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Powder Measure Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Armaments, Powder Measure	Other, Bullets Recreation, Hunting		c 1890			Powder Measure Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3244 Type: Object, Armaments, Powder Measure Subject: Other, Bullets Recreation, Hunting Date: c 1890 Description: Wooden handle with metal cup on end for measuring gun powder. Marked, “B.G.F., 1890. Pat. Feb 25. Powder shot DRS 2 1/2 to 1 oz.”
Shot Bag Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Armaments, Shot Bag	Other, Bullets Other, Shooting Recreation, Hunting					Shot Bag Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3179 Type: Object, Armaments, Shot Bag Subject: Other, Bullets Other, Shooting Recreation, Hunting Description: Leather shot bag bound around neck of green glass bottle. Neck stuffed with hemp. Dark brown leather. Edges stitched together. Small worn patch.
Acadia National Park, Maine Brochure Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Pamphlet	Other, History - Mount Desert Island Other, Tourism Recreation		1933			Acadia National Park, Maine Brochure Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3145 Type: Document, Pamphlet Subject: Other, History - Mount Desert Island Other, Tourism Recreation Date: 1933 Description: Acadia National Park, Maine. General Information regarding Acadia National Park, Maine, written by the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service, distrubuted at the Mount Desert Chamber of Commerce. Published by The United States Government Printing Office. Washington, 1933. 20 pages. Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.1
Mount Desert Island Yacht Club Annual Report Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Report, Annual Report	Organizations Other, Clubs Other, Transportation - water Recreation		1/1/1952			Mount Desert Island Yacht Club Annual Report Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-3113 Type: Document, Report, Annual Report Subject: Organizations Other, Clubs Other, Transportation - water Recreation Date: 1/1/1952 Description: Mount Desert Yacht Club Annual 1951-1952. white booklet with flag on the cover. includes photographs, members, treasurer’s report, standing
Basketball on MDI: Hoops Around the Island, a panel discussion, April 16,, 2009, Somesville Firehouse, Somesville, Maine. Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Literary, Reminiscence	Object, Basketball Gear, Basketball Recreation, Sports	Miller, Kathy	04/16/2009			Basketball on MDI: Hoops Around the Island, a panel discussion, April 16,, 2009, Somesville Firehouse, Somesville, Maine. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-2929 Type: Publication, Literary, Reminiscence Subject: Object, Basketball Gear, Basketball Recreation, Sports Creator: Miller, Kathy Date: 04/16/2009 Description: A History evening, sponsored by MDI Historical Society, Basketball on MDI:Hoops Around the Island, held on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Somesville Firehouse.
Boy Publisher Keeps Sports Fans in the Know Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Newsletters Recreation, Sports	LaRue Spiker writing for Ellsworth American	1978			Boy Publisher Keeps Sports Fans in the Know Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-2755 Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Newsletters Recreation, Sports Creator: LaRue Spiker writing for Ellsworth American Date: 1978 Description: Single page article with photograph featuring Jay Ramsdell, 13-year-old sports reporter. Jay wrote and edited a bimonthly newsletter on major sports teams and began a New England Patriots fan club. Previously archived as 012.FIC.047.2
Green Mountain Carriage Road Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Ticket, Transportation Ticket	Recreation					Green Mountain Carriage Road Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-2499 Type: Object, Ticket, Transportation Ticket Subject: Recreation Description: “Green Mountain Carriage Road. Complimentary Ticket. Not Transferable. Good for season of 1888.” The name written on it is, “Mr. J.W. Somes & Sadie[?]” On the back is written, “E. T Hanes [?]” Previously archived as 016.FIC.001.10
Frozen Eagle Lake Jesup Memorial Library	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Recreation		1920		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Frozen Eagle Lake Jesup Memorial Library Identifier: jml-8416 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Recreation Date: 1920 Description: Postcard showing people ice skating, iceboats, and automobiles on Eagle Lake in Bar Harbor. The photo was taken from the northern shore, looking south to Pemetic Mountain and the Bubbles. The date is estimated.
