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

"Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou Asticou Inn employees, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Maintaining…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou Summer at Asticou Order of Supplies from Morse Co. for A.C."

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

"… and his relationships with the Asticou Azalea Garden, Asticou Terraces Trust, and Thuya Garden. Several images and background materials were used…"

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

"… and the unique design and completion of the Asticou Azalea Garden. Lesser known, perhaps, is the aforementioned 1953-54 story of Charles, boarding…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… of the present day Sand Garden feature in the Asticou Azalea Gardens. During the early part of the 20th century, The Old Ell belonged to A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… Generations Roberts Wharf and view up to Asticou from Northeast Harbor Maine ca. 1890Northeast Harbor Library Text by Samuel Savage McGee…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"At Asticou, Chase Savage, who in 1870 had begun taking summer boarders, built the Asticou Inn. Soon other hotels followed in Northeast Harbor."