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1975 Phillips Map of Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine (2 Sided)

MountDesertIsland-phillips-1975
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Path and Road Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island Maine. Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island Maine. - Main View
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1975 Phillips Map of Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine (2 Sided)

MountDesertIsland-phillips-1975

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Title


Path and Road Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island Maine. Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island Maine.
  1975 (dated)     24.5 x 16.25 in (62.23 x 41.275 cm)     1 : 42240

Description


This is a 1975 Augustus D. Phillips map of Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Phillips was a local of Mount Desert Island, living most of his life in Northeast Harbor. His fun pictorial maps were popular with tourists and locals alike, enjoying a wide following.
A Closer Look
This is an unusual double-sided map, with the eastern part of Mount Desert Island on the recto and the western side on the verso. Information abounds on this eye-catching piece. Practical information about the island is illustrated, including roads, towns, ponds, lakes, mountains, hills, meadows, and other places of interest. Red boundaries mark Acadia National Park, in which trails are illustrated. Red flags mark golf courses and pennants highlight yacht clubs.
Acadia National Park
Mount Desert Island, so named because of its many bald rocky mountaintops, has been a tourist destination since the mid-19th century when it was discovered by outsiders, artists, journalists, Hudson River School artists, and other patrons, known collectively as the 'Rusticators.' Undaunted by crude accommodations and simple food, they sought out local fishermen and farmers for accommodation and guidance. Summer after summer, the rusticators returned to renew friendships with local islanders and, most of all, to savor the fresh salt air, scenery, and relaxed pace. Soon, the villagers' cottages and fishermen's huts were filled to overflowing, and by 1880, 30 hotels competed for vacationers' dollars. Tourism was becoming the island's primary industry. Drawing the attention of the wealthy and influential, the island was designated as Sieur de Monts National Monument by President Woodrow Wilson in July 1916. In February 1919, the area's status was officially changed from a National Monument to a National Park, making it the first National Park east of the Mississippi River. With the change to a National Park came a name change as well, to Lafayette National Park. It was not until January 1929 that the park was given its current name, Acadia National Park. Acadia is unlike most other National Parks, as its creation was encouraged by numerous private individuals. One, John. D. Rockefeller purchased a summer home in Bass Harbor in 1910. Rockefeller began buying up land on the island with the goal of creating a system of carriage roads to make 'one of the greatest views in the world' accessible to all visitors.
Publication History and Census
This map was created and published by Augustus D. Phillips in 1975. We note 2 examples of the present edition in OCLC, which are part of the collections at the Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine and the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. We note cataloged examples of this map that were published in 1968 and 1972, but we have not seen any digitized examples of those editions.

Cartographer


Augustus Dewey Phillips (May 6, 1898 - December 14, 1975), a.k.a. 'Gus', was an American artist, cartographer, and publisher. Born on Mount Desert Island, Maine, as a boy Augustus and his brother Luther Savage Phillips (1891 - 1960) helped their dad in a variety of odd jobs, including maintaining a boat rental business and harvesting and selling ice. Augustus graduated from Hebron Academy and then attended the University of Maine for a short time. After leaving university, Phillips became a Maine Guide and worked as a carpenter and draftsman in the South Portland and Boothbay Harbor ship and boat yards. The brothers traveled together widely throughout Maine. Luther went on to start a popular map and postcard business out of Northeast Harbor, Maine. After Luther died in 1960, Augustus took over the map businesses. In a tragic turn of events, in 1973 an out of control bush fire destroyed the Phillips studio and much of the surviving stock, making all Phillips' maps issued prior to that date rare. His passion for landscapes helped Augustus create his own map style. Augustus expanded the business and continued making new maps until he died in 1975. Augustus' son, Donald Beekman Phillips (1935 - 2009) continued the business after his father's death. Augustus married Mary Fletcher on April 26, 1922, with whom he had four children. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


Very good. Light wear along original fold lines. Verso repairs to fold separations in margins. Light soiling. Map printed on both recto and verso.

References


OCLC 13811097.