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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1059C.E. Marcyes & Co. Envelope
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Businesses, Insurance Business
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
Description:
Envelope with the return address for C.E. Marcyes & Co. with a note regarding Mr. Jerome Goodwin and Bernard Cough, c. 1930s. People Mentioned: Jerome Goodwin, Bernard Cough, C. E. Marcyes
1116Island Steamboat Company, Steamer "Golden Rod" timetable
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Island Steamboat Company
Description:
Framed poster with timetable for the steamer "Golden Rod" traveling between Southwest Harbor, Somesville, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor. Captain William M. Crosby. Also mentions Somes House, George A. Somes, proprietor
1122Quarry Bit
  • Object, Masonry & Stoneworking, Masonry Bit
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
1123Quarry Bit
  • Object, Masonry & Stoneworking, Masonry Bit
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
1124Quarrying Hammer.
  • Object, Masonry & Stoneworking, Stone Hammer
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
Description:
Stone head. Wooden handle.
1125Broad ax
  • Object, Woodworking, Ax, Broadax
  • Businesses, Lumber Business
1128Northeast Harbor Grain Store
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
1138Wedge, Splitting
  • Object, Masonry & Stoneworking, Stone Chisel
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
1139Oil Drum, Socony
  • Object, Containers, Barrel
  • Businesses, Other Business
1147Photo-Essay of Last (1942) Voyage of Coal Schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas"
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
  • Businesses, Coal and Oil Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Chanler - Bronson W.
Description:
Photo-Essay by Bronson W. Chanler detailing a trip aboard the coal schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" between Northeast Harbor and New York City. Note: As originally displayed in the museum, copies of the photographs taken by Chanler were mounted alongside excerpts and quotes. Around 2015 the photographs were removed from the 1984 posters so they could be scanned and better protected. They are uploaded here, as is the complete text by Bronson W. Chanler. [show more]
1270Photograph Haynes Express Truck with 4 men and luggage
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • People
Description:
Photograph copied and original returned
1271Haynes Express Truck with Man
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • People
Description:
Copy of original. Original returned to owner.
1275Panorama of Northeast Harbor--Clifton's Dock
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
Photograph. Original returned to donor.
1277Photograph Northeast Livery
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Livery Stable
1282Aerial View Hall Quarry with Houses and Ship at Dock
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
1283Hall Quarry in Snow
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
Description:
Copy. Original returned to owner.
1284Hall Quarry with 11 Men in Summer Sunday Dress Posed on Quarry Stones
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
  • People
Description:
Copy. Original returned to owner.
1285Hall Quarry Close-Up of Crane
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
Description:
Negative returned to owner.
1290Quarrying Tongs
  • Object, Masonry & Stoneworking, Quarry Tongs
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
Description:
Quarry tongs donated to museum.
1388Painting "Village Smithy" Copy
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Businesses, Blacksmith Business
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]
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.
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]
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.