Description: Poster showing the evolution of the Maine Lobster Boat from 1860 to 1960. Text and illustrations. Created in 1985 by Douglas Alvord and Maine Maritime Museum. Approx. 35.5" long by 14.5". Describes and illustrates the Reach Boat, Peapod, Sloop Boat, Hampton Boat, Torpedo Stern, Razor Case and Jonesport-Beal Is.
Description: Article from June 1982 Down East magazine about stoneworks of Acadia National Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and financed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Description: Article about 1917 filming of Fox Film Company's "Queen of the Sea" on Sand Beach and along Ocean Drive, from Sept. 1981 issue of Down East magazine
Description: Map in color showing Mount Desert Island, Schoodic Peninsula, Islands in Western Bay, from Les Voyages duSieur De Champlain with annotation in French. A reprint of a 1932 map. Size 22.5" x 28"
Description: Hand-drawn plan of the Carroll Farm showing boundaries, pasture-land, road, house, barn ruins, meadow, fence, ledge, logging area. 8.5" X 9.5"
Description: Four-page handwritten letter and envelope with return address, written by Lucie Smallidge (daughter of Laura Richardson) to Mrs. Charles Lanpher (Juanita) and dated September 21, 1988; mentions going to school in Northeast Harbor and values of people in NEH when she was growing up. Mentions effort to see "Goldie"; Lucie's brothers Curley and Galen, sisters Leola and "Skoot," who was married to Don McEachern; and her grandparents Olin and Luch Richardson; her mother, Laura, and Laura's sister Lucretia. Her uncle Olin Richardson had the gas station and store in Town Hill for many years; she had another uncle named Bide Richardson. Describes Lucie's love of music and work with the elderly in nursing homes [show more]
Description: Newsletter for Volume VI, September 1, 1983, No. 1. Describes decision to keep museum open in Sept., painting of bridge by Girl Scouts, fundraising efforts, gifts to Society.
Description: This is a booklet of architectural drawings for the Somesville Museum Bridge dated 8-28-1981. There are four pages. The booklet measures 17 by 24 inches. It was prepared by Roc Caivano & Harris Hyman, Box 254, Southwest Harbor,Maine. Page 1 is entitled Specifications and includes conditions. Stapled to this page is a typed letter from Ralph Stanley and Chad Gilpatric to Brian Hamor. Page 2 depicts the North Elevation. Page 3 are the Details. Page 4 are more Details. [show more]