Description: Seven men on board the wheelwright yacht "HESPER" in the summer of 1913. Sitting on far left is the father of Bettie Lou Manchester at age 18.
Photograph of three American soldiers in World War I sitting on the rim of a fountain. Addressed to Mrs. Leota Manchester, wife of Frank Manchester. (MAN 12)
Description: Photograph of three American soldiers in World War I sitting on the rim of a fountain. Addressed to Mrs. Leota Manchester, wife of Frank Manchester. (MAN 12)
Comment: She left Northeast Harbor on accumulated steam with her boilers shut down and ran out of "oomph". She was refloated without damage. Mounted on 21x19" board.
Description: Comment: She left Northeast Harbor on accumulated steam with her boilers shut down and ran out of "oomph". She was refloated without damage. Mounted on 21x19" board.
Length of dock with several delivery trucks and cars steamer J. T. Morse across head of dock. The dock later became the Acadia pier, restaurant run by George Hadlock. Eastern Steamship Co. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: Length of dock with several delivery trucks and cars steamer J. T. Morse across head of dock. The dock later became the Acadia pier, restaurant run by George Hadlock. Eastern Steamship Co. Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Looking easterly along road toward the church. Shows several houses southerly of road, and 3rd (final) school. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: Looking easterly along road toward the church. Shows several houses southerly of road, and 3rd (final) school. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
Description: The drawing and cover letter are framed together. Miss Gilman attributes the drawing to Hopkinson Smith. The logo continues in use a century later.