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Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Other People			Agnes Yarnall LePage Collection Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-5690 Type: Reference Subject: Other People Description: Hundreds of 3" x 5" photographs of sculptures, drawings and paintings by Agnes Yarnall LePage (1904-1998). Ages Yarnall LePage was a sculptor, painter, poet and artistic historian. Renowned as a sculptor, she commissioned portrayals of contemporary celebrities. Her sculpted works are organized in groups such as: "Clowns" (7377), "Circus" (7378), "Mosaics" (7379), "Bas-relief" (7382). She is also known for her "Paintings" (7380), "Charcoal drawings" (7381) and "Pencil drawings" (7383). This collection of photographs was purchased at an estate auction and donated to the library in 1996. [show more]
Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library	Reference	Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious Other People			Laura Damon Cross Collection Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-7226 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Lodging Business Organizations, Religious Other People Description: Box 1 - Folder 1: Letter from Aunt May [Savage] to Cora Mae [Phillips Perry], February 23, 1924 Letter from Ernestine Savage to Cora May [Perry], March 9, 1950 - Folder 2: Photograph album with 14 photographs of Harbourside Inn, Journey's End, and Grey Rock Harbourside Inn menus, 1 handwritten and 1 typed, August 1971 Newsletter, Knowles News, Spring 2005 - Folder 3: Photograph, Lewellyn and Dot Damon, ca. 1950 Photograph, Laura Damon Cross, Bruce Damon, Carol Damon Dana, ca. 1950 - Scrapbook, poetry clippings - Scrapbook, Emily N. Phillips Reynolds, 1897, diplomas from Maud Trask and greeting cards - Publications: Official Journal and Yearbook of the 71st Session of the East Maine Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, 1918 Apollo: An illustrated manual of the History of Art throughout the ages, 1908 [show more]
Crayon Portraits Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Crayon Portraits Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3010 Type: Reference Subject: Other Description: We use the term "Crayon Portraits" for a particular type of early enlarged photograph, probably made with a solar enlarger, printed on paper and embellished with charcoal of crayon. There are many kinds of embellished photographs in the collection - everything from tinted tintypes to color postcards with people added to the scenes. It is common to find pencil marks on photographs to "improve" them (and also common to find the fingerprints of early photographers like Henry Rand who made their own prints(, but the term Crayon Portrait used here refers to one specific kind of print. To understand the history and techniques of crayon portaits and painted photographs see - "The Painted Photograph 1839-1914 – Origins, Techniques, Aspirations" by Heinz K. Henisch and Bridget A. Henisch, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. [show more]
The Whitmore Family and Pineapple Upside Down Cake Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other	1924 c.	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	The Whitmore Family and Pineapple Upside Down Cake Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3035 Type: Reference Subject: Other Date: 1924 c. Description: The Whitmore and Dole families are both connected to Southwest Harbor, Maine. This is the story of what happened when archivists tried to connect them to Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
Magic Lanterns Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Other		In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Magic Lanterns Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12815 Type: Reference Subject: Other Description: Magic lanterns, also known as optical lanterns, provided one of the most popular forms of entertainment during their heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries, establishing many of the first 2-D special effects. Using an artificial light source and a combination of lenses, these devices enlarged small transparency images or miniature models and projected them onto a wall or screen. This document provides a brief history of magic lanterns, an example of the slide "Maine Coast at Bar Harbor" describing its creations, and an excerpt from a report written for the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the use of such slides. See http://www.collectorsweekly.com/photographs/magic-lantern to read more about Magic Lantern slides. [show more]

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