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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1176Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Elevations, floor plans, Architectural details drawings. Addition May 26, 1949.
  • Putnam, Griswold, Wylde & Ames
  • 1949
  • Northeast Harbor Library
  • 44 blueprints, 14 paper, 1 tracing paper
  • blueprints, paper, tracing paper
Northeast Harbor Library
Item:
  • 1176   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Creator:
  • Putnam, Griswold, Wylde & Ames
Date:
  • 1949
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Property Name:
  • Northeast Harbor Library
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0178 PGWA
Location:
  • 5E8, shelf 5ATOP
Pages:
  • 44 blueprints, 14 paper, 1 tracing paper
Medium:
  • blueprints, paper, tracing paper
Description:
Elevations, floor plans, Architectural details drawings. Addition May 26, 1949.
2591MacKay Residence
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Nine blueprints (several duplicates) and three parchment tracings, 23x17", of multilevel floor plans of the MacKay house, "Tide Bell" at Hancock Point.
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
  • 1947
  • Tide Bell
  • 12
  • ARCH
  • good
MacKay Residence
Item:
  • 2591   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Ambrose S. Higgins
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Property Name:
  • Tide Bell
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 383
Location:
  • GHC Box 10
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • ARCH
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Nine blueprints (several duplicates) and three parchment tracings, 23x17", of multilevel floor plans of the MacKay house, "Tide Bell" at Hancock Point.
5793Meeting of F. D. Roosevelt and W. Churchill aboard "HMS Prince of Wales", August 1941
  • Reference
  • Events
  • People
7 photographs catalogued from 2179 a to 2179 g
  • 1941
  • 7 photographs
  • paper
  • very good
Meeting of F. D. Roosevelt and W. Churchill aboard "HMS Prince of Wales", August 1941
Item:
  • 5793   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
Date:
  • 1941
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2179
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 7 photographs
Medium:
  • paper
Condition:
  • very good
Description:
7 photographs catalogued from 2179 a to 2179 g
4398Luders and International sailboats racing off Bear Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
B&W photographs No's 454 a through 454 e. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • ca. 1948
  • 7
Luders and International sailboats racing off Bear Island
Item:
  • 4398   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • ca. 1948
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0454 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 7
Description:
B&W photographs No's 454 a through 454 e. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4399Smallidge Homestead, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Asa Smallidge, Asa Knowles, current (1999) John Pierrepont House.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • ca. 1945
  • Manchester Road
Smallidge Homestead, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4399   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • ca. 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
  • Manchester Road
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0455 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Asa Smallidge, Asa Knowles, current (1999) John Pierrepont House.
4400Thompson Cottage, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Built by Francis G. Peabody 1882.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • ca. 1945
Thompson Cottage, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4400   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • ca. 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0456 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Built by Francis G. Peabody 1882.
4401Sailboats, Gilpatrick Cove
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Beginning a race. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Sterling Haskell
  • ca. 1945
Sailboats, Gilpatrick Cove
Item:
  • 4401   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • ca. 1945
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0457 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Beginning a race. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4482Walls Garage, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
Walls Garage in Seal Harbor, subsequently Robert DeRevere became owner.
  • ca. 1940
Walls Garage, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 4482   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
Date:
  • ca. 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0570
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Walls Garage in Seal Harbor, subsequently Robert DeRevere became owner.
4502Dan Rosenthal
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • People
Photographs of the locally famous itinerant peddler taken in front of the old Northeast Harbor branch of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust next to the post office c. 1940.
  • 1940's
  • photograph, negative
Dan Rosenthal
Item:
  • 4502   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1940's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0602
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photograph, negative
Description:
Photographs of the locally famous itinerant peddler taken in front of the old Northeast Harbor branch of the Bar Harbor Bank and Trust next to the post office c. 1940.
4525View of Western Way
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
View from Laurie Holmes kitchen in 1940. In 1989 this house was owned by G. Hansen. View contains site of present Northeast Library.
