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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
2237Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
  • Document, Government
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
  • Hugh S. Thompson
  • 11-24-1888
  • photocopy
Book 230, Treasury Depart. regarding Life Saving Service
Item:
  • 2237   
Type:
  • Document, Government
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
  • Structures, Other Structures, Life Saving Station
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Hugh S. Thompson
Date:
  • 11-24-1888
Place:
  • United States
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0751
Location:
  • General Collection Box 23
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
A photocopy of authorization from Sect. of Treasury to acquire or purchase for the United States land to use for Life-Saving Stations, Houses of Refuge & Beacons.
5021Otter Creek showing Russian Tea Room
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Otter Creek from western shore. Shows wooden bridge, Russian Tea Room to right of trees above water. Farm dates from 1880's. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
  • 1880's
  • 1 photograph
Otter Creek showing Russian Tea Room
Item:
  • 5021   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Farmhouse
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • 1880's
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1413
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Otter Creek from western shore. Shows wooden bridge, Russian Tea Room to right of trees above water. Farm dates from 1880's. Collected for "Mount Desert: an Informal History". Digital image from Jeff Dobbs Productions.
1454The Lighthouse Window
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
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.
  • Margaret Herrison Doane
  • 1881
  • 1 painting
  • paper
The Lighthouse Window
Item:
  • 1454   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Margaret Herrison Doane
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • ART 0003 MHD
Location:
  • Art Box 1, 4B3
Pages:
  • 1 painting
Medium:
  • paper
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.
1451Original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane.
  • Image, Art, Other Art
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane ("Daisy") for her aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881 from which the window in St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, was done.
  • Daisy Doane
  • 1881
Original Christmas card painted by Daisy Doane.
Item:
  • 1451   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Other Art
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Daisy Doane
Date:
  • 1881
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Art Collection
Object ID:
  • 554 now ART 0003 MHD
Location:
  • ART Box 1, 4B3
Description:
Original card painted by Margaret Herrison Doane ("Daisy") for her aunt Mary Spring Perkins, Christmas 1881 from which the window in St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor, was done.
1590Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
  • 1882
  • 1
  • manuscript
Letter from Office of the Light-house to Keeper of Bear Island Lighthouse
Item:
  • 1590   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Date:
  • 1882
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0102
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • manuscript
Description:
October 14, 1882 Stephen Smallidge was keeper of Bear Island light. He was also a Civil War Veteran. This document was found in the wall of his Northeast Harbor house and given to the library by the owners of the home at the time. The house has been torn down.
4439Otter Creek Bridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Construction
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Wooden bridge on site of present causeway. Note on back states Jan 25, 1889. In course of construction, demolished by gale.
  • 1889
Otter Creek Bridge
Item:
  • 4439   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Construction
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • 1889
Place:
  • Bar Harbor, Otter Creek
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0504
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Wooden bridge on site of present causeway. Note on back states Jan 25, 1889. In course of construction, demolished by gale.
5371Gilparick's Cove with Rock End Hotel and the Wedge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Sepia tone photograph (very faded) of the Rock End Hotel and in front of it the boat house and carpenter shop, In 2000 the site of the Northeast Harbor Fleet. Predates the walkway to Smallidge Point. See also Item 5282 Photograph owned by Mrs. Julia Manchester.
  • 1889
Gilparick's Cove with Rock End Hotel and the Wedge
Item:
  • 5371   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
Date:
  • 1889
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1789
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Sepia tone photograph (very faded) of the Rock End Hotel and in front of it the boat house and carpenter shop, In 2000 the site of the Northeast Harbor Fleet. Predates the walkway to Smallidge Point. See also Item 5282 Photograph owned by Mrs. Julia Manchester.
