Description: Photos of Carl Nelson Day held in August of 1985. Carl was in his 90s when these pictures were taken and moved off island shortly after Carl Nelson Day. Package includes notes from Jan and names of people in photos by Ruth Westphal. Scanned photos available.
Description: Photo, Outdoor concert on Cranberry Island, by Ed Elvidge, at Moss house 1987, 1988 calendar (Eugenia Zukerman, flute; Sara Lambert Bloom, oboe; performing Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with Robert J. Lutsema (WGBH) narrating c. 1987.
Description: Photo of 8 racing I.O.D.s (International One Design sloops); approximately 5" x 8" black & white, in a wood frame. Caption taped to back of frame: "Full or Collapsed, Spinnakers Reveal Skippers' Skill and Luck in Catching Light Breeze off Mount Desert Island, Maine. One sail (third from left) droops while a rival, 100 feet directly ahead, balloons with a fortunate puff. Hand on sheet, a crew member (second yacht from right) jockeys his sail as he would a horse's reins. Compact and sturdy, these are International Class sloops all built in Norway before the war. Here the Northeast Harbor fleet nears the finish line after an eight mile race. Four years of war have not stopped such races. (Courtesy Main Development Commission)" No date. [show more]
Description: Framed photographs recording the arrival of the International Class sailboats, May 7, 1938. Five photographs show the arrival and launching of the International Class sailboats in the Great Harbor.
Description: Framed photograph of the J Class yacht Enterprise. Text beneath the photograph reads: Enterprise (Ghost of the Sea) Beneath the photograph is a poem by Elmer Ellsworth Ford
Description: A framed drawing, appearing have been executed on paper in ink, showing the Northeast Harbor Fleet Medal as designed by Roger Griswold (so noted in the History of the Northeast Harbor Fleet by Dr. Joseph L. Grant).
Description: A framed set of four photographs showing various scenes relating to the history of the Northeast Harbor Fleet. From top left, and going clockwise, the photos show: The Northeast Harbor Fleet House from the lawn The Northeast Harbor Fleet House and docks from South Shore Road Rigging a Northeast Harbor A Boat A Northeast Harbor A Boat grounded out alongside the pier
Description: Painting of a Thirty Square Meter sailboat under sail in front of Bear Island. The clouds are dark grey, and mountains are visible in the distance. The painting is signed W______ Lawrence