Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
18831	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18831    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.54 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: The epic Saga of Roger's Rangers in the French and Indian War of 1759, Kenneth Robert's Northwest Passage, Spencer Tracy, Robert oung, Walter Brennan, Larine Day
18830	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18830    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.55 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Hilarious Knock on Wood Danny Kaye
18829	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18829    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.56 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: New York Film Critics Award For Best Actor of the Year in Class Comedy of the Man Servant Lost in a Poker He wild west. Wi Zazu Pit Mary Boland Charlie Rug Roland Young "Ruggles of Red Gap" G, 1935, Directed by Leo McCarey B/W 90 Min
18828	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18828    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.57 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush. There are three empty cut-out circles on the left side.
18827	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18827    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.58 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: One of the Great Classic Films "Grand Hotel" starring Garbo, John & Lionel Barrymore and Joan Crawford
18826	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18826    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.59 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads:Hope Crosby Lamour "Road to Morocco", G 1942 B/W 81 Min
18825	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18825    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.60 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads:Ava Gardner Howard Keel Kathrn Grayson Joe E. Brown, "Showboat", Music Jerome Kern, Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II, Filmed in 1951 In Color- Rated G- For everyone (on Front) Considered to be John Ford's Great Western, Lee Marvin- James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", Filmed in 1962, Rated PG (on Back) [show more]
18824	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18824    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.61 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Boris Karloff (written next to a picture of Frankenstein)
18823	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18823    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.62 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Ralph Stanley Floyd Farley Fred Black Ruth Grierson (on Front) Tony Curtis Burt Lancaster in "The Circus and its Acrobats Trapeze" (on Back)
18822	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18822    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.63 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Paul Newman in Slap Shot with Lindsay Crouse 1976 Color 122 Min, Partrons Note: In order to portray professional HOCKEY most realistically, the language in this film is "colorful" to say the least.....and it's rated R
18821	Movie Posters	Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster					Movie Posters Item: 18821    Object ID: 012.FIC.049.64 Catalog: Objects Type: Document, Advertising, Poster, Theater Poster Description: Movie posters from attic of McEachern & Hutchins hardware store in SW Harbor which use to be a movie theater. These posters are hand drawn. Poster Reads: Mae West My Little Chickadee, 2 From W.C. Fields, If I Had A Million Jack Oakie