5282Rock End Hotel before addition
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
B/W 5x7" photograph of the Rock End Hotel before 1909 addition viewed from Smallidge Point. On left is the Rock End Cottage. Boat house & dock in center was (a) J. Soulis carpentry shop, (b) Spurling's dock, (c) Lamson's dock. See also Item 5371 (original from which this photo was made)
  • 1890
Rock End Hotel before addition
Item:
  • 5282   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Structures, Transportation, Boathouse
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Date:
  • 1890
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1704
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
B/W 5x7" photograph of the Rock End Hotel before 1909 addition viewed from Smallidge Point. On left is the Rock End Cottage. Boat house & dock in center was (a) J. Soulis carpentry shop, (b) Spurling's dock, (c) Lamson's dock. See also Item 5371 (original from which this photo was made)
5508Gilpatrick Cove
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Three sepia photographs/postcards (a-c) of Gilpatrick Cove: (a) from Smallidge Point across to South Shore Rd. with two Frazier & Dabney cottages, showing foot bridge and capt.'s hut on doc. (b+c) Looking toward Smallidge Point, showing footbridge and cottages. Cards picked up by Alfred T. Coulombe when he (age about 14) came to Northeast Harbor one summer with his father and uncles to build some houses the 1920 (about). They came by schooner which they lived in - probably anchored in the Sound or NE Harbor.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1890's-1900's
Gilpatrick Cove
Item:
  • 5508   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1890's-1900's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1886 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Three sepia photographs/postcards (a-c) of Gilpatrick Cove: (a) from Smallidge Point across to South Shore Rd. with two Frazier & Dabney cottages, showing foot bridge and capt.'s hut on doc. (b+c) Looking toward Smallidge Point, showing footbridge and cottages. Cards picked up by Alfred T. Coulombe when he (age about 14) came to Northeast Harbor one summer with his father and uncles to build some houses the 1920 (about). They came by schooner which they lived in - probably anchored in the Sound or NE Harbor. [show more]
4325Northeast Harbor Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Shows old steamboat wharf on Somes Sound. Shows old Sans Whitmore house (1992 William Newlin). Note: Branscom wharf at far left. Present "Thomaston House" is "from away".
  • Henry L. Rand
  • 1894
Northeast Harbor Wharf
Item:
  • 4325   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • Henry L. Rand
Date:
  • 1894
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0344 HLR
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows old steamboat wharf on Somes Sound. Shows old Sans Whitmore house (1992 William Newlin). Note: Branscom wharf at far left. Present "Thomaston House" is "from away".
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
Gilpatrick Cove and Smallidge Point
Item:
  • 5393   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • C. B. Borland
Date:
  • 1896
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1802 CBB
Location:
  • Photograph Box 1, 4E2
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.
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
Spurling & Ladd boat slip, Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 4213   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Creator:
  • Julia G. Manchester
Date:
  • 1897
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0215 JM, GPN 0130 JM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
Boat slip now Clifton Dock. Also showing steamer Islesford
4219Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
The wharf was on Smallidge Point west of Branscom's fuel dock.
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf
Item:
  • 4219   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • Julia G. Manchester
Date:
  • 1897
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0221 JM, GPN 0062 JM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
The wharf was on Smallidge Point west of Branscom's fuel dock.
4220Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Steamboat Landing
This is printed backwards (GPN is correct). Steamboat dock is where J. T. Morse, Sappho, Richmond, Mount Desert and other vessels landed
  • Julia G. Manchester
  • 1897
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Northeast Harbor Steamboat Wharf
Item:
  • 4220   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Steamboat Landing
Creator:
  • Julia G. Manchester
Date:
  • 1897
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0222 JM, GPN 0067 JM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Medium:
  • photograph, glass plate negative
Description:
This is printed backwards (GPN is correct). Steamboat dock is where J. T. Morse, Sappho, Richmond, Mount Desert and other vessels landed
4328Seal Harbor - 1898
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Shows Seal Harbor beach from Seaside Inn site. Note: Glen Cove Hotel pier at left center. Also shows steamboat dock and Little Cranberry Island in distance
  • 1898
Seal Harbor - 1898
Item:
  • 4328   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Date:
  • 1898
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0347 a
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows Seal Harbor beach from Seaside Inn site. Note: Glen Cove Hotel pier at left center. Also shows steamboat dock and Little Cranberry Island in distance
5887Steamboat Landing, Northeast Harbor, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Steamboat landing in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
  • 1898
  • poor
Steamboat Landing, Northeast Harbor, ME
Item:
  • 5887   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1898
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Postcard
Object ID:
  • Post 0080
Location:
  • Postcard Box 1 top of photograph filing cabinet
Condition:
  • poor
Description:
Steamboat landing in Northeast Harbor, Maine.
5178Hall Quarry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Overview of an active Hall Quarry showing the loading dock, the quarry, and the village.
  • 1900-1920
Hall Quarry
Item:
  • 5178   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Businesses, Quarry Operation
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Date:
  • 1900-1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Hall Quarry
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1599
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Overview of an active Hall Quarry showing the loading dock, the quarry, and the village.
