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| "The Bar Harbor Fire" Oil Painting by Howe Duane Higgins Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  "The Bar Harbor Fire" Oil Painting by Howe Duane Higgins Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Panoramic view of the 1947 Bar Harbor fire painted by Howe Duane Higgins and framed in a ornate gilded frame. |
| Watercolor Painting "Bass Cottage" Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Watercolor Painting "Bass Cottage" Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Watercolor painting of the summer cottage "Bass Cottage" with a dedication on the lower left which reads: "Love Roy and Helene" and has the artist signature "Hallowell" on the lower right. | ||
| Painting of Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Painting of Steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Reprint of a painting portraying fisherman & boat, a woman & boy with nets & row boat in foreground and in the background the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Has name of the ship on bottom of frame. | |
| Rip Rap Dog Portrait Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Rip Rap Dog Portrait Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Framed oil painting of Rip Rap, the Springer Spaniel stud dog who was a descendant of champion dogs. | |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart Portrait and Card Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Mary Roberts Rinehart Portrait and Card Bar Harbor Historical Society 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". |
| Mary Ward Dorr Portrait Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Mary Ward Dorr Portrait Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: Charcoal and pencil portrait of Mary Ward Dorr (George B. Dorr's mother). | |
| Painting of the Lusitania Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Painting of the Lusitania Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Painting, oil or acrylic, and pencil on cardboard of the ship Lusitania. Framed in wood with popsicle stick supports on damaged corners. Donor notes, "I bought it at a Cranberry Island Fair in the 1980s, and was told it came out of an Island House. I'm not sure if it was done by an Islander, but Isabel Storey would know." | |||
| Cardboard panels painted by GCI school children Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Cardboard panels painted by GCI school children Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Paintings, three painted cardboard panels with artwork by GCI school children. (A) Woman on the moon releasing white dove by Amy Russell1996. (B) Woman in black in the middle of an orange flower by Martha Bunker (probably 1996); she became an artist or photographer in Portland. (C) Ice Hockey player in action on the ice by Patrick Allen (probably 1996). | |
| Copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Printed photo copy of Eskimo drawing with lock of hair in green frame, 8"x10"; connected with Rachel Field's book "God's Pocket" and Samuel Hadlock, Jr. voyages with his traveling exhibition of Eskimo Indians in the 1820s. See also Beyond God's Pocket. [Research on drawing TBD.] | |||
| Drawing of lobster pot by C. Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Drawing of lobster pot by C. Gilley Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Art, pen and ink drawing titled "LOBSTER TRAP ON BOTTOM" by C. Gilley, showing an old fashioned round top wooden lobster trap on the sea bed, with a rope going up to an intermediate float (a glass bottle), the rope continuing further up to a bullet shaped float on the surface; also a lobster boat approching it on the surface | |||
| Preble cemetery drawing Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Preble cemetery drawing Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Drawing of headstones with inscriptions in Preble Cemetery ca. 1985. (Partial scan shown here.) | ||
| Carl Nelson Self-Portrait 1947 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Carl Nelson Self-Portrait 1947 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Self portrait of Carl Nelson as he looked when he first came to Great Cranberry Isle, Maine, in 1947. Unframed. Partial scan made 9/20/18 | |
| Carl Nelson self portrait 1928 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Carl Nelson self portrait 1928 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Self portrait of Carl Nelson, Hotel de Seine, Rue de Seine, Paris, France, 1928. Contour (direct) drawing after having been the student of Kimon Nicolaides at the Arts Student Leage, New York, New York. Matte/Unframed. Partial scan made 9/20/18 | |
| Small painting - Hitty Dances Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Small painting - Hitty Dances Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Artwork. Small painting, Hitty Dances, in starched lace frame signed "Spirit was willing - I. Wolf" lower right corner. Hitty is a character in Rachel Field's book. | ||
| Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Seascape by Scott White Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Art, original watercolor seascape painting by Scott White (one of the "Three Islesford Painters" or TIPs.) Scott White used to spend summers at the Hamor House. Inscription on the back of the painting: "This painting was done by an artist who spent summers on Cranberry Island at the Hamor House. This was given to Mabel by Mr. White on her birthday." | |||
| Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Painting by Charles Edwin Kinkead, oil, framed, of a marsh or field with still water in the foreground, trees in the background, and the mountains of Acadia National Park in the far distance; perhaps The Pool on Great Cranberry Island; or the Bass Harbor marshes per artist Carl Little who has painted there. Written on the back: "Mr Kinkead painted this picture / Presented it to Sadie Hamor 1925"; the painting, on canvas, is cut from its original stretcher and glued to a cardboard backing. (Note: the artist's name is a.k.a. Kinkaid or Kincaid.) [show more] | ||
| Boat Drawings by young Alton Bunker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Boat Drawings by young Alton Bunker Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Two pictures printed on large paper for display purposes of boats by young Alton Bunker, brother of Tud Bunker. Alton had the mailboat contract for a few years around 1939, he ran the contract with his boat a Novia | |||
| Hamor House sketch Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Hamor House sketch Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Drawing by S.G. Easter or Caster? pencil sketch of the Hamor Tea House; some water staining on the edges. Painting removed from original frame (a glass pane with metal rosettes securing it to a wood board back). Original sketch stored separately; scanned print of the drawing is in frame. | |||
| Portrait of James G. Ducey Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  Portrait of James G. Ducey Northeast Harbor Fleet Description: Oil on board portrait of James G. Ducey (1918-1958) and accompanying plaque. Portrait shows Ducey seated in an International One Design sailboat wearing a blazer, white sweater, and red shirt. His right hand is placed on the deck of the boat, next to a winch. In the background, the mountains of Mount Desert Island are visible. The portrait is signed "Dwight Shepler 1960" in the lower left corner. The brass plaque under this portrait reads: James G. Ducey 1918-1958 Rear Commodore - 1943, 1951 Secretary - 1943-1945, 1951-1959 Founder of the Sailing Class [show more] |
| Wini Smart print, "The Fleet" Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  Wini Smart print, "The Fleet" Northeast Harbor Fleet Description: Print of Wini Smart watercolor called "The Fleet" in a pale blue frame. The print is labeled in the lower left, and signed in the lower right. Is is number 15 out of 100, noted in the lower right. | |
| Framed drawing of the Fleet Medal Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  Framed drawing of the Fleet Medal Northeast Harbor Fleet 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). | |||
| Painting of Thirty Square Meter Under Sail Northeast Harbor Fleet |
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|  Painting of Thirty Square Meter Under Sail Northeast Harbor Fleet 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 | |||
| View on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  View on Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: An oil painting of a landscape scene, probably on Mount Desert Island. Depicts three men outside of a tent. Men appear to be in uniforms. Canoe pulled up to shore. Signature on painting may be "heath," not "yeath." May depict an exaggerated view of Babson's Creek. Painting was in a donation that also included another painting, 003.13.009. | ||||
| Drawing of heads of 2 dogs Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Drawing of heads of 2 dogs Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Drawing of the heads of two dogs by LaRue Spiker undated Previously archived as 012.FIC.053.1, **1366 | |||
| Small painting Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Small painting Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Small card size painting by Garmie/Somes?- likely Ann Somes Fenneley. See photographs 997-293-48 and 997-298-463 for family history and artist details. |