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Normal School, Washington Normal School, Machias Normal School Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing	Structures, Institutional, School	Fred L. Savage			Normal School, Washington Normal School, Machias Normal School Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1128 Type: Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing Subject: Structures, Institutional, School Creator: Fred L. Savage Collection: Architectural Drawing Collection Description: See also Item 2545 for details of carpenter's finish.
M. R. Frost Cottage Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Plan	Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage				M. R. Frost Cottage Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-2514 Type: Document, Projection, Plan Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Collection: Great Harbor Collection Description: Rough drawings, 17x18", of the M. R. Frost Cottage. See also Item 2513
GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Other Documents	Places, Mountain Places, Town Structures, Dwellings				GXS Collection - Books and Souvenir Booklets Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6982 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Places, Mountain Places, Town Structures, Dwellings Collection: GXS Collection Description: Folder 1 Glimpses of Camden, Maine, 1904, J. R. Prescott, 116 pages. Glimpses of Camden On the Coast of Maine, 1916, John R. Prescott, 1 volume (unpaged): all illustrations. Folder 2 A Souvenir of Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, Maine, 190?, W. H. Sherman, 68 pages : chiefly illustrations. Folder 3 (not yet scanned) Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, 1888, William Berry Lapham, 72 pages: illustrations. Folder 4 Unidentified book about Maine homes and churches in the early days, commentary about home design, coastal living, farming, and general livelihood. 32 pages missing covers. Folder 5 The Summer State of Maine, Holman D. Waldron and Harry D. Young, ca. 1893, Tourist booklet in the shape of the state of Maine; cover illustration is map of Maine, 24 pages. Folder 30 Bar Harbor and Mount Desert Island, by W. B. Lapham, 1887. Folder 31 Looking at Katahdin, the artists' inspiration, booklet about exhibit at L.C. Bates Museum, 1999. Folder 32 (scan from digitalmaine.com) Maine, the sesquicentennial of statehood, exhibition in the Library of Congress, 1970-1971, booklet. Folder 33 The Maine I Remember by Sidney Urquhast, article from Vogue Magazine, August 2000. Includes a photo of Walter Damrosch (Sidney's grandfather). Folder 43 Penzance in Maine: In Old Acadia, by F. W. Shumaker, 1927. Illustrations by S. Garnett Goesle and Herbet R. Roese. Folder 47 Northeast Harbor Port Directory, 1993. Folder 50 There is only one Bar Harbor - A few of its beautiful spots, by Ernest Emery, 1902. Folder 51 Mount Desert on the coast of Maine, by Mrs. Clara Barnes Martin, 1870 (very fragile) [show more]
GXS Collection - Hotels, Inns, Schools, Homes, Buildings Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Structures, Commercial, Lodging Structures, Dwellings Structures, Institutional, School				GXS Collection - Hotels, Inns, Schools, Homes, Buildings Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6980 Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging Structures, Dwellings Structures, Institutional, School Collection: GXS Collection Description: Northeast Harbor Folder 12 The Rock End Hotel, booklet published by C. B. Webster & Co., Boston. undated, 16 pages, illustrations and descriptions of MDI and the hotel. Seal Harbor Folder 13 The Glen Cove, Seal Harbor, brochure about the house and surrounding area, includes map of the island, undated. Folder 14 Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, brochure, ca. 1952; Seaside Inn, Seal Harbor, brochure, undated Folder 15 Seaside Inn Menus, 1895 Bar Harbor Folder 16 Edenbrook Motel, Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1962. Folder 17 Wonderview Motor Lodge, Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1965. Folder 18 Hotel Bar Harbor, brochure, ca. 1952. Folder 19 The Van Doren Cottage at Hulls Cove, Bar Harbor, sale brochure, undated (1914, courtesy of J. B. Dyer). Folder 20 Redwood, Bar Harbor, sketch by John Calvin Stevens, brochure, 1992. Folder 21 Lawrence House, Bar Harbor, printed copy of sketch, September 17, 1883 Mainland Maine. Folder 54 Inn at Canoe Point, brochure, 1987 Southwest Harbor Folder 55 The Island House, bed & breakfast inn on Mount Desert Island, brochure Isle au Haut Folder 56 Union Congregational Church of Isle au Haut, Maine, 1857-1957, booklet, 20 pages. Mainland Maine Folder 22 Grindstone Inn, Winter Harbor. 