictorial Map, 1973
Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500-2000.
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Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, February 19, 1936
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, February 19, 1937
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, March 22, 1937 (1)
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, March 22, 1937 (2)
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, May 13, 1936
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, May 13, 1937
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, October 22, 1936 (1)
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, October 22, 1936 (2)
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, October 22, 1936 (3)
Bangor Hydro-Electric Company Invoice, October 22, 1936 (4)
Bar Harbor Loan & Building Association Envelope
Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association Path Map of Mount Desert Island, 1896
Barrington Moore to Harold Peabody Letter, March 14, 1924
Bart Dyer on defense cannon at Schooner Head
Beaver Dam Failure on Mount Desert Island
Bedrock Geology of Mount Desert Island
Beech Mountain - Beech Cliff Trail System
Birds of Mount Desert Island and Where to Find Them
Block Diagrams of the Development of Mt. Desert Island
Boating Party in a Fog Stereograph
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Cathedral rock, the Ovens, Salisbury Cove.
CCC camp, Men and camp buildings, c. 1930 (2)
Century-Old Geological Survey of Mt. Desert Island Recalled
Champlain Society - Camp Pemetic - "View up Somes Sound from the Old Campground"
Charles W. Eliot to Gist Blair Letter, July 11, 1927
Chart of the Outer Islands of Mount Desert Island
Checklist of the Birds of Acadia National Park
Chester Warren Stanley at the Helm of Leader
Clara Augusta Rosengarten, Mrs. Lewis Levick Neilson Aboard Leader
Coastal Marine Life History of Mount Desert Island 1903-2021
Collection of photographs and slides
Crewmember on Schooner off of Mt. Desert
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Dale Rex Coman: His Books Art and Accomplishments Paint Living as an Endless Adventure
Dedication of the Trenton Bridge (2)
Dedication of Trenton Bridge (5)
Development, Shaping the future of our communities
Digital images of 13 W.H. Ballard Images
Dinner Dance at 'Chatwold' etc.
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Edward Lothrop Rand and Buckboard Party on High Head
Edward Lothrop Rand and Group at High Head
Entrance to Somes Sound, Mount Desert Island, Maine
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Famous Artists who Have Visited Mt. Desert Island
Finding the Birds of Mount Desert Island
Fish Passage Assessment of Mount Desert Island
Five Tourists at The Ovens Stereograph
Fraternal Orders Collection (2)
Fred C. Lynam to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 11, 1924
Frederic Delano Weekes to Frank B. Rowell Letter, July 14, 1924
Freeman House with Buggy Stereograph
From Lake to Sea: Winter Habitations of Common Loons
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Geology and Topography of Mount Desert Island
Geology of Mount Desert Island (3)
George B. Dorr to Charlotte Baker Letter, September 27, 1920
George B. Dorr to Gist Blair Letter, April 10, 1925
George Wharton Pepper to Harold Peabody Letter, March 8, 1924
Gilman High School Class Photograph
Gist Blair to Hubert Work Letter, March 10, 1927
Grave of Brother Du Thet & Ruins of St. Savior's
Green Mountain, later Cadillac Mountain
GXS Collection - Postcards 1-60
GXS Collection - Postcards 61-112
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Hancock County Maine Aerial Image, 2020
Harold Peabody to Hubert Work Letter, May 21, 1925
Harry Garner Haskell Sr.'s Motor Yacht, Placida - Off Mt. Desert
Highway Map of Hancock County (2)
Hubert Work to Gist Blair Letter, March 11, 1927
