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1906
  • 2016.10.94
  • Archives
Elizabeth Harkins' address book, c. 1943
  • Publication, Book, Address Book
  • Other, addresses
  • 1943
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/419E142B-63A6-4660-B48E-502540224935
Description:
Elizabeth Harkins' address book, c. 1943
2407
  • 2016.1.229
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Belmont hotel area destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/3261BE70-B7BB-43EB-91DC-128986574870
2408
  • 2016.1.228
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, DeGregoire hotel area destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/328D7382-52EA-4BB6-A437-558386933272
2409
  • 2016.1.227
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Malvern Hotel area destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/C6A6E724-B4E3-4CF5-9CFA-433514423344
2410
  • 2016.1.226
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Forest St. destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/61885C50-3973-4744-89B5-491914625391
2411
  • 2016.1.225
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Mountain Avenue destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/0F70FA01-9A4A-4A87-81F1-877229257210
2412
  • 2016.1.224
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Eagle Lake Road destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/F0ED1113-9D97-4E74-B755-453430366816
2413
  • 2016.1.223
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Miller Cottage area destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/0AE9D658-A3F9-4D29-B5F4-890133878853
2414
  • 2016.1.222
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Mount Desert Street destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/B3CB147A-F46B-445B-B8CB-840302975006
2415
  • 2016.1.221
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Prospect Avenue destruction
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/BD87A91C-0711-4024-BECB-550420160850
2416
  • 2016.1.220
  • Archives
Bar Harbor fire of 1947
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Events, Fire
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • October 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/09560BB4-BFB0-4DF6-93B4-918805656227
2294
  • 2016.1.59
  • Archives
Stamped postcard sent from Hulls Cove post office,1947
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Hulls Cove, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Stamps
  • 1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/604D1AF7-8E4C-40FD-B446-198214661481
Description:
Stamped postcard sent from Hulls Cove post office,1947
1256
  • 2017.9.3
  • Archives
Thurston's wharf written entries of fishermen's catch
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Bass Harbor, Tremont, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Fishermen
  • Other, Fishing industry, Tremont, Maine
  • Other, Lobster catch
  • Other, groundfish
  • 1946
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/DF986EE0-D038-445E-ADCC-019752859040
Description:
ledger with written entries of fishermen's catch
1085
  • 2015.4.1
  • Objects
Wooden laundry agitator stick
  • Object, Maintenance, Laundry Agitator
  • Other, Household items
  • Structures, Commercial, Shop, Laundry
  • 1940s
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/EFED8FDF-EE9F-4D76-9A5E-511411535220
Description:
Wooden forked stick used for stirring or agitating laundry in a laundry bucket.
1272
  • 2015.2.1
  • Archives
Orville Trask, lobster dealer, 1947 ledger
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Other, Bass Harbor, Tremont, Maine
  • Other, Fishing industry
  • Other, lobster dealership
  • Other, lobster fishing
  • 08/21/1947
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/991051FE-9FB8-490F-9409-188828221554
Description:
Lobster dealer ledger of purchases and sales of Charles Orville Trask, business name C.O.Trask, in Bass Harbor, Tremont, Maine. Orville had a scow anchored in the harbor where he took delivery of lobster when it was brought in by the fishermen. Includes names of individual lobster fishermen. Prices from 25 cents to 50 cents per pound. Donated by Trask family children.
1453
  • 2017.FIC.4
  • Library
Fire Balloon
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore. Ruth
  • W. Morrow
  • 1948
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/F4B35ECD-6097-44D8-BE5E-745536348617
1464
  • 2017.FIC.18
  • Library
Spoonhandle, a novel
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • William Morrow
  • 1946
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/89EE402B-4C07-4428-97DD-633279142908
Description:
Has signature of Katherine Meunier
1465
  • 2017.FIC.17
  • Library
Spoonhandle, a novel
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • William Morrow
  • 1946
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/0C8BB7EE-51DD-425D-B30B-468495336600
Description:
Has signature of Violet Bunker
1529
  • 2017.FIC.7
  • Library
The Weir
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • W.Morrow
  • 1943
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/6D9ED9C8-C4DF-4B89-943B-954126137027
1530
  • 2017.FIC.5
  • Library
Fire Balloon
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine - Fiction
  • Moore, Ruth
  • W. Morrow
  • 1948
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/A9D58F30-D54F-439D-A4CA-713162352931
2352
  • 2021.10
  • Library
Turn Home
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Maine village life - Fiction
  • Mayo, Eleanor
  • Rebel Satori Press
  • 1945
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/43656A22-18A5-401A-99B4-063854952358
Description:
Bub Dolliver returned home to stay in Minot Harbor, Maine. A former town terror, he hoped to erase his past from the long memory of the villagers and make them accept him as a responsible, hard working member of the community. Book was made into a film noir, Tarnished, by Republic Pictures 1950. Originally published by William Morrow & Co. 1945
2239
  • 2016.1.136
  • Archives
letter to Mount Desert ferry postmaster terminating postal delivery
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Other, Ferries
  • Other, Hancock, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Mail Delivery
  • Other, Mail steamers
  • Other, Maine Central Railroad
  • Other, Mount Desert Ferry, Hancock, Maine
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Railroad ferries
  • Other, Railroad stations
  • Other, stamps
  • 12/30/1942
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/D5D1FC43-58CA-4C1E-9013-486781967735
Description:
letter to Mount Desert ferry postmaster terminating postal delivery
2213
  • 2016.1.160
  • Archives
Pre-stamped postcard sent from Otter Creek Post Office 1945.
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Other, Mail Delivery
  • Other, Northeast Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Post Offices
  • Other, Postage
  • Other, Postmasters
  • Other, Stamps
  • 4/13/1945
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/archive/68041283-E73C-4A39-A7AE-489428886058
Description:
Pre-stamped postcard sent from Otter Creek Post Office 1945.
1538
  • 2015.2.61
  • Photos
Thurston, Leslie William, Pemetic HS photo
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Other, Graduation photos
  • Other, Pemetic High School, Southwest Harbor
  • 1940
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/photo/4F416369-4136-427A-A708-712899022710
Description:
Thurston, Leslie William, Pemetic HS photo
1528
  • 2015.1.126
  • Library
Harbors of the North. Volume Two. New London, Connecticut to Jonesport, Maine.
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • Other, Pilot Guides - Connecticut
  • Other, Pilot Guides - Massachusetts
  • Other, Pilot Guides - Rhode Island
  • Other, Pilot guides - Maine
  • Gulf Oil Corporation
  • 1948
  • https://tremonthistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/B56FD199-5BB6-489C-BA00-326059874100
Description:
reports on harbors from New London, Conneciticut to Jonesport, Maine. Detailed descriptions of services and products available, of docking, recreation, and shopping facilities are given. Pictures of marine service ports and charts showing their location. General marine information of value and interest to owners of pleasure boats. marine chart is missing. Part of the Cruisegide service of Gulf Companies.