Description: Painting of Seal Cove from Gray Homestead by Howe D. Higgins. Label on frame says "Acadia National Park." Frame is rough grey wood. On back: Framed by Harborside Studio, Southwest Harbor, Maine. Seal Cove Long Pond and Acadia Nat. Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Howe D. Higgins was born in 1894 and died in 1974, per Vining book. He is buried in Mt. Height Cemetery in SW Harbor. He was the grandson of Sylvanus Higgins of Mt. Desert. [show more]
Description: Painting, large, colorful, shoreline scene with island flora and fauna,Title? , acrylic (or oil?) on wood by Wini Smart, 2000. Mounted on wooden frame. 8 ft H x 4 ft H. Painting is intended as a museum display to help children identify all the animals and sea life found on GCI. Early on, the GCIHS museum had a section for children. See also (B): white binder with laminated pages, "Can You Find These Animals?" identifying animals seen in the painting and on GCI. [show more]
Description: Artwork. "The Quiltmaker" framed, oil on canvas by Wini Smart 2006. Islander Ruth Westphal sewing a colorful quilt in a windowed room with view of church suggested in one window. Painting donated by Friends of Cranberry House at the 2006 Exhibit and Benefit Auction held at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor, ME.
Description: Painting, oil on canvas, unframed, "Dancing Rock, Baker Island" by Wini Smart. Painting features people dancing in a summer scene atop the flat ledge of granite on the island.
Description: Oil-on-canvas painting by Laurie D. Williams titled Pink Stanley and Larry Williams. Shows Capt. Charles “Pink” Stanley and Laurence Williams with lobster pot and skiff ca. 1958. Painting is by Larry's mother and was inspired by a photo by the artist or by cousin John Towns.
Description: Another painting of the Islesford by former Islesford resident Robert Morse is located at Rockland Maine in the possession of Mrs. Susan Hadlock