Teeing Off Down Memory Lane Jesup Memorial Library	Publication, Literary, Article	Recreation, Sports, Golf			Bar Harbor		Teeing Off Down Memory Lane Jesup Memorial Library Identifier: jml-8127 Type: Publication, Literary, Article Subject: Recreation, Sports, Golf Place: Bar Harbor
Motor Boating Magazine, February 1954 Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Publication	Recreation		1954-02		In Copyright	Motor Boating Magazine, February 1954 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1637 Type: Publication Subject: Recreation Date: 1954-02 Description: Motor Boating Magazine, February 1954 Volume 93, no. 2 Lester Fagans At the Change of the Watch Know Your Rights A Surgeon’s Log (Part One) Manu Kai Beats Them All Nine New Models For 1954 A Woman Skipper Orange Bowl Regatta Jungle Cruise North From Trinidad (Part Two) Movies Princess Finds a Sister Ship Mexico to New York (Part Eight) The Braggart Single-Handed Cruising at 60 Safe Moorings for Extreme Tides Little Maid of Kent What’s New? Underway with the USPS With the Windjammers With the Outboarders Westward Ho! North Florida Notes Under the Blue Ensign Aerojet, a V- Drive Power Unit Sixteen Elected to Gulf Hall of Fame Advertising Index Selected Photographs include: Cover; Table of Contents page 15; Scott-Atwater ad: boat-bailing engine, page 79; a Vinylon ad with Guy Lombardo, page 81; North from Trinidad (a beautiful drawing of a squall), page 34; “Novies” page 37 [show more]
Yachting Magazine, March 1944 Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Publication	Recreation		1944-03		In Copyright	Yachting Magazine, March 1944 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1636 Type: Publication Subject: Recreation Date: 1944-03 Description: Yachting Magazine, March 1944 Vol. LXXV No. 3 Table of Contents: Cover, “Men Aloft” From a painting by Gordon Grant Frontispiece, “In the Caribbean” Kodachrome by Three Lions Sheets and Halliards, Gone to War, By Rufus G. Smith, Lieut., USCGR The Outboard Has Gone to War, By Crichell Rimington Racing the Sun, By W. C. Keil Pre-Tank Model Testing, by A. E. Luders Workhorse of the Chesapeake, By J. A. Emmett Why Not Try the West Indies? By Herbert L. Stone The Post-War Yacht Keep that Bottom Smooth! By Charles Fisk Sails and Sailmaking, By W. H. de Fontaine The Biography of a Design, By Graham Cameron, Lieut, USNR Design for Dinghy Sailing, By C. Leslie Lewis Plans The Month in Yachting Gadgets and Gilhickies Selected images include: Cover; Table of Contents, page 21; Ad for Evinrude Outboard Motors (“’Rugged’ is the word … for countless wartime jobs Evinrudes are doing”), page 81; Ad for Henry R. Hinckley & Company in Southwest Harbor (for “post-war boat values”), page 96 [show more]
Power Boating Magazine, June 1931v Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Publication	Recreation		1931-06		In Copyright	Power Boating Magazine, June 1931v Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1635 Type: Publication Subject: Recreation Date: 1931-06 Description: June 1931 issue of Power Boating Magazine, volume 33, number 6. Table of Contents Here at Last - Frontispiece Why Stock Boats? Specifications of Standardized Boats May the Best Boat Win - Yeah? by Henry Clay Foster Cruising with Confidence - by Hampton Hutton Chicago Show - Pictures of Look Over Your Fastenings - by Wm. J. Deed, N.A. Winners in Ocean Race Fine Ocean Race Marred by Rules- by John Gibney McAllester All Alone - New Diesel Yacht The Belaying Pin - by A.B. For Fishing and Cruising Winner Sets Record in Hudson Race Playmates Back Yard Boat Building - Part II- by David O. Woodbury Attractive Small Cruiser New Designs Gadgets & Kinks, An Illuminated Chart Roll- by D.C. Shaw The Service Department Selected Photographs Include: Cover, Table of Contents (page 11), two page spread of typical cruisers (pages 20-21), Back Yard Boatbuilding (page 39), Eclipse Outboard advertisement (page 59), Wheeler Ad  (inside back cover) [show more]
