Document, Advertising, Advertising Card, Political Card
Date:
2014
Description: Political card for 2014 election in support of referendum, paid for by Maine Economic Growth Coaliton. The question is "a timely investment in our natural resource based industries..."
Description: This is a typical ledger, measuring 8 x 10 and 1/4 inches. It has a black cover with a faded red binding and matching red corners. The title of the ledger is written on a white label with red borders in cursive writing. It reads, "Union Meeting House Society Records". The first entry is the text of the application made to the state of Maine to become an incorporated parish and religious society under the provisions of chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of Maine. There are the transcribed notes of the first meeting and the signers of the bylaws. The records appear to span 1914-1931. There are additional minutes of meetings and what appear records of contributions. [show more]
Description: A black and white photograph of two boats, each with three people aboard, # 1 and# 4. Apppear to be in a race. Back of photo: Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine. 7.50 spotted
Description: This one page report card is dated Feb. 1, 1889. It's issued to Nellie Mayo from Tremont High School. This accession # and the next 1 in the series, that is #009.013.20, as well as, #s 009.013.17-.18 are folded individually in a stationary envelope with the name "Nell Higgins" written on it. May be archival box #31 (AB 5/2/11)
Description: This one page report card is dated March 21, 1890. It was issued to Nellie B. Mayo by Tremont High School. This accession # and the three preceding in the series, that is #s 009.013.17-.19 are folded individually in a stationary envelope with the name "Nell Higgins" written on it.
Description: This is a flat map folded in half. The title of the map is "The Zoning Map of the Town of Mt. Desert, Hancock County Maine". The zoning districts were by Maurice H. Burr, Northeast Harbor, Maine. The full date is February 5, 1957. The map key denotes two districts: A and B. The map measures 12 and 1/2 by 20 inches.
Description: This black and white photograph is approximately 7 and 1/4 inches by 4 and 1/2 inches. It is mounted on gray cardboard-like paper. The label on the backside is "Mt. Desert Island". The gift inventory list indicates that this photograph is a copy of a Ballard print of Thunderhole on Acadia's Park Loop Road.
Description: This is one of six folders in drawer 9. The folder is labeled "Thirlstane/Paine Cottage" and contains Fred Savage architectural drawings. Folder added January 2015 from the Northeast Harbor Library containing drawings marked "Alterations to Thirlstane" by Architect Cope & Stewardson, Phil. Pa. 1898 Built for Mrs. R.B. Scott, 1881-82. William Ralph Emerson, architect.
Description: Interviews of 27 residents of the Bar Harbor and Otter Creek areas about the Tarn, now a small, shallow pond and emergent wetland; it was originally a meadow.
Description: 21-page monograph presented by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Story originally published from Rachel Field's collection Points East: Narratives of New England, 1933. Bruce Komusin of the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society brought the work to the attention of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Editor: Emily M. Beck
Description: 21-page monograph presented by the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Story originally published from Rachel Field's collection Points East: Narratives of New England, 1933. Bruce Komusin of the Great Cranberry Island Historical Society brought the work to the attention of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. Editor: Emily M. Beck
Description: notes and list of all exhibit materials from the Society, Northeast Harbor Library and Great Harbor Museum for this exhibit in the summer of 2012
Description: This 10 by 7 and 1/2 inch black and white photograph is mounted on frayed gray cardboard-like paper. This is a photo of the Diston House on Manchester Point, Northeast Harbor. The label on the backside indicates that Brown Mountain is in the background.
Document, Advertising, Advertising Card, Political Card
Date:
2014
Description: 5.5" X 11" expressing negativity toward Ted Koffman ("job-killing tax hikes and debt") and positive views for Brian Langley (opening doors to new jobs and opportunities").
Description: There are two folders entitled "Fred Savage, S.W. Bridgham, Esq., Bar Harbor". The first is marked as having 42 trace and 33 linens for a total of 75 items. The second is marked as having blueprints, 3 items. 2012 exhibit text: Ledgelawn Cottage for S. W. Bridgeham Bar Harbor, ME, 1900 Ink and ink wash on tracing paper These elevation studies demonstrate a clear attempt to express the interior spacial complexities in the exterior massing of this fine cottage. The mass of the building is punctuated by chimneys and bay windows to achieve a picturesque composition sheathed in shingles. This cottage, now an inn, remains substantially unchanged. [show more]
Description: This 10 and 1/4 by 6 and 3/4 inch black and white photograph is mounted on gray cardboard-like paper. The rock formations in the foreground are black. There are points of land on the horizon where the sun can be seen rising. The label on the backside is "Mt. Desert ?".