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| Vanda - Motor Yacht Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Vanda - Motor Yacht Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Willie Marie - Lobster Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Willie Marie - Lobster Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| Florence - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Florence - Steamer Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The steamer, "Florence" was originally part of the fleet of Captain Gilbert Theodore Hadlock of the Cranberry Isles. | |||
| Racing records Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Filmming about Friendship Sloops Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Filmming about Friendship Sloops Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Ralph Stanley far left and two men working on film about Friendship sloops. One of the cameramen is Lowell Wentworth. Unknown man | |||
| Harbor view. Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Harbor view. Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Looking back at city from harbor. Wide street runs through middle of photo from harborside. Two three-masted schooners in port to the right. Three church steeples rise in background above city. To the left sign above building reads, “Washburn [?] flour.” Harbor unidentified; no date. | ||||
| Account of the A Grand Old One Design Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Account of the A Grand Old One Design Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Handwritten partial history of the A Class Design. Includes quotes from E.R. Welles. It appears to be part of a forward for a future article. Gaff Rigged Sloop. Known also as an H class Previously accessioned as 007.121 | ||||
| Andrew Nebinger - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Andrew Nebinger - Schooner Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Southwest Harbor Captain Adoniram Judson Robinson (1834-1912), great-grandfather of boat builder Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), was Master of schooner "Andrew Nebinger," built at on the Mispillion River. For information about the vessels built on Mispillion Creek see "Mispillion-Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917" by Betty Harrington Macdonald, published by the Milford Historical Society in 1990 - available for view at the Maritime Museum in Bath, Maine. See "Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks: The History of Shipbuilding in Milford, Delaware" – video produced for the Milford Museum by 302 Stories, Inc., Written, Directed and Edited by Michael Oates, Narrated by Don Wescott – 36 minutes.Early boat building at Milford, Delaware on the Mispillion River. [show more] | |||
| Lorilynn - Lobster Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Lorilynn - Lobster Boat Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Built As: Lorilynn Class: Lobster Boat Hull: Wood Designed By: Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) – “built on the same 34’ model as Wolfhound for Wendell Seavey and Russell Pettigrove’s boat” Build Date: 1966 Built by: Ralph W. Stanley Inc. Built at: Stanley 1st Shop - SWH – Main Street – 376 Built for: Bracy – Wesley “Junior” Peterson Bracy Jr. (1938-) Named for: Probably Junior’s wife: Lorraine R. (MacAllister) Bracy (1948-) and a daughter Lynn? Power: Built with 8 cyl. Buick engine – later – 1980s – Caterpillar Diesel Length: 35’ [show more] | |||
| Schooner Frank Brainerd Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Schooner Frank Brainerd Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: Framed picture of the Frank Brainerd with a deck load lumber. Sticker on the back of the frame reads: Frank A. Bigelow, Inc. 11 Bromfield St., Boston, Mass. | |||
| Woolies, Sailors' Embroidered Folk Art, tapestry Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Woolies, Sailors' Embroidered Folk Art, tapestry Northeast Harbor Library Description: This magnificent gift of twenty-four English sailors' embroideries - Woolies - was presented by Mrs Douglas Dillon to honor the new Northeast Harbor Library in 2007. These unique pieces of nineteenth century mariner's folk art were souvenirs of the sailors' world-wide journeys and were embroidered in wool on sailcloth. Mrs. Dillon began a half-century ago to develop this unique and wonderful collection and continued until presenting them to the Library. Woolie 1: Doris 27 1/2" high by 48" wide, British Flagship, unusual harlequin background Woolie 2: Black hull ship, British Ensign under sail, sea gulls flying overhead, three other ships in foreground, lifeboat swung up on davit Woolie 3: Sailor's Adieu, ship's dory waiting to take him to his three-masted warship, and gulls flying overhead, 18" high by 26" wide Woolie 4: Seventy-two gun warship at sea full sail, 23" high by 27" wide, British Ensign Woolie 5: Tugboat bringing large three-masted sailboat (sails furled) home from the sea, crewelwork stitches in silk, cotton and wool, 22" high by 30" wide Woolie 6: Gunboat under sail, lighthouse and small photo of Captain in oval at center of Woolie at base Woolie 7: H.M.S. Terrible bombarding Odessa, only battle scene known to me, ironclad H.M.S. Terrible facing away, huge clouds of smoke, green sea, 17 1/2" high by 28 1/2" wide Woolie 8: Two-decked gunship, captain with spyglass, ship dressed all over, with crew standing on spars, over 100 men, perhaps Royal Review at Cowes Woolie 9: Warship under sail, depicted with life preserver and laurel leaf enclosure and flags, a small gold and pearl navy brooch is pinned below crown added by me when woolly was moth-proofed, 31 1/2" wide by 35" high Woolie 10: Three-masted warship under sail, from porthole surrounded by Union Jack and other flags in laurel wreath Woolie 11: Ice-breaker prow on three-masted and steam-powered gunboat with lighthouse and man on shore Woolie 12: H.M.S. Lether, British three-masted ship under