Yachting Magazine, April 1959 Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Publication	Recreation		1959-04		In Copyright	Yachting Magazine, April 1959 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1634 Type: Publication Subject: Recreation Publisher: Yachting Date: 1959-04 Description: April 1959 issue of Yachting Magazine. Volume 105, no. 4 Contents include: The SCYA Midwinter Regatta, Late Racing News Yachting’s One-of-a-kind Regatta, By Bill Robinson Fitting Out, By J. Kenneth Whitteker One Learns So Much From Boating, By Les. T. Ordeman Handling Powerboats Alongside, By Alex W. Moffat Current Effects in Piloting Contests, By M. L. Hersey “Fuego” Ballard Photos In Racing Trim, By Bill Robinson Outboard Yachting: Outboard Commissioning, By Bob Whittier On the Use of the Trysail, By John C. Cooley The Buenos-Aires-Rio Race, By David Zingg Three Score and Ten, By Sam C. Slaughter One Porpoise-Power! By E. L. Bubb With My Eyes Wide Open, By Gloria Berry Rendezvous, By Robert W. Chase Ladies of the Bridges, By Gordon Grant Waterway Magic, By Irvin Anthony Under the Lee of the Longboat Design Section Month In Yachting Waterfront News Gadgets & Gilhickies More Power to You The Gam News from Yachting Centers With the Racing Classes Selected photographs from this issue include: Cover, Table of Contents (page 3), Article on A.E. Luders 40' Sloop (page 90), Article on Mount Desert Yacht Yard Controversy 28, with references to Farnham Butler. [show more]
Ball and Cap Pistol Piece. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Other Object	Recreation, Hunting			Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island	No Copyright - United States	Ball and Cap Pistol Piece. Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2013.497.2988 Type: Object, Other Object Subject: Recreation, Hunting Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island Description: A Ball and Cap Pistol piece that was found in the front yard of the "Red House," on the surface. The piece is very rusted, but there is evidence of decorative work on the front of the plate.
Model of MDI Class Sloop, Rugosa Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Object, Model	Recreation Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Muzzy - Duane Muzzy	2008		Copyright Not Evaluated	Model of MDI Class Sloop, Rugosa Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1607 Type: Object, Model Subject: Recreation Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Muzzy - Duane Muzzy Date: 2008 Description: Scale model of MDI Class sloop #16, Rugosa, made in 2008 by Duane Muzzy. The MDI Class Sloops were designed by Ralph Winslow in 1924 and 16 were constructed to teach the children of Mount Desert Island summer residents to sail. The full sized boats were: 21' 8" LOA 16' 5" LWL 4' Draft 6' 8" Beam 260.00 sq ft sail area 4,428.00 lbs Displacement
Tremont Museum Case with toys and other recreational items Tremont Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph	Object, Toys Recreation		04/13/2021			Tremont Museum Case with toys and other recreational items Tremont Historical Society Identifier: ths-2117 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Subject: Object, Toys Recreation Date: 04/13/2021 Description: Museum Case display with late 19th and early 20th century Toys and other recreational items
