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.
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.
Description: Interior photographs of the former Northeast Harbor Library building, a few years before its demolition. Courtesy of Norvell Bullock (2023).
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane (Daisy) for her Aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881. This design inspired the window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea. Accompanying is a Photograph copy of a paper written by Margaret Doane Fayerweather in 1955 about the history of the lighthouse window.
Description: Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane (Daisy) for her Aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881. This design inspired the window in St. Mary's-by-the-sea. Accompanying is a Photograph copy of a paper written by Margaret Doane Fayerweather in 1955 about the history of the lighthouse window.
Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926) was Harvard president from 1869-1909. He was a founding member of the Northeast Harbor summer community. This print was a gift to donor from the late Joseph William Pepperell Frost of Eliot, Maine, noted antiquarian of rare prints, books, and manuscripts.
Description: Charles W. Eliot (1834-1926) was Harvard president from 1869-1909. He was a founding member of the Northeast Harbor summer community. This print was a gift to donor from the late Joseph William Pepperell Frost of Eliot, Maine, noted antiquarian of rare prints, books, and manuscripts.
Storefronts on Main Street in Northeast Harbor, Maine. The Street Façade drawing by architect Perry Benson represents the commercial life of Northeast Harbor on the west side of Main Street at the end of the 1988 season. See attachment No. 1 for more details.
Description: Storefronts on Main Street in Northeast Harbor, Maine. The Street Façade drawing by architect Perry Benson represents the commercial life of Northeast Harbor on the west side of Main Street at the end of the 1988 season. See attachment No. 1 for more details.
Description: A photocopy of the Red Cross House, from Lydia Vandenbergh's files. This building now occupied by the Mount Desert Nursing Association. October 1931.
B/W copy of photograph appearing in Bar Harbor Times showing winter scene of the Western Union Office and the Tweed Shop on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. See also item 5265 (photo 1679)
Description: B/W copy of photograph appearing in Bar Harbor Times showing winter scene of the Western Union Office and the Tweed Shop on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. See also item 5265 (photo 1679)
Copy of B/W photograph looking south on Main Street after the big snowstorm of 1923. Half way down street on left is the fire house before enlargement.
Description: Copy of B/W photograph looking south on Main Street after the big snowstorm of 1923. Half way down street on left is the fire house before enlargement.