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Engine Order Telegraph Receiver
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object
  • Recreation
  • Pierrot
Engine Order Telegraph Receiver
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Engine Order Telegraph Receiver, likely from an engine room, mounted on a mahogany plaque. The receiver is polished brass, and glass covers a painted face. The face appears to have been repainted, and some of this paint has faded. The face is labeled Pierrot, but research has yielded no information about this company.
Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object
  • Businesses, Other Business
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]
Wooden Lobster Buoy
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Lawson - Russell Lawson
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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
  • Object
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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
  • Object
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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]
American Legion men standing next to the Firehouse, Northeast Harbor
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Organizations
  • People
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Members of the Lurvey-Wright Post of the American Legion standing to the south of the firehouse, Northeast Harbor. A key accompanying this photograph gives the names of some of the men, including Lyle Wescott, Jack Reynolds, Gerald Sr. [Gerald Norwood, Sr], Arthur Walls, Zip Ober, James Bunker, Larry Wass, Bill Cripps, John Manchester, Arthur Eaton, H. Suminsby, and ____ McCrae.
Framed photograph of Bunker & Ellis lobster yacht, Rambler
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Recreation
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Framed and mounted photograph of Bunker & Ellis lobster yacht, Rambler. Rambler was the third boat built by Bunker & Ellis for Thomas Reath of Philadelphia and Northeast Harbor, and was launched in 1957. The boat is seen passing a bell bouy painted with the number 15. This image is temporary.
Yachting Cap worn on A. Atwater Kent, Jr.'s boats
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Clothing, Cap, Sport Cap, Yachting Cap
  • Recreation
  • Zeidel & Co.
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
  • No Known Copyright
Description:
Yachting cap with stitched emblem that incorporates the burgee of Philadelphia's Corinthian Yacht Club on the left (triangular burgee with white background, red cross, and blue corner) and A. Atwater Kent, Jr.'s personal signal flag on the right (red field with a blue K outlined in white). Label inside the hat indicates that it was sold by Zeidel Uniforms of Port Washington, Long Island, New York and West Palm Beach, Florida.
Sign for Pine Bough Antiques
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Sign for Pine Bough Antiques
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Wooden sign for Pine Bough Antiques, an antiques and rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign hung off the front of the building and is therefore double sided. Looking at the two sides, green painted frame on one side is more weathered than the other. The two-sided sign has green lettering and a green frame, and pine bough is painted in the upper left corner. [show more]
Sign for Wikhegan Old Books
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Sign for Wikhegan Old Books
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Wooden sign for Wikhegan Old Books, a rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign was removed from the building before the business closed, when books were sold from Pine Bough Antiques The sign is two sided and appears to have had a brown frame, which no longer survives. Brown paint appears beneath where the frame would have been.
Cast iron wrapping paper stand with twine attachment
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
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
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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
Ice Tongs
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Ice Tongs
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Ice tongs from Stanley's Fish Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor These ice tongs were used by David Stanley (and likely his father before him) to move large blocks of ice in the fish market. They are heavily rusted.
Ice Tongs
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Ice Tongs
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Ice tongs from Stanley's Fish Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor These ice tongs were used by David Stanley (and likely his father before him) to move large blocks of ice in the fish market. They are heavily rusted. There appears to be writing on one arm, but the rust makes it impossible to read.
Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED"
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Sign, Informational Sign
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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]
Hancock County, Maine: Maine's Most Scenic Area
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Hancock County
Hancock County, Maine: Maine's Most Scenic Area
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated magazine on Hancock County, Maine. Text dates publication between 1963 and 1969. Focus on history, economic development, and advertisements.
Swan's Island Light House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Unknown
Swan's Island Light House
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated photograph of MDI Historical field trip to Swan's Island. Likely 2000-2010.
Swans Island Field Trip
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Unknown
Swans Island Field Trip
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Photograph of unknown couple at Swan's Island lighthouse on a historical society tour. Undated, likely 2000-2010
Somesville Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Unknown
Somesville Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated photograph of Somesville bridge and selectman's building
Selectmans Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Unknown
Selectmans Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated photograph of selectman's building, Somesville.
Somesville Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Unknown
Somesville Bridge
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated photograph of Somesville bridge and selectman's building.
Selectmans Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Unknown
Selectmans Building
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated picture of the Somesville selectmans building.
Somesville Museum
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Unknown
Somesville Museum
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Undated picture of Somesville Museum.
Museum 1977-1978
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, List, Guestbook
  • MDI Historical Society
Museum 1977-1978
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Somesville Museum sign in book, 1977-78
Town of Mount Desert Comprehensive Plan Update
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Town of Mount Desert
Town of Mount Desert Comprehensive Plan Update
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Copy of updated comprehensive plan 2004-5

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