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Mount Desert Deer, Past and Present, 1944
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Publication, Booklet
  • Concept, Conservation
  • Legislation
  • Local History
  • Natural History
  • Nature
  • Nature, Animals
  • Nature, Seasons, Winter
  • Holmes, Lawrie
  • 1944
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mount Desert Deer, Past and Present, 1944
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Second edition of a booklet on the management of deer herds on Mount Desert Island written by Lawrie Holmes. Holmes writes about the history of wildlife management and legislation on Mount Desert Island, characteristics of the deer population, how to determine the age of a deer using bone tests, and game management techniques that have been attempted in other locations. A bibliography of sources and photographs of other deer control activities are included as well. People Mentioned: Maurice Sullivan, Marvin Frost, C. C. Little, George Washington, Ira N. Gabrielson, George Shiras III, Peter Kalm, H. L. Shantz, George E. Street, Thomas Cobbet Jr., Ernest O. Porrell, H. D. Ruhl, G. M. Haskell, I. H. Bartlett, Bill Nye, Shaler B. Aldous, C. M. Aldous, John Pearce, Earl Atwood, W. J. Banks, Bob Bush, Victor H. Cahalane, W. Conklin, E. L. Cheatum, Glenn H. Morton, E. C. Cross, Ruth Drummond, W. S. Feeney, F. B. Forbs, L. F. Marcy, A. Leroy Vorhis, C. E. French, C. C. Furnas, S. M. Furnas, Richard Gerstell, Paul H. Hickie, Fred W. Johnson, Ralph T. King, Aldo Leopold, S. B. Locke, Walter Mann, Merwin A. Marston, L. A. Maynard, Gardener Bump, Robert Darrow, J. C. Woodward, Jack Miner, Glenn H. Morton, Donald McBeath, A. E. Porsild, Earl Saunders, C. J. Spiker, George M. Sutton, E. T. Seton, Harold Titus [show more]
Portland Press Herald. Headline: "Roosevelt Reelected Sweeps Nation. Maine Goes for Landon By Big Margin"
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Concept, Politics
  • Events
  • Music
  • Nature, Animals
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • People
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • Craig, Elisabeth May
  • Lapica, Roman
  • Plummer, May Elizabeth
  • Portland Press HeraldPflaum, Irving
  • 1936-11-04
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Four pages from the morning edition of the Portland Press Herald from Wednesday, November 4, 1936. Major stories focus on the landslide re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States despite Maine's electoral votes going to his opponent, Alf Landon. Also included are classified advertisements and local news from communities throughout the state. Also story re Newman - Leland R. Newman (1876-1936) of Winter Harbor, ME dies of exposure and shock after capsize. People Mentioned: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Alf M. Landon, William Lemke, David Grange, Joseph Curran, Alfred E. Smith, Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, Edward Rydz-Smigly, Marshal Pilsudski, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Mrs. James Roosevelt Sr., Francisco Franco, John Nance Garner, Frank Knox, Charles L. Carder, Mary Carder, D. G. Carder, Beatrice Richards, Parker L. Starrett, C. B. Bogle, Nettie Burleigh, Katherine Potter, Mrs. Paul Otto, Mrs. Alf M. Landon, John M. Landon, Mrs. A. E. Todd, Mrs. R. R. Bittman, Theo Cobb Landon, Nancy Jo Landon, Peggy Ann Landon, Belle D'Arcy, Charles A. Day, Jose Fernandez, Lottie Dunton Gilman, George H. Gilman, Helouise Francoeur Laberge, Henry McUne, Martin J. Murphy, Alice M. Plummer, Fred W. Plummer, Sadie M. Storer, Clarence E. Storer, William H. Storer, Ralph Mitchell, Ella Martha Widdows, George B. Russell, Maria Russell, Frank Russell, Winfield Storer, A. B. Widdows, James Legg, Lydia Legg, Ernest L. Widdows, Howard B. Widdows, James C. Widdows, Mrs. Harley Hyde, Mrs. Carl Lawrence, Earl Legg, Charles Legg, A. P. Legg, Mary E. Legg, Edith Bean, Herbert Hoover, J. Henry Roraback, Melzer T. Crawford, William H. Crawford, Mary Althea Howard Crawford, Donald Crawford, Weston P. Holman, Marshall Snow, Rose Murgita, N. A. Fogg, Robert H. Duenner, Mrs. Wallis Simpson, David Y. Alkazin, Olive Thompson, Harriet Buker, Joe Soffayer, Henry A. Lessard, William Erswell, James Lewis, Horace Polchier, John Nelson, Daniel Mitchell, Luther S. Smith, Abraham Lincoln, Rodney E. Marshall, Mrs. Rodney E. Marshall, Allen R. Chaplin, Mrs. Allen R. Chaplin, Leona Dyer, Arthur E. Dyer, Mrs. Arthur E. Dyer, Elizabeth Snow, Ralph Weaver, Mark Snow, Howard Grover, Wilbur Warren, Leonard Pitts, Samuel Chesey, Elmer Evans, Grace L. Dyke, Harold Stacy, Mrs. Harold Stacy, Jeanette Stacy, Lucille Stacy, Edson Stacy, Elywin Sanborn, Ruth Burnell, Everett L. Chadbourne, Louise Hill, Sarah Terry, Agnes Kennedy, Annie Folsom, Theodore Decker, Mrs. Harry L. Jones, Emma C. Chadbourne, Edward S. Douglas, Robert Douglas, Mrs. Fred L. Robinson, Gerald Wood, Earle Day, Wyman Famsdell, Miriam Kelley, Ralph Mills, Charles E. Breen, John H. Breen, Emery J. Knowlton [show more]
Mount Desert Kennel Club Dog Show Poster, c. 1930s
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Document, Advertising, Poster
  • Events
  • Nature, Animals, Dogs
  • 1930
  • Bar Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The Mount Desert Kennel Club's first annual dog show took place in 1931. Poster advertising a dog show hosted by the Mount Desert Kennel Club at the athletic field in Bar Harbor, ME. People Mentioned: T. E. L. Kemp
C. S. Murphy 5 Years Old with Horse
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • People
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
C. S. Murphy 5 Years Old with Horse
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
ca. 1919
Man Driving a Buckboard at Head of Somes Sound
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • People
  • Transportation, Carriage, Buckboard
