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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1376Collapsible Razor Ebony with Ivory (Chicago, German)
  • Object, Shaving Product, Razor, Straight Razor
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]
1253Curtain Stretchers, Wooden
  • Object, Maintenance, Curtain Stretcher
  • Object, Maintenance, Laundry Equipment
1497David Strout
  • Reference
  • People
1493Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915
  • Object, Armaments, Decoy
  • Nature, Animals, Ducks
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving, Decoy Carving
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • Branscom
Description:
Carved decoy, male eider duck
1495Decoy Gus Wilson Coot
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving, Decoy Carving
1142Device, Mechanical
  • Object, Unclassifiable, Mechanical
  • Object, Unclassifiable
Description:
A mechanical device of some sort but at the time of cataloging we cannot find anyone who knows that it might be used for.
1589Display Case with adjustable shelves
  • Object
Description:
Oak display case with adjustable glass shelves, once used in Mrs. Tracy's Shop, Northeast Harbor, and later used in Mrs. Pervear's Shop, Northeast Harbor. Before being donated to the museum it was used in Pine Bough Antiques, Northeast Harbor. Mirror-paneled doors on the backside open, providing access to the interior space. Three draws are accessible from the back.
1145Embroidery sampler
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Embroidery, Cross-Stitch
1720Engine Order Telegraph Receiver
  • Object
  • Recreation, Yachting
  • Pierrot
Description:
Engine Order Telegraph Receiver, likely from an engine room, mounted on a mahogany plaque. The receiver is polished brass, and glass covers a painted face. The face appears to have been repainted, and some of this paint has faded. The face is labeled Pierrot, but research has yielded no information about this company.
1241Fire Alarm Call Chart
  • Document, Chart
  • Object, Fire Protection Device
1120Fire Chief's Hat
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform, Fire Uniform
  • Concept, Fire Prevention
1119Firefighter's Hat. NYFD
  • Object, Clothing, Helmet, Firefighter's Helmet
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
Description:
Firefighter's hat from New York Fire Department. # 216
1144Footwarmer Soapstone
  • Object, Body Warmer, Foot Warmer
1218Four Bucklin Children: Susan, Belinda, Martha & Chuck
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
1221Four Girls, Mount Desert High School
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organzations, School Institution, High Schools
  • People
Description:
ca. 1961
1713Framed photograph of Bunker & Ellis lobster yacht, Rambler
  • Image, Photograph
  • Recreation, Yachting
Description:
Framed and mounted photograph of Bunker & Ellis lobster yacht, Rambler. Rambler was the third boat built by Bunker & Ellis for Thomas Reath of Philadelphia and Northeast Harbor, and was launched in 1957. The boat is seen passing a bell bouy painted with the number 15. This image is temporary.
1049George C. Marshall Postage Stamp
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Description:
Postage stamp for 20 cents featuring George C. Marshall. The stamp has been postmarked. People Mentioned: George C. Marshall
1665Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Description:
Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View shows side of the boathouse, looking southeast. A weathervane is visible on top of the boathouse, and an exhaust pipe for the steam engine that hauled boats. A walkway extends to the right, and another building is visible near the right edge of the negative. In the distance the ocean may be seen with a vessel near the horizon line. Written on negative envelope: Mt. Desert Rk. Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 No. 5. d. boat-house. Looking S.E. [show more]
1573Glass Plate Negative Set Mount Desert Rock
  • Set
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Test Subject Entry Site Term
1536Half model of a Luders 16 Sloop
  • Object, Model
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Smallidge - Robert Lindsay Smallidge Sr. (1896-1982)
Description:
Half model of a sloop, perhaps a Luders 16, with a Genoa jib, made by Robert L. Smallidge Sr. of Northeast Harbor. Model's hull is varnished, and uses various wood types for topsides, waterline, and bottom, while the sails are painted white. The model and sails are mounted on a pine board. On the back of the model is #6, R.L. Smallidge, N.E. Harbor, Me.
1285Hall Quarry Close-Up of Crane
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation Business
Description:
Negative returned to owner.
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.
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