Description: Two 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Mosaics". Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996.
Description: Several 3" x 5" photographs of bas-reliefs by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Bas-Reliefs". Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996.
Description: Several photographs of sculptures by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Clowns". Most of these photographs are by Myers Studio, Ardmore, PA. Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. Cover - 1: Waiting Clown 2: Smiling Clown 3: Little Clown 4: Arlecchino 5: Ringside Clown #1 6: Grieving Clown 7: Watching Clown 8: Pierrot 9: Remembering Clown 10: Carnival 11: Fat Policeman Clown 12: Clown making a Speech (sold in NY) 13: Thin Policeman Clown 14: Old Clown (bronze) - Photo by Lawrence LePage 15: Clown with Dog and Ball (sold twice) 16: Clown on a Monowheel #1 (sold in Boston) 17: Clown on a Monowheel #2 (bronze) 18: Clown on Horseback (2 versions: black & silver - gold & blue) 19: Clown with a Goose 20: Tipsy Clown 21: Clown with Dog on Head (sold twice) 22: Clown with Dog and Hoop 23: Clown with Mandolin (bronze) 24: Walking Clown 25: Clown with Dog (sold in NY) 26: Clown with Pig 27: Hunchback Clown 28: Clown with Rose 29: Acrobat Clown 30: Lady Clown (bronze) - Photo by Lawrence LePage 31: Ringside Clown #2 32: Ringside Clown #3 33: Clown with Monkey 34: Harlequin 35: Juggler Clown 36: Meditating Clown 37: Dwarf Clown (#1: sold; #2: stolen at Princeton; #3: bronze) (Several photos at different angles are available for each of these items.) [show more]
Description: Several photographs of paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Paintings". These photographs are by Edward Quigley, Philadelphia. Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. Cover/1 - 8: Circus 9: "Bernard, Maine" 10: "Seagulls at Manset" 11 - 22: Florida 23 - 28: Miscellanea ("Katie", "Mrs. Garry", "Mary Magdalene" etc.) 29 - 30: "The Parade" (tempera) 31 -32: Still Life, "The White Feather" 33 - 37: Farm ("Denny's house from the back", "Scene at Dawn") 38 - 44: Northeast 45: "Early Morning/From the Rooftop" (oil) 46: "Paul's House" (oil) 47: "The Storm" (oil) 48: "The Apple Tree" (oil) 49: "The House on the Links" (oil) 50: "The Dairy Farm" (oil) 51 - 52: "Valley Forge" (oil) 53: Giraffes (oil) [show more]
Description: Several 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Circus". Photographs are by Myers Studio, Ardmore, PA and Edward Quigley, Philadelphia. Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. ELEPHANTS Cover/1: Woman held in Elephant's Trunk (collection Mrs. Arthur Newbold, Philadelphia) 2: Man on Elephant 3: Sitting Elephant (sold to Mrs. William Dexter, Boston, and Mrs. Larson, NY) GUANACOS 4: Guanaco leaping 5: Guanaco leaping over Elephant DOGS 6: Dog on Pony (collection Mrs. Alexander Biddle) 7: Dog with Ball 8: Two Sealyhams (for Mrs. Garnell) HORSES 9: Standing Horses (sold on Long Island) 10: Study for a Horse 11: Balancing Girl on Horse SEA LIONS (collection Mrs. Gerrish Milliken) 12 - 13: Sea Lion with Ball 14 - 15: Sea Lion on Rock BEARS 16: Bear in a Chair 17: Clown Bear 18: Standing Bear 19: Bear on a Ball 20: Bear with Bottle OTHER 21: Tiger (collection Mrs. Gerrish Milliken, NY) 22: Lion (collection Mrs. Gerrish Milliken, NY) 23: Dancing Monkey 24: Buffalo 25: Unicorn 26: Girl on Ball 27: Head of an Old Clown (bronze stolen at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; plaster at Ardmore) (Several photos at different angles are available for each of these items.) [show more]
Description: Charles K. Savage (Milbridge 1903-Northeast Harbor 1979), designer of Thuya Gardens and The Asticou Azalea Gardens, first chairman of the Mount Desert Larger Parish, selectman for the Town of Mount Desert, representative to the State Legislature and member of local committees, including the Town Planning Board and the Chamber of Commerce. He was also manager of the Asticou Inn in Northeast Harbor and member of the Acadia Corporation. In 1928 he became First Trustee of the Asticou Terraces. Held the position of Town Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector; trustee to the Northeast Harbor Union Church; Director of the Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor Water Companies and the Northeast Harbor Neighborhood House; Chairman of the Northeast Harbor Library's Board of Trustees; member of the Village Improvement Society. [show more]
Description: Harold W. Dolliver was born on February 3, 1917. Harold married Avis A. Hartford (1917-1988), daughter of Harry Lee and Adelaide Maud (Smith) Hartford on May 1, 1937 in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Harold and Avis had two children together, Lura Rae and Brian Lee. Harold W. Dolliver died on January 29, 1998 in Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Description: Collection of essays by Frances H. Eliot spanning the years 1871-1954: - Education - Early days at Northeast Harbor - Being a minister’s wife in Denver - An American family at breakfast in the early nineteen hundreds - Borrowed daughters - Leisure - 1941 Inauguration - Golden wedding of S. A. E. and F. H. E. (October 22, 1889-1939) - The glory that is Cambridge - The romance of street names in Cambridge - Patriarchal picnics - I remember Mount Desert [show more]
Description: Three page document outlining the rationale for the schoolhouse restoration, the beneficiaries of the restoration, and the outline of the restoration campaign.