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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Description | Creator | Date | Property Name | Street | Pages | Medium | Condition | |
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| 5721 | Gertrude Helen Fay |
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| Inscription composed by Mrs. Agnes Le Page. Work commissioned by Mrs. August Belmont and was designed and executed by Charles Savage. Related to GEN 0311 and Art 0025 |
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Description: Inscription composed by Mrs. Agnes Le Page. Work commissioned by Mrs. August Belmont and was designed and executed by Charles Savage. Related to GEN 0311 and Art 0025 | ||||
| 4339 | Notable Summer and Year Round People |
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| 1. Stephen Smallidge and wife 2. Mrs. Joy 3. Old Captain Jordan 4. Young Captain Jordan 5. Mr. Frazier 6. Mr. Soulis 7. Abram Gilpatrick 8. Mrs. Caspar Wistar (somestimes misspelled Wister) 9. Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane 10. Rev. Dr. Charles C. Tiffany, Rev. Dr. George Park Fisher and Hon. Andrew D. White 11. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Coit Gilman 12. Hon. and Mrs. Seth Low 13. Rev. William R. Huntington 14, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Thorp |
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Description: 1. Stephen Smallidge and wife 2. Mrs. Joy 3. Old Captain Jordan 4. Young Captain Jordan 5. Mr. Frazier 6. Mr. Soulis 7. Abram Gilpatrick 8. Mrs. Caspar Wistar (somestimes misspelled Wister) 9. Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane 10. Rev. Dr. Charles C. Tiffany, Rev. Dr. George Park Fisher and Hon. Andrew D. White 11. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Coit Gilman 12. Hon. and Mrs. Seth Low 13. Rev. William R. Huntington 14, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Thorp | ||||||
| 4340 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Stephen Smallidge and his wife |
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| Stephen Smallidge and his wife. He was for many years postmaster at Northeast Harbor. They were in all respects fine people and worthy citizens. They are sitting in one of the old pews which had once been in use in the log church, St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, and afterwards discarded when chairs were substituted. |
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Description: Stephen Smallidge and his wife. He was for many years postmaster at Northeast Harbor. They were in all respects fine people and worthy citizens. They are sitting in one of the old pews which had once been in use in the log church, St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, and afterwards discarded when chairs were substituted. | ||||||
| 4341 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Rev. Dr. Charles C. Tiffany, Rev. Dr. George Park Fisher and Hon. Andrew D. White |
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| Rev. Dr. Charles C. Tiffany, Rev. Dr. George Park Fisher and Hon. Andrew D. White. Dr. Tiffany was Archdeacon of the Diocese of New York. Dr. Fisher was Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale University, and Dr. White (who had been president of Cornell) was an American Ambassador in Germany and in Russia. These three men were boyhood friends. The picture was taken at the time of a "house party" which Mrs. Pepper gave them in the cottage on School House Ledge. Others who were members of the "party" were Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson. |
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Description: Rev. Dr. Charles C. Tiffany, Rev. Dr. George Park Fisher and Hon. Andrew D. White. Dr. Tiffany was Archdeacon of the Diocese of New York. Dr. Fisher was Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale University, and Dr. White (who had been president of Cornell) was an American Ambassador in Germany and in Russia. These three men were boyhood friends. The picture was taken at the time of a "house party" which Mrs. Pepper gave them in the cottage on School House Ledge. Others who were members of the "party" were Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson. [show more] | ||||||
| 4342 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Coit Gilman |
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| Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Coit Gilman. He was President of Johns Hopkins. Her maiden name was Woolsey, a daughter (as I recall it) of old President Woolsey of Yale, and a sister of Miss Sarah Woolsey, whose pen name was Susan Coolidge. They all spent many summers at Clifton House. |
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Description: Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Coit Gilman. He was President of Johns Hopkins. Her maiden name was Woolsey, a daughter (as I recall it) of old President Woolsey of Yale, and a sister of Miss Sarah Woolsey, whose pen name was Susan Coolidge. They all spent many summers at Clifton House. | ||||||
| 4343 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Hon. and Mrs. Seth Low |
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| The Hon. and Mrs. Seth Low. He was Mayor of New York and President of Columbia University. She was a daughter of Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Curtis, of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
