Description: Composition head and limbs with painted features and molded blonde hair. Partial composition and cloth body. Wearing a white gown with lace trim, trousers, and a white lace hood. No maker's mark.
Description: Composition head with blue sleeping eyes, open mouth with teeth, and molded painted blonde hair. Composition limbs with a cloth body. Wears a polka dot dress with a red bow and stripe. Maker's mark reads "E.I.H. Co. Inc."
Description: Full composition doll with feathered brows, sleeping eyes, open mouth with teeth, and curly blonde hair. Wears a pink dress with white lace around neckline and cuffs. Has tink shoes, white socks, and a sunhat with a flower pin. No maker's mark. May have been a Shirley Temple look-a-like doll.
Description: Bisque socket head with blue galss sleeping eyes, open mouth, feathered brows, painted and fake lashes. Wears a white gown with pink embroidered detail and a white cloak. Maker's mark reads" Huedback Koppelsdorf 300 2/0 Germany."
Description: Bisque head with blonde hair, open mouth, glass brown sleeping eyes, painted features including eyelashes. Wearing a white gown with a floral pattern and a green bonnet. Makers mark on nape of neck reads "257. JDK." and below on the doll's back reads "Made in Germany 44"
Description: High quality "Savoy" toilet paper from Malvern Hotel; stack of flat sheets; package is white with navy blue lettering; manufactured in Boston and New York by Stone & Forsyth
Description: (.01) Fireman of Bar Harbor Fire Department insignia "ENGINE" (.02) Fireman of Bar Harbor Fire Department insignia "HOSE" (.03) Fireman of Bar Harbor Fire Department insignia "LADDER" All with a 4 petal cutout
Description: Guidebook of Mount Desert Island writen by Ezra Herrick Dodge. Title page read's: "Dodge's Guide Book and Map to and over Mount Desert Island by E. H. Dodge, of Tremont (Mt. Desert), Me. Portland: Loring, Short and Harmon. June, 1872"
Description: Beatrix Farrand's black leather portfolio with matching leather insert. Portfolio has tabs which are labeled "Unanswered", "Answered", "Unpaid", and "Paid". Outside of both the portfolio and insert are initialed "BJ" for Beatrix Jones, her maiden name. Small paper envelope labeled "key" contains the small key which goes to the portfolio. Portfolio "A" (.01), Portfolio "B" (.02), Key (.03) [show more]
Description: Two small sachets; one in a flower print (1998.00.008) and the other in blue thin cloth with lace edges (1998.00.009). One Large sachet embroidered (1998.00.010) with the initials MCJ for Mary Cadwalader Jones, Beatrix Farrand's mother.
The Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor, Maine. Copyright, 1953, by Reef Point Gardens Corporation.
Date:
1953-06
Place:
Bar Harbor
Description: Pamphlet titled "Reef Point Gardens Bulletin" published by the Max Farrand Memorial Fund, Bar Harbor Maine in June 1953. Vol. I, No. 10. Has a black and white image of a flower in a vase titled "Hybrid Tea Rose Innocence". Photograph by Sewall Brown.
Description: Two black and white photograph portraits of Beatrix Farrand set inside a brown leather folding portfolio. Portfolio is decorated with an embossed and gilded boarder. Photograph of Beatrix Farrand in light top (.01) and Photograph of Beatrix Farrand in dark top (.02)
Description: Framed black and white photograph of Mary Cadwalader Jones (mother of Beatrix Farrand) wearing a full-length white gown, a large hat, a black shawl, and carrying a parasol.
Description: Silver plate gifted to the Bar Harbor gardening club by Beatrix Farrand to be the award for the best single roses category, then given to Mary Hodgkins as an prize for her single rose. Text engraved on plate reads: "A gift to the Bar Harbor Garden Club from Beatrix Farrand owner of Reef Point Gardens An award to be given annually for the best exhibit of Single Roses 1953"
Description: Loring, Short & Harmon's illustrated guide book for Mount Desert Island (before Acadia National Park). With 5 mounted photographs. Fourth edition (1879). Sixth edition (1885).
Description: Wood and metal telescope (.03) and wood case (.01) presented to Captain Richard Hamor for assisting the British ship "Dominica" when it had caught fire on August 3rd, 1860. Corresponding letter(.02) is from the Royal Admiralty explaining the incident and how Richard Hamor and Aaron S. Lanfor both were awarded telescopes in thanks for their help. It is addressed to R.W. Gillen and dated 8th August, 1958.
Description: Black Knights of Templar double breasted frock coat with black velvet buttons with a Knights Templar Pin and World War service pin which says "Ben Hadley" on back. "Blanquefort" embroidered on collar. Worn by Ben Hadley in the Ellsworth branch of the Knights Templar, called "Blanquefort".
Description: Two identical souvenir pins commemorating the opening of the Cadillac Mountain Road. On pin is a black and white image of the view of the road and around the edge reads "Cadillac Mountain Road Dedicated July 23, 1932". A small American flag is attached to bottom of the pin.
Description: Black fabric with golden floral tapestry pattern handbag with brass clasp along edges and one clasp. White beads on edge and clasp. Short chain connected on edge.
Description: Four footed silver memorabilia dish from the ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie with engraved miniature image of the ship inside base of the bowl.
Description: Small lead model of the SS Kronprinzessin Cecile. On side near the bottom of the model reads "Norddeutscher Llyod" referring to North German Llyod, the shipping company for whom the SS Kronprinzessin Cecile was built.
Description: Souvenir booklet depicting scenes from the interior of the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie set in various illustrated frames with labels under each photo.
Description: Small cordial glass made up of a clear glass sitting in silver with engraved scroll patterns on the cup and on the foot. Engraved also are the initials "FSB". Belonged to Fanny Schermerhorn Bridgham.
Description: US Navy teaspoon (.01), round soup spoon (.02) and tablespoon (.03), engraved with scallop shell pattern on handles; back of handle engraved with U.S.N.
Description: Silver butter keeper with four parts: bowl where ice is stored (.01); top compartment with Star of David (.02); lid with two handles (.03) and spoon (.04); lid engraved with "Vinta" from the yacht "Vinta".
Description: Pair of white cream pitchers with gilded rim and crossing flags on front with "Liberty" written below. One flag has the letter "P". From the yacht "Liberty" owned by Joseph Pulitzer.
Description: Black and white photograph depicting the yachts "Corsair IV" on the right side and "Oneida" on the left. Both ships are in Bar Harbor. "Corsair IV" was owned by J.P. Morgan.
Description: Silver inkwell with an engraving of the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie and the name "Cecilie" engraved under. Inkwell belonged to SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a German ocean liner which came to Bar Harbor August 5, 1914.
Description: Brown quilted purse with a floral image on it. Top clasp is a gold metal with a zig-zag pattern on it. Inside label reads: "Miss Edna Barret's Hand Made Bags Mount Desert Street Dulang Cottage"
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.
Description: Triumph phonograph made by the Edison Phonograph Company. Includes an oak box with a crank handle and a large morning glory horn with painted flowers and leaves. Decal on box reads "Edison Triumph Phonograph".
Description: Lamp with a flintlock pistol as a base and fixture (.01) for two lightbulbs. Has a blue circular shade (.02)with gilded vine pattern around top and bottom. Originally from the Bar Harbor Club
Description: Black and white photo depicting several people gathered around a bi-wing airplane made by Alexander V. Wilson who used to do aviation experiments in Bar Harbor.
Description: Black & white photo of steamship SS George Washington at sea, no humans visible, two stacks. In document frame. Writing on lower right-hand corner read: "U.S.S. George Washington at Bar Harbor. Aug 27 1933. Browns Studio Hulls Cove."
Description: Black & white photo depicting the Bar Harbor Express Railroad train leaving Mt. Desert Ferry. Locomotive under full steam with exhaust clearly visible and is along shoreline.
Description: Framed handkerchief souvenir of the German ship SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie with embroidered image of the steamship in tan, yellow, white & red floss. Embroidered texts reads: "N.D.L Kronprinzessin Cecilie", N.D.L Stands for Norddeutscher Lloyd, the German shipping company,
Description: Framed combination of photograph & two columns of newspaper story which describes the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a German ship arriving & hiding out in Bar Harbor. The photo depicts ship off Shore Path, spectators & dog.
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.
Object, Musical, Keyboard Instrument, Piano, Grand Piano
Creator:
Henry F. Miller Boston
Date:
1900 - 1930c
Place:
Bar Harbor
Description: Henry F. Miller grand piano with scrolled legs, a music holder, and a hinged folding top cover. Played by Ignacy Paderewski in the Building of Arts.
Description: Black and white image of the steamer paddle wheel boat "Lewiston" docked at Bar Harbor wharf. The Lewiston was the first passenger boat to make regular trips to Bar Harbor's wharf.
Description: Porcelain figurine of a woman in pastel blue, red and white dress with a large pastel blue hat. Sits inside glass dome case. Has matching male figurine.
Description: Porcelain figurine of a man dressed in pastel green and purple suit with ornate matching hat. Stands in a domed glass case. Has matching female counterpart.