  • Lawrie Holmes
  • 1940
View of Western Way
Item:
  • 4525   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Lawrie Holmes
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0639 LH
Location:
  • Oversize Photograph Box 1, 4E3
Description:
View from Laurie Holmes kitchen in 1940. In 1989 this house was owned by G. Hansen. View contains site of present Northeast Library.
4545Northeast Harbor Woman's Literary Club
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • People
Costume Party at Madeline Brown's home. Back row: Nellie Butler, Lillis Joy, Mary Small, Mary Holmes, Gladys Clark, Margaret Kimbell, Julia Manchester. Middle row; Grace Fogg, Francis Smith, Katherine Savage, Lina Wilson, Belle Knowles, Edith Gilley, Stella Hill, Cora Kimball, Lenora Falt, Bray Holmes, ? Turner Front row : Winifred Graves, Marion Kimball, Charlotte Manchester, Madelene Brown, Dorothy Maddocks, Beatrice Kelley
  • 1940's
Northeast Harbor Woman's Literary Club
Item:
  • 4545   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • People
Date:
  • 1940's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0662
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Costume Party at Madeline Brown's home. Back row: Nellie Butler, Lillis Joy, Mary Small, Mary Holmes, Gladys Clark, Margaret Kimbell, Julia Manchester. Middle row; Grace Fogg, Francis Smith, Katherine Savage, Lina Wilson, Belle Knowles, Edith Gilley, Stella Hill, Cora Kimball, Lenora Falt, Bray Holmes, ? Turner Front row : Winifred Graves, Marion Kimball, Charlotte Manchester, Madelene Brown, Dorothy Maddocks, Beatrice Kelley
4702Lowell Estate, Hancock Point
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Transportation, Automobile
Series of pictures of house and view. Note car for date of photograph.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1940's
  • 4 photographs, 4 negatives
Lowell Estate, Hancock Point
Item:
  • 4702   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Transportation, Automobile
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1940's
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0947
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs, 4 negatives
Description:
Series of pictures of house and view. Note car for date of photograph.
4710Pine Ledge, Bernard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Three photographs; house, shoreline and a long water view. Owned 1947 by Mrs. Robert Milne.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1940's
  • 3 photographs
Pine Ledge, Bernard
Item:
  • 4710   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1940's
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0963
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs
Description:
Three photographs; house, shoreline and a long water view. Owned 1947 by Mrs. Robert Milne.
4738Pine Ledge, Bernard
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Envelope labeled as Milne Property Photo 1025 a: Winter scene Photo 1025 b: Beach in front of cottage
  • Knowles Company
  • 1946
  • 2 photographs
Pine Ledge, Bernard
Item:
  • 4738   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Tremont, Bernard
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1025
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2 photographs
Description:
Envelope labeled as Milne Property Photo 1025 a: Winter scene Photo 1025 b: Beach in front of cottage
4741Long Pond Inn and Camps, Somesville
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwelling, Camp House
Furnished cottages, 4-6 rooms and a bathroom, boat included. Between $300 and $600 per season, with (extra $100) or without boat. See back of photos for details. Owner Arthur E. Pray.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1940's
  • 12 photographs, 1 letter, 1 postcard packet
Long Pond Inn and Camps, Somesville
Item:
  • 4741   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Dwelling, Camp House
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1940's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Somesville
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1030
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 12 photographs, 1 letter, 1 postcard packet
Description:
Furnished cottages, 4-6 rooms and a bathroom, boat included. Between $300 and $600 per season, with (extra $100) or without boat. See back of photos for details. Owner Arthur E. Pray.
4786Tripp Farm house, West Eden
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Lilian Tripp owner, lived in Machias, ME during the winter. Letter to Belle Knowles re. house and 1944 election.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1944
  • 3 photographs, 1 letter
Tripp Farm house, West Eden
Item:
  • 4786   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1944
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Eden
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1121
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs, 1 letter
Description:
Lilian Tripp owner, lived in Machias, ME during the winter. Letter to Belle Knowles re. house and 1944 election.