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Description: The Hon. and Mrs. Seth Low. He was Mayor of New York and President of Columbia University. She was a daughter of Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Curtis, of the Supreme Court of the United States. | |||||
| 4344 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Rev. William R. Huntington |
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| The Rev. William R. Huntington, D.D., Rector of Grace Church, New York. A man of saintly character, exquisite literary taste and of wide influence in the Episcopal Church. For some years. when he was a widower, he and his sister-in-law, Miss Miriam Reynolds, occupied the cottage "Bishops-gate-Within". Later he occupied a cottage back of the Clifton House overlooking the harbor. This picture was taken on Mrs. Pepper's piazza. |
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Description: The Rev. William R. Huntington, D.D., Rector of Grace Church, New York. A man of saintly character, exquisite literary taste and of wide influence in the Episcopal Church. For some years. when he was a widower, he and his sister-in-law, Miss Miriam Reynolds, occupied the cottage "Bishops-gate-Within". Later he occupied a cottage back of the Clifton House overlooking the harbor. This picture was taken on Mrs. Pepper's piazza. | |||||
| 4345 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Thorp |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Thorp. He was a member of the Boston Bar and a true sportsman. In college he had been a member of the celebrated Harvard Baseball team, which made a notable record in games played against professional Nine's. He was a fine tennis player and in a national gold tournament was beaten only on the last green by MacDonald who won the championship. Mrs. Thorp was a daughter of the poet Longfellow and one of the most delightful and charming of women. She was a graduate of Newnham College, Oxford, and was the "laughing Allegra" in "The Children's Hour". Their home was on Greening's Island, but this picture was taken on Mrs. Pepper's piazza. |
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Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Thorp. He was a member of the Boston Bar and a true sportsman. In college he had been a member of the celebrated Harvard Baseball team, which made a notable record in games played against professional Nine's. He was a fine tennis player and in a national gold tournament was beaten only on the last green by MacDonald who won the championship. Mrs. Thorp was a daughter of the poet Longfellow and one of the most delightful and charming of women. She was a graduate of Newnham College, Oxford, and was the "laughing Allegra" in "The Children's Hour". Their home was on Greening's Island, but this picture was taken on Mrs. Pepper's piazza. [show more] | ||||||
| 4346 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Mrs. Joy |
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| Mrs. Joy who, when we first came to Northeast in 1889, kept the only dry-goods store in the village. It was called a "Trimming Store" for the sale of what the British would call "oddments". |
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Description: Mrs. Joy who, when we first came to Northeast in 1889, kept the only dry-goods store in the village. It was called a "Trimming Store" for the sale of what the British would call "oddments". | |||||
| 4347 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Old Captain Jordan |
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| Old Captain Jordan, Keeper of the Bear Island Light. This picture was taken when he paid a courtesy call on Mrs. Pepper when we first moved into the (then) new cottage on School House Ledge. He evidently felt a bit foolish at being photographed. |
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Description: Old Captain Jordan, Keeper of the Bear Island Light. This picture was taken when he paid a courtesy call on Mrs. Pepper when we first moved into the (then) new cottage on School House Ledge. He evidently felt a bit foolish at being photographed. | ||||||
| 4348 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Young Captain Jordan |
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| Young Captain Jordan (son of the old Captain) who sailed a large sloop, much used by the Misses Irwin and other ladies for "safe" sailing parties. |
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Description: Young Captain Jordan (son of the old Captain) who sailed a large sloop, much used by the Misses Irwin and other ladies for "safe" sailing parties. | ||||||
| 4349 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Mr. Frazier |
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| Mr. Frazier, keeper of a buck-board stable. With Mr. Smallidge, Mr. Frazier regularly took up the collection at the Sunday morning service. |
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Description: Mr. Frazier, keeper of a buck-board stable. With Mr. Smallidge, Mr. Frazier regularly took up the collection at the Sunday morning service. | ||||||
| 4350 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Mr. Soulis |
