The Harkness Family in Bar Harbor: A Chronicle of a Gilded Age Presence, 1891-1925

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The Harkness Family in Bar Harbor: A Chronicle of a Gilded Age Presence, 1891-1925

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As key figures in the Standard Oil trust, the Harkness family stood among America’s Gilded Age elite. For these industrial magnates, wealth was both power and performance. Summer resorts like Bar Harbor, Maine, offered the perfect stage—where fortunes were displayed, alliances formed, and leisure became a mark of status.