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Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Bloomfield R. Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Announcement, Wedding Announcement
  • June 11, 1890
Bloomfield R. Smith
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Wedding announcement and calling card for Bloomfield R. Smith married Wednesday, June 11, 1890
Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Publication, Periodical, Magazine
  • Other
  • People
  • Places
  • 1898
Description:
A monthly magazine devoted to the history of Maine towns and families. Volume IX, No. 5, May 1898. Two Dollars Per Annum. Single number twenty five cents.
View of the Pier in 1890, Bar Harbor, Maine
Tremont Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Other, Acadia National Park
  • Other, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
  • Other, Fishing industry
  • Other, Pier, Bar Harbor
  • Other, Steamship Travel
  • Other, Transportation
  • Other, Wharf, Bar Harbor
  • 1890
Description:
published by Island Images, Bar Harbor
A History Of Swan's Island,Maine
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, Fishing Industry, Maine
  • Other, Gotts Island - History
  • Other, Swan's Island - History
  • Small, Herman Wesley, 1865-1937
  • 1898
A History Of Swan's Island,Maine
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
a History of Swan's Island Maine from Native American times until 1898. Map of Island on end papers with householders names.
History of Swan's Isdand Maine
Tremont Historical Society
  • Publication, Book
  • Other, History
  • H. W. Small, M.D.
  • 1898
History of Swan's Isdand Maine
Tremont Historical Society
Description:
Description of the history of Swans Island, County of Hancock, State of Maibne - aborigines, discovery, purchase by Col. James Swan, sketch of his life, settlement,biographical sketches of early settlers, sketch of the early history of the neiughboring Gotts Island, County of Hancock, State of Maine and biographical skethces of its early settlers. Swans Island municipal records and fishing industry.
"Republican Rally!" poster
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Advertising, Poster, Political Poster
  • Other, Political campaigns
  • Other, Political parades & rallies
  • Other, Political posters
  • Other, Politics & government
  • Other, Republicans
  • 1880s-1890s
"Republican Rally!" poster
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Ephemera: Framed poster inviting the citizens of Mount Desert to a Republican Rally in Otter Creek on Sept. 2nd. Speakers at the rally were T.R. Simonton, Esq. and A.P. Wiswell, Esq. Probably dates to the 1880s-1890s. Every line of type is different. Fine example of a typesetter's skill. A gift to the Historical Society in honor of Louisa Kennedy. Poster dimensions: approximately 13 1/4" wide by 20" in height.
Map of Village of Sound, 1898
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Map
  • 1898
Map of Village of Sound, 1898
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Map of Village of Sound, 1898 This map has not been located (G Vasisko note 4-4-13)
Letter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • 1896
Letter
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Framed letter from Capt. John Francis Hodgdon to Frank Leslie Hodgdon. Two frames glued back to back showing both sides of paper through glass. Typed transcript of letter in object file. Donor info - This is the last letter written by my grandfather Capt. John Francis Hodgdon. It was written to my father, Frank Leslie Hodgdon. Capt Hodgdon was lost with his ship the Theodore Dean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina a few week later.
Tremont High School Bank Check
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Pay Order, Bank Check
  • Dec. 1st, 1890
Tremont High School Bank Check
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tremont High School Bank Check, blue, for ten dollars signed by G.H. Parker. Cashier was H.L. Lanton (?)
Certificate of Ordination as Priest - Willilam Thomas Manning
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Award, Achievement Certificate
  • 1891
Description:
Certificate of ordination as Priest in the Episcopal Church, Diocese of California, for William Thomas Manning. December 12, 1891. Certificate is handwritten and bears the seal of the Diocese of California. Manning owned The Mount Desert House in Somesville, where he and his family summered. Manning later became Bishop of the Diocese of New York. From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: William Thomas Manning 1866-1949, American Episcopal bishop of New York, b. England, received his collegiate and theological training at the Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Ordained a priest (1891), he served parishes in California, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee and taught dogmatic theology at the Univ. of the South before becoming rector of Trinity parish, New York City, in 1908. Manning was bishop of New York from 1921 until his retirement in 1946. [show more]
Mourning card, Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Mourning Card
  • 1894
Mourning card, Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One page of memorabilia found in a 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. A mourning card for Marjorie Somes, died September 15, 1894. This is the second of two mourning cards for this child located in this photo album.
Mourning card for Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Mourning Card
  • 1894
Mourning card for Marjorie Somes
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
One page of memorabilia found in a 8x10 worn red velvet photo album in poor condition. A card with notice of the death of Marjorie Somes, September 15, 1894. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brigham Fernald. Age at death: 2 years, 10 months old.
Evening Tailcoat and Pants
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Suit
  • 1890 c.
  • Copyright Undetermined
Evening Tailcoat and Pants
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Black tailcoat and associated pants with the label "Browning King and Co. Philadelphia". Was converted into a costume with lace cuffs and pants altered to knickers.
Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room - Shareholders Agreement
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Public Library
  • 8-15-1891
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Description:
Shareholders agreement.