2 brochures: the first ca. early 1900's, the second 1952. Folder 23 Woodlawn/Black House in Ellsworth: Maine's most interesting mansion, an example of Georgian architecture preserved with original furnishings. 5 brochures. Folder 24 Gouldsboro land improvement company's Grindstone inn and lands, Winter Harbor, 1891, 38 unnumbered pages illustrations. Folder 25 Washington Normal School at Machias Maine Fred L. Savage Architect, printed copy of sketch. Folder 49 “Old Wiscasset”, booklet. Historical data compiled by William Davis Patterson, August 1931. Printed by “The Times Co.”, Bath, Maine. Folder 57 Stanwood Homestead Museum, Ellsworth, Maine. Established 1960. A living memorial to Cordelia J. Stanwood. Brochure with map of Birdsacre Sanctuary. Folder 58 Historic Lewiston: A self-guided tour of our history, architecture and culture, brochure of historic buildings and sites with map, 2001. Folder 59 It must be Maine Architectural Trail, booklet about the architecture of Maine's small towns and villages, 16 pages. [show more]
Joy cottage: room dimensions Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Other Documents	Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage	Mrs. Chauncey D. Joy (?)			Joy cottage: room dimensions Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3183 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Creator: Mrs. Chauncey D. Joy (?) Collection: Knowles Company Legal Documents Description: Handwritten paper containing room dimensions of Mrs. Joy's cottage.
Henry Branscom's stable Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Other Documents	Structures, Agricultural, Stable	Henry Branscom			Henry Branscom's stable Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-3161 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Structures, Agricultural, Stable Creator: Henry Branscom Collection: Knowles Company Legal Documents Description: Stable description.
Photos and clippings from Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Dwellings, House Vessels, Boat			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Photos and clippings from Addie Duren Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.429.2451 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Dwellings, House Vessels, Boat Description: Photos and assortment of clippings. 21 photographs of people, boats, structures, from Addie Duren's time, given to GCIHS by her son Ron Mountain, some with IDs written on reverse: A=Adline Bunker; B= Ernest Stanley In Service, First World War; C=Alfred Ladd passed away in first world war by a bomb. D=Addie must be going someplace. All dressed up in my Brothers clothes. E=Winfield Stanley; F=Omer Mountain In USN; G=Eliza Stanley; H=Addie Duren. Photos I-M=people no IDs (except deerhunter photo is marked 1940. Photos N-R=boats have no IDs except N (upper right corner)=First boat Raymond B. ever built. Photos of buildings S=Aid building/barn; T=GCI Church; U=Velma Teel's house in the snow. V-ZZ=Newspaper clippings: improved lobster pot design 1956, witticisms, and children' games. AA-CC= handwritten songs and a note. [show more]
GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing	Places, Island Places, Town Structures, Dwellings, House				GXS Collection - Maps and Blueprints Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-6979 Type: Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing Subject: Places, Island Places, Town Structures, Dwellings, House Collection: GXS Collection Description: Folder 6 A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce, 1938. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso. Folder 6a A Map of Mount Desert Island, issued by the Chamber of Commerce of Bar Harbor, Mount Desert and Southwest Harbor, 1950. Illustrations and descriptive text on verso. Folder 7 The Maine Art Museum Trail, map and brochure listing museums around Maine, 2015. Folder 8 Blueprint with first and second floor plans for George S. Talcott house at Seal Harbor, ME, Clayton B. Roath, undated. Folder 40 Map of Seal Harbor. Folder 45 (no image) Architectural Drawing: blueprints of “Cedar Cliff”, house of G. L. Stebbins, Seal Harbor, Maine (very fragile). [show more]
Old view of Cranberry Road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Old view of Cranberry Road Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.428.2450 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Enlarged reprint of an old view of Cranberry Road (perhaps a postcard view) with a mask identifying buildings along the road. Probably identified 1982 or later by someone who knew Tud Bunker (Doc Haydock?).
