Description: Drawing of twelve and a half foot boat, Larchmont class, with "Leg O'Mutten Rig" drawn/designed in Oct. 1925. This is also called a 'Herreshoff Bullseye," which raced in NEH from about 1930 to 1955 or so, according to Sturgis Haskins. It may have been built by Hinckley.
Description: Letter (1927) from The Portland Evening Express Information Bureau in Washington, D.C. to Dr. R.L. Grindle of Mt. Desert, Maine, in reply to his request for information regarding the land on which Fort Knox in Bucksport, Maine is located on.
Description: Plans for Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham, Massachusetts, plan of land, copy of survey done by L.A. Chase, Engineer, 1922. Property owned by chatham Associates: Henry H. Fuller, Alice E. Hardy, Charles A. Hardy
Description: Letter (1925) to Stuart and Fred Smith of Somesville, Maine, from their friend, Warren S. Reeve during his stay in Berlin, Germany. On the back of Fred's letter is a copy of a sunday school sermon he wrote to the sunday scholars in Germany for Fred to deliver to the sunday school children in Somesville church. Both letters have wonderful descriptions of Germany and the surrounding areas.
Description: Official Map of Maine Compiled from U. S. Government Surveys, Official State Surveys, and original sources for State of Maine Publicity Bureau, Portland, Maine, 1923. Shows railroads, highways, trolleys, steamboat lines, hotels, boarding houses, community camps, boys’ and girls’ camps, golf courses, population of towns, elevation, and other information. Inset shows Best Routes to Maine: Railroads, Highways, Steamship Lines. Scale: 1" = 5 miles [show more]
Description: 1921 Sanborn Maps of Southwest Harbor and Manset showing dwellings, businesses, churches, roads. Key indicates building construction material, location of automatic sprinklers, number of stories, etc. Prominent businesses shown are John L. Stanley & Son, Fish Curing & Packing; John A. Hopkins, Fish Curing & Packing; Manset Coal Co., Addison Packing Co. Sardine Factory, Freeman Coal Co., Park Theatre Moving Pictures & Vaudeville, Dirigo and Claremont Hotels. Approx. 21.5" tall x 13.5" wide. Scale: 1 inch = 100 feet Maps have been scanned and the image files are linked to this record. See "Relations" If a printed image of these is made, it is suggested that the image be taken from the disc copy of the photos for higher resolution. It is possible that the image cataloged in Past Perfect database has been made smaller for storage purposes. [show more]
Description: An image of Map 1 of the Sanborn maps in MDI Historical Society collection. Scan made by Charlotte Morrill, SWH, April, 2011. There are two images of this map attached to this record. One image of the map includes the MDI Historical Society ownership record and the other is a map image without this attribution. Original scan images are in higher resolution than the files attached to this record. If needed, the higher resolution files are on disc and stored in the media album under this accession number. [show more]