Description: 3" x 2" x 1" photo. album; brown leather covers, gold embossing; latch. Not all places have photos; many photos disintegrating. No identification of owner or those photographed.
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. A copy of a souvenir booklet of the Seaside Inn in Seal Harbor, Maine. Booklet shows different views around Seal Harbor, gives a brief description of Seal Harbor, and gives a description of the Inn. This is a different booklet from object id 020.10.17 [show more]
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. A souvenir booklet of the Seaside Inn in Seal Harbor, Maine. Booklet shows different views around Seal Harbor, gives a brief description of Seal Harbor, and gives a description of the Inn.
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. Two souvenir cards of Seal Harbor and the Seaside Inn.
Description: Scrapbook with clippings about Mount Desert Island. Numerous articles about high school basketball, the Schooner Thomas W. Lawson, and Liberace. May have belonged to Somesville Postmaster Hollis Smith.
Description: Scrapbook kept by Mrs. Emily Savage with newspaper clippings of poetry, life events for the Savage family (obituaries, marriage announcements, etc.), recipes, remedies, and newspaper articles related to Mount Desert Island and popular culture. A few examples include: a Civil War era fractional currency 25-cent note, obituary for Herman L. Savage, golden wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Savage, image and description of a medal commemorating the departure of the Atlantic fleet, and an article about Abraham Lincoln. [show more]
Description: A green faux leather scrapbook that includes many clippings from the Bar Harbor Times about the 1947 Fire on Mount Desert island. The original owner of the scrapbook is unknown. Many of the pages in the scrapbook are empty. Clippings are affixed to pages with glue. Also includes program for 1948 Vaudeville show and nine pages from Time magazine, Nov. 28, 1949. Contents of the scrapbook have not been scanned.
Description: This is a hardcover scrap book measuring 8 x 10 inches. The front cover is embossed with a raised picture with a parrot on a hanging ring, a cat, flowers and 2 borders. The trademark stamped on the inside front cover reads, "Mark Twain's Scrap Book, registered April 23rd, 1878" published by "Daniel Slote & Co." On the next page, is a faded inscription which reads in cursive, "Lucie F. Somes, Mount Desert, Maine, Nov. 1881". Next, there is a four -page index set up alphabetically with several entrees in cursive. Some examples of entrees are: Doctor and Judge 16; Boston Men Killed 5; Captain W. T. Ober 16; and Pillow lace making 18. The rest of this book is a compilation of newspaper clippings from many places. Several of the clippings have information which relates to the Somes family or of Mount Desert Island. For example, "Memorial Day at Somesville"; a column entitled, Then and Now (for the Mount Desert Herald) dated Nov. 2, 1885; and "Death of John W. Somes of Mount Desert". There is a beige grosgrain ribbon inside which is used as a marker. [show more]
Description: Purple hard cover scrap book. Picture on front of two young ladies sitting at a table, one reading a letter. Filled with cut-out pictures of flowers, Christmas and holiday cards, and other assorted cutouts. Pat. March 1876 written on back.
Description: Picture of Somesville Union Meeting House on white. Marked, “Union Meeting House Society, Somesville, ME” in brown ink. On reverse, “Preston-Hopkinson Co., Appomattox, Virginia”.
Description: Found in remains of Jordan Pond House after it burned in the late 1970s. Soot covers plate. Green floral pattern Marked Caribe Puerto Rico USA 1-A. Donor info - taken from remains of Jordan Pond House. Soot not to be removed.
Description: Picturesque Bar Harbor. Souvenir booklet given out to patrons of the Providence Line steamship, “Dedicated to the “Reader” by the Passenger Department Providence & Stonington S.S. Co.” 8 pages. Previously archived as object id 016.FIC.001.25
Description: I.T. Moore Photos in a book format with tie string. Photos include Northeast Harbor, Somes Sound, Ocean Drive, Mount Desert Hills, Great Head, Bear Island, Bear Island Lighthouse, Jordan Pond, Rock End Hotel, Steamer "Frank Jones", Kimball House, Swimming Pool, Glen Cove Hotel (Seal Harbor), Bee Hive Mountain, Sea Side Inn (Seal Harbor), St. Mary's by the Sea, Asticou, Union Church, Clifton Hotel, Main Street, Long Pond, Sargent's Drive, Catholic Church [show more]
Description: black scrap book with gold embossed rectangle highlighting “Photographs” on the cover (the photographs have been removed and are in Photograph Album 10
Description: Red cloth-covered photograph album with metal clasp containing photos of the following families: Higgins, Moore, Mayo, Emery, Parker, Clark, Smith, Herrick, Taylor, Kimball, Lawson, Robinson. Separate photo. of Ruby Elizabeth Higgins , age 6 months, inside front cover. No design on the cloth cover.