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| Bass Harbor Head Light Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Bass Harbor Head Light Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Postcard depicting Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse. Postmarked August 1953. | ||||
| Receipt for Clothes, 1953 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Receipt for Clothes, 1953 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Receipt for clothing purchased by Mrs. Amory S. Carhart, 1 July 1953 | |||
| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Spiral bound notebook containing meeting notes in 1958. | ||||
| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Two sprial bound notebooks containing meeting notes in 1957. One appears to be a copy of the notes in the other notebook. | ||||
| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Somesville Sewing Circle meeting minutes written on 10.5x7.5 inch paper in pencil. | ||||
| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Somesville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Hand written list of potential meeting dates for the years of 1994 & 1995. The back of the sheet has a list of names. Written in blue ink on 8.5x 5 inch sheet of paper. | ||||
| Someville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Someville Sewing Circle Minutes Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: One page hand wirtten minutes of the Somesville Sewing Circle meeting on January 6, 1959. Wirtten in blue pen on 8.5x11 inch unlined paper. | ||||
| Surry Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Surry Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Three programs from the Surry Playhouse from the summer 1951 season. Plays presented that year were: "Tobacco Road", "The Glass Menagerie", and "Summer and Smoke". | ||||
| 150 Years in Seal Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  150 Years in Seal Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Collection of stories printed in the Bar Harbor Times August 20, 1959 covering different aspects of Seal Harbor's history pages 10-12 Sample of the headlines: The Story of a Century and a Hald in Seal Harbor is an Account of Early Pioneering. An Acount of the Water Supply Once there was a Bid of 10c an Acre for Land At Seal Harbor. History of the Summer Colony Some if the Personalities That Made Seal Harbor Well Known Steamboasts were Important to Traffic at Seal Harbor Long After Turn of Century There Were Monkeys Once at Seal Harbor Village Improvement Association Contributed to Community's Spirit. [show more] | ||||
| Windemere Summer Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Windemere Summer Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Collection of Windemere Summer Playhouse programs from different performances presented the summer of 1954. Programs for: Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest Two in One An Evening of One Acts Hay Fever by Noel Coward Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire Out of the Blue A New Musical By Turner and Ochsen Moss Hart's Light Up The Sky The Drunkard The Fourposter Two advertising flyers for the whole season, one has corrections on it. [show more] | ||||
| St. Jude's Church, Seal Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| St. Jude's Church, Seal Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Ten typed pages on the history of St. Jude's Church in Seal Harbor written by John Walls in 1954. The perface notes the information has been collected from his personal accounts, accounts of his mother and her friends, and church records. The history is bound in a brown cardstock report holder. [show more] | ||||
| Down East Magazine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Down East Magazine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Down East Magazine August 1959 showing calendar of summer events for a variety of towns in the Downeast region of Maine. The magazine also highlights boat trips which can be taken in the region. | ||||
| Chales O. Carey Brings Broadway to Well Know Summer Resort in Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Chales O. Carey Brings Broadway to Well Know Summer Resort in Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Article from the Bangor Daily News giving information about the creation of the playhouse, his intrest in building a playhouse in the famous summer resort, and the performaces. Ther is also a number of photographs showing the actors around town and in the playhouse. [show more] | ||||
| Bar Harbor Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Bar Harbor Playhouse and the Surry Playhouse. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. One pages is an advertisement for the next play showing August 5-7, 1953; Wayne Morris in Mister Roberts by Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan. The performance for August 10-15 will be Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Special Broadway Company. [show more] | ||||
| Bar Harbor Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bar Harbor Playhouse Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Bar Harbor Playhouse and the Surry Playhouse. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. One pages is an advertisement for the next play showing July 1,1952 "Born Yesterday with Eileen Ryan and William Gohl. [show more] | ||||
| Moonlight on the Levee Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Moonlight on the Levee Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Casino in Bar Harbor. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. The musical performance will be "Moonlight on the Levee" | ||||
| Casino Carousel Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Casino Carousel Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Playbill for the Casino Carousel. Contains mostly advertisements of local businesses. Inserted pages gives the performances for that year: "The Shrew", "Fair adn Warmer", "East Lynne", "The Importance of Being Earnest". [show more] | ||||
| Pitcher Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Pitcher Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Belleek pitcher with 4th mark. Leaves and berries. Some leaves yellow. Handle resembles twisted rope. Marked 96-284 | ||||
| Movie Posters Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Movie Posters Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor. Poster Reads: S.R.O Means Standing Room Only It hasn't happened here in years......not since T.V.! BUT at the risk of "Crying Wolf", We are predicting that it may happen again; hence we are offering a very limited number of...... | ||||
| Movie Posters Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Movie Posters Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor. Poster Reads: Stonington Opera House Thurs-Jan 25 WABI Presents Gene Hooper with his all star show in person., Big Two Hour Radio Show. Adults 65c, Children 25c Back Reads Sunday Jan 28, 1951 2:30pm Rev. Neal O. Bousfield Supt. MSC. S Will hold Union Service for the 3 Congregational Churches of Sunset, Deerisle, and Little Deer Isle at the Little Deer Isle, Congr. Church, Everybody Welcome [show more] | ||||
| Bangor Daily News Thrusday December 10, 1953 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bangor Daily News Thrusday December 10, 1953 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Page 13-14 of the Bangor Daily News Thursday December 10, 1953 Some of the headlines on the pages: Southwest Harbor Chamber of Commerece Marks 30th birthday at Annual Banquet Sedwick News Briefs Sullivan Briefs Sullivan woman has 89 birthday Business Woman Have Yule Party at Bar Harbor YMCA Plans Busy Activities Scheduel Comming Events Orno Family made homeless by $3,500 fire Police Chief Bans All-Night Parking on Brewer Streets Admiral Hines Named President of AIC [show more] | ||||
| The Ellsworth American, March 18, 1953 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Ellsworth American, March 18, 1953 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: The Ellsworth American Wednesday, March 18, 1953 Front page article is Ellsworth Eagles Win Maine Class L. Championship Title | ||||
| Certificate of Appointment Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Certificate of Appointment Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Appointment of Donald E. Smith to serve as constable of the Somesville Fire Company. Signed by the Town Manager and shows his appointment to the position for one year. | ||||
| Winning Band V.F.W. Parade Trophy Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Winning Band V.F.W. Parade Trophy Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Winning Band V.F.W. Parade Trophy Bangor ME 1953 | ||||
| Participation V.F.W. Parade 1953 Trophy Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Participation V.F.W. Parade 1953 Trophy Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Participation V.F.W. Parade 1953 Trophy |