Item #5137 Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]
Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]

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Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, Business Directory and Reference Book. [Cover title: Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine.]

Bar Harbor, Me.: W. H. Sherman, 1890. Printed by Bar Harbor Press Co. 12mo (19.5 cm), blue cloth, gold title. [3], 120 pp., [2]., numerous b&w engravings, 37 pp. of ads, one 13” x 17” fold-out map and directory.

An appealing late 19th c. guide to Bar Harbor, Maine including history, recreational activities, cottages, scenic drives, transportation routes and fares, churches, geographic info., poems and more. Illustrations by the Boston Photogravure Co., Harper and Brothers, etc., depict the homes of the Hon. James Blaine, Mrs. John Whitaker, Mrs. R. B. Scott, the Vanderbilt family, and the Kebo Valley Club House, local churches and more. The map is entitled “Map of the Village of Bar Harbor”, and ranges from Bar Island to Cromwell Harbor. A Cottage Directory borders the map, organized by street, citing cottage names and owners’ winter addresses. “Numbered Cottages are Those Occupied by Non-residents.” Replete with advertisements for local businesses. CONDITION: Good, wear at extremities, tender joints, clean text block.

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