Portland Press Herald. Headline: "Roosevelt Reelected Sweeps Nation. Maine Goes for Landon By Big Margin" Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Publication, Newspaper	Concept, Politics Events Music Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Dogs People Recreation, Hunting	Craig, Elisabeth May Lapica, Roman Plummer, May Elizabeth Portland Press HeraldPflaum, Irving	1936-11-04		Copyright Not Evaluated	Portland Press Herald. Headline: "Roosevelt Reelected Sweeps Nation. Maine Goes for Landon By Big Margin" Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1006 Type: Publication, Newspaper Subject: Concept, Politics Events Music Nature, Animals Nature, Animals, Dogs People Recreation, Hunting Creator: Craig, Elisabeth May Lapica, Roman Plummer, May Elizabeth Portland Press HeraldPflaum, Irving Date: 1936-11-04 Description: Four pages from the morning edition of the Portland Press Herald from Wednesday, November 4, 1936. Major stories focus on the landslide re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States despite Maine's electoral votes going to his opponent, Alf Landon. Also included are classified advertisements and local news from communities throughout the state. Also story re Newman - Leland R. Newman (1876-1936) of Winter Harbor, ME dies of exposure and shock after capsize. People Mentioned: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alf M. Landon, William Lemke, David Grange, Joseph Curran, Alfred E. Smith, Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, Edward Rydz-Smigly, Marshal Pilsudski, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. James Roosevelt Sr., Francisco Franco, John Nance Garner, Frank Knox, Charles L. Carder, Mary Carder, D. G. Carder, Beatrice Richards, Parker L. Starrett, C. B. Bogle, Nettie Burleigh, Katherine Potter, Mrs. Paul Otto, Mrs. Alf M. Landon, John M. Landon, Mrs. A. E. Todd, Mrs. R. R. Bittman, Theo Cobb Landon, Nancy Jo Landon, Peggy Ann Landon, Belle D'Arcy, Charles A. Day, Jose Fernandez, Lottie Dunton Gilman, George H. Gilman, Helouise Francoeur Laberge, Henry McUne, Martin J. Murphy, Alice M. Plummer, Fred W. Plummer, Sadie M. Storer, Clarence E. Storer, William H. Storer, Ralph Mitchell, Ella Martha Widdows, George B. Russell, Maria Russell, Frank Russell, Winfield Storer, A. B. Widdows, James Legg, Lydia Legg, Ernest L. Widdows, Howard B. Widdows, James C. Widdows, Mrs. Harley Hyde, Mrs. Carl Lawrence, Earl Legg, Charles Legg, A. P. Legg, Mary E. Legg, Edith Bean, Herbert Hoover, J. Henry Roraback, Melzer T. Crawford, William H. Crawford, Mary Althea Howard Crawford, Donald Crawford, Weston P. Holman, Marshall Snow, Rose Murgita, N. A. Fogg, Robert H. Duenner, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, David Y. Alkazin, Olive Thompson, Harriet Buker, Joe Soffayer, Henry A. Lessard, William Erswell, James Lewis, Horace Polchier, John Nelson, Daniel Mitchell, Luther S. Smith, Abraham Lincoln, Rodney E. Marshall, Mrs. Rodney E. Marshall, Allen R. Chaplin, Mrs. Allen R. Chaplin, Leona Dyer, Arthur E. Dyer, Mrs. Arthur E. Dyer, Elizabeth Snow, Ralph Weaver, Mark Snow, Howard Grover, Wilbur Warren, Leonard Pitts, Samuel Chesey, Elmer Evans, Grace L. Dyke, Harold Stacy, Mrs. Harold Stacy, Jeanette Stacy, Lucille Stacy, Edson Stacy, Elywin Sanborn, Ruth Burnell, Everett L. Chadbourne, Louise Hill, Sarah Terry, Agnes Kennedy, Annie Folsom, Theodore Decker, Mrs. Harry L. Jones, Emma C. Chadbourne, Edward S. Douglas, Robert Douglas, Mrs. Fred L. Robinson, Gerald Wood, Earle Day, Wyman Famsdell, Miriam Kelley, Ralph Mills, Charles E. Breen, John H. Breen, Emery J. Knowlton [show more]
Model, Bunker & Ellis "Serendipity". Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Object, Model	Recreation	Muzzy - Duane Muzzy	2013			Model, Bunker & Ellis "Serendipity". Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1609 Type: Object, Model Subject: Recreation Creator: Muzzy - Duane Muzzy Date: 2013 Description: Model of 1962 Bunker & Ellis lobsteryacht "Serendipity," built by Duane Muzzy in 2013. The actual boat was constructed by Bunker & Ellis of Manset, Maine, and measured 39 feet long and was constructed in 1962 for John Simonds, a summer resident of Northeast Harbor.
Model, International Class sloop, Auriga Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Object, Model	Recreation Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Muzzy - Duane Muzzy	2010		Copyright Not Evaluated	Model, International Class sloop, Auriga Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1606 Type: Object, Model Subject: Recreation Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Muzzy - Duane Muzzy Date: 2010 Description: Scale model of International Class (also called International One Design) sloop AURIGA. Auriga was among the original Internationals to arrive in the Great Harbor, in 1938. Model made by Duane Muzzy in 2010
Gilman High School Championship football team Framed Photograph, 1921 Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Image, Photograph	Concept, Awards Object, Clothing, Uniform, Sports Uniform Organizations, School Institution People Recreation, Sports	Bradley - G H Bradley	1921	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Gilman High School Championship football team Framed Photograph, 1921 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1001 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Concept, Awards Object, Clothing, Uniform, Sports Uniform Organizations, School Institution People Recreation, Sports Creator: Bradley - G H Bradley Date: 1921 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: The Gilman High School football team and their coach pose on the steps of the Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor. The players are in uniform and one of them holds a football with the words "GHS Champs, 1921." Black and white Seated: In the front row, from left, are A. Gilley and B. Herrick. In the second row, from left, are B. Stanley, E. Hamor and G. McCrae. Standing: In the second to the back row are, from left, Atwood, Higgins, C. Bucklin, F. Ralph and F. Brown. In the back row, from left, are N. Turner, P. Stanley, L. Reed, H. Gavor [?] and D. McEchern. The coach at far left is "Stubby" Fury. [show more]
Newspaper article commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Eastern Maine Basketball Champions of 1924 Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Object, Clothing, Uniform, Sports Uniform Organizations, School Institution People Recreation, Sports, Basketball		1984	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor	Copyright Not Evaluated	Newspaper article commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Eastern Maine Basketball Champions of 1924 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1002 Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Object, Clothing, Uniform, Sports Uniform Organizations, School Institution People Recreation, Sports, Basketball Date: 1984 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor Description: The photograph is a newspaper clipping (text on reverse) from April 12, 1984 that describes 1924 championship team. The Gilman High School of Northeast Harbor basketball team and their coach Stanley Week posed outside after winning the Eastern Maine basketball tournament at the University of Maine at Orono in 1924. The players are in uniform, and Week holds the plaque they won. People Depicted: Stanley Week, Burton Seavey, Edward Ralph, Albert Manchester, Stuart Branscom, Horace Bucklin, Francis Atwood, Jerome Knowles, Merrill Whitmore and Paul Bucklin. Also mentioned in the article are Douglas Driscoll, Carl Kelley Black and white [show more]
Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915 Great Harbor Maritime Museum	Object, Armaments, Decoy	Nature, Animals Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Recreation, Hunting	Branscom			Copyright Not Evaluated	Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915 Great Harbor Maritime Museum Identifier: ghmm-1493 Type: Object, Armaments, Decoy Subject: Nature, Animals Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Recreation, Hunting Creator: Branscom Description: Carved decoy, male eider duck
Ted Madara Family 1940 Home movies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Video Recording	People Recreation		1940		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Ted Madara Family 1940 Home movies Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-2015.303.2059 Type: Document, Recording, Video Recording Subject: People Recreation Date: 1940 Description: Video recording, DVD copied and returned to donor. No sound. Ted Madara's Family 1940, transferred from 16 mm, 6/2008, Northeast Historic Film. Home movies of family members and friends sailing, fishing,scenes of gulls feeding on a school of fish, seals cavorting, and family rowing, all in and around Northeast and Southwest Harbor and the Cranberry Isles. Includes sailboat headed towards Mount Desert Rock, sailboat race in Southwest Harbor area, picnic on Baker Island. People and items in film include: Florence Hessenbruch, IOD boats in Northeast Harbor, Hermann Hessenbruch, Mount Desert Rock, Frank Faulkingham (Keeper from 1935-1941 on Baker Island), seals, Anna Hessenbruch Madara, Markle Hessenbruch, Edward S. Madara, Ida Hessenbruch, Fir-Lee House (built 1908-1910), Black Island picnic, Polly Hessenbruch. Complete IDs of scenes minute by minute compiled by Ted Madara 2015 in folder. Film may also include a very rare appearance of Mickey Macfarlan's old boat ( in foreground at 16:00). The Hessenbruchs owned the Sutton Island cottage presently (2014) owned by Hartley Rogers ("Fir Lee"). Hessenbruch died 1962, cottage went to Princeton, then Tom __, then Hartley Rogers. [show more]
Lewis Stanley fishing license Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Document, Permission, License	Recreation		1918		No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Lewis Stanley fishing license Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.333 Type: Document, Permission, License Subject: Recreation Date: 1918 Description: License, Special, Lewis G. Stanley for 29 foot sloop "no name" gas motor, for fishing, port of Southwest Harbor, 6 Dec 1918
Eider duck decoy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society	Object, Model	Nature, Animals, Birds Recreation, Hunting				No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only	Eider duck decoy Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Identifier: gcihs-1000.0.1372 Type: Object, Model Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Recreation, Hunting Description: Eider duck decoy made by Wesley Bracy, Jr., carved on bottom "WB", written on bottom on paper labels "107"

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