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Somes Sound, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1900

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"Wealthy families including the Vanderbilts, Astors, Rockefellers and Fords spent their summers on MDI."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"… and famous visitors: Phillips Brooks, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Daniel Webster, Franklin Peirce and Ralph Waldo Emerson."

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Chatwold, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… Astor, Pendleton, Procter, Pulitzer, Sears, and Vanderbilt. Italian Garden, Bar Harbor ca. 1910Jesup Memorial Library Residence of D."

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Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… the Astors, Pulitzers, Rockefellers, Sears, and Vanderbilts—these cottages were magnificent summer homes."