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Acadia National Park Pictures

Thunder Hole. (Ranger with visitors)
National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection
Thunder Hole. (Ranger with visitors)
Approximate Year: 1930s

Color Applied Lantern Slide.

Other Historic Photos

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Along new motor road in Acadia Park showing type of railing and surfacing. September 1927. Scene at the Sand Beach. Trailer camping and having meal in Black Woods Campground.
Heavy surf in Thunder Hole. Sailboat Party on Grea Duck Island. Detail of Eagle Lake Bridge. September 1927.
Diving board built by CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps). Echo Lake. (Visitors in) Anemone Cave. Thunder Hole. (Ranger with visitors)
An amateur artist paints a canvas from his perch high on the Otter Cliffs, showing the Beehive, Sand Beach and Great Head. Nature guide party and pine trees. The Road to Yesterday - Mr. Jorden's Party ? Visitors in two horse drawn wagons.
Park naturalist in Acadia NP shows two park visitors species of sea life found in the park. Interior view -- Isleford Historical Museum, Little Cranberry Island. Detail of home and grounds of Supt. George B. Dorr.
Lucky fisherman brings home the Three well dressed children at a (rustic tent) campsite. August 1934. Details of home and ground of Superintendent George B. Dorr.
Director Mather (with companion) at the Beaver Pond, foot of Green Mountain. (H.W. Gleason, along with Cowling, was paid by Mather to make images of parks prior to the hiring of George A. Grant. The other individual in the photo may be Secretary Lane).

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