Keywords: S. Weir Mitchell
Item 18967
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard
Exhibit
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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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"The fish weir industry developed around 1915 and continued to the late '40s, when the herring market faded and the cost of yearly rebuilding the weir…"