5132Train Bridge-Penobscot River
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Three B/W matted photographs (a-c) of the 1901 ice wreckage of the train bridge over the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer.
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
  • 1901
  • 3 photographs
Train Bridge-Penobscot River
Item:
  • 5132   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Creator:
  • William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939)
Date:
  • 1901
Place:
  • Maine
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1546
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3 photographs
Description:
Three B/W matted photographs (a-c) of the 1901 ice wreckage of the train bridge over the Penobscot River between Bangor and Brewer.
4158Little Cranberry Island Dock
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Dock at Little Cranberry Island. Mountains: Sargent, Penobscot, Bubbles, Pemetic, Cadillac. Large building was Ship's Chandlery.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1904
Little Cranberry Island Dock
Item:
  • 4158   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0150 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Dock at Little Cranberry Island. Mountains: Sargent, Penobscot, Bubbles, Pemetic, Cadillac. Large building was Ship's Chandlery.
4163Islesford, Little Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Little Cranberry Island. Left, Walter Stanley house. Center building was coal wharf, now the Islesford dock. Black and white Photograph, with chemical stains.
  • Isaac T. Moore
  • 1904
Islesford, Little Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 4163   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Island
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • Isaac T. Moore
Date:
  • 1904
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0155 ITM
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Little Cranberry Island. Left, Walter Stanley house. Center building was coal wharf, now the Islesford dock. Black and white Photograph, with chemical stains.
5434Bubble Pond and Cadillac Mountain
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Colored photograph card, 6"x8", showing the stone bridge and Bubble Pond with Cadillac Mountain in background.
  • 1910
Bubble Pond and Cadillac Mountain
Item:
  • 5434   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
  • Structures, Transportation, Bridge
Date:
  • 1910
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1835 b
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Colored photograph card, 6"x8", showing the stone bridge and Bubble Pond with Cadillac Mountain in background.
2598Plan for coal wharf of Branscom and Manchester
  • Document, Projection, Plan
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Blueprint, 24x15 3/4", of present and proposed extension of coal wharf on property of J. H. & Mary Branscom and Manson Manchester on Somes Sound in Northeast Harbor.
  • Alvah L. Reed
  • 1911
  • 3 copies
  • MAP
Plan for coal wharf of Branscom and Manchester
Item:
  • 2598   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Plan
Subject:
  • Other, Land
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • Alvah L. Reed
Date:
  • 1911
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Great Harbor Collection
Object ID:
  • 39
Location:
  • GHC Box 1
Pages:
  • 3 copies
Medium:
  • MAP
Description:
Blueprint, 24x15 3/4", of present and proposed extension of coal wharf on property of J. H. & Mary Branscom and Manson Manchester on Somes Sound in Northeast Harbor.
2872Petition to build wharf: Branscom and Manchester
  • Document, Request, Petition
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
petition for wharf license at Somes Sound
  • James H. Branscom, Mary Ella Branscom, Manson Manchester
  • 1911
  • 1
  • Petition
Petition to build wharf: Branscom and Manchester
Item:
  • 2872   
Type:
  • Document, Request, Petition
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • James H. Branscom, Mary Ella Branscom, Manson Manchester
Date:
  • 1911
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 269
Location:
  • VII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • Petition
Description:
petition for wharf license at Somes Sound
2931Petition: Branscom - Manchester wharf, Somes Sound
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Current wharf at Branscom Coal and Wood
  • James H. Branscom, Mary Ella Branscom, Manson Manchester
  • 1911
  • 1
  • Petition
Petition: Branscom - Manchester wharf, Somes Sound
Item:
  • 2931   
Type:
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
Creator:
  • James H. Branscom, Mary Ella Branscom, Manson Manchester
Date:
  • 1911
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Knowles Company Legal Documents
Object ID:
  • 321
Location:
  • VIII
Pages:
  • 1
Medium:
  • Petition
Description:
Current wharf at Branscom Coal and Wood
5028Steamboat Dock, Seal Harbor (Eastern Steamship Co.)
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Automobile
Shows chain-drive Mack open cab delivery truck and several men in front of dock building. Location was near site of current town dock. For book Mount Desert, 1989
  • 1914-1920
Steamboat Dock, Seal Harbor (Eastern Steamship Co.)
Item:
  • 5028   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1914-1920
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1420
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Shows chain-drive Mack open cab delivery truck and several men in front of dock building. Location was near site of current town dock. For book Mount Desert, 1989