Houses on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Places Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Houses on GCI Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2019.440.2443 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Places Structures, Dwellings, House Description: A= Postcard photo of Old Stanley home (now Rome/Glazer house) with note: "Nettie Stanley Residents" (sic) Shows the old store to the left, rear of house. B= Birlem fish house on the Pool. C= Town dock and Birlem fish house and little bait house. D= Postcard photo of GCI Post Office (orig photo was by J.G. Towns, Holbrook, MA). E= Bunker dock in the Pool with workers. F= Evergreen trees at dawn with caption "Just a dawn." G= Photo of interior of a home. H= Christmas card photo of Nativity scene an sleigh with reindeer with note that ceramics were made for Florence and Herbert Towns. [show more]
Glass globe light fixture Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Furnishings, Lighting Fixture	Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Glass globe light fixture Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2014.286.2035 Type: Object, Furnishings, Lighting Fixture Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Light fixture. Glass globe from donor's kitchen ceiling light with connections and cap. White glass with two blue lines and pale blue band between them; brass base is painted beige.
Tud Bunker's boat ramp sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Sign	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Tud Bunker's boat ramp sign Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.260.1991 Type: Object, Sign Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Description: Wooden sign painted white with orange, stencilled letters: "SIX PERSON RAMP LIMIT. BIKES LEFT ON DOCK WILL BE SET IN OCEAN". This boat ramp sign was made and used by Tud Bunker.
Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph	Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Negative and print of Lewis Stanley boatyard in winter Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2005.119.1840 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Businesses, Boatbuilding Business Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Description: Photo. Negative and 11"x14" photo of Lewis (Lew) Stanley's boatyard located on the pool during the wintertime with the pool frozen. The boatyard was later sold to Heliker and LaHotan and they tore it down because it was a hazard and in rough shape. Mickey Macfarlan who said that towards the end of his life Lew Stanley was hard up for money and could no longer repair the boatyard. Mickey said Lew was always complaining that people were stealing from the boatyard - the second floor of it was chock full of all sorts of things. Mickey mentioned that the boatyard itself was "tremendously large" [show more]
Shoe remnants discovered in Pasonage crawlspace 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Clothing, Shoe	Object, Clothing, Shoe Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Shoe remnants discovered in Pasonage crawlspace 2013 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.252.1980 Type: Object, Clothing, Shoe Subject: Object, Clothing, Shoe Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Shoes. A collection of the remains of late 19th-century leather shoes discovered in the kitchen crawlspace during the 2013 remodeling of the Great Cranberry Congregational Church parsonage house (177 Cranberry Road). Twenty soles or pieces of soles and two heel uppers with soles missing; remains of nine high boots with eyelets (some brass eyelets in-situ); and twenty leather shoe scraps. All shoe remains are leather, all soles are double- or single- row wood-pegged. [show more]
Hamor House sketch Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Art, Drawing	Businesses, Restaurant Business People Structures, Dwellings, House Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Hamor House sketch Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2010.126.1912 Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Businesses, Restaurant Business People Structures, Dwellings, House Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage Description: Drawing by S.G. Easter or Caster? pencil sketch of the Hamor Tea House; some water staining on the edges. Painting removed from original frame (a glass pane with metal rosettes securing it to a wood board back). Original sketch stored separately; scanned print of the drawing is in frame.
