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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1712Sign for Pine Bough Antiques
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
Description:
Wooden sign for Pine Bough Antiques, an antiques and rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign hung off the front of the building and is therefore double sided. Looking at the two sides, green painted frame on one side is more weathered than the other. The two-sided sign has green lettering and a green frame, and pine bough is painted in the upper left corner. [show more]
1711Sign for Wikhegan Old Books
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
Description:
Wooden sign for Wikhegan Old Books, a rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign was removed from the building before the business closed, when books were sold from Pine Bough Antiques The sign is two sided and appears to have had a brown frame, which no longer survives. Brown paint appears beneath where the frame would have been.
1138Wedge, Splitting
  • Object, Masonry & Stoneworking, Stone Chisel
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation 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]
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.