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| Mr. Soulis, the contractor: a fine man and a skillful workman. His shop was on the margin of Gilpatrick Cove at the place where the bridge across the cove begins. He built our cottage on School House Ledge and our camp on Goosemarsh Point. |
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Description: Mr. Soulis, the contractor: a fine man and a skillful workman. His shop was on the margin of Gilpatrick Cove at the place where the bridge across the cove begins. He built our cottage on School House Ledge and our camp on Goosemarsh Point. | ||||||
| 4351 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Abram Gilpatrick |
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| Abram Gilpatrick, a fine citizen and a good neighbor. |
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Description: Abram Gilpatrick, a fine citizen and a good neighbor. | ||||||
| 4352 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Mrs. Caspar Wister |
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| Mrs. Caspar Wister (actual spelling is Wistar) at her Harborside cottage. Every afternoon she poured tea for the many visitors who came to call. She was a sister of Dr. Horace Howard Furness. |
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Description: Mrs. Caspar Wister (actual spelling is Wistar) at her Harborside cottage. Every afternoon she poured tea for the many visitors who came to call. She was a sister of Dr. Horace Howard Furness. | |||||
| 4353 | Notable Summer and Year Round People - Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane |
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| The Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane, Bishop of Albany, a notable figure and a lovable character. |
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Description: The Rt. Rev. William Croswell Doane, Bishop of Albany, a notable figure and a lovable character. | ||||||
| 5579 | Beverly Coleman |
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| Scanned colored photograph of Beverly Coleman, formerly of Seal Harbor, a volunteer at the Northeast Harbor Library for more than 20 years. |
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Description: Scanned colored photograph of Beverly Coleman, formerly of Seal Harbor, a volunteer at the Northeast Harbor Library for more than 20 years. | |||||
| 3554 | Roxanna Robinson and Carl Little |
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| Part of the Maine Library Portrait Project. On display at the Portland Art Museum in winter 2015. Donated to the Library in 2016. |
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Description: Part of the Maine Library Portrait Project. On display at the Portland Art Museum in winter 2015. Donated to the Library in 2016. | |||
| 4901 | Manson Manchester |
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| Young man in suit and tie. Portrait. Manson Manchester. (MAN 32) |
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| 4917 | Flora and Charlie Manchester |
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| A woman (Flora Manchester) with baby (Charlie). Flora is wearing a plaid skirt and jacket, and smiling. Baby in white gown. (MAN 31) |
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Description: A woman (Flora Manchester) with baby (Charlie). Flora is wearing a plaid skirt and jacket, and smiling. Baby in white gown. (MAN 31) | ||||
| 4924 | Lydia Graves |
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| A woman (Lydia Graves) in a black dress with beadwork standing next to a chair. (MAN 25) |
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Description: A woman (Lydia Graves) in a black dress with beadwork standing next to a chair. (MAN 25) | ||||
| 4895 | Frank E. Manchester |
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| Young boy in gown, approximately 6 months old. Portrait (MAN 29) |
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Description: Young boy in gown, approximately 6 months old. Portrait (MAN 29) | ||||
| 4896 | Frank and Charlie Manchester |
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| Two young boys in fancy dress. Frank and Charlie Manchester. Approximately 5 and 3 years old. (MAN 30) |
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Description: Two young boys in fancy dress. Frank and Charlie Manchester. Approximately 5 and 3 years old. (MAN 30) | |||||
| 5430 | Marguerite Yourcenar |
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| Photograph negatives of Vits Knuble's 1989 portrait of Marguerite Yourcenar sent to Bob Pyle by Earl Brechlin. See also item 1452. |
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Description: Photograph negatives of Vits Knuble's 1989 portrait of Marguerite Yourcenar sent to Bob Pyle by Earl Brechlin. See also item 1452. | |||||
| 4859 | Capt. F. Edson Stanley and the Stillmans |
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| Captain Stanley resident of Islesford. Stillman's owned Berry Cliff on the County Road between Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Capt. is rowing the Stillmans ashore at Islesford. |
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Description: Captain Stanley resident of Islesford. Stillman's owned Berry Cliff on the County Road between Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor. Capt. is rowing the Stillmans ashore at Islesford. |
