Bar Harbor and Mountains, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1960

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Bar Harbor and Mountains, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1960

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Bar Harbor was first named Town of Eden in 1796, then renamed Bar Harbor in 1918. George B. Dorr and Charles W. Eliot, and later John D. Rockefeller Jr. all worked to create a National Park. The park was named Lafayette National Park in 1919 and then Acadia National Park in 1929.

Copyright Ballard Photo, S. W. Harbor, ME

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  • Title: Bar Harbor and Mountains, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1960
  • Creator: Willis H. Ballard
  • Creation Date: circa 1960
  • Subject Date: circa 1960
  • Location: Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
  • Media: Postcard
  • Dimensions: 14 cm x 9 cm
  • Local Code: JML PC 23944
  • Object Type: Image

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