4875George D. Randall Cottage, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Former Francis property on Schooner Head. House was razed in 1947 Bar Harbor fire. Interior & exterior views & vistas.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1940
  • 7 photographs, 1 duplicate
George D. Randall Cottage, Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 4875   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwelling, Interior
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1229
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 7 photographs, 1 duplicate
Description:
Former Francis property on Schooner Head. House was razed in 1947 Bar Harbor fire. Interior & exterior views & vistas.
4876First aid class of 1942
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Negatives of people in first aid class of 1942. Setting appears to be lake shore. 3 group shots with 15 unidentified people in each.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1942
  • 3 negatives
First aid class of 1942
Item:
  • 4876   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • People
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1942
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1231
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 negatives
Description:
Negatives of people in first aid class of 1942. Setting appears to be lake shore. 3 group shots with 15 unidentified people in each.
4879House near Claremont, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Cottage and vistas slightly south of the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, presumably in the 1940's.
  • Sanborn Photo Services
  • 1944
  • 4 photographs
House near Claremont, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 4879   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Sanborn Photo Services
Date:
  • 1944
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1234
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs
Description:
Cottage and vistas slightly south of the Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor, presumably in the 1940's.
4880Northeast Harbor Swimming Club
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
swimming club from area of the float, showing bathers. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • Knowles Company
  • ca. 1940
  • 6 photographs, 4 prints, 6 negatives
Northeast Harbor Swimming Club
Item:
  • 4880   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Structures, Civic, Sports Structure, Swimming Pool
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • ca. 1940
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1235
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 6 photographs, 4 prints, 6 negatives
Description:
swimming club from area of the float, showing bathers. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4977Grey Rock Sales Brochure
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Shows floors plans and has description of the home.
  • 1941
  • pamphlet with images
Grey Rock Sales Brochure
Item:
  • 4977   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1367
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • pamphlet with images
Description:
Shows floors plans and has description of the home.
4365"Mainstay"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Views of M. T. Mellon residence "Mainstay" from the sound. Negatives included. House built for R. Taylor in 1936 (architect Arthur McFarland); owned after Mellon by Margaret Jenks and Lynn Wheat. Former site of the Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf.
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1946
  • 3 photos, 3 negatives
"Mainstay"
Item:
  • 4365   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Willis H. Ballard
Date:
  • 1946
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0382 WHB
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • 3 photos, 3 negatives
Description:
Views of M. T. Mellon residence "Mainstay" from the sound. Negatives included. House built for R. Taylor in 1936 (architect Arthur McFarland); owned after Mellon by Margaret Jenks and Lynn Wheat. Former site of the Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf.
5048Hall Quarry Schoolhouse
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Sepia Photograph of Hall Quarry Schoolhouse around the mid-1940's. Noted on back of Photograph: "Hall Quarry University."
  • 1945
  • 1 photograph
Hall Quarry Schoolhouse
Item:
  • 5048   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1442
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Sepia Photograph of Hall Quarry Schoolhouse around the mid-1940's. Noted on back of Photograph: "Hall Quarry University."
5086MDI Service Men in Guam
  • Image, Photograph
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
MDI Boys in Guam during WW II. Albert Dodge, Nelson Leland, Don Bryant, and Sonny Sprague. Photograph is a scan of Photograph appearing in Kathy Cavness weekly column in the Mount Desert Islander.
  • 1944
MDI Service Men in Guam
Item:
  • 5086   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Other, Military, World War II
  • People
Date:
  • 1944
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1483
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
MDI Boys in Guam during WW II. Albert Dodge, Nelson Leland, Don Bryant, and Sonny Sprague. Photograph is a scan of Photograph appearing in Kathy Cavness weekly column in the Mount Desert Islander.
5144Dairy Farming
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Organizations, Civic
Documentary film of the Hancock County 4-H Dairy Club developing dairy stock in conjunction with the University of Maine Extension Service & Hancock County Farm Bureau.
  • 1946
Dairy Farming
Item:
  • 5144   
Type:
  • Document, Recording, Video Recording
Subject:
  • Businesses, Farming
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 1946
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1562
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Documentary film of the Hancock County 4-H Dairy Club developing dairy stock in conjunction with the University of Maine Extension Service & Hancock County Farm Bureau.