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Keywords: Bar Harbor Summer Residents Association

Historical Items

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Item 105520

Map of Bar Harbor, 1907

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: circa 1907 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Lithograph

Item 20919

Blaines and guests, Bar Harbor, 1889

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1889 Location: Bar Harbor; Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

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Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art

Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… Max Farrand Association at Reef Point estate in Bar Harbor, Charles sought community partnerships and leadership roles in institutions that upheld…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… was with renowned landscape gardener and Bar Harbor summer resident Beatrix Farrand (1872-1959)."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… summer residents, local churches, the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement Association trails, and the Northeast Harbor Public Library."