John Greenleaf Cloudman Painting
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • People
  • Cloudman - John Greenleaf Cloudman (1813 - 1892)
  • 1850 - 1892 c
  • Copyright Undetermined
John Greenleaf Cloudman Painting
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Framed oil painting by John Greenlead Cloudman depicting a boy and girl standing on a rocky coast setting a fishing line up. A dog sits behind them.
Mary Cabot Wheelwright Scrapbook
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1894
  • Maine
Mary Cabot Wheelwright Scrapbook
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Photographs of Old Ships from Collection of Miss Mary Wheelwright. Scrapbook with photographs of yachts and sailboats and photocopy of "Early Yachting Days at Northeast Harbor" written by Miss Mary Cabot Wheelwright. Shows family and friends aboard the Hesper, trips to islands, the Cranberry Club, scenes of the harbor in Northeast Harbor. 1. M. C. Wheelwright at age 17 2. M. C. Wheelwright at age 21 3. Captain Stanley 5. Mary Wheelwright 9-10: Northeast Harbor, 1894 13-16: Aboard "HESPER" 22: Steamboat 23-24: HESPER 25: Branscom's Wharf 26: Tennis Club 28: Teakettle Party aboard HESPER; from left to right: C. Hemenway, L. Stevenson, A. Greenough, C. Hardy, Mary Wheelwright, K. Thompson, G. W. Peabody, M. Scull 29: Bear Island from Clifton Dock; HESPER in background 30: Dirt trails through woods; goats in pasture 31: Bottom center: Hamor Home, Cranberry Isle, as seen from the Cranberry Club 32, 34: HESPER 35: Probably NORDICA 37-39: Gott's Island 40: Woman on boat 41: Young child 42, 44: Wheelwright float 43: Cranberry Club, 1896 45: Landing in Cranberry Pool for a picnic at the Club, 1896 53-56: R.K.R., K.T., Northeast Harbor to Long Island, 1913 58-61: Penobscot River, 1902 62-66: Yacht ALOHA 67: Mackerel Fleet in Cranberry or Southwest Harbor 69-71: Coaster "Fannie Earl" 74: Wheelwright Point seen from Clifton Dock. Bear Island is center right, c. 1884. 75: Probably the Corning's sloop HARRIET 77: Boothbay 79: HESPER 82: North Haven 83-86: Boothbay, September 1903 87, 88: Portland 89: September cruise off Beverly Islands 90: Southwest Harbor [show more]
Laura Damon Cross Collection - Scrapbook of Emily N. Phillips Reynolds
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Other
  • 1897
Description:
Scrapbook of Emily N. Phillips Reynolds with two diplomas of good deportment from teacher Maud Trask and pages of greeting cards sent to family members and a few poetry clippings. Dated Christmas 1897.
John Greenleaf Cloudman
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1813 - 1892
  • In Copyright
John Greenleaf Cloudman
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
John Greenleaf Cloudman
Stereoscopic view of the Jayne Cottage
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Emery - Ernest E. Emery (1849-1933)
  • 1890 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Stereoscopic view of the Jayne Cottage
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Stereoscopic view of the Jayne Cottage, off Cleftstone Road, Bar Harbor. The Jayne Cottage was designed in the Shingle Style by Boston architect William Ralph Emerson and built in 1887-1888. The original owner was Dr. Horace Jayne. The house burned in 1947. This stereoscopic view is stamped E. Emery, Bar Harbor, Maine and is labeled Mrs. Jayne.
Photograph of The Briars
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Emery - Ernest E. Emery (1849-1933)
  • 1890 c.
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Photograph of The Briars
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Description:
Oblique photograph of The Briars, a cottage near the Shore Path in Bar Harbor. The house is largely obscured by trees, and gates are visible, as is part of a stone wall. The Briars was built for J. Montgomery Sears and was designed by W. Ralph Emerson. It was later owned by Evalyn Walsh McLean. The house was torn down around 1968. On the back of the photograph is the stamp of E. Emery, Bar Harbor. In blue ink is written "Thayer Cottage, Bar Harbor Maine" In pencil is written Livingston Road. [show more]
Old St. Mary's by the Sea
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • 1896
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Old St. Mary's by the Sea
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
B/W photograph of the original wooden St. Mary's Church taken from Kimball Rd. Photograph shows the north entrance, steps leading to east, sacristy, entrance and the bell tower (with bell.) Built in 1881, architect George Moffett.
Seth Low Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Seth Low Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
See also Items 4278, 4287
Seth Low Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Seth Low Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
See also Items 4278, 4288
Seth Low Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Seth Low Cottage
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Rear elevation. See also Items 4287, 4288
Main Street, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Cabinet Photograph
  • Other, Buildings - Horses
  • 1891
  • Somesville
Main Street, Somesville
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Three similar white buildings in row. Small Selectmen’s Building close by. First Higgins store, middle house now gone. Picture shows Chas. Bordeau and Party, boarders at the Central House. People on steps. Mr. Harison, C.J. Hall, A.J. Whiting, J.J. Somes, R.G. Salisbury. First building has covered porch with people standing on steps. Second building no porch, third building similar porch. Open carriage drawn by two horses. Telephone poles and wires visible. [show more]