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| Portland Press Herald. Headline: "Roosevelt Reelected Sweeps Nation. Maine Goes for Landon By Big Margin" Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Portland Press Herald. Headline: "Roosevelt Reelected Sweeps Nation. Maine Goes for Landon By Big Margin" Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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 |
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|  Mount Desert Kennel Club Dog Show Poster, c. 1930s Great Harbor Maritime Museum 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 | |
| Aftermath of Rock End Fire Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Aftermath of Rock End Fire Great Harbor Maritime Museum | |||
| American Citizen to LaRue Spiker Letter, July 27, 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  American Citizen to LaRue Spiker Letter, July 27, 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: An unidentified American citizen criticizes a mimeographed letter sent by LaRue Spiker. The author supports Spiker's dismissal from her government job and accuses her of using communistic language. | |
| Ralph E. Pumphrey to LaRue Spiker Letter, July 28, 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Ralph E. Pumphrey to LaRue Spiker Letter, July 28, 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Ralph E. Pumphrey writes regarding a letter LaRue Spiker and Iola Klaas sent to the Council of Social Agencies. Pumphrey believes Spiker ignored the established legal channels in appealing her case by distributing a public statement. People Mentioned: Iola Klaas, Harold B. Tharp, Mrs. Boyd I. Miller, Carl R. Dortch, Mrs. Marvin E. Curle, Sidney Cahn, Michael F. McCaffrey, Philip Adler Jr., Lionel F. Artis, Murray A. Auerbach, Irene C. Boughton, Volney M. Brown, Agnes Connor, Mrs. Frank H. Fairchild, Russell W. Galloway, Mrs. John K. Goodwin, Henry M. Graham, Mrs. Walter S. Greenough, Mary Houk, Robert E. Jewett, Gerald F. Kempf, Bertha Leming, Mrs. Montgomery S. Lewis, Mrs. Colby E. Moody, Mrs. John M. Moore, Joseph E. Palmer, Edwin G. Plum, James Shaw, Thomas M. Tobin [show more] |
| Maurice O. Hunt to LaRue Spiker Letter and Personnel Transaction, July 11, 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Maurice O. Hunt to LaRue Spiker Letter and Personnel Transaction, July 11, 1950 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Maurice O. Hunt of the Indiana State Department of Public Welfare writes to notify LaRue Spiker that she has been suspended without pay for aiding and abetting the work of the Civil Rights Congress and creating discord within the department. A Personnel Transaction form is included with the letter. People Mentioned: T. A. Gottschalk, Leo M. Kinman, Mrs. Benjamin D. Hitz, Fred Hoke, W. Edward Sweigart, Louise Griffin |
| Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Guests of honor, Wendell and Addie Gilley cut the ribbon on the museum's opening day. | |
| Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Wendell and Addie Gilley, guests of honor at the museum's opening day, walk up the front walk | |
| Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Wendell Gilley waves as Addie enters the front door of the new museum | |
| Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Wendell Gilley Museum Description: The Gilleys with Steven Rockefeller looking at miniature carvings in a round display case | |
| Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Addie Gilley examines carving of herons in display case at the museum's opening day. | |
| Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Wendell Gilley Museum Description: The Gilleys viewing exhibits followed by Steven Rockefeller | |
| Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Addie and Wendell Gilley passing display cases at the museum's opening day. | |
| Kent County News article, October 20, 1965 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Kent County News article, October 20, 1965 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Lists Wendell Gilley as one of America's top craftsmen exhibiting at the Kent County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society show of waterfowl and upland game bird carvings in Nov. 1965. Other carvers exhibiting included Harold Haertel. | ||
| Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Wendell Gilley exhibits forty carvings plus carvings-in-progress at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in the show "Down East Bird Carvings." | ||
| Bar Harbor Times article, November 20, 1969 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bar Harbor Times article, November 20, 1969 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Announcement that Wendell Gilley would be attending a bird carving exhibition in Chestertown, Maryland. The carving of a bald eagle family that he entered in the exhibit is depicted. | ||
| Gilley Celebrates 30th Year Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Gilley Celebrates 30th Year Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Article from the Mount Desert Islander, July 14, 2011 | ||
| Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Flyer advertising the Wendell Gilley Museum Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day, Aug. 10, 1990. Auctioned items included a framed set of prints, "20 Birds of Mount Desert Island" by Carroll Sargent Tyson. | ||
| Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Sign at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for Wendell Gilley's Downeast Bird Carvings exhibit, October 29, 1976 through January 9, 1977. | ||
| Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Page from an unknown publication announcing Gilley's exhibit of bird carvings at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | ||
| Letter from Robert M. Peck to Wendell Gilley, March 1, 1977 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Letter from Robert M. Peck to Wendell Gilley, March 1, 1977 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Letter congratulating Gilley on the success of the exhibition Downeast Bird Carvings of Wendell Gilley at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. On exhibit were sixty-one carvings of birds "on display together for the first time." 34, 272 people attended the exhibit during its ten week run from October 29, 1976 to January 7, 1977. | |
| Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Letter thanking Wendell Gilley for the loan of his carvings for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley held at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1976 through Jan. 7, 1977 | |
| Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976 Wendell Gilley Museum |
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|  Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976 Wendell Gilley Museum Description: Article from the Philadelphia Inquirer's society column by Ruth Seltzer describing the preparations for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley. The exhibit was held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The photograph accompanying the article shows Barbara Tyson, a trustee of the Academy, helping unpack the carved birds. | |
| Naturalist Program Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Naturalist Program Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A naturalist gives a program on a rocky shore. Inscription on the back reads "Naturalist Program" in pencil and "Single publication rights" in blue pen. A LaRue Spiker stamp is also on the back. Black and white | |
| College of the Atlantic Students Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  College of the Atlantic Students Photograph Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: Students in a classroom at the College of the Atlantic. Louis Rabineau sits in front row. Inscription on back reads "COA is governed by" and "Return to LaRue Spiker Southwest Harbor" in blue pen. People Mentioned: Louis Rabineau Black and white |