Hubert Work to Harold Peabody Letter, May 18, 1925
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Indian Encampment at Bar Harbor Stereograph
Ivan E. Cedar and Angela C. Kaufman Contract, July 18, 1936
Ivan E. Cedar Dishonor Legal Notice, August 8, 1936
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John A. Peters to Frank B. Rowell Letter, March 21, 1924
John A. Peters to George Wharton Pepper Letter, March 19, 1924
John and John A. Somes Stereograph
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Kaufman, Perlinsky, and Mourkas Agreement, July 26, 1935
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Lead in taps from public water sources
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Albion F. Sherman
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Emerson Hough
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to George B. Dorr
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Mrs. Frank L. Powers (2)
Letter: George B. Dorr to Belle Smallidge Knowles
Letters: Edward B. Mears to Belle Smallidge, 1901
Livin' Where You Want to Live (Draper Liscomb)
Location of the Tapley House from Twenty-first Century Southwest Harbor Map
Luere B. Deasy to Hubert Work Letter, March 20, 1924
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M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 1)
M. L. Peabody to Stephen Mather Letter, undated (Copy 2)
Maine's Rockbound Classic - The Anchorage
Man in Devil's Oven Stereograph
Map of Mount Desert Island Maine
Map of Shore from Bear Brook to Schooner Head
Map Showing the Extent of 1947 Fire
Mary Anne (Hinckley) Mead with Friends
Mary F. Steenstra, Sixteen Years Old, Rowing a Boat
MDI Intertidal Species Relation with Sediment Types
Memorial to George Halcott Chadwick
Mildred Morrison and Angela C. Kaufman Contract, May 15, 1935
Minerals of Mount Desert Island Maine
Minerals on Mount Desert Island
Mount Desert - The Story of Saint Sauveur
Mount Desert and Acadia National Park
Mount Desert: Champlain to Bernard
Mount Desert Deer, Past and Present, 1944
Mount Desert direct route via Boston and Maine railroad.
Mount Desert from Sutton Island, Maine
Mount Desert House Stereograph
Mount Desert Island - View from the Outer Islands
Mount Desert Island - Water View (7)
Mount Desert Island 200 Years: the Beginning
Mount Desert Island, Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Isles
Mount Desert Island from Islesford (2)
Mount Desert Island High School
Mount Desert Island High School - Annual Reports
Mount Desert Island High School - Report of the Visiting Committee
Mount Desert Island Historical Aerial Photography 1940 and 1981 Mosaic
Mount Desert Island School Survey, Preliminary Report, December 1, 1948
Mount Desert Island showing Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island Was a Breathless Discovery
Mount Desert Memories - Chronicles of the Mount Desert Party
Mount Desert Quadrangle Topographical Map, 1942
Mountain scene on Mt. Desert Island
Mountains on Mt. Desert Island Then and Now
Mt. Desert Island Bridge Dedication
Mt. Dessert Island Bridge Dedication
Mt. Dessert Island Free Bridge Opening
Multi-Use Paths on Mount Desert Island
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Nautical Chart of Mount Desert Island and Surrounding Area (2)
New Mount Desert Bridge Postcard
New York Nautical School Ship, Sloop St. Mary's, Sails Furled
New York Nautical School Ship, Sloop St. Mary's Under Sail
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast
Northeast Harbor Panoramic Postcards
Notary Public Statement Legal Notice, October 4, 1935
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Office of Secretary of State Invoice, May 29, 1936
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Patent and/or Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Sir John Bernard
Path map of eastern part of Mount Desert Island
Path Maps of Mount Desert Island Revised 1932.