17613	Advertising flyers, calendars, brochures	Document, Advertising, Advertisement	Other, Advertisements Other, Advertising cards Other, Balls (Parties) Other, Calendars Other, Corsets Other, Ferries Other, Hats Other, Islesford Other, Steamboats				Advertising flyers, calendars, brochures Item: 17613    Object ID: 009.020.1a-o Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Advertising, Advertisement Subject: Other, Advertisements Other, Advertising cards Other, Balls (Parties) Other, Calendars Other, Corsets Other, Ferries Other, Hats Other, Islesford Other, Steamboats Description: 1. 1894, 1888 ladies Calendars, 2. Flyer advertising sailing aboard the Rachel B. Jackson 3. "Island Flavors" multi-image slide-sound presentation flyer 4. Invitation to URC Fancy Dress Ball and Domino Party at Hancock Hall, Ellsworth, March 11, 1880. Floor directios: E.K. Hopkins, Wm. P. Joy, M.F. Avery, W. McFarland. Aids [sic]: A.W. Cushman, H.H. Emerson, W.H. Davis, F.A. Macomber. Committee of Arrangements: Mrs. J.D. Hopkins, Mrs. H.H. Emerson, Mrs. A.F. Greely, Mrs. A.M. Hopkins, Wm. O. McDonald. 5. Adv. for 1901 Bankruptcy Sale of the Standard Granite Co., by Fernald and Somes of Mount Desert. 6. Adv. for Green Mountain Carriage Toll Road to summit of Green Mountain, c. 1890. 7. Steamship schedules, Boston to Halifax, Nova Scotia with ports in between. Listing of ships. Two pages. April 2, 1857. 8. Munsey's Magazine-Advertising Section- adv. for W.B. corsets, Gage hats, Resinol soap (no date) 9. 1889 adv. calendar for "The Standard New Model Buckeye" (hay cutter) by Richardson Manufacturing Co., John Somes, agent. 10. Color page from "New York Fashions," published by E. Butterick & Co., Aug. 1872. 11. 1997 Southwest Harbor/Tremont Visitor's Guide. 12. 1958 Islesford Ferry adv. 13. Adv. card for tobacco plugs; photo. of Pearl Revere on front 14. Pamphlet: The Historic Homes of the Town of Tremont...A Perspective in Time (1998). [show more]
14070	Somesville Bicentennial-Historical Notes	Document, Manuscript	Other, Somesville				Somesville Bicentennial-Historical Notes Item: 14070    Object ID: 009.020.8.a-u Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Manuscript Subject: Other, Somesville Collection: Somesville Bi-Centennial Description: 1. Program for "Among the Breakers" by George H. Baker (1961) 2. Somesville Bi-Centennial Calendar, Summer 1961 3. MDI Historical Society Bicentennial Notes, Mount Desert Island Historical Society Bicentennial Notes, no writer given. Includes ms. about Dr. Robert Abbe, ferry and steam schedules, G.A.R. monument in Bar Harbor, Somesville Monument to early settlers dedicated 8/31/61, Ladies Sewing Circle, Verrazzano's Voyage to Mt. Desert, May 1524, Navy Coaling Station at Lamoine, Gov. Brewster's visit to Virginia , 1926, Fabbri wireless station at Otter Cliffs in WWI, Statue honoring Maine lobstermen, Prayer at Washington Cathedral honoring Maine, Baymeath, reminiscences of life in Bar Harbor, [by Louise deKaven Bowen]; also reprint from Independent Woman, Feb. 1940 "First Citizen of Chicago" about Mrs. Bowen. References, Notes on history of settlement of Maine, Center, string of houses from Pretty Marsh to Seal Cove. Various military and naval incidents in Maine. 4. Minutes of the Bicentennial Committee. 5. Correspondence regarding publishing of the Bicentennial book. [show more]
12370	Mt. Desert Bridge Correspondence	Document, Correspondence, Letter	Other, Bridges Other, Mount Desert Bridge Corporation Other, Mount Desert Island				Mt. Desert Bridge Correspondence Item: 12370    Object ID: 009.020.10.a-jj Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Subject: Other, Bridges Other, Mount Desert Bridge Corporation Other, Mount Desert Island Collection: Mount Desert Bridge Company Description: Proxies for 1900 annual meeting: appointment of K.K. Thompson by A.P. Niswell; Henrietta T. Nickles; J.E. Thompson; Edward Lurvey; D.S. Foster; A.S. Scott; Sarah F. Thompson; Virginia C. Thompson. Letter to Mr. Somes, President of Board of Directors of the Mount Desert Bridge Corp. from E.M. Hamor re record-keeping. Telegram to Mr. John W. Somes from Benjamin Plummer of Main Belting Co. of Philadelphia re sending check. Letter from Whitcomb, Hayes and Co. of Ellsworth accompanying check for damages to bridge by Tug "Little Round Top" Letter from Whitcomb, Hayes and Co. of Ellsworth to John W. Somes regarding descrepancy in amount of check for bridge damage. Letter from Reuben of Trenton to Mr. Somes re shingles and [bord] purchased. Financial statement for Mount Desert Bridge Co. On reverse a list of Board Members: John W. Somes, President; E. M. Hamor, Treasurer; Mrs. A.C. Thompson, Treasurer; C.A. Thompson, agent; T.S. Somes, Mount Desert; John J. Somes, Mt. Desert; E.M. Hamor, West Eden; John L. Thompson, Providence, R.I., Mrs. A.C. Thompson, Trenton. Letter from John A. Peters, lawyer of Ellsworth, to John W. Somes regarding a claim by H.L. Baker of Boston for injury to a yacht on July 