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Type
Place
Date
Contributor
  • Bar Harbor Historical Society✖
Title Type Subject Creator Date Place Rights
Beatrix Farrand Reef Point Stationary
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Writing, Stationery
  • People
  • 1900 - 1950 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Beatrix Farrand Reef Point Stationary
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-108
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Stationery
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1900 - 1950 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Varying sized of white paper with blue type. Larger sheet reads "Beatrix Farrand Landscape Gardener Reef Point Bar Harbor, Maine". Smaller sheets read "Reef Point Bar Harbor, Maine". Last pieces of stationary in which Farrand refers to herself as "Landscape Gardener".
"Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" Pamphlet
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Document, Pamphlet
  • People
  • Places, Garden
  • 1953-06
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
"Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" Pamphlet
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-111
Type:
  • Document, Pamphlet
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Garden
Publisher:
  • The Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor, Maine. Copyright, 1953, by Reef Point Gardens Corporation.
Date:
  • 1953-06
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Pamphlet titled "Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" published by the Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor Maine in June 1953. Vol. I, No. 10. Has a black and white image of a flower in a vase titled "Hybrid Tea Rose Innocence". Photograph by Sewall Brown.
Engraved Floral Scissors
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Scissors
  • none
  • 1900 - 1950 c
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Engraved Floral Scissors
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-107
Type:
  • Object, Scissors
Subject:
  • none
Date:
  • 1900 - 1950 c
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Decoratively engraved metal scissors owned by Beatrix Farrand.
Max Farrand Portrait Photograph
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • 1900 - 1950 c
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Max Farrand Portrait Photograph
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-106
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1900 - 1950 c
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Small brown leather folding portfolio with a black and white portrait of Max Farrand, husband of Beatrix Farrand.
Bar Harbor Gardening Club Silver Award Plate
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Furnishings, Knickknack, Decorative Plate
  • none
  • 1953
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Bar Harbor Gardening Club Silver Award Plate
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-94
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Knickknack, Decorative Plate
Subject:
  • none
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Silver plate gifted to the Bar Harbor gardening club by Beatrix Farrand to be the award for the best single roses category, then given to Mary Hodgkins as an prize for her single rose. Text engraved on plate reads: "A gift to the Bar Harbor Garden Club from Beatrix Farrand owner of Reef Point Gardens An award to be given annually for the best exhibit of Single Roses 1953"
Hamor Telescope, Case and Letter
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Astronomical Telescope
  • 1860 and 1958
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Hamor Telescope, Case and Letter
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-582
Type:
  • Object, Astronomical Telescope
Date:
  • 1860 and 1958
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Wood and metal telescope (.03) and wood case (.01) presented to Captain Richard Hamor for assisting the British ship "Dominica" when it had caught fire on August 3rd, 1860. Corresponding letter(.02) is from the Royal Admiralty explaining the incident and how Richard Hamor and Aaron S. Lanfor both were awarded telescopes in thanks for their help. It is addressed to R.W. Gillen and dated 8th August, 1958.
"The Bar Harbor Fire" Oil Painting by Howe Duane Higgins
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Island
  • Higgins - Howe Duane Higgins (1894 - 1974)
  • 1950 c
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
"The Bar Harbor Fire" Oil Painting by Howe Duane Higgins
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-440
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Duane Higgins (1894 - 1974)
Date:
  • 1950 c
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Panoramic view of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire painted by Howe Duane Higgins and framed in a ornate gilded frame.
Bar Harbor Railroad Painted Toy Train
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Toy
  • none
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
  • 1950 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Bar Harbor Railroad Painted Toy Train
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-228
Type:
  • Object, Toy
Subject:
  • none
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Painted black wood toy train with an attached train car. Engine car is black with six red wheels and yellow detail of the silhouette of conductor and the text: "1492 BHRR". Second car has four red wheels and carries nine blocks of wood suspended on a wooden pole. The two sections are attached with a small metal hook.
Bar Harbor Rail Road Toy Train
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Toy
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
  • 1950 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Bar Harbor Rail Road Toy Train
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-227
Type:
  • Object, Toy
Creator:
  • Bar Harbor Toy Co.
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Wooden toy train with four red painted wood wheels. Body of train has "1492 BHRR" painted on as well as a painted conductor silhouette.
Mary Roberts Rinehart Portrait and Card
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Art, Picture, Portrait
  • People
  • Painting by Howard Chandler Christy
  • 1880 - 1950 c
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Mary Roberts Rinehart Portrait and Card
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-47
Type:
  • Image, Art, Picture, Portrait
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Painting by Howard Chandler Christy
Date:
  • 1880 - 1950 c
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Portrait of Mary Roberts Rinehart. Color print of painting by Howard Chandler Christy. Matted and framed in a gilded frame. Framed with portrait is an (unrelated) illustrated birthday card for Ted Faulkenstrom, Rinehart's chauffeur, signed "and much love, from Mary Roberts Rinehart".
Rinehart Teapot
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Drink Serving Vessel, Teapot
  • People
  • 1876 - 1958
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Rinehart Teapot
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-45
Type:
  • Object, Drink Serving Vessel, Teapot
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1876 - 1958
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Teapot and lid, white china with gilded edges and initial "R". Owned by Mary Roberts Rinehart, part of her set.
Dinner Dress
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Object, Clothing, Dress, Cocktail Dress
  • 1954 - 1957 c
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Undetermined
Dinner Dress
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-719
Type:
  • Object, Clothing, Dress, Cocktail Dress
Date:
  • 1954 - 1957 c
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
Slate blue heavy weight taffeta dinner dress with a split neck sweetheart neck line with mercury silver beads and matching belt. Tag reads: "The Garden Seat Clearwater, Florida. Franelle Bar Harbor, Maine"
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1876 - 1958
  • Bar Harbor
  • No Copyright - United States
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-97
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1876 - 1958
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Rabbit hunter
Bar Harbor Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • 1950 c.
  • Bar Harbor
  • In Copyright
Rabbit hunter
Bar Harbor Historical Society
Identifier:
  • bhhs-75
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1950 c.
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Description:
"Protege rabbit hunter" Bill Horner on the left holding two rabbits and the .410 shotgun that was given to him by Charlie Hayward. (See also the "Rabbit Feed" photo, item 74. The other young man is George Riddell, son of Jock Riddell who is also in the Rabbit Feed photo. It was a close-knit bunch and there were many boyhood memories of those times.