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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1058Continental Illinois National Bank to Mrs. George G. McMurtry Envelope, August 7, 1938
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Businesses, Banking Business
  • Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
  • 1938-08-17
Description:
Envelope sent to Mrs. George G. McMurtry from the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. There is a handwritten note on the back regarding rent receipts.
1062Bar Harbor Loan & Building Association Envelope
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Businesses, Banking Business
  • 1930 c.
Description:
Envelope with the return address for Bar Harbor Loan & Building Association, c. 1930s
1388Painting "Village Smithy" Copy
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
1719Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy
  • Object
  • Businesses, Dairy Farming Business
Description:
Wooden box with lid and handle containing six glass milk bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy The box has a lid and lock, and is painted dark green. Writing on the outside appears to be stenciled in a pale yellow color. The interior is unpainted Writing on the lid reads: "Mt. Desert Island" and "Mt. Desert Island Dairy, Bar Harbor, Maine" is written on the front. The ends are labeled 6 QT. Six glass quart bottles are stored inside the box [show more]
1705Hand painted SEA FOOD sign
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
Hand painted sign reading SEA FOOD. Sign is painted on Masonite (or a similar product) and has a white background and black letters. The front of the sign is scratched and shows signs of age. The sign came from Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. To see a photograph showing this sign or one like it, go to https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/5993
1706Cast iron wrapping paper stand with twine attachment
  • Object
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
Cast iron stand, with wooden rod and spool of twine. This was used by David Stanley at Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor, to wrap fish for customers. The cast iron stand has raised letters reading CUTTER BOSTON on the inside of one leg. A spool of white twine accompanied this stand when it was given to the museum, but there was no longer any paper.
1275Panorama of Northeast Harbor--Clifton's Dock
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
Photograph. Original returned to donor.
1563Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
Description:
Two sailing vessels and a rowboat seining shad off Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. To the left, the two masted schooner is Capt. Robinson, while the Friendship sloop to the right is Capt. Van Norden, who appears with his boat in other photographs. The smaller boat in front of Capt. Van Norden is identified as Willard K. Osier This negative is damaged across the center. Written on the negative envelope is "Capt. Robinson and Capt. Van Norden Seining Shad. Small boat Willard K. Osier. [show more]
1564Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1908-08
Description:
Captain Van Norden's Friendship sloop with four men aboard passes by the light station at Mount Desert Rock.
1670Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)
  • 1908-08
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1908. View shows at least four boats not far from shore fishing. To the far left is a two-masted schooner and in the center is a Friendship sloop. In front of the sloop, and to the right, are at least two smaller boats. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1908 Capt. John Robinson seining
1707Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED"
  • Object, Sign, Informational Sign
  • Businesses, Fishing Business, Lobstering Business
Description:
Hand painted sign reading "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Sign was used in the window of Stanley's Fish Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. The sign consists of painted wood, with black letters on a white background. It is heavily abraded but still legible. There are visible screw holes on the front, with two vertical braces on the back. To see a photograph of this sign in the fish market go to: https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/6266 [show more]
1715Wooden Lobster Buoy
  • Object
  • Businesses, Fishing Business, Lobstering Business
Description:
Wooden Lobster Buoy, painted green and orange. The buoy is somewhat conical in shape, and has a hole through the center of it for a rope. The broader part (the top when floating in the water) is painted green, and the lower part is orange. Carving in the outer edge of the buoy reads: NEW 1400
1716Wooden Lobster Buoy
  • Object
  • Businesses, Fishing Business, Lobstering Business
  • Lawson - Russell Lawson
Description:
Wooden Lobster Buoy carved by Russell Lawson. The body of the buoy is a deep orange color and the handle is white. A rope loop extends from the end.
1061Robert B. Williamson to Norman Shaw Letter, November 5, 1938
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Liquor Serving Businesses
  • Williamson, Robert B.
