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