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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
1807Letter from Ted Spurling Sr. to Judith Blank
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Ted Spurling Sr. recounts sailing tales of Capt. Melitiah and Caroline (Stanley) Richardson of Great Cranberry Island. Son Peter continued sailing after his father's death. Cranberry Isles woman made a quilt for Caroline, now owned by Bobby Gray.
  • Ted Spurling Sr.
  • 1/16/1996
  • 4
  • manuscript
Description:
Ted Spurling Sr. recounts sailing tales of Capt. Melitiah and Caroline (Stanley) Richardson of Great Cranberry Island. Son Peter continued sailing after his father's death. Cranberry Isles woman made a quilt for Caroline, now owned by Bobby Gray.
6076Amos Clement Logbook from the Schooner Golden Rule
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Logbook of accounts of Amos Clement on his schooner Golden Rule, Mount Desert, Maine.
  • Amos Clement
  • 1833
  • 1 book
  • ledger book
  • very fragile, damaged
Description:
Logbook of accounts of Amos Clement on his schooner Golden Rule, Mount Desert, Maine.
1511Steamship Cimbria at Southwest Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Collection of dispatches in regard to Russian Transport Cimbria which arrived at Southwest Harbor in 1878.
  • 1878
  • 9
  • typescript
Description:
Collection of dispatches in regard to Russian Transport Cimbria which arrived at Southwest Harbor in 1878.
5082Eagle Lake Ferry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Merchant Vessel, Ferry
Eagle Lake Ferry, circa 1885, serving the Green Mountain Railway. Copy of ticket pictured in upper rt. corner. The boat was sunk in lake before 1910.
  • 1885
Description:
Eagle Lake Ferry, circa 1885, serving the Green Mountain Railway. Copy of ticket pictured in upper rt. corner. The boat was sunk in lake before 1910.
4316Bar Harbor about 1887-1890
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Steamer SAPPHO at right, MOUNT DESERT at left. Mounted on 21x19" board.
  • 1887-1890
Description:
Steamer SAPPHO at right, MOUNT DESERT at left. Mounted on 21x19" board.
5496USS Dolphin off Wheelwright point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel
Photograph taken from Kimball's dock looking toward Wheelwright point with US Navy vessel "Dolphin" center place. Photograph is very faded. This area is now called Clifton Dock.
  • Burr
  • 1889
  • poor
Description:
Photograph taken from Kimball's dock looking toward Wheelwright point with US Navy vessel "Dolphin" center place. Photograph is very faded. This area is now called Clifton Dock.
5258Granite schooner on Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry as seen from "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
  • Cromwell
  • 1890's
Description:
Sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry as seen from "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
5259Granite schooner on Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Close-up sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry going by "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
  • Cromwell
  • 1890's
Description:
Close-up sepia photograph of granite schooner under sail down Somes Sound from Hall Quarry going by "Rosserne", the Cromwell cottage.
3830Mary Cabot Wheelwright Scrapbook
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Photographs of Old Ships from Collection of Miss Mary Wheelwright. Scrapbook with photographs of yachts and sailboats and photocopy of "Early Yachting Days at Northeast Harbor" written by Miss Mary Cabot Wheelwright. Shows family and friends aboard the Hesper, trips to islands, the Cranberry Club, scenes of the harbor in Northeast Harbor. 1. M. C. Wheelwright at age 17 2. M. C. Wheelwright at age 21 3. Captain Stanley 5. Mary Wheelwright 9-10: Northeast Harbor, 1894 13-16: Aboard "HESPER" 22: Steamboat 23-24: HESPER 25: Branscom's Wharf 26: Tennis Club 28: Teakettle Party aboard HESPER; from left to right: C. Hemenway, L. Stevenson, A. Greenough, C. Hardy, Mary Wheelwright, K. Thompson, G. W. Peabody, M. Scull 29: Bear Island from Clifton Dock; HESPER in background 30: Dirt trails through woods; goats in pasture 31: Bottom center: Hamor Home, Cranberry Isle, as seen from the Cranberry Club 32, 34: HESPER 35: Probably NORDICA 37-39: Gott's Island 40: Woman on boat 41: Young child 42, 44: Wheelwright float 43: Cranberry Club, 1896 45: Landing in Cranberry Pool for a picnic at the Club, 1896 53-56: R.K.R., K.T., Northeast Harbor to Long Island, 1913 58-61: Penobscot River, 1902 62-66: Yacht ALOHA 67: Mackerel Fleet in Cranberry or Southwest Harbor 69-71: Coaster "Fannie Earl" 74: Wheelwright Point seen from Clifton Dock. Bear Island is center right, c. 1884. 75: Probably the Corning's sloop HARRIET 77: Boothbay 79: HESPER 82: North Haven 83-86: Boothbay, September 1903 87, 88: Portland 89: September cruise off Beverly Islands 90: Southwest Harbor
  • 1894
  • 1 flat storage box
  • 1 scrapbook
Description:
