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.
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]
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".
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".
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.
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.
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.
Description: Mr. Frazier, keeper of a buck-board stable. With Mr. Smallidge, Mr. Frazier regularly took up the collection at the Sunday morning service.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Description: Scanned colored photograph of Beverly Coleman, formerly of Seal Harbor, a volunteer at the Northeast Harbor Library for more than 20 years.
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.
Photograph of Charles W. Eliot, taken on the piazza of his home built on the south side of what is now Peabody Drive, in 1881. He died in summer of 1926 in his 94th year.
Description: Photograph of Charles W. Eliot, taken on the piazza of his home built on the south side of what is now Peabody Drive, in 1881. He died in summer of 1926 in his 94th year.