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| Claim: Henry Boynton versus Norton H. Tinker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Henry Boynton versus Norton H. Tinker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Agnes Boynton filing suit for father, Henry S. Boynton, deceased. | ||
| Claim: Willie Manchester versus Charles N. Small Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Willie Manchester versus Charles N. Small Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Claim: E. T. McCabe versus William P. Fairbrother Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: E. T. McCabe versus William P. Fairbrother Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Claim: A. W. Curtis versus Fred Erickson, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: A. W. Curtis versus Fred Erickson, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  GXS Collection - Ephemera Northeast Harbor Library Description: Folder 26 Mount Desert Island Real Estate Co., share certificate for Geo. C. Ming dated August 23, 1888 for fifteen shares in capital stock. Folder 27 Maine a Place to Live, unidentified magazine cover, color image of a church. Folder 28 Picturesque Maine, an illustrated lecture, Edward C. Sweet, December 16, 1895, pamphlet with illustrations and images. Folder 34 Stereoview Bar Harbor, photographed and published by B. Bradley. Folder 35 Wall Street Journal article by John Wilmerding on American Art. Folder 36 Cover of "Town of Winter Harbor Maine Annual Report 1988". Folder 37 Maine Times article on "Maine Summer Colonies". August 2nd, 1985. Folder 38 "Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects" 1991 Design award competition. Folder 39 Article on early history of Mount Desert Island. Folder 42 Invitation card showing a reproduction of watercolor “Mark and Andrew’s Island from Deer Isle, Maine, 1920” by John Marin (1870-1953). The invitation is to the artist's opening on June 24th, 1998 at the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville and is sent by the President and Trustees of Colby College and the Museum’s Board of Governors. Folder 44 Several Through Bills of Landing belonging to H. G. Eaton and A. M. Carter: - Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Co., Dr. to Little Dear Isle (1899, 1900, 1901) - Bangor & Bar Harbor Steamboat Co., Dr. (1990) - Islesboro, Castine & Belfast Steamboat Co., Dr. (1902). Folder 48 1 Invoice: “James A. Robinson & Son. Manufacturers, Sellers & Retail Clothiers” Bangor, Maine 5/12/1897. Items sold to E. J. Russel 1 Receipt: Bar Harbor, 8/10/1885 for Mr. Lee for the amount of $6.00, signed by Mr. Ash. Folder 60 Front page clipping of the Boston Sunday Globe of August 15, 1971 "Maine Island imports children - Imported children bring youth to craggy Maine Island" by Diane White. The island in question is Frenchboro. [show more] | ||||
| Seaside Inn Reunion Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Seaside Inn Reunion Northeast Harbor Library Description: The Seaside Inn reunion booklet prepared for the first reunion of employees and guests. Although the buildings are gone the memories remain. | ||
| Trustee summons: Percy Winslow, 1910 Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Trustee summons: William A. Meader, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Trustee summons: William A. Meader, 1912 Northeast Harbor Library | |||
| Claim: L. Grindle Simpson versus Lowell Hodgkins Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: L. Grindle Simpson versus Lowell Hodgkins Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| The Redbook Collection Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  The Redbook Collection Northeast Harbor Library Description: BOX 1 (record carton box) The Redbooks, 1912-2020 (missing 1913, 1917, 1918, 1948). Now called The Redbook--originally called Directory and Hand Book--these social registers list residents and their contact information, cottage locations and owners, businesses, various transportation schedules, tide charts, advertisements, and important phone numbers. The first book published in 1912 by Stella L. Hill was green, all the rest are red. The Redbook celebrated its 100 anniversary in 2012 and is still produced to this day. [show more] | |||
| Cast iron ship's bell Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Cast iron ship's bell Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Cast iron ship's bell with partial detached yoke. The bell has a large crack and is covered with rust. The bell was retrieved by Harold Walls (1913-2000), a fisherman from Otter Creek, who retrieved it around 1958 or 59. Walls went fishing after a large storm, and found many buoys and lines tangled together. Instead of dealing with them at sea, he towed the tangle to Otter Creek to deal with it. This bell was found in the tangle. It is not clear how the bell ended up in the ocean and the exact location of the tangle is not now known. Temporary image [show more] | |||
| Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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] | ||||
| Sign for Island Lady Charters Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Sign for Island Lady Charters Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Sign advertising Island Lady Charters, a charter boat and water taxi business operated by Rhonda Lee Soucie of Seal Harbor, Maine The sign advertises suggested tours and offerings | ||
| Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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. | ||
| Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Wooden Lobster Buoy Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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 | |||
| Shipping box lid Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Shipping box lid Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Lid from a wooden shipping box sent to F.E. Manchester, an electrician, in Northeast Harbor. The lid consists of four planks and two crosspieces. Written in back ink is information about the recipient: F.E. Manchester Northeast Harbor Maine Ex Paid - refers the the cost of express shipping being paid Stenciled text reads: Sunbeam - Tungsten Glass Handle-With-Care don't-Drop The crate likely contained a tungsten lamp or fixture. Affixed to the front of the crate are two paper labels. One reads is from American Express and contains the shipping cost that appears to be $.95 or $9.5 The other is from Earle and Prew's Express from Pawtucket R.I. [show more] | |||
| Cast iron wrapping paper stand with twine attachment Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Cast iron wrapping paper stand with twine attachment Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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. | ||||
| Hand painted SEA FOOD sign Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Hand painted SEA FOOD sign Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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 | |||
| Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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] | |||
| Claim: Henrietta Soulis versus Mrs. Charles C. Perry Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: Henrietta Soulis versus Mrs. Charles C. Perry Northeast Harbor Library Description: Correspondence regarding mortgage payments. | ||
| Letters: J. E. Russell and Belle Smallidge, 1901 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letters: J. E. Russell and Belle Smallidge, 1901 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Letters regarding summer rental opportunities. | ||
| Letters: Charles K. Amidon to Belle Smallidge Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Letters: Charles K. Amidon to Belle Smallidge Northeast Harbor Library | ||
| Roc Caivano: Clippings featuring his work Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Roc Caivano: Clippings featuring his work Northeast Harbor Library Description: Several magazine articles featuring architect Roc R. Caivano's work. Cover: House & Garden Building, Summer 1978 (excerpt) 1. At Home in the Sun: An Open-House tour of solar homes in the United States (Norah Deakin Davis and Linda Lindsey), 1979 2. L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, Juin 1980 3. Process: Architecture No. 21 - "Solar and Underground Houses" - 1981 4. Down East Magazine, October 1988 (article by Norah Deakin Davis about the Wendell Gilley Museum) 5. Down East Magazine, July 2001 (article by Paul Doiron) 6. Maine Boats & Harbors, Autumn 2002 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 7. Custom Home, November/December 2002 8. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2003 (article by Roc Caivano) 9. Down East Magazine, March 2004 (article by James Schwartz) 10. Down East Magazine, September 2007 (article by Kim Ridley) 11. Fine Homebuilding, Houses Annual Issue, Summer 2008 (article by Roc Caivano) 12. Down East Magazine, Home & Garden Issue, April 2011 (article by Edgar Allen Beem) 13. The Somesville Bridge (Roc Caivano), 2017. Published in Chebacco, The Magazine of the Mount Desert Historical Society, Volume XVIII, 2017 [show more] | |||
| Claim: D. J. Manchester versus N. S. Bunker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claim: D. J. Manchester versus N. S. Bunker, 1905 Northeast Harbor Library Description: Ssheriff's sale Letter, A. H. Lynam to D. J. Manchester Letters: J. A Peters to Knowles, Knowles to Peters | ||
| Claims against Elwell: J. Blackington, Clark Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Claims against Elwell: J. Blackington, Clark Northeast Harbor Library Description: Letters, Payson to Knowles |