19, 1909 having been informed by Mr. Deasy of possible suit. Letter from H.L. Baker to Deasy and Lynam of Bar Harbor re circumstances leading to claim for damages to his boat. Letter from Deasy and Lynam of Bar Harbor to John A. Peters re claim of damage to boat of H.L. Baker. Includes note to Deasy and Lynam from H.L. Baker asking for settlement; notes that case was thrown out of court. Letter from John A. Peters to John W. Somes re H.L. Baker's claim of damage to his boat. Envelope addressed to John W. Somes from C.A. Thompson which contans bill for lumber. Notice to the proprietors of the Mount Desert Bridge Corp. of the annual meeting on second Mon. of July by John J. Somes. Letter from F.S. Thompson, President and Manager of Beaver Belting Co. of Chicago to John W. Somes requesting transfer of stock to D. Shephard Thompson in accordance of the will of Josephine Thompson. Balance of letter is friendly remembrance of friends and Mt. Desert childhood. Appointment of J.A. Somes as proxy by Blanche Somes Colwell, and by J.S. Heath. Notice of 1914 annual meeting by Abraham J. Somes, clerk of Boston. Letter to Paul D. Sargeant, Chief Engineer, State Highway Commission, Augusta, Maine, from Chas. L. Shand of Bar Harbor expressing concern about poor condition of bridge at Mt. Desert Narrows and urging actions to replace. Letter to C.H. Gilman from Mt. Desert Bridge Engineer regarding enclosed sketch of lighting for drawbridge. Copy. Letter to L.B. Googins from Mt. Desert Bridge Engineer regarding materials for bridge and using stone from old bridge. Copy. Letter to Attorney Carl H. Gilman from R.D. Ewell of Marine Manufacturing and Supply Co., New Brunswick, NJ, re prices on lamps for steel swing drawbridge. Letter to Carl H. Gilman from Winthrop Slade, general superintendent of the Boston Bridge Works, re installation of Mt. Desert Narrows Bridge. Letter to State Hwy. Commission from Melville Allen, chairman, office of County Commissioners, Hancock Co., requesting information regarding progress on the Mt. Desert Narrows Bridge. Letter to Chas. L. Shand, Chariman, Trustees Mount Desert Districk from Chief Engineer re matters of the bridge which are in hands of attorney general. Letter to/from A.C.T. to Mr. Somes re amount and option to Mr. D.S. Foster. Letter to L.B. Jones, bridge engineer, from Carl H. Gilman, inspector of State Highway Commission re wires crossing bridge. Letter to L.B. Jones, bridge engineer, from Carl H. Gilman, inspector of State highway commission staging progress on material for earth core approaches. Mrs. Annie E. Thompson, owner of the property north of the bridge, agreed to sell fill material. Letter to C.N. Thompson of Cyr Brothers Co. from the bridge inspector re rental property of Annie E. Thompson to the north of the Mt. Desert Bridge. Also discusses hay harvesting rights. [show more]
1499	Mt. Desert Bridge Co. Accounts	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record	Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Toll bridges				Mt. Desert Bridge Co. Accounts Item: 1499    Object ID: 009.020.12 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record Subject: Other, Mount Desert Island Other, Toll bridges Collection: Mount Desert Bridge Company Description: Accounts, loans, dividends of Mt. Desert Bridge Company
3964	Mt. Desert Bridge, 1900-	Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record	Other, Toll bridges				Mt. Desert Bridge, 1900- Item: 3964    Object ID: 009.020.13 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record Subject: Other, Toll bridges Collection: Mount Desert Bridge Company Description: Accounts, stockholders Creation of "Proprietors of Mount Desert Bridge" by Maine Legislature (1836) 1917 proxies
3963	Mt. Desert Bridge	Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract	Other, Contracts Other, Toll bridges				Mt. Desert Bridge Item: 3963    Object ID: 009.020.14 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Legal, Agreement, Contract Subject: Other, Contracts Other, Toll bridges Collection: Mount Desert Bridge Company Description: Contracts, indentures Small booklet, "The Mount Desert Bridge Corporation"--2 copies--By-laws, Officers Advertisement for "Greatest Event in Hancock County Since the Civil War"--Dedication of the new Mt. Desert Bridge, May 31, 1920; includes "Monster Clam Bake."
