Category: Nature & Geography, Natural Features, Islands
Item 7773
Eagle Island, Penobscot Bay, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Deer Isle; Deer Isle Media: Photoprint
Item 7777
Mount Desert Island from Porcupine Island, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Bar Harbor; Gouldsboro Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island
Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings
"Postscript: More Moving Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance
"Early Performance The Indian Village, Bar Harbor, ca. 1909Jesup Memorial Library Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca."
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield
Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island