sail hoisted a very large anchor at prow, 16" high by 26" wide Woolie 13: Largest of Woolies, 30 1/2" high by 44" wide, depicting Rock of Gibraltar and McKinley's Great White Fleet gunboat and a British streamer and French gunboat, Spain on left, Morocco on right Woolie 14: H.M.S. Hero, ninety-one guns three-masted gunboat, British Flag, smokestack with grey smoke puff Woolie 15: Three-masted black hull British Flag, initialed at bottom F.D. and 91 Woolie 16: Choppy blue and white sea, seven gunboats, sails furled, small bronze guns attached by wool, over-sized sailors on ships, 22" high by 25" wide Woolie 17: Duke of Wellington three-masted, three-decked gunship dressed all over, flags strum from stem to stern - my finest Woolie - purchased in Brighton, England in 1950, rigging of wool - usually they used string for tautness and lasting qualities - Flagship, Admiral's gig at side, probably a Royal Review for Queen Victoria memorialized by artist Woolie 18: Silver framed three-masted gunship with gold steam stacks mid-ship, British flags, 30 1/2" wide by 21" high Woolie 19: Silk-work ship (faded) with Cliffs of Dover, 16" wide by 13 1/2" high Woolie 20: White Ensign British warship entering harbor, small fort on left, lighthouse on right, 12 1/2" high by 15" wide Woolie 21: Three-decker gunship entering harbor, sailing straight at us, British saluting or being fired on by entrance fort Woolie 22: Small-sized gold framed three-masted gunship under sail, blue and White Sea, 12" high by 16" wide Woolie 23: Three-masted British ship at sea approaching white lighthouse (looks like a milk bottle) interesting sky, 51" wide by 24" high Woolie 24: Paddle steamship, 20 1/2" high by 27" wide [show more] | ||||
| Manchester and Branscom Family History Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Manchester and Branscom Family History Northeast Harbor Library Description: 1: Estate of James H. Branscom Appraisal 2: Warranty Deed 3: Quite-claim Deed 4: The Manchester Family paper by Mrs. Minnie F. Manchester Two CDs with digital copies of these items, for which these are print outs. Contents of Curtis Phelps Collection: CD1: - Main Street: 5 B/W images of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - 13 images of Northeast Harbor and Mount Desert area: 1. Asticou Inn 2. Glen Cove Hotel 3. J. H. Brancsom 4. Jordan Pond House 5. Jordan Pond 6. Manchester Point 7. Me Centeral R R ferry 8. Northeast Harbor 9. Rock End Hotel 10. Seal Harbor 11. Seaside Inn 12. Sloop Alice Marion 1921 13. Tarn - Old postcards: 1. Steamer J. T. Morse 2. Bar Harbor 1890 3. Claremont 1900's 4. Handlock Pont 1910 5. IGA 6. Northeast Harbor 1920 7. Seaside and Glen Cove hotels 8. Somes Sound 9. Somesville 1900's 10. Steamer Mount Desert [show more] | ||||
| Steamer J. T. MORSE Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Steamer J. T. MORSE Northeast Harbor Library Description: The last large side-wheeler steamer used in New England for both passenger and freight service was the 214-foot J. T. Morse, built in 1903-04 in East Boston for the Eastern Steamship Company. Powered by a 600-horsepower, single-beam engine, it traveled the Rockland, Maine to Bar Harbor run from April to October or November each year. The ship was named for James Thomas Morse of the well-known maritime (shipping and towing) family from Bath, Maine. (Text from visitacadia.com) [show more] | ||||
| Yacht HESPER Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Yacht HESPER Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| HESPER Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  HESPER Northeast Harbor Library Description: Framed, B/W, 13x11.5" photograph of the Wheelwright yacht "HESPER." | ||||
| Schooner HESPER, carving Northeast Harbor Library |
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| Steamer NORUMBEGA Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Steamer NORUMBEGA Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Steamer MOUNT DESERT Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Steamer MOUNT DESERT Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Steamer RANGELEY Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Steamer RANGELEY Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Steamer FRANK JONES Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Steamer FRANK JONES Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Steamer SAPPHO Northeast Harbor Library |
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|  Steamer SAPPHO Northeast Harbor Library | ||||
| Penelope Hinckley at the Helm Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Penelope Hinckley at the Helm Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
| The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Howe D. Higgins Collection of Documents Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: The Howe D. Higgins Collection contains Howe's collection of documents from his time spent as a customs officer on Mount Desert Island from 1921 to 1930, with some other documents spanning into the 1930s. The collection is sorted into several sets of documents including: letters and correspondence with Howe D. Higgins pertaining to information about rum running and bootleggers on the island; reports of seizures and related search warrants; documents containing information about rum runners in the area; Howe D. Higgins' Work Logs as customs officer from 1921 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930; and newspaper clippings pertaining to prohibition and rum running on Mount Desert Island. [show more] | |||
| The Connecticut at the Southwest Boat Corporation Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Connecticut at the Southwest Boat Corporation Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Model two miniature schooners in glass case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Model two miniature schooners in glass case Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Model, boat, miniature schooners (two) in glass case |
