Description: Collection consists of three boxes of archival files donated by the Seal Harbor Library pertaining to the history of Seal Harbor village and Acadia National Park. An itemized summary of each boxes' contents is enclosed in each box. Photocopy of a photograph of a performance of the play The Rock Life of Peter. Shows six persons on stage. Copy of the back of the photograph reads; "The Rock Life of Peter- a play produced in Seal Harbor in the 30s, from Lyda Cater Noyes. Lists the persons in the picture. Eliphaset Potty (beard) Hilda Dodge Lyda Carter Lauren Young E.C. Dean Morton Petty Minnie MacKenzie Paul Simpson [show more]
Description: 5X7 black and white photograph of the following men: (L to R): Town Manager Ed Ainsworth, Gaddes Simpson, Capt. Hubert Hall, Jim MacLeod, Sheldon Goldthwait at Inauguration of Blue Nose. Identification from 2011 Exhibit, "Mystery Photographs." (AB)
Description: 5X7 black and white photograph labeled "Winter Carnival". Picture includes two men operating a tractor with children in a trailer in the rear. L-R: Richard Savage, unknown man, Jim MacLeod. Children in the back of the tractor are also unknown.
Description: Sepia-toned photograph of a house, said to be that of Benjamin Leland (b. 1828, d. 1904), on a small hill in Somesville. One and one-half story cape with white clapboard siding, dark shutters and trim. Covered porch on front of house. Extension on back connects to barn and shed. Tree, bare of leaves, near house. Other buildings beyond house. Later, this house may have belonged to Julia Smith (b. 1913, d. 2000). It is located on Main Street, Somesville, next to Don Smith’s house and across from the Somesville School (Condominiums). [show more]
Description: Portrait of Ida Leland with dark background. She wears a light-colored dress with lace collar, square neckline, a cross necklace, frameless glasses. Brief genealogical notes at 011.FIC.80.4.
Description: Ida Leland with head turned toward camera, wearing round dark-rimmed glasses, necklace, 3/4 view torso, plain medium-colored dress with pin and pleat at v-neckline. Brief genealogical note at 011.FIC.80.4.
Description: Portrait photo of Cynthia Clement as youth with ruffled lace collar and beaded necklace. Hair pulled back; bangs. Brief genealogical related record found (011.FIC.80.4).
Description: Formal portrait of Cynthia Clement seated with left hand on back of chair (wedding ring visible) and right hand in lap. She wears a light colored long-sleeved dress with heavily pleated bodice, and ruffles at wrists. She has dark hair parted in the middle and pulled back. . Black and white photo print from negative in our collection. Brief, undated, hand-written note (011.FIC.80.4) indicates that Cynthia was a daughter of E.Shepard Richardson and Helen Louise Richardson and married [?] Clement. [show more]
Description: Photo is labeled "Music Room behind Edge Cliff. A large room is pictured with a grand piano, scatter rugs, chairs and a fireplace at the end of the room. Ceiling is beamed.
Description: Photo of a sitting room of a house or cottage. Room has a beamed ceiling, a fireplace at one end, scatter rugs, chairs and tables as well as a small bookcase. Possibly Edge Cliff cottage.
Description: Photo of an unknown young man who appears to be at the helm of a small boat on the water. He wears a white shirt with tie and a hat with rolled up brim.
Description: Photo of two women on a gravel beach at the ocean's edge. Women dressed in blouses and long skirts. Woman on left, holding a fish, is identified as Mary Dana Bristol. Woman on right is unknown. Both women are holding a basket and a long pole is mounted behind them.
Description: View over ocean from cliffs, a tree on each side framing the view. Land can be seen in the distance, possibly mountains of Mount Desert Island.
Description: Three unknown women and a boy in woods. One woman stands on a fallen tree on which the other three are sitting. Water reflection in the foreground.
Description: Three unknown women and a boy in the woods. All are seated on a fallen tree. The women are wearing long skirts and hats. The boy has his arm around the shoulders of the woman on the right.
Description: Three unknown women and a man sitting on rocks near the ocean. Woman on the left is offering something to the others. Second person from left appears to be Mary Dana Bristol.
Description: Unknown man and two women are on a beach. One woman and the man are standing looking down at the second woman who is kneeling on the beach cooking something in a frying pan. The man is wearing a three piece suit; the women are wearing long skirts and blouses. All wear hats.
Description: Unknown man and two women standing on a beach at ocean's edge. The man is back to and the women face him talking to him. Women are wearing long skirts and all are wearing hats.
Description: Three women, two of whom are in foreground setting out a picnic. The third woman is back to in the background. Woman in the foreground on left appears to be Mary Dana Bristol. Other two women are unknown.
Description: Three unknown women out of doors, all wearing hats and full length dresses. Two woman are standing observing the third woman who is bent over the ground pouring something from one container to another.
Description: Mary Dana Bristol and an unknown woman seated on rocks near the ocean. Both are wearing dresses and hats. The second woman is reading a book as Mary Dana Bristol looks on.
Description: This is 6.75 x 8.75 black and white photograph of a young woman dressed in a white dress standing by a granite stone wall. It looks as if she may be holding flowers and there are the initials "M D B" written under the photograph.