Description: Two identical yellow upholstered nursing chairs with natural wood frame. Wood has circular detailing. Upholstery has yellow and green floral pattern. Belonged to Joseph Pulitzer's Bar Harbor "Chatwold" Estate.
Description: Painted black wood toy train with an attached train car. Engine car is black with six red wheels and yellow detail of the silhouette of conductor and the text: "1492 BHRR". Second car has four red wheels and carries nine blocks of wood suspended on a wooden pole. The two sections are attached with a small metal hook.
Description: Carriage for a doll. Red painted wicker detailed basket with spindle side pieces. Four wheels and spindle handle attached with metal. Black cloth interior and collapsable hood.
Description: Settee with wood arms and cushioned back and seat. Cushion has light floral upholstery. Back piece has wood framing which has a gold-leaf design dividing the cushion. Legs of settee have small wheels.
Structures, Civic, Cultural & Recreational Structures
Date:
1910-08
Place:
Bar Harbor
Description: Poster for the Bar Harbor Horse Show. Poster is a Charles W. Holmes Lithograph depicting a woman with a light blue bonnet holding a parasol and holding a horse's face to her own. The Horse is poking its head out of a circle in the blank background of the print. Text of the poster reads: "Bar Harbor Horse Show Aug. 23, 24, 25 1910" In the lower left hand corner is the phrase "When Thoroughbreds Meet" and above that, next to the parasol tip, is Holmes' signature "Chas. W. Holmes". [show more]
Description: Green ink on white card stock. Program for "Maine Summer Visitors Day". Cover text reads: "Maine Summer Visitors Day Bar Harbor Maine Friday Aug. 16, 1935". Names featured in Program: Bishop Willian A. Lawrence Governor Louis J. Brann Walter Damrosch Ed Wynn Camella Ponselle George W. Wickersham Dorothy Robbins Margaret Sittig William A. Brady Doris Doe Edith Barrett Clarence Chamberlain Ruth Nichols Mitzie Green Mary Rogers Robert Fechner Mary Roberts Rinehart Henry Morganthau Keenan Wynn Owen Davis Arthur Byron Grace George Kenneth Roberts Arthur Train Bill Cunningham Charles Harrison Madame Rosa Zulalian Major Gen. Philip B. Fleming Dexter P. Cooper Capt. Donald J. Leehay Capt. John W. Lord Kenneth Wright Robert Trout [show more]
Description: Brownie style box camera (.01). Brown leather camera (.02) and case with a instruction book. Made by the Eastman Kodak Company. Belonged to Wes Brown.
Description: Play program with illustration of two women playing instruments. Play is written by Mrs. Christian Hemmick, better known as Alice Pike Barney. Text reads: "The Enchantress of Streams. A Wordless Greed Idyl of Descriptive Dances and Pantomime. Composed, Taught and Managed by Mrs. Christian Hemmick" Written in black pen on bottom of cover is the date 1912
Description: Dance card with pencil attached and rippled edges. Inside has the order of each song and a space for someone to reserve a dance. Of the eighteen dances, six have been reserved on this card. Dance was put on by the Mt. Desert Fire Company.
Rook Card co. Parker Brothers Inc. Selling Agents Salem, Mass., New York, London
Date:
1900 - 1920 c
Description: Box set of Rook game combinations. Box includes cards with a crow illustration on back and numbers on face. Included is an instruction pamphlet with the games Dixie, Tuxedo, Solitaires and more. Box features illustration of a crow on a tree branch holding a hand of cards. Text reads: "Famous Home game ROOK reg. U.S. patent office. Combination game. Rook-Dixie Rook Solitaires, Tuxedo. The Game of Games. rook card co. Parker Brothers Inc. Selling Agents. Salem, Mass., New York, London" [show more]
Description: Beige card with red illustration and black text. Advertisement for the roller skating rink in Bar Harbor. Illustration depicts two people in floppy hats holding onto rope. Top text in red reads: "The Sea! The Sea! The Beautiful, See?" Bottom black text reads: "Bar Harbor Roller Skating Rink, 'Not the Tent' Prices Reduced."
Description: Card Game called "Peter Coddle's Trip to New York" in a blue box with illustration of man with an umbrella and carpet bag buying tickets at a kiosk window. Type on front of box reads: "Peter Coddle's Trip to New York. Milton Bradley CO. Springfield Mass. 4367"
Description: Card game created by the E.E. Fairchild Corporation in Rochester, New York. Called "Game of Cities" and includes cards with different cities on them.
