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Salem Towne Map, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1808

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The Underwood cannery opened in Southwest Harbor in 1850. Lobster was its main product. Though men did most of the heavy lifting at the factory…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… the building to Consuello Sides of Boston and New York. His plan was to use the building for a summer theatre."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Rockefeller’s 100-room “Eyrie” and New York physician Edward Dunham’s sprawling “Keewaydin” with its 35-foot-high stone tower – both in Seal Harbor."

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Steamship "Mount Desert," leaving Southwest Harbor, ca. 1900

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Tracy, a New York lawyer, brought his family and their friends, 27 in all, for a whole month. Though other prominent visitors had visited the island…"

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Dedication of Joseph H. Curtis Memorial, Northeast Harbor, 1933

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

"… of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR Jr. to stop logging on land near Lower Hadlock Pond and…"