Path to Schooner Head, Mount Desert, ME
Perlinsky, Kaufman, and Mourkas Contract Cancellation Legal Notice, November 21, 1938
Perlinsky, Kaufman, and Mourkas Contract, March 16, 1935
Philomena Manchester Photograph Album - Winter Scenes
Photograph of Lindall's Orchestra
Photograph of "The Queen of the Sea" Cast and Crew
Pier with Mountains in Distance Photograph
Place Names of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands, Maine
Property of J. Stanley Reeve at Deep Cove
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"Queen of the Sea" Movie Postcards
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Ralph Ober Phippen Hauling Traps (2)
R.C. Masterman Receipt, August 19, 1937
Reduction of Arsenic in Groundwater by Filtration Systems
Richard Rothe and Mount Desert Island Maine
Road and Path Map of Mount Desert Island
Road Map, Mount Desert Island, Maine Mount Desert Island Road and Path Map, 1930
Robinson Mountain from Brown Mountain Road Across Somes Sound
Robinson's Mountain from Somes Sound
Rock End Hotel Postcard Foldout
Rosengarten - Clara Augusta (Rosengarten) Neilson (1871-1955)
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S. Weir Mitchell Novelist and Physician
SALT Journal of New England Culture
Schooner Adelia - Out of Annapolis, Nova Scotia - in Somes Sound
Schooner off Manchester Point and Fog
Schooner Puritan in Somes Sound Off Brown Mountain
Scrapbook with 44 Postcards of Mount Desert Island
Sea Wall on Mount Desert Island Stereograph
Section of Geology and Mineralogy
Shaded Relief Map of the Topography of Mount Desert Island
Shaping Our Future-MDI Tomorrow: A Progress Report to Our Communities
She Once Owned Half of Mount Desert Island
Shipbuilding on Mount Desert Island
Sidewheel Steamer Frank Jones Off Bass Harbor Head
Sidney N. Shurcliff to Amory Thorndike Letter, September 25, 1941
Sir Samuel Argall, the First Englishman at Mount Desert
Snow coverd field with a Sluice Gate and mountains in the background
Somes Sound (5)
Somes Sound and Acadia Mountain
Somes Sound from the Head, Mt. Desert Island, Maine.
Somes Sound, Saint Sauveur, Acadia Mountains (2)
Southwest Harbor from Manset, Mount Desert Island
Southwest Harbor Public Library Garden Tours
Steamer FRANK JONES, Mount Desert Island
Steamer "Moosehead" and Steam Launch "Bismark"
Steamer MOUNT DESERT, Mount Desert Island
Steamer NORUMBEGA on the rocks at Clark's Point
Steamer SAPPHO, Mount Desert Island
Stephen Mather to Frank B. Rowell Letter, May 23, 1925
Stream and Mountain in Winter, Mount Desert Island
Student Projects, Interviews of Locals on Various Topics
Sunset Hotel and Restaurant and Angela C. Kaufman Contract, August 7, 1935
Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Hotel Malt Liquor License Application Form, June 1938
Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Location Change Legal Notice, September 9, 1935
Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Summer License Legal Notice, 1938 (1)
Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Summer License Legal Notice, 1938 (2)
Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Surety Bond Application Form, May 31, 1938
Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Transfer of Goods to Mark Perlinsky Legal Notice, November 22, 1938
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The Clark Coal Company Invoice, May 31, 1937
The Courtship and Wedding of Madeline Talmage and Colonel John Jacob Astor
The Cumulative Impact of Development on Mount Desert Island Maine
The DeGregoire Family of Hulls Cove
The Future of Mount Desert Island
The Gardens of Mt. Desert Island
The Island of Mount Desert, Maine
The Need of Conserving the Beauty and Freedom of Nature in Modern Life
The Ovens at Bar Harbor Stereograph
The Physiography of Mount Desert
"The Queen of the Sea" Publicity Still (2)
The "sister ships" Morning Star and Freedom
The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Court Summons Legal Notice, September 17, 1938
The Toll Bridge on Thompson Island
The Unique Island of Mt. Desert
The Western Way to Mount Desert Island (2)
The"Champlain Map" Model of Mount Desert Island by Robert Abbe
Thomas Mourkas and Angela C. Kaufman Liability Release Agreement, July 26, 1935
Topographic map, Mount Desert Island & Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine
Topography of Mount Desert Island and Islands to the Southward
Trenton Bridge (2)
Twenty-first Century Southwest Harbor
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V. Roswell Ludgate Maintenance of Vistas in Acadia National Park Letter, August 2, 1941
View from Bear Island, Northeast Harbor, ME
View of Bow of Sidewheel Steamer Mount Desert off Schooner Head
View of Mt. Desert Island from an Island
View of Mt. Desert Island from Water
View of Northeast Harbor from Bear Island (3)
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Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011
"Watermelon" sailboat for Mellon Family
Waves Crashing on the Shore Stereograph
Western, Beech and Saint Sauveur Mountains
Western, Beech, Saint Sauveur and Flying Mountains
William D. Hayes Invoice, March 31, 1937
William W. Gallagher to R.C. Masterman Letter, June 22, 1938
Winter view of Somes Sound from a field