Photographs of Old Ships from Collection of Miss Mary Wheelwright. Scrapbook with photographs of yachts and sailboats and photocopy of "Early Yachting Days at Northeast Harbor" written by Miss Mary Cabot Wheelwright. Shows family and friends aboard the Hesper, trips to islands, the Cranberry Club, scenes of the harbor in Northeast Harbor. 1. M. C. Wheelwright at age 17 2. M. C. Wheelwright at age 21 3. Captain Stanley 5. Mary Wheelwright 9-10: Northeast Harbor, 1894 13-16: Aboard "HESPER" 22: Steamboat 23-24: HESPER 25: Branscom's Wharf 26: Tennis Club 28: Teakettle Party aboard HESPER; from left to right: C. Hemenway, L. Stevenson, A. Greenough, C. Hardy, Mary Wheelwright, K. Thompson, G. W. Peabody, M. Scull 29: Bear Island from Clifton Dock; HESPER in background 30: Dirt trails through woods; goats in pasture 31: Bottom center: Hamor Home, Cranberry Isle, as seen from the Cranberry Club 32, 34: HESPER 35: Probably NORDICA 37-39: Gott's Island 40: Woman on boat 41: Young child 42, 44: Wheelwright float 43: Cranberry Club, 1896 45: Landing in Cranberry Pool for a picnic at the Club, 1896 53-56: R.K.R., K.T., Northeast Harbor to Long Island, 1913 58-61: Penobscot River, 1902 62-66: Yacht ALOHA 67: Mackerel Fleet in Cranberry or Southwest Harbor 69-71: Coaster "Fannie Earl" 74: Wheelwright Point seen from Clifton Dock. Bear Island is center right, c. 1884. 75: Probably the Corning's sloop HARRIET 77: Boothbay 79: HESPER 82: North Haven 83-86: Boothbay, September 1903 87, 88: Portland 89: September cruise off Beverly Islands 90: Southwest Harbor [show more]
4333Yacht HESPER
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Former Boston pilot boat HESPER as Andrew Wheelwright's yacht shown off Mount Desert on port tack flying all but her fore topsail
  • 1895
Description:
Former Boston pilot boat HESPER as Andrew Wheelwright's yacht shown off Mount Desert on port tack flying all but her fore topsail
5393Gilpatrick Cove and Smallidge Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Sepia photograph overlooking Gilpatrick Cove and the Vaughan House on Smallidge Point. From the carpenter shop (boat house?) at lower right, the walkway extends to the fleet dock and to the point. The steamer "MORSE" is in center. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • C. B. Borland
  • 1896
Description:
Sepia photograph overlooking Gilpatrick Cove and the Vaughan House on Smallidge Point. From the carpenter shop (boat house?) at lower right, the walkway extends to the fleet dock and to the point. The steamer "MORSE" is in center. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
4235COLUMBIA
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
America's Cup winner. Outside Northeast Harbor.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
America's Cup winner. Outside Northeast Harbor.
4236VIGILANT at Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
America's cup trials.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
America's cup trials.
4237COLUMBIA at Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
4256Sailing Party
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Susie, Della and Ralph Hamor.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Susie, Della and Ralph Hamor.
5446Battleship Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Battleship Massachusetts on U.S. Navy visit to Bar Harbor.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Battleship Massachusetts on U.S. Navy visit to Bar Harbor.
5447USN Cruiser Dolphin in Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Light cruiser Dolphin on Navy visit to Bar Harbor.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Light cruiser Dolphin on Navy visit to Bar Harbor.
5448Battleship Iowa or Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Battleship Iowa or Massachusetts
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
Description:
Battleship Iowa or Massachusetts
5449Battleship New York
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Battleship New York on Navy visit Bar Harbor
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Battleship New York on Navy visit Bar Harbor
5450Gunboat Puritan
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
"Monitor" type gunboat Puritan on U.S. Navy visit to Bar Harbor
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
"Monitor" type gunboat Puritan on U.S. Navy visit to Bar Harbor
5451Battleship Brooklyn
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Battleship Brooklyn on U.S. Navy visit to Bar Harbor
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Battleship Brooklyn on U.S. Navy visit to Bar Harbor
4213Spurling & Ladd boat slip, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Boat slip now Clifton Dock. Also showing steamer Islesford
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Boat slip now Clifton Dock. Also showing steamer Islesford
4230New York Yacht Club
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Baker Island. These races were part of the entertainment provided by a major fleet visit to Bar Harbor in 1897.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • 1 photograph, 1 glass plate negative
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Baker Island. These races were part of the entertainment provided by a major fleet visit to Bar Harbor in 1897.
4231VIGILANT
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Pleasure Craft, Yacht
Probably part of the New York Yacht Club visit of 1897.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Probably part of the New York Yacht Club visit of 1897.
4232Boat Race, Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat
War boats (ship's cutters)
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • 1 photograph, 1 glass plate negative
Description:
War boats (ship's cutters)