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| The Identities of Mr. Nathaniel Rogers Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Identities of Mr. Nathaniel Rogers Northeast Harbor Library Description: Copy of an article by John Wilmerding tracing the name changes of the now-known Fitz Hugh Lane from Nathaniel Rogers to Fitz Henry Lane to the present Fitz Hugh. Photographs of art work are included. He was not considered part of the Hudson River School. | ||
| A Look Back in Art Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  A Look Back in Art Northeast Harbor Library Description: A review of twenty Maine artists inspired by the Maine landscape before WW II. Published in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, issue 2011 | ||
| Portrait bust of Emily Marshall Otis Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Portrait bust of Emily Marshall Otis Northeast Harbor Library Description: Photograph and caption from an article published in "The Magazine Antiques", June 1973, by Walter Muir Whitehill, director and librarian emeritus: "Portrait busts in the library of the Boston Athenaeum". The bust of Emily Marshall was carved from a death mask in Florence in 1839 by Horatio Greenough and given to the Athenaeum in 1956 by her great-grandson, Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison. | ||
| From Champlain to Tomorrow Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  From Champlain to Tomorrow Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the inception of the Maine Coast Heritage Trust largely inspired by Peggy Rockefeller to protect, conserve private lands along the Maine coast. Published in Down East Magazine, 1974. | ||
| The Sea Nurse Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Sea Nurse Northeast Harbor Library Description: Nurse Sharon Daley provides health care to off-islands via Maine Seacoast Mission's Sunbeam with the help of the telemedicine program. | ||
| Madame Brooke Astor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Madame Brooke Astor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Carl Little was asked to tutor Brooke Astor in the French language, she wanted to brush up on it because she was considering a trip to Paris. He enjoyed her very much. | ||
| The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Evolution of Morris Yachts Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about the Morris Yacht Company, expanded to Northeast Harbor, as it celebrates its 35th year. Brief biography of Tom Morris, owner and designer. Issue 96. See also item 1710 | ||
| Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Wood is Good but Glass May Surpass Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article from Down East Magazine about Robert "Bob Lincoln's small boat building business, RKL Boatworks. He started with the Rangeley Guide Boat and is developing a row boat, now using the less expensive fiberglass. | |||
| The Bunkers of Cranberry Isles Islesford Historical Society |
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|  The Bunkers of Cranberry Isles Islesford Historical Society | ||||
| Mrs. Brooke Astor Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mrs. Brooke Astor Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about Mrs. Brooke Astor: her home in Northeast Harbor and her role in the Vincent Astor Foundation. Shows 1 photograph of Mrs. Astor as a young woman and 1 photograph of Mrs. Astor serving tea in Northeast Harbor. Published in "Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor" by Sotheby's, 2012. | ||||
| Old Money, New Needs Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Old Money, New Needs Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article about Brooke Astor as she approaches her 90th birthday. Published in New York Times Magazine, November 17, 1991. | ||
| Gardens by the Sea Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Gardens by the Sea Northeast Harbor Library Description: Article with photographs of several formal gardens, public and private, on Mount Desert Island. Beatrix Jones Farrand, renowned landscape architect, designed as many as 40 gardens on the island. Published in Connoisseur, August 1984. | ||
| Sonja Weber: The Balance of Texture Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Sonja Weber: The Balance of Texture Northeast Harbor Library Description: Sonja Weber Gilkey creates fiber sculptures using fishing rope, twine, shells, feathers, and other beach combing finds. Published in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, April/May 2011. | ||
| Exploring Somes Sound Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Exploring Somes Sound Northeast Harbor Library Description: A short photograph tour along Somes Sound, either sailing or hiking. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1999. | ||
| Reaping the Sea Breezes Off the Coast of Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Reaping the Sea Breezes Off the Coast of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: Northeast Harbor Fleet host International One Design (IOD) races. Colored photographs by Brundage and Litchfield. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1983. | ||
| Flower bedtime Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Flower bedtime Northeast Harbor Library Description: Preparing the Thuya Gardens for winter at the hands of Priscilla Hutton, head gardener. Published in Down East Magazine, October 2010. | ||
| Maine's Seacoast Mission Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Maine's Seacoast Mission Northeast Harbor Library Description: Reprint about the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Soc. founded in 1905 by Alexander and Angus MacDonald. Stories of the mission's service to the islands. Photographs of founders and other directors, in addition the society's boats, esp. "Sunbeam"(s). | ||
| Castles for Sale Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Castles for Sale Northeast Harbor Library Description: Brief article about the sale of "Anchorage" brokered by Sotheby Parke Bernet Galleries, summer home of Nelson and Happy Rockefeller until 1979. Photographs of the Rockefellers relaxing at home. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1978. | ||
| Mitchell Of Maine Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Mitchell Of Maine Northeast Harbor Library Description: Short biography of Senator George Mitchell, Maine native and summer resident of Seal Harbor. Published in Down East Magazine, November 1988. | ||
| Who Killed Captain Rumill? Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Who Killed Captain Rumill? Northeast Harbor Library Description: Edna Hysom of Pretty Marsh recalls the story of the disappearance of Capt. Edwin Rumill of Pretty Marsh from the schooner Rumill from the schooner "Harry A. Berwind" off the North Carolina coast in 1905. Published in Down East Magazine, September 1989. | ||
| A Family Affair Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  A Family Affair Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Haynes family of Northeast Harbor keep vintage cars running. Photographs of Richard Haynes, son Dana, and grandsons Dan and Jeff working on vehicles. Published in Down East Magazine, June 1990. | ||
| Keeping Up A Great American Tradition Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Keeping Up A Great American Tradition Northeast Harbor Library Description: Biographical sketch of Susan Mary Alsop and detail of interior design of her Georgetown home developed by Mrs. John Pierrepont. | ||
| The Last WASP Enclave Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Last WASP Enclave Northeast Harbor Library Description: On MDI, off the coast of Maine, our man observes the Rockefellers at rest and decides to go native. The description of Island & customs are great. Published on GQ, September 1991 | ||
| Prescott The American Thucydides Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Prescott The American Thucydides Northeast Harbor Library Description: Review of Morison's book about William Hickling Prescott of Boston, noted author and historian. | |||
| Adventures on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Adventures on Mount Desert Northeast Harbor Library Description: Buckboards and down-home cooking were the chief creature comforts for island visitors in the decade before the great hotels and cottages began to crowd the scene. Published in Down East Magazine, July 1995 |