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Historical Items

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Item 24026

Mount Desert Rock Light, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard

Item 24975

Lighthouse on Mount Desert Rock, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Media: Postcard

Item 24976

Mount Desert Rock Light, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: 1847 Media: Postcard

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… the Quarry Wharf in Minturn, stopped at nearby Frenchboro, then McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount Desert Island), and returned to Swan’s…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"… some in Toothacher Cove and some at nearby Frenchboro. The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were brought by the ferry, Everett Libby…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… the Quarry Wharf in Minturn, stopped at nearby Frenchboro and McKinley (now known as Bass Harbor, on Mount Desert Island) and returned to Swan’s…"