  • 1938-11-05
Description:
Robert B. Williamson acknowledges the receipt of a letter from Norman Shaw dated November 4 regarding Angela C. Kaufman. People Mentioned: Angela C. Kaufman, William R. Pattangall, Ernest L. Goodspeed, Lois H. Birkenwald
1063Roland A. Scribner to Applicants for Part Time and Summer Licenses Letter, March 28, 1938
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Liquor Serving Businesses
  • Scribner, Roland A.
  • 1938-03-28
Description:
Roland A. Scribner, the Chief Clerk of the State of Maine Liquor Commission, provides information about part-time and summer malt liquor licenses. The letterhead includes the Maine state seal. People Mentioned: Harold S. Boardman, Thomas F. Locke, Raymond E. Thurston
1064Roland A. Scribner to Applicants for Summer Malt Liquor Licenses Letter, March 28, 1938
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Liquor Serving Businesses
  • Scribner, Roland A.
  • 1938-03-28
Description:
Roland A. Scribner, the Chief Clerk of the State of Maine Liquor Commission, provides details and application instructions for obtaining summer malt liquor licenses. The letterhead includes the Maine state seal.
1065Roland A. Scribner to Applicants for Part-Time Malt Liquor Licenses Letter, March 28, 1938
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Businesses, Liquor Serving Businesses
  • Scribner, Roland A.
  • 1938-03-28
Description:
Roland A. Scribner, the Chief Clerk of the State of Maine Liquor Commission, provides details and application instructions for obtaining part-time malt liquor licenses. The letterhead includes the Maine state seal.
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]
1125Broad ax
  • Object, Woodworking, Ax, Broadax
  • Businesses, Lumber Business
1717Sign for Island Lady Charters
  • Object, Sign, Informational Sign
  • Businesses, Maritime Business
  • 2000 c.
Description:
Sign advertising Island Lady Charters, a charter boat and water taxi business operated by Rhonda Lee Soucie of Seal Harbor, Maine The sign advertises suggested tours and offerings
1638N.E. Harbor Authority, View from South West
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Businesses, Maritime Business
  • Gulick - Millard B. Gulick
  • 1938-07
Description:
Photograph of painting signed MBG July 1938 showing the proposed redevelopment of the Sea Street area in Northeast Harbor as planned by Griswold & Gulick, architects of Boston. This proposal was ultimately unrealized, though the Sea Street dock area was redeveloped in the 1950s.
1649Collection of Documents
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Maritime Business
Description:
Collection of five documents, largely connected with the Clark family of Southwest Harbor. Copy of a charter document, dated 1864, between Nathan Clark and William Underwood, to charter the Schooner Loochoo. Letter from Railway Express Agency, August 16, 1946, to R.P. Clark thanking him for his long service. Letter from Maine Central Railroad, January 29, 1911, to R.P. Clark discussing the terms of his employment as express agent. Telegraph Blank (jokingly?) written for Grace Carroll from the Associated Press, August 6, 1903, warning her of hostile warships in Somes Sound. Receipt for goods purchased by Nathan Clark of Eaton & Lane, Boston, August 15, 1865. Goods include: flour, sugar, rum, good whiskey, butter, ticking, matches [show more]
1721Cast iron ship's bell
  • Object
  • Businesses, Maritime Business
Description:
Cast iron ship's bell with partial detached yoke. The bell has a large crack and is covered with rust. The bell was retrieved by Harold Walls (1913-2000), a fisherman from Otter Creek, who retrieved it around 1958 or 59. Walls went fishing after a large storm, and found many buoys and lines tangled together. Instead of dealing with them at sea, he towed the tangle to Otter Creek to deal with it. This bell was found in the tangle. It is not clear how the bell ended up in the ocean and the exact location of the tangle is not now known. Temporary image [show more]
1128Northeast Harbor Grain Store
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
1139Oil Drum, Socony
  • Object, Containers, Barrel
  • Businesses, Other Business