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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]
5601Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
A-Boats sailing.
  • George P. MacGregor
  • 1 photograph
Description:
A-Boats sailing.
5602Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Luders 16 sailing.
  • Kathy Suminsby
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Luders 16 sailing.
5603Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
A-Boats sailing.
  • Albert E. Guionnaud
  • Northeast Harbor, ME
  • 1 photograph
Description:
A-Boats sailing.
5750Coaster, Clifton Dock
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Roy Salisbury Collection
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Roy Salisbury Collection
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.
5605Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Sailing. Willis H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, ME
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1950
  • 10 photographs
Description:
Sailing. Willis H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, ME
5608Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Color photographs of Cape Cod Mercuries sailing, optimist prams, International One Designs.
  • 14 photographs
Description:
Color photographs of Cape Cod Mercuries sailing, optimist prams, International One Designs.
6951Sail Boat Races at Northeast Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 2 postcards
7005Roy Salisbury Collection - Northeast Harbor (1)
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Carriage Road
  • Places, Sound
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Dwellings
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
BW photographs of Northeast Harbor, sailboats, schooners, carriage roads, cottages etc. 5. Schooner MATTIE 7. View from Flying Mounting looking SE 8. - 9. Sergeant Drive 10. Asticou Inn in background 12. Harry Haskell Cottage, "The Anchorage", built for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Havemeyer, where Tennis Court is now. Burned down (1950's/1960's) 13. Looking across the harbor at Sea Street 14. - 17. Carriage Roads in winter 18. Pathway at Asticou in winter 21. St. Mary's Church 23. Steamboat Wharf (with one of the Maine Central Railroad boats)
  • Willis H. Ballard et al.
  • 23
  • photographs
Description:
BW photographs of Northeast Harbor, sailboats, schooners, carriage roads, cottages etc. 5. Schooner MATTIE 7. View from Flying Mounting looking SE 8. - 9. Sergeant Drive 10. Asticou Inn in background 12. Harry Haskell Cottage, "The Anchorage", built for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Havemeyer, where Tennis Court is now. Burned down (1950's/1960's) 13. Looking across the harbor at Sea Street 14. - 17. Carriage Roads in winter 18. Pathway at Asticou in winter 21. St. Mary's Church 23. Steamboat Wharf (with one of the Maine Central Railroad boats) [show more]
3503Woolies, Sailors' Embroidered Folk Art, tapestry
  • Object, Art, Tapestry
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
This magnificent gift of twenty-four English sailors' embroideries - Woolies - was presented by Mrs Douglas Dillon to honor the new Northeast Harbor Library in 2007. These unique pieces of nineteenth century mariner's folk art were souvenirs of the sailors' world-wide journeys and were embroidered in wool on sailcloth. Mrs. Dillon began a half-century ago to develop this unique and wonderful collection and continued until presenting them to the Library. Woolie 1: Doris 27 1/2" high by 48" wide, British Flagship, unusual harlequin background Woolie 2: Black hull ship, British Ensign under sail, sea gulls flying overhead, three other ships in foreground, lifeboat swung up on davit Woolie 3: Sailor's Adieu, ship's dory waiting to take him to his three-masted warship, and gulls flying overhead, 18" high by 26" wide Woolie 4: Seventy-two gun warship at sea full sail, 23" high by 27" wide, British Ensign Woolie 5: Tugboat bringing large three-masted sailboat (sails furled) home from the sea, crewelwork stitches in silk, cotton and wool, 22" high by 30" wide Woolie 6: Gunboat under sail, lighthouse and small photo of Captain in oval at center of Woolie at base Woolie 7: H.M.S. Terrible bombarding Odessa, only battle scene known to me, ironclad H.M.S. Terrible facing away, huge clouds of smoke, green sea, 17 1/2" high by 28 1/2" wide Woolie 8: Two-decked gunship, captain with spyglass, ship dressed all over, with crew standing on spars, over 100 men, perhaps Royal Review at Cowes Woolie 9: Warship under sail, depicted with life preserver and laurel leaf enclosure and flags, a small gold and pearl navy brooch is pinned below crown added by me when woolly was moth-proofed, 31 1/2" wide by 35" high Woolie 10: Three-masted warship under sail, from porthole surrounded by Union Jack and other flags in laurel wreath Woolie 11: Ice-breaker prow on three-masted and steam-powered gunboat with lighthouse and man on shore Woolie 12: H.M.S. Lether, British three-masted ship under sail hoisted a very large anchor at prow, 16" high by 26" wide Woolie 13: Largest of Woolies, 30 1/2" high by 44" wide, depicting Rock of Gibraltar and McKinley's Great White Fleet gunboat and a British streamer and French gunboat, Spain