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Canoers on Somesville Mill Pond Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard					Canoers on Somesville Mill Pond Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-4732 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Creator: Description: Black and white "Christmas Greeting" photo postcard showing canoers on Somesville Mill Pond with Somesville Library in background. Back of card has written, "Bob & Norma."
Letter to Amasa Higgins Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Deer Isle	?, Richard H.	1849		Letter to Amasa Higgins Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12098 Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Deer Isle Creator: ?, Richard H. Date: 1849 Description: Letter Amasa Higgins (could also be Ana Higgins) Deer Isle from Richard Warren, Gouldsboro, Deer Isle re: purchase of mill logs and shingle wood.
Stanley Fisheries Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print		07/11/2007	1941		Stanley Fisheries Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13464 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Creator: 07/11/2007 Date: 1941 Description: Paul Stubing indicated that this was a picture of the Stanley Fisheries and that the double-ender was "always" in the same point. The caption on the back reads, "Foggy Morning at Southwest Harbor, Maine - August 1941...Lighthouse Tender ILEX - Schooner Rebecca R. Douglass." There is a three-masted schooner in the center background and a vessel which looks like a freighter on the top left. There are two gulls resting on pilings in the foreground. [show more]
View of Hadlock Pond, Northeast Harbor, ME Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Postcard		A. Bain and Company			View of Hadlock Pond, Northeast Harbor, ME Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-2285 Type: Object, Writing, Postcard Creator: A. Bain and Company
"Faraway", Greenings Isle, Southwest Harbor, ME Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Object, Writing, Postcard		A. I. Holmes	1908		"Faraway", Greenings Isle, Southwest Harbor, ME Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11649 Type: Object, Writing, Postcard Creator: A. I. Holmes Date: 1908
Cooperative craft shop planned by Penobscot Indian Enterprises Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping	Other, Crafts Other, Indians	A. Jay Higgins writing for Bangor Daily News	6/18/1976		Cooperative craft shop planned by Penobscot Indian Enterprises Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-2795 Type: Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping Subject: Other, Crafts Other, Indians Creator: A. Jay Higgins writing for Bangor Daily News Date: 6/18/1976 Description: Article announcing the opening of the Penobscot Indian Craft Shop in Bar Harbor. The shop is for the purpose of selling crafts of Maine Penobscot Indians as well Western American Indian tribes. Previously archived as 012.FIC.040.4
Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book	Other, Home Economics	A Lady of Philadelphia	1828		Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12962 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Other, Home Economics Creator: A Lady of Philadelphia Publisher: Munroe and Francis Date: 1828 Description: This is a facsimile of the original 1828 publication. The writer is really Eliza Lislie
Unknown man, child, woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait	A. Newman			Unknown man, child, woman Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-14183 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait Creator: A. Newman Description: Unknown man with no legs (only feet) standing on covered table or stool. Curly hair with receding hairline. Wears dark suit with velvet collar, white shirt, black silk tie. Child in center, age 5-9, blond curly hair parted on side. Wears dark sailor type top, buttons down center with bow tie, knee pants and dark boots. Unknown woman (mother?) sits to right. Hair worn close to head, tight curls flat on forhead. Wears small earings. Dark dress with stripe pattern forming squares. Ruffles above skirt hem. Vertical ruffles down front of skirt. Same trim on cuffs. Large buttons down center of bodice. Wide white collar nearly reaching shoulders lays flat. Marked on back, “Eli Bowen, Wife and Child. A. Newman Photographer. Ground floor Skylight 228 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia. [show more]
Man with dark hair dark suit and large mustache Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph	People	A.B. Rugg	1860-1870	Minneapolis MN	Man with dark hair dark suit and large mustache Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5070 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph Subject: People Creator: A.B. Rugg Date: 1860-1870 Place: Minneapolis MN Description: Carte de visite of a man with dark hair parted on right, swept over (and slightly up) on right side. Has very thick dark mustache. Wears dark suit, dark bow tie, white shirt. Jacket unbuttoned after first button, distinctive horseshoe shaped pin on left lapel.
Blanche Holmes Magnant, infant Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Other, Portrait photographs	Abell, G.L. Wellesley	1911		Blanche Holmes Magnant, infant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-12381 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Other, Portrait photographs Creator: Abell, G.L. Wellesley Date: 1911 Description: Black and white photograph of Blanche Holmes Magnant, July 17, 1911. Infant in white dress with black shoes.
Memories of a Lifetime Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book		A.C. Savage			Memories of a Lifetime Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11600 Type: Publication, Book Creator: A.C. Savage Description: Hardbound typescript of A.C. Savage's Memories of a Lifetime. Signed Emily Phillips Reynolds and Cora J. Phillips.
Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph		Acadia National Park			Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19077 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Creator: Acadia National Park Description: Color slide of an aerial view of a pile of trash at the edge of a forest. A river runs to the left of the frame and pine trees on the right of the frame. Notes on slide read: Aerial. Dol. Dump, #120 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph		Acadia National Park			Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19074 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Creator: Acadia National Park Description: Color slide of a bald eagle hunched forward on a tree branch with it's beak open. Notes on slide read: Bald Eagle, #99 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph		Acadia National Park			Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19072 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Creator: Acadia National Park Description: Color slide of a marsh hawk sitting on a ground nest next to vegitation. Notes on slide read: Marsh Hawk, #97 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph		Acadia National Park			Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19071 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Creator: Acadia National Park Description: Color slide of a great horned owl sitting on a tree branch. Notes on slide read: Owl, #96 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph		Acadia National Park			Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19093 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Creator: Acadia National Park Description: Color slide of three song sparrows. Two are sitting on a branch looking to the left and one bird is comming in for a landing on the branch. Notes on slide read: Song Sparrows, #69 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Color Photograph		Acadia National Park			Pant Ce Exhibit Birds Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-19087 Type: Image, Photograph, Color Photograph Creator: Acadia National Park Description: Color slide of a muskrat swimming in a body of water. The slide is out of focus. Notes on slide read: Muskrat, #77 Color slides which are part of an exhibit. The slides are numbered were not stored in the box in sequential order. The slides are left in the order they appear in the box. From box labeled: Pant Ce Exhibit Birds
Raven Nestlings Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	Nature Nature, Animals, Birds	Acadia National Park	1960 c.	Maine, MDI, Acadia National Park	Raven Nestlings Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-9612 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: Nature Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Acadia National Park Date: 1960 c. Place: Maine, MDI, Acadia National Park Description: 8 X 10 black and white photograph of several newly hatched birds in straw nest in the side of the cliff. Black birds one with mouth opened in center. Paper attatched to the back, “ This Nestful, quite full in fact, of young ravens was photographed on the island. Ravens are year round residents here. Photo courtesy Acadia National Park.
Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Map		Acadia National Park	2011		Acadia Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13882 Type: Map Creator: Acadia National Park Date: 2011 Description: Mapr distributed to all park visitors 2011
Beaver Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph		Acadia National Park			Beaver Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-10271 Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Creator: Acadia National Park Description: Black Beaver. The back of the photograph is marked: "The beaver is the largest of American rodents. Almost exterminated by the turn of the century, they have now been re-established in the wilder sections of the country. There are several sub-species. This one Castor canadensis canadensis." (Photo Courtesy of Acadia National Park)
Map of Proposed Changes to Eden Street, Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Map		Acadia National Park Engineering			Map of Proposed Changes to Eden Street, Bar Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11567 Type: Map Creator: Acadia National Park Engineering Description: Map of proposed changes to Eden Street, Bar Harbor. Date of map not marked, most likely 1950s-60s.
The Story of Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Publication, Book		Acadia Publishing Company	1985		The Story of Acadia National Park Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-11880 Type: Publication, Book Creator: Acadia Publishing Company Date: 1985
Gilley: Portrait of a Bird Carver Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Recording, Video Recording	Object, Woodworking Other, Wood carvings	Adams, Richard W.	1981		Gilley: Portrait of a Bird Carver Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-17540 Type: Document, Recording, Video Recording Subject: Object, Woodworking Other, Wood carvings Creator: Adams, Richard W. Date: 1981 Description: A film on DVD about Wendell Gilley, master carver from Southwest Harbor. Title: Gilley: Portrait of a Bird Carver. A documentary story filmed during the construction of the museum built in his honor in 1981. Film by Richard W. Adams, with a 2004 update on the 25th anniversary of the Museum and the centennial of the birth of Wendell Gilley. Running time of 25 minutes.
Woman in profile wearing dark dress with lace collar Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph	People	Adams Studio		Portland ME	Woman in profile wearing dark dress with lace collar Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-5033 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph Subject: People Creator: Adams Studio Place: Portland ME Description: Portrait of young woman, taken in profile, head slightly bowed. Wears dark wavy hair twisted and pinned back. Also wears thin silver-framed glasses, white lace collar over dark top. Inscription at bottom of case reads, “With deep affection for one of the dearest girls that I have ever known.”
Letter to MDI Historical Society Inquiring about Stanley Genealogy Mount Desert Island Historical Society	Document, Correspondence	Other, Genealogy	Adrian O. Stanley	1996		Letter to MDI Historical Society Inquiring about Stanley Genealogy Mount Desert Island Historical Society Identifier: mdihs-13873 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Genealogy Creator: Adrian O. Stanley Date: 1996 Description: Letter inquiring about Stanley genealogy, particularly regarding William Stanley of Tremont and his wife Ruth Gott.

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