The Old Homestead, poem Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping	Other Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	The Old Homestead, poem Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2350 Type: Publication, Clipping Subject: Other Structures, Dwellings, House Description: The Old Homestead, a poem by E.T. Preble., reminisces about the Preble house on GCI and all the lives now past. The author of the poem is most likely Elmenia Thompson Spurling, b. 19 Aug 1840, who married first Ezra Carroll, then William Henry Preble. Elmenia had four children by Preble, one being Abby Lizzie Preble, b. 25 Sep 1865, d. 24 Dec 1901 in Chicago. (Statement at bottom of poem connects author to GCI Preble house.)
Postcard photo of houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Postcard photo of houses Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.246.2365 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Postcard photos (A) a house on Islesford with message on reverse to Frances (Marr?) dated 1918, and (B) an unknown house with two people on porch (no message).
Archaeological fragments recovered at Macfarlan (Preble) house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Structures, Dwellings, House			No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Archaeological fragments recovered at Macfarlan (Preble) house Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.258.1988 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Archaeological fragments. Collection of ceramic sherds; white clay pipestem fragments; doll parts, and small finds. Collection of artifacts recovered by donor 1970s-1990s from his property - the historic William Pitt Preble house built ca. 1827. Items donor recovered outside behind the kitchen include sherds of brown, green, purple, red, and blue underglaze printed wares (one "Indian Tomb" pattern (ca. 1830)). Some printed ware sherds with scalloped and some with smooth edges, most are of buff paste and white on reverse. Blue, green, and white edged earthenwares. One sherd underglaze blue, sponge or splatter pattern. One sherd blue/grey stoneware. Four white clay pipe stem fragments measured by donor 2013/2014 and remeasured 2015. Doll's arm marked 'Germany' = 0.093". Small finds: larger doll arm; blue cut glass bead, pocket watch key, tiny wood button, fragment of small metal collar, fragment of what may be a bone toothbrush head. (See also 2017.386.2161 for research materials.) [show more]
Beal's Fish Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf			Copyright Undetermined	Beal's Fish Wharf Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16731 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Description: The photographer and date are unknown, but judging from the gasoline pumps at the end of the wharf, the photo could be as early as the 1920s.
Guide to and history of St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, History	Other, England Structures, Ceremonial, Church	Humfrey, Algernon G	Unknown		Guide to and history of St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3891 Type: Publication, Literary, History Subject: Other, England Structures, Ceremonial, Church Creator: Humfrey, Algernon G Date: Unknown Collection: Mayo Genealogy Description: Photocopy of history and description of St John the Baptist Parish Church, Thorpe Mandeville, England
"----I can't Be There Poem Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Bells Other, Museums Structures, Ceremonial, Church				"----I can't Be There Poem Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18635 Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Bells Other, Museums Structures, Ceremonial, Church Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Poem written by Azerlea Somes Pray Barton about not being able to attend the Somesville Bi-Centennial.
Masonic Lodge and traveling in the winter on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Bells Other, Museums Structures, Ceremonial, Church				Masonic Lodge and traveling in the winter on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18634 Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Bells Other, Museums Structures, Ceremonial, Church Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Atricle about the Masonic Lodge in 1860s. Article contains notes from Captain Pray about traveling over the ice to get from one location to the other
Somesville Library Association Fair Proves Very Successful Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Bells Other, Museums Structures, Ceremonial, Church				Somesville Library Association Fair Proves Very Successful Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-18633 Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Bells Other, Museums Structures, Ceremonial, Church Collection: LaRue Spiker Collection Description: Article about the Someville Library fair happenings; flea market, weather, food for sale, exhibits. Previously archived as 011.FIC.57.2
Items found during renovation of The Cedars Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Other Documents	Structures, Dwellings, House			In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Items found during renovation of The Cedars Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16685 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Description: Items found during restoration of The Cedars. See Reference Item 3006 for information about these items.
Claremont Hotel photo albums Southwest Harbor Public Library	Uncurated Accession	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel			In Copyright	Claremont Hotel photo albums Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-16676 Type: Uncurated Accession Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Description: Some of the items in this uncurated accession are in: Item 16625 - Newspaper Clippings featuring the Claremont Hotel Item 16568 - The Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party

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