Bar Harbor's gilded century: opulence to ashes, 1850-1950

Maine's premier tourist destination, Bar Harbor has many historic buildings.

The area was once a shipbuilding and farming hamlet that became a Gilded Age resort of the highest order-until a fire in 1947 destroyed many of its buildings.

This pictorial history takes Bar Harbor from its origins to the fire.

It also offers intriguing curiosities, including insights on the upstairs-downstairs aspects of resort life.

The book's captions are packed with fascinating information.