Description: Sign advertising Island Lady Charters, a charter boat and water taxi business operated by Rhonda Lee Soucie of Seal Harbor, Maine The sign advertises suggested tours and offerings
Description: Wooden sign for Pine Bough Antiques, an antiques and rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign hung off the front of the building and is therefore double sided. Looking at the two sides, green painted frame on one side is more weathered than the other. The two-sided sign has green lettering and a green frame, and pine bough is painted in the upper left corner. [show more]
Description: Wooden sign for Wikhegan Old Books, a rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign was removed from the building before the business closed, when books were sold from Pine Bough Antiques The sign is two sided and appears to have had a brown frame, which no longer survives. Brown paint appears beneath where the frame would have been.
Description: Hand painted sign reading SEA FOOD. Sign is painted on Masonite (or a similar product) and has a white background and black letters. The front of the sign is scratched and shows signs of age. The sign came from Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. To see a photograph showing this sign or one like it, go to https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/5993
Description: Hand painted sign reading "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Sign was used in the window of Stanley's Fish Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. The sign consists of painted wood, with black letters on a white background. It is heavily abraded but still legible. There are visible screw holes on the front, with two vertical braces on the back. To see a photograph of this sign in the fish market go to: https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/6266 [show more]
Description: Wooden sign painted white with orange, stencilled letters: "SIX PERSON RAMP LIMIT. BIKES LEFT ON DOCK WILL BE SET IN OCEAN". This boat ramp sign was made and used by Tud Bunker.
Description: Sign from Harve Moore's workshop at F. W. Thurston wharf in Bernard, Tremont; wooden, unfiished. Sign says H. A. Moore 3389 the number is his Maine lobstering identification number.
Description: A brochure for the Cranberry Island Museum, which was then located at the long fellows school. Inside the brochure was a postcard that with a photo by Henry Finklestien on it.
Description: A fire sign for Cranberry Island. This sign tells residents what they should do in case of a fire. It also provides the siren number for certain places on the island.
Description: Wooden sign with Southwest Harbor carved on both sides. Painted dark brown. Location where it was hung is not known. Letter approx. 3 1/8 to 3 1/4 high.
Description: Georgia Somes Smith Dry and Fancy Goods. Thin layer of white paint with black lettering. Four nails intact. Georgia Somes Smith was postmistress for Somesville. She also ran the dry and fancy good business in the Post Office.
Description: Two pieces of wood pieced together with molding around the edges. Carved lettering, “George B. Cooksey and George L. Stebbins Real Estate Building Insurance.” Lettering faded red on black background. Two iron hooks on top.
Description: Sign indicating that on the order of the Board of Governors of the Northeast Harbor Golf Club, play is not permitted at the Club without a membership or paying a greens fee. Undated.
Description: Hand-written in calligraphy. Patterson Room dedication sign. The room located in the Northeast Harbor Library was dedicated to Antoinette de Coursey Patterson and Thomas H. Hoge Patterson.