The Village Improvement Societiesof Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor1915
Date:
1915
Place:
Mount Desert Island
Description: Guide to Mount Desert Island paths published by the Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor. Cover reads: "A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island Maine Published by The Village Improvement Societies of Bar Harbor, Seal Harbor, Northeast, and Southeast Harbor 1915"
Description: Black Effanbee Doll also called "Topsy" after the character in the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Composition body with painted on features and some hair.
Description: Wooden canoe paddle given as a prize to Llewelyn Barry for winning first place in the Mt. Desert Canoe Club race. Text on paddle reads: "Mt. Desert Canoe Club. Aug. 20. 1900. First Prize."
Object, Water Transporation, Boat Paddle, Canoe Paddle
Subject:
none
Date:
1900-08
Place:
Mount Desert
Description: Canoe paddle used by Llewellyn Barry when competing and winning the Mt. Desert Canoe Club Race, August of 1900. "Barry" is written on the paddle handle.
Description: Mustard colored brocade back and seat with floral pattern. Wooden framing and spindle construction supporting arms which curve out slightly.
Description: Victrola made of oak, hinged top and compartment with two doors for record storage. Logo on inside of lid shows a dog listening to a Talking Machine with the text: "Victrola manufactured by Victor Talking Machine Co Camden, N.J. U.S.A Patented in united states and foreign countries".
Description: Promotional Clippings of Ted Shawn and his Ensemble of Men Dancers. Ted Shawn dance company performed in at the Bar Harbor Building of the Arts in 1938, the bottom clipping advertises that performance. Ted Shawn was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance.
Description: Black and white photograph depicting the cast and band of a musical production at the Casino put on by the Bar Harbor American Legion. Musicians are seated on floor while cast stands are on stage. Various people have at one point been identified and their names are written on the image, though the writing is unclear.
Description: Black and white sepia tone publicity still for the 1918 Fox Film production "The Queen of the Sea" which was filmed on Mount Desert Island. Featured in the photo are five actors dressed in vaguely viking costumes with furs, horned or winged helmets, roman sandals, and carrying staffs, swords, crossbow and sheilds. Standing in the center with a lighter fur tunic, metal studded belt, large helmet, and holding a sword up is actor Walter Law portraying King Boreas. [show more]
Description: Black and white sepia tone photograph depicting the entire cast and crew of the 1918 Fox Film production "The Queen of the Sea" which starred Annette Kellerman and was filmed on Mount Desert Island.
Description: Black and white publicity still for the movie "The Queen of the Sea". Depicts two actresses, Annette Kellerman and Beth Ivins. Annette Kellerman is dressed as a mermaid sitting on rocks and Beth Ivins is on the sand below, holding Kellerman's hand. A thirds child actor dressed as a mermaid sits next to Kellerman. "The Queen of the Sea" was released in 1918 and was filmed on Mount Desert Island. It starred Annette Kellerman as Merilla the Queen of the Sea. [show more]
Description: Three framed black and white postcards of various scenes from the movie "The Queen of the Sea". Postcard in upper righthand corner depicts actress, probably Annette Kellerman, dressed as a mermaid laying on rocky shore. Below that is a postcard depicting a child actress dressed in white toga in a rock crevasse. Third postcard depicts an actor dressed in furs, a round helmet, and sandals standing next to a boat. Text of this postcard reads: "A Boreas Guard in Annette Kellerman's picture Queen of the Sea. August 19, 1917". "The Queen of the Sea" was released in 1918 and was filmed on Mount Desert Island. It starred Annette Kellerman as Merilla the Queen of the Sea. [show more]
Description: Framed newspaper article regarding actress Annette Kellerman and the 1952 movie "Million Dollar Mermaid" about Kellerman's life in which actress Esther Williams portrays Kellerman. Clipping has two photos, one showing Esther Williams and Annette Kellerman looking at a sketch of a Kellerman inspired bathing suit and the second photo depicts Williams in the bathing suit.
Description: Red leather case and silver cigarette case inscribed on outside "Ensign Alessandro Fabbri U.S. N. R.F". Inside are 5 hand-rolled cigarettes and an inscription that reads "We transmit to you this wireless message of our boundless love and confidence. Christmas 1917. 'the Boys' the Otter Cliffs Radio Station".
Description: Headset/earphones worn in radio station by wireless operators when sending and receiving signals at U.S. Naval Radio Station at Otter Cliff. See matching set 43b, ID #53.
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".
Description: Hand-Colored Wood Engraving Print signed by Horace Albright, who was Assistant Secretary of N.P. Given to Ben Hadley, Superintendent of Acadia National Park on July 4, 1937.