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Object, Armaments, Decoy
  • Nature, Animals
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • Branscom
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
Carved decoy, male eider duck
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge
  • 1907-08
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock
Great Harbor Maritime Museum
Description:
View of seabirds as seen from Mount Desert Rock. In the foreground two boats are visible, one of which is a peeped. The negative envelope reads "Gulls"
Mount Desert House Stereograph
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature, Animals, Horses
  • People
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Allen
  • Mount Desert Island
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Mount Desert House Stereograph
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Tourists and a horse and buggy on the grounds of the Mount Desert House in Somesville, ME. Inscription on the back reads "R. H. Hyson" in blue pen and "Mt. Desert House/ Somesville" in black pen. Black and white
Moon Stereograph, 1898
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Nature
  • Singley, B. L.
  • 1898
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Moon Stereograph, 1898
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Telescopic view of the Earth's moon. Black and white
Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-05-06
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter describes a carving of a blue quail and bobwhite purchased by Johnson
Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Christmas card featuring a pair of carved wood ducks on a piece of driftwood. No date. Signed "Addie & Wendell Gilley"
Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1969
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1969
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Christmas card featuring a carving of a family of bald eagles, the female perched on the edge of the nest of two chicks, the male on a branch above with wings spread. Marked 1969 on reverse of card
Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1976
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1976
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Christmas card featuring a carved barn owl on a piece of driftwood. Signed "Addie & Wendell Gilley." Marked "Xmas 1976" on reverse side of card
Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1967
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1967
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Christmas card featuring a carved saw-whet owl surrounded by snow covered greenery. Signed "Sincerely, Wendell & Addie Gilley" and dated 1967 on reverse side of card
Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1968
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1968
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Christmas card featuring a carved saw-whet owl. Signed "Wendell & Addie Gilley" below image. Marked 1968 on reverse side of card.
Postcard showing Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Postcard showing Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Postcard depicting a carved mallard on a driftwood base signed "Gilley" ; "Mallard Drake bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Postcard depicting a carved Canada goose which appears to be flying over a hedge ; "Canada Goose bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
Advertising photograph for Warren Tools
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley carved the chickadee in this photo used as an advertisement for Warren Tool shortly before his death in 1982. Mounted on mat board ; Warren Tool Co. label on reverse side of board. Accompanied by handwritten note from Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool.
Willet
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Willet
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of willet carved by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back ; numbered "#40"
Gulls
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Gulls
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of an interior showing gull carvings, including a mobile, by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back.
Herring Gull on Buoy
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Herring Gull on Buoy
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of a herring gull carved by Wendell Gilley. The gull is perched on a buoy with the number 7 painted on it. Behind the gull is a painted scene of water and rocks. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back.
Blue-winged Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1958
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Blue-winged Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of a pair of blue-winged teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sec. of Treas. Robert Anderson 1958" on reverse.
Cinnamon Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1958
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Cinnamon Teal, Pair
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of a pair of cinnamon (?) teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sam Rayburn" on reverse. "1958" written in blue ballpoint lower right corner.
Group of four ducks and a Canada goose
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Photograph of five birds carved by Wendell Gilley. Clockwise from left: black duck, Canada goose, canvasback, harlequin duck, and common eider. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back. Numbered "#28" in pencil above stamp.
Pileated Woodpecker
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1969-09
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Pileated Woodpecker
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood