Description: Drawing of twelve and a half foot boat, Larchmont class, with "Leg O'Mutten Rig" drawn/designed in Oct. 1925. This is also called a 'Herreshoff Bullseye," which raced in NEH from about 1930 to 1955 or so, according to Sturgis Haskins. It may have been built by Hinckley.
Description: ...By 21 Capitalists As Exclusive Fish and Game ReservePortland Press Herald news article describing new club in Maine near Bar Harbor where land will be developed by “a group of capitalists as a private playground where they may camp, fish and hunt to their heart’s content undistrubed by civilization.” Includes Map
Description: Traced from an old plan belonging to W.D. Stanley (Jimmy) and bearing the following Title – "A plan of the Real Estate of Thomas Stanley late of Cranberry Isles, deceased, made by E.M. Hamor and A.C. Fernald, Showing the division among the widow and heirs as made by Leonard Holmes, A.C. Fernald and Henry H. Clark, Commissioners duly appointed by the Probate Court to make said partition. Scale of distance Ten rods to the inch. E.M. Hamor, Surveyor.’" A true copy attested A.C. Fernald’ This tracing made July 1928 by H.C. Dearborn. Thomas Stanley, who had owned this real estate, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr. (1784-1876). W.D. Stanley (Jimmy), mentioned in the inscription, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr.'s grandson, William Doane Stanley.(1855-1950) [show more]
Description: Anne (Weston) McGowan gave twelve Mount Desert Island maps and brochures to the Southwest Harbor Public Library in June 2014. Among the maps was this blueprint. The Treadway family, who summered at “Grayrock” in Seal Harbor, had given the maps to her. This rare and delicate map contains hand-drawn annotations in red and black ink. Most are located in the lower right quadrant in the vicinity of Sargent Mountain, Redfield Hill, Day Mountain and Seal Harbor. To see these markings, view the map at full size and full screen. The actual map is located in the archives of the Southwest Harbor Public Library. It measures 45" x 32.5". [show more]
Description: Shotgun. 1925-1928, .410 gauge shotgun judging by trigger. Barrel is not twisted (that started in 1950s). Trademark STEVENS Reg. U.S. Pat Off & FGN. J Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Chicopee Falls MASS USA . Wood stock.
Description: Sepia Photograph of the 1921 Gilman High School football team with individual identification. Photograph taken in front of the Neighborhood House.
Description: Collector's Tax List Book; Begins with Collector's Warrant, then form to go to State and County Treasurers, then Assessors List; alphabetical by first letter of last name, includes remarks, non-resident list follows resident list; then list of those who paid only a poll tax or supplementary; pocket at back of book contains correspondence to the tax collector, Lester D. Burr 8.125 x 7 x 1.125 red leather cover, damaged paper tag glued to spine indicating year, year written in black ink on bottom pages [show more]
Description: red leather cover, paper tag glued to spine indicating year, year written in black ink on bottom pages Collector's Tax List Book; Begins with Collector's Warrant, then form to go to State and County Treasurers, then Assessors List; alphabetical by first letter of last name, includes remarks, non-resident list follows resident list; then list of those who paid only a poll tax or supplementary; pocket at back of book contains correspondence to the tax collector, Lester D. Burr 8.125 x 7 x 1.25 [show more]
Description: Collector's Tax List Book; Begins with Collector's Warrant, then form to go to State and County Treasurers, then Assessors List; alphabetical by first letter of last name, includes remarks, non-resident list follows resident list; then list of those who paid only a poll tax or supplementary; pocket at back of book contains correspondence to the tax collector, Lester D. Burr 8.125 x 7 x 1.25 red leather cover, paper tag glued to spine indicating year, year written in black ink on bottom pages [show more]
Description: Two copies of the 1927 Report of the Board of Directors for the Northeast Harbor Golf Club, one labelled "Office Copy" and the other labelled "Carl E. Kelley".
Description: From U.S. Geological Survey topographical Maps of Mt. Desert, Bar Harbor, and Swan Island quadrangles – Surveyed in 1901 and 1902. Edition of 1922, reprinted 1928 Maine (Hancock County).
Description: Two copies of the 1928 Report of the Board of Directors for the Northeast Harbor Golf Club, one labelled "Office Copy" and the other unlabelled.