Description: Several photographs of charcoal drawings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Charcoal Drawings". Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. Cover/1 - 16: Early drawings (1940's) 17 -18: Circus 19 - 22: Charcoal and pencil ("Frenchman", "Another Boat") 23 - 25: Still Life 26: "The Tool House" (crayon sanguine) 27 - 28: Religious 29 - 51: Later drawings (including "Ehb") 52: "Fields to the West - Crum Creek" [show more]
Description: Several 3" x 5" photographs of bas-reliefs by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Bas-Reliefs". Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996.
Description: Several photographs of paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Category "Paintings". These photographs are by Edward Quigley, Philadelphia. Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. Cover/1 - 8: Circus 9: "Bernard, Maine" 10: "Seagulls at Manset" 11 - 22: Florida 23 - 28: Miscellanea ("Katie", "Mrs. Garry", "Mary Magdalene" etc.) 29 - 30: "The Parade" (tempera) 31 -32: Still Life, "The White Feather" 33 - 37: Farm ("Denny's house from the back", "Scene at Dawn") 38 - 44: Northeast 45: "Early Morning/From the Rooftop" (oil) 46: "Paul's House" (oil) 47: "The Storm" (oil) 48: "The Apple Tree" (oil) 49: "The House on the Links" (oil) 50: "The Dairy Farm" (oil) 51 - 52: "Valley Forge" (oil) 53: Giraffes (oil) [show more]
Description: Several B/W aerial views of Mount Desert Island, showing Northeast Harbor, the Sound, Echo Lake, Greening Island, and the Cranberry Isles.
Description: B/W photograph of Bart Dyer sitting on a coastal defense cannon at Schooner Head. The cannon, and another on Egg Rock, were in place during WWI.
Description: Tapestries designed by Hosteen Klah from Navajo sand paintings at the Mary Cabot Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, NM. Mrs. Wheelwright devoted much time to the study of Navajo ceremonial arts. 10 slides (a-j) depict tapestries, 5 slides (k-o) depict Stanta Fe environs/Navajo Reservation. Photo 0411 a: Eagle Chasing Chant/Eagles, house and food animals Photo 0411 b: The Red Ant Chant/Horned Toads and Ant's Houses Photo 0411 c: Eagle Chasing Chant/Directional eagles, bows, arrows Photo 0411 d: The Red Ant Chant/Sky, earth, eagle, Horned Toad Photo 0411 e: Eagle Chasing Chant/Armored eagle catcher & eagles Photo 0411 f: The Red Ant Chant/Emergence place and bear guards Photo 0411 g: Eagle Chasing Chant/Eagles are called Sky People Photo 0411 h: Eagle Chasing Chant/Eagle catcher and rabbit trap Photo 0411 i: The Red Ant Chant/Horned Toad warriors & ant path Photo 0411 j: The Red Ant Chant/Horned Toad Man & weapons; Ants [show more]
Description: Twenty-six b/w photographs by Russell Butcher, formerly of Seal Harbor, of undeveloped land in the town of Mount Desert proposed as possible resource conservation zones by the Town conservation committee.
Description: MDI Boys in Guam during WW II. Albert Dodge, Nelson Leland, Don Bryant, and Sonny Sprague. Photograph is a scan of Photograph appearing in Kathy Cavness weekly column in the Mount Desert Islander.
Description: B/W copy of photograph of Main Street, Northeast Harbor, which appeared in an article (with photographs) of MDI service men in World War II.
Description: World War II memorial to the Merchant Mariners and U.S. Naval Armed Guardsmen who died 1941-1946. Grey granite, on Maine Maritime Academy.
Description: Scanned photographs of area Maine Militia and Civil War soldiers. Photo 1829 a: Colonel William Edwin Hadlock, Little Cranberry Isle Photo 1829 b: Samuel T. Savage, enlisted 8-21-1862 Photo 1829 c: Augustus Chase Savage, Acting Lieutenant, US Navy 1864-1865 Photo 1829 d: Thomas Savage, 1842-1865 (from a tintype) See item 2051/GEN 0565