on left, Morocco on right Woolie 14: H.M.S. Hero, ninety-one guns three-masted gunboat, British Flag, smokestack with grey smoke puff Woolie 15: Three-masted black hull British Flag, initialed at bottom F.D. and 91 Woolie 16: Choppy blue and white sea, seven gunboats, sails furled, small bronze guns attached by wool, over-sized sailors on ships, 22" high by 25" wide Woolie 17: Duke of Wellington three-masted, three-decked gunship dressed all over, flags strum from stem to stern - my finest Woolie - purchased in Brighton, England in 1950, rigging of wool - usually they used string for tautness and lasting qualities - Flagship, Admiral's gig at side, probably a Royal Review for Queen Victoria memorialized by artist Woolie 18: Silver framed three-masted gunship with gold steam stacks mid-ship, British flags, 30 1/2" wide by 21" high Woolie 19: Silk-work ship (faded) with Cliffs of Dover, 16" wide by 13 1/2" high Woolie 20: White Ensign British warship entering harbor, small fort on left, lighthouse on right, 12 1/2" high by 15" wide Woolie 21: Three-decker gunship entering harbor, sailing straight at us, British saluting or being fired on by entrance fort Woolie 22: Small-sized gold framed three-masted gunship under sail, blue and White Sea, 12" high by 16" wide Woolie 23: Three-masted British ship at sea approaching white lighthouse (looks like a milk bottle) interesting sky, 51" wide by 24" high Woolie 24: Paddle steamship, 20 1/2" high by 27" wide
  • 24 woolies
Description:
This magnificent gift of twenty-four English sailors' embroideries - Woolies - was presented by Mrs Douglas Dillon to honor the new Northeast Harbor Library in 2007. These unique pieces of nineteenth century mariner's folk art were souvenirs of the sailors' world-wide journeys and were embroidered in wool on sailcloth. Mrs. Dillon began a half-century ago to develop this unique and wonderful collection and continued until presenting them to the Library. Woolie 1: Doris 27 1/2" high by 48" wide, British Flagship, unusual harlequin background Woolie 2: Black hull ship, British Ensign under sail, sea gulls flying overhead, three other ships in foreground, lifeboat swung up on davit Woolie 3: Sailor's Adieu, ship's dory waiting to take him to his three-masted warship, and gulls flying overhead, 18" high by 26" wide Woolie 4: Seventy-two gun warship at sea full sail, 23" high by 27" wide, British Ensign Woolie 5: Tugboat bringing large three-masted sailboat (sails furled) home from the sea, crewelwork stitches in silk, cotton and wool, 22" high by 30" wide Woolie 6: Gunboat under sail, lighthouse and small photo of Captain in oval at center of Woolie at base Woolie 7: H.M.S. Terrible bombarding Odessa, only battle scene known to me, ironclad H.M.S. Terrible facing away, huge clouds of smoke, green sea, 17 1/2" high by 28 1/2" wide Woolie 8: Two-decked gunship, captain with spyglass, ship dressed all over, with crew standing on spars, over 100 men, perhaps Royal Review at Cowes Woolie 9: Warship under sail, depicted with life preserver and laurel leaf enclosure and flags, a small gold and pearl navy brooch is pinned below crown added by me when woolly was moth-proofed, 31 1/2" wide by 35" high Woolie 10: Three-masted warship under sail, from porthole surrounded by Union Jack and other flags in laurel wreath Woolie 11: Ice-breaker prow on three-masted and steam-powered gunboat with lighthouse and man on shore Woolie 12: H.M.S. Lether, British three-masted ship under sail hoisted a very large anchor at prow, 16" high by 26" wide Woolie 13: Largest of Woolies, 30 1/2" high by 44" wide, depicting Rock of Gibraltar and McKinley's Great White Fleet gunboat and a British streamer and French gunboat, Spain on left, Morocco on right Woolie 14: H.M.S. Hero, ninety-one guns three-masted gunboat, British Flag, smokestack with grey smoke puff Woolie 15: Three-masted black hull British Flag, initialed at bottom F.D. and 91 Woolie 16: Choppy blue and white sea, seven gunboats, sails furled, small bronze guns attached by wool, over-sized sailors on ships, 22" high by 25" wide Woolie 17: Duke of Wellington three-masted, three-decked gunship dressed all over, flags strum from stem to stern - my finest Woolie - purchased in Brighton, England in 1950, rigging of wool - usually they used string for tautness and lasting qualities - Flagship, Admiral's gig at side, probably a Royal Review for Queen Victoria memorialized by artist Woolie 18: Silver framed three-masted gunship with gold steam stacks mid-ship, British flags, 30 1/2" wide by 21" high Woolie 19: Silk-work ship (faded) with Cliffs of Dover, 16" wide by 13 1/2" high Woolie 20: White Ensign British warship entering harbor, small fort on left, lighthouse on right, 12 1/2" high by 15" wide Woolie 21: Three-decker gunship entering harbor, sailing straight at us, British saluting or being fired on by entrance fort Woolie 22: Small-sized gold framed three-masted gunship under sail, blue and White Sea, 12" high by 16" wide Woolie 23: Three-masted British ship at sea approaching white lighthouse (looks like a milk bottle) interesting sky, 51" wide by 24" high Woolie 24: Paddle steamship, 20 1/2" high by 27" wide [show more]
6116Racing Instructions
  • Publication, Book
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications.
  • Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • 1935
  • 33
  • 1 book
Description:
Fleet manual with racing instructions, schedules, charts, and racing boat specifications.
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.
6909Sailboats
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Sailing. Anchor Light Studio, Willis H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, ME
  • Willis H. Ballard
  • 1938
  • 4 photographs
  • paper, board
Description:
Sailing. Anchor Light Studio, Willis H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, ME
2028Reaping the Sea Breezes Off the Coast of Maine
  • Publication, Clipping, Magazine Clipping
  • Organizations, Civic, Club
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Northeast Harbor Fleet host International One Design (IOD) races. Colored photographs by Brundage and Litchfield. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1983.
  • (M. T. K.) initials only
  • 1983
  • 5
  • magazine
Description:
Northeast Harbor Fleet host International One Design (IOD) races. Colored photographs by Brundage and Litchfield. Published in Down East Magazine, August 1983.
7313Oceanus Dolphins Club’s L. Francis Herreshoff Rule for measuring and rating racing sail boats
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1970
  • 5
  • typescript
5604Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
a: Labor Day Regatta, Somes Sound, 1948 b: Sailing Class, 1950 c: Sailing Class, 1949 d: July Regatta at Bar Harbor, 1948 e: July 1949
  • R. L. Scott
  • 5 photographs
Description:
a: Labor Day Regatta, Somes Sound, 1948 b: Sailing Class, 1950 c: Sailing Class, 1949 d: July Regatta at Bar Harbor, 1948 e: July 1949
6117Northeast Harbor Fleet Annual Report
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Places, Yacht Club
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1996
  • 52
  • booklet
  • excellent
1820Memories of Frank G. Spurling
  • Publication, Literary, Memoir
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Handwritten notes of Frank Spurling recounting his life as a fisherman beginning when he was 9 years old. He writes of sailing the Wheelwright yacht for many years.
  • before 1909 ?
  • 6
  • manuscript
Description:
Handwritten notes of Frank Spurling recounting his life as a fisherman beginning when he was 9 years old. He writes of sailing the Wheelwright yacht for many years.
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
Description:
B&W photographs No's 454 a through 454 e. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
2095Haven Haps, & Mishaps
  • Image, Art, Drawing
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Vessels, Ship
Drawings
  • George C. Wales
  • 7
Description:
Drawings
6118Northeast Harbor Fleet Annual Report
  • Document, Report, Annual Report
  • Places, Yacht Club
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • 1993
  • 79
  • booklet
  • excellent
2007A Boat Named Freedom
  • Document, Other Documents
  • People
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Richard Dudman writes of his sailing adventures with his first Friendship sloop built by Ralph Stanley.
  • Richard Dudman
  • 2007
  • pages 38-42
  • photocopy
Description:
Richard Dudman writes of his sailing adventures with his first Friendship sloop built by Ralph Stanley.
1712The Revival of a Classic
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Luder-16 racing on MDI makes a comeback after 30 years. Owners include Alec Goriansky, Jane Zirnkilton, and Alan McIlhenny. The boats were built in the 1930's by Luders Marine Construction Co. in CT.
  • Sturgis Haskins, Lawrence Demilner
  • 2008
  • pages 64-68
  • photocopy
Description:
Luder-16 racing on MDI makes a comeback after 30 years. Owners include Alec Goriansky, Jane Zirnkilton, and Alan McIlhenny. The boats were built in the 1930's by Luders Marine Construction Co. in CT.
7370Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Reference
  • Organizations
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
The Northeast Harbor Fleet was formed in 1923 to vigorously promote recreational boating and sailboat racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. They have two locations: The Fleet House at Gilpatrick Cove built in 1945, and Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, added in 1946 to provide additional moorings, dinghy tie-up, and fuel for boats. (Taken form the NEHF website)
Description:
The Northeast Harbor Fleet was formed in 1923 to vigorously promote recreational boating and sailboat racing off the coast of Mount Desert Island. They have two locations: The Fleet House at Gilpatrick Cove built in 1945, and Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor, added in 1946 to provide additional moorings, dinghy tie-up, and fuel for boats. (Taken form the NEHF website)