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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1704Ship's Log, Schooner Marion
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1836
Description:
Ship's log for the Schooner Marion, 1836-1837 This log records voyages of the Schooner Marion, commanded by Eaton Clark from February 1836 to June 1836 (potentially a bit longer). From June 1836 (and definitely by November ben 1836) until July 1836 the schooner was commanded by Jacob Sawyer. Destinations mentioned include: Puerto Rico, Mount Desert, Lubec, Williamstown, New York, Port au Plat, St. Domingo, and others
1513George Gibson McMurtry
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1876
Description:
George Gibson McMurtry (November 6, 1876 – November 22, 1958) was a United States Army officer, a Medal of Honor recipient and a Harvard Law-educated Wall Street lawyer. He first served in the Army as a member of the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War. He received the Medal of Honor as the executive officer of the Lost Battalion during World War I. December 16, 1903, he married Mabel C. Post on Long Island. He was a member of Bar Harbor Club, Pot & Kettle Club. Tombstone in Ledgelawn Cemetery. [show more]
1499Roosevelt - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1882-01-30
Description:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), born 1/30/1882, served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death on 4/12/1945. He wrote letters now in the collection of the Great Harbor Maritime Museum about a pair of binoculars, also in the collection at GHMM.
1698View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Businesses, Lodging Business, Hotel & Motel Business
  • 1886 c.
Description:
Photograph taken from the area of the Samuel Gilpatrick Homestead looking toward the Rock End Hotel, near Gilpatrick Cove Northeast Harbor. In the foreground is Herman Savage's cottage, "The Wedge," designed by his architect brother, Fred L. Savage, in 1885. Two children stand on the side of the road, and an unidentified structure is visible beyond the hotel. In the distance, the northern shores of Great Cranberry Island can be seen. The Rock End Hotel was originally called the Revere House and was opened by Herman L. Savage in the summer of 1884. The Wedge was built by A. Torrey, a contractor from Southwest Harbor, in the winter of 1885-1886. The Rock End Hotel burned in March, 1942. The Wedge was purchased by the Roberts family and remodeled in 1944-45, following plans by Philadelphia architect Edmund Gilchrist. It remains a private residence today. [show more]
1633W.S. Brown Account Book
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Maritime Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Brown - W.S.
  • 1890 c.
Description:
Account book kept by W.S. Brown, master of the schooner J.S. Butler, and other vessels. Includes references to cargoes carried, ports visited, and men employed on the schooner. Also includes records of expenditures, mostly for food, but some references to items like knives. Brown may be William Sheldon Brown but additional research is needed. The book may have been used at an earlier time, as several pages have be ripped out, and Brown's name is found in pencil with the date of 1880 near the beginning [show more]
1134Bucksaw
  • Object, Forestry, Timber Saw, Bucksaw
  • David Strout
  • 1900
Description:
Handmade by David Strout, ca. 1900. Used in Eastbrook Avenue
1626Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1906
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. This appears to be the earliest negative in the series. July 2021: this negative is being digitized
1673Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1906
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, 1906. View shows the lighthouse tender Lilac at anchor off Mount Desert Rock, the shoreline of which is visible to the right. Written on negative envelope: No. 2 Lilac 1906 Mt. Desert Lt. Sta.
1625Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1906 c.
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock showing winter scene over the snow-covered ledges, looking toward the ocean. A large pile of wood to the left appears to include the parts of the boat slip, seen in other images from this series. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Winter 1906-7. Taken from back door. Double House.
1627Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1906 c.
Description:
Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, looking across the snow-covered ledges toward the ocean. A building is visible to the left. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Rk. Lt. Sta. Winter - 1906-1907 Surf taken from back door of double tenement.
1679Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1906-08
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1906. View shows the light tower to the right, with the keepers' dwellings beyond, and the oil house to the left. Between the oil house and the tower is a small wooden building, with two boys on the roof and one standing in front. Written on negative envelope: Tower Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Tower Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1906
1662Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Friendship Sloop
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1907 c.
Description:
Glass negative taken off Mount Desert Rock, circa 1907. View shows a Friendship sloop under sail with the light station visible in the background. This negative envelope may actually belong with 1988.19.72; as that envelope has the name of a boat, the Gladys Simmons.
1680Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1907 c.
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. This negative is still being digitized (July 2021). Negative envelope is blank, with nothing written on it.
1681Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1907 c.
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. This negative is still (July 2021) being digitized. Negative envelope is blank, with nothing written on it.
1682Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1907 c.
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. As of July 2021 this negative is still being digitized. Negative envelope is blank, with nothing written on it.
1599Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907 circa
Description:
View taken from Mount Desert Rock of the two-masters fishing schooner Marion Turner, as labeled on the envelope. The Marion Turner is towing a rowboat. In the foreground the ledges of Mount Desert Rock are visible. According to the envelope, the photograph was taken April 22, but year is not given. Likely taken between 1907-1909. Notes at the bottom of the negative envelope appear to refer to the development of the negative: Devel. S.R. plate Pancro. in Devel. 300 count (?) [show more]
1550Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-07
Description:
A Gloucester fishing schooner sails not far from Mount Desert Rock under partial sail. A number of people are visible on the deck, and a stack of dories can be seen between the masts. A large flag has the name of the vessel, which appears to be two words, though only Frances P. M______ is visible. William H. Bunting has (July 2021) identified this schooner as the Frances P. Mesquita, of Gloucester. Built in Gloucester in 1905, she was owned and commanded by Capt. Joseph Mesquita, and was both a successful fishing and racing vessel. She was sold in 1918 to owners from Newfoundland, and sunk by a U-boat that year. The envelope with this negative reads: No. 7 f., Tower, Single Tenement + Double Tenement, Looking N.W." and is likely an envelope reused from another negative. [show more]
1552Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-07
Description:
View at Mount Desert Rock Light Stations. Several smaller buildings are visible at the crest of the ledges. Written in ink on the negative envelope is: "No. 2 b - Newman's Shop, Dwelling House, Tower, Bell Tower + Oil House, Looking South" In pencil it reads incomplete. Note: this description does not seem to align with the negative, and this negative appears to be slightly blurry.
1686Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1907-08
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. Image shows the view looking out from the ledges of Mount Desert Rock, with a sailing vessel, identified as Minerva, not far from shore. Written on negative envelope: Mt. Desert Rk. Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 No. 5a. Mooring Minerva, Looking N.W.
1688Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1907-08
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. Image shows view looking out over the ledges with many sea birds visible. To the left the power launch sits on the wooden ramp, and to the right two men are visible. Written on negative envelope: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 Gulls, Boat-house, Will and Mr. Newman Copies
1544Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
Description:
"Looking West from Woodpile, Double Tenement, Mt. Desert Rock Light Station" - View of boy on wooden walkway, with the rear side of the double house visible in the background. To the right of the house a woman looks on.
1545Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
Description:
Mount Desert Rock Light Station, August 1907. "No. 7, Looking S.E." View from Mount Desert Rock, looking southeast over ledges, several small plants are visible
1551Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
Description:
View of many of the buildings at Mount Desert Rock. The negative envelope reads " No. 3 b., Mr. Newman's Shop, Dwelling House, Tower, Bell Tower, Oil House."
1553Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
Description:
View at Mount Desert Rock Light Station. Written on the negative envelope is: "Derrick, Boathouse, + Shop. Looking S.E."
1554Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
Description:
View at Mount Desert Rock Light Station. Written in ink on the negative envelope is: "No. 3a. Derrick, Boathouse, Shop, Looking East." In the foreground the ledge is covered with seaweed, and a wooden pole appears to be tied to something that is not visible.