Maine Memory Network

Fabbri Cottage, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

The Congregational and Episcopal Churches in Bar Harbor, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor; Eden Media: Postcard

Farrand Garden information display detail sheet, Bar Harbor, 1990-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1990–1995 Location: Bar Harbor Client: College of the Atlantic Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Farrand Rose Garden restoration plan, Bar Harbor, 1929-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1990 Location: Bar Harbor Client: College of the Atlantic Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

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.

Chinese in Maine

In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Clayton Laplant Jed Beach, Thesis “Outside Eden”, 2003 Ruth Kidder Papers, DHS Coll.#139 "Bicentennial Calendar", information from DHS Archives, 2003…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Walley’s summer villa, on Eden Street, last Tuesday night. The first of the place were there. There were the cottage aristocracy, the rich and…"