3962	Mt. Desert Narrows-Bridge	Document, Specification	Other, Bridges Other, Mount Desert Island				Mt. Desert Narrows-Bridge Item: 3962    Object ID: 009.020.15 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Specification Subject: Other, Bridges Other, Mount Desert Island Collection: Mount Desert Bridge Company Description: May 1956 plan for reconstructing bridge. 1837 contract and plan of tollhouse. Pencil drawing of bridge and intro. (but not body) of apparent petition by cetisans [sic] and patrons of the post office at West Trenton. 1917 blueprint for bridge, Maine Highway Commission. 1918 plan showing New England T&T Co., Pole and submarine line along south approach to Mt. Desert Bridge-Trenton 1918 plan showing new line of right of way at south end of bridge. 1918 plan showing change in alignment and land taken for new right of way at approach to Mt. Desert Narrows. [show more]
3961	Cattle and sheep marks-original	Document, Note	Other, Cattle Other, Marks (Symbols) Other, Sheep				Cattle and sheep marks-original Item: 3961    Object ID: 009.020.16 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Note Subject: Other, Cattle Other, Marks (Symbols) Other, Sheep Collection: Sheep and Cattle Brands Description: Hand-written records, by names, of cattle and sheep, 1828.
3960	Brookside Cemetery Association	Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record	Other, Cemeteries Other, Somesville				Brookside Cemetery Association Item: 3960    Object ID: 009.020.17 Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Government, Death Record, Burial Record Subject: Other, Cemeteries Other, Somesville Collection: Brookside Cemetery Association Description: Records of plots, payments, etc. for the cemetery.
3956	Revolutionary and Civil Wars--MDI	Document, Government, Military Record	Other, Mount Desert Island Other, War				Revolutionary and Civil Wars--MDI Item: 3956    Object ID: 009.020.21.a-e Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Government, Military Record Subject: Other, Mount Desert Island Other, War Collection: Revolutionary War and Civil War Description: Revolutionary War and Civil War rosters, dates of service of settlers on Mt. Desert Island. Origiaonal document and hand written notes
16969	Personal correspondence of Somesville residents	Document, Correspondence, Letter					Personal correspondence of Somesville residents Item: 16969    Object ID: 009.020.23.a-bb Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Correspondence, Letter Collection: Somesville, Maine Description: -Letters re death of John Higgins, son of Elliot Higgins, killed in NYC by runaway horses (1844); -"old-timers" in Somesville (1940); -from Daniel Somes to unknown woman, perhaps his later wife (1827); -Wm. Hamor to Mr. Somes re disapproval of dancing school (184?) & another re deaths of Lot and Paul Somes from scarlet fever (1853?); -from Susan Trask to "child" re death of "litell Harry [?], 1842; -from Andrew J. Frisbee, adopted son of Abraham Somes, re death of first wife(1851?), and to Mr. Somes re death of Billy (1852); -from Hattie Somes to Grandpa (1877); -from Mr. Heath to Rev. George E. Street (1903); -from Harriet Somes to Aunt Mary re baby sister Blanche (18?9); -from Dell to Hattie (1921) and to Harriet (1928); -to Harriet from Harry S. re selling privilege on land (1944); about Ed, brought home from Boston, by Florence Gray (1959); -from Jacob Somes to brother re legislative session concering railroad (1842). [show more]
3954	Deeds of Sale for Land on Mount Desert Island	Document, Legal, Deed	Other, Pretty Marsh Other, Somesville				Deeds of Sale for Land on Mount Desert Island Item: 3954    Object ID: 009.020.25.a-q Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Other, Pretty Marsh Other, Somesville Collection: Deeds of Sale for Land on Mount Desert Island Description: 1. Sale of five lots (three west of the Great Pond; one known as Southern Neck, one bounded by New Mill Pond, Ripples Brook, Ripples Rd., Pretty Marsh Rd.) by John Somes and Thadeus S. Somes to John J. Somes. 2. Typewritten portion of record concerning the DeGregoire's portion of Mount Desert Island, ascertained by survey, and the portion for John Bernard (1794). 3. Copy of 1792 document converying land from deGregoires to James Richardson. 4. Sale of pew in New Meeting House in Pretty Marsh to Abraham Somes by Benjamin Atherton, Charles Branscom, Reuben Freeman, David Hooper, for $37.93 (1835). 