Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View shows the the light tower and the single dwelling house. Written on negative envelope: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 Looking N.E. from S.W. Derrick

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows the view looking back toward the light station, with the wooden bell tower in the foreground, and the lighthouse and keepers' dwellings visible beyond. Written on negative e…

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows Charles Newman, with his motor boat, on the wooden ramp, posing with his sons, Arthur and Lawrence. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. June 1908 Mr. Newm…

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1906. View shows the light tower to the right, with the keepers' dwellings beyond, and the oil house to the left. Between the oil house and the tower is a small wooden building, with two bo…

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. As of July 2021 this negative is still being digitized. Negative envelope is blank, with nothing written on it.

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, 1906. View shows the lighthouse tender Lilac at anchor off Mount Desert Rock, the shoreline of which is visible to the right. Written on negative envelope: No. 2 Lilac 1906 Mt. Desert Lt. Sta.

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. This negative is still (July 2021) being digitized. Negative envelope is blank, with nothing written on it.

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View shows the space between the tower and the keepers' houses, including thee fenced area and the covered walkway. Near the top of the tower, the fog horn is visible. Written on nega…

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows Lawrence Newman on the rocks at Mount Desert Rock, with a toy boat at his feet. Laundry hangs in the background between the work buildings. Negative envelope reads…

Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock

Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View shows the end of the double house, with a clothes tree and outbuilding (perhaps an outhouse) behind. In the foreground are broken ledges piled up on one another. Written on negat…