5. 1839 deed of sale of tract of land and buildings from Abraham Somes to George B. Somes. 6.1854 Jacob Somes, administrator of estate of John Somes, re public sale of described real estate, and his purchase of same for $1107,66. 7. 1854 sale to Amos Hooper by Benjamin Beard et al of land in Pretty Marsh, Mill Pond area (described). 8.1860 deed of sale of land (described) in Tremont by Margaret Moore to Joshus S. Moore. 9.1865 sale by Cornelius Wasgatt, of Swan's Island, to George B. Somes of land on Mount Desert Island. 10. 1867 sale by Mary C. Richardson to Daniel E. Pray of 45 acres "more or less." 11. 1877 sale by Rebecca Somes, Adelma Joy, Ann Fennelly, and Catherine Stevens of share of Mt. Desert Bridge, Yellow Store, horse, & other animals, two carts, one wagon, household furniture, notes or mortgages and all other personal estate owned by Jacob Somes, to John J. Somes. 12. 1878 by John & T.S. Somes to J.J. Somes, strip of land on west side of Ripples Brook. 13. 1882 sale by Rebecca T. Somes to John J. Somes of land in Somesville, as described. 14. List of lots on Mt. Desert Island, Trenton area, Union River, Cranberry Islands, Sullivan, Great Duck, Bartletts Island, granted by the DeGregoires, along with the dates granted and the grantees' names. 15. 1822 notice of public sale of real estate belonging to Abraham Somes to satisfy debts. 16. 1822 certificate attesting that Abraham Somes will use his "best skill and judgment" and exert his "utmost endeavors" concerning the disposal of the estate of Abraham Somes. 17. 1826 sale by John Somes to Abraham Somes of Lot 59 of Salem Town 1808 plan [show more]
3953	Deeds of Sale for land sold on Mount Desert Island	Document, Legal, Deed	Other, Mullen Hill				Deeds of Sale for land sold on Mount Desert Island Item: 3953    Object ID: 009.020.26.a-p Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Legal, Deed Subject: Other, Mullen Hill Collection: Deeds of Sale for Land Sold on Mount Desert Island Description: 1.1964 deed of sale by Virginia Somes Sanderson to Rose L. Dresser and Louisa Dresser of Sheep Island in Somesville Harbor. 2. 1909 indenture by John J. Somes and Thaddeus S. Somes to John A. Somes one third of the mill building and mill privelege [sic] for ten years. 3. 1913 transfer of mortgage of John W. Somes to John J. Somes. 4. 1917 deed of homestead lot of Harry G. Somes in Somesville to John J. Somes. 5. Handwritten draft of release for Roscoe H. Hysom right to pass over and lay pipe in easterly line of Hysom lot in Somesville to mill stream, to take water from the mill privilege, and to pass over land lying between northly side of the cemetery road and the southerly side line of Hysom land (n.d.). 6. 1959 deed from Adelaide C. Holland and Marian C. Cobb to Virginia Somes Sanderson the "Mullen Hill Lot." 7. Robert G. Fernald sale of real estate of Florence E. Reade to Virginia Somes Sanderson, 1968. 8. 1976 deed of Somes Sound property from Andrew Somes, Jr. and Florence B. Ells to Virginia Somes Sanderson 9.1986 deed from Virginia Somes Sanderson of Mullen Hill Lot to Somes-Meynell Wildlife Sanctuary. 10. 1926 typewritten copy of record giving/selling to Brookside Cemetery a lot by Harry G. Somes and John J. Somes. 11. Samuel Watson Smith to Virginia Somes Sanderson a lot of Somesville (described). [show more]
16622	House Parties on Mount Desert Island	Document, Manuscript	Other, Central House Other, Mount Desert House Other, Parties				House Parties on Mount Desert Island Item: 16622    Object ID: 009.020.27.a-e Catalog: Archives Type: Document, Manuscript Subject: Other, Central House Other, Mount Desert House Other, Parties Collection: Parties on Mount Desert Island Description: 1. Handwritten note about a 1855 (?) party (dinner, dancing) at the old Mt. Desert House given by Churches, Tracys. Describes dress, music; also refers to picnic at Schooner Head where Mr. Church "did some sketching." Copy of invitation from "the boarders at Mr. Daniel Somes" to "Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Somes and family." 2. Typewritten notes about Central House Party, 1884; include notes on menu, music, outings to Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond, Beech Cliff, games. 3. Handwritten excerpts from 1906 diary of Harriet Somes Sanderson. 4. Notes about Stone Party. 5. Pencilled reflections on doing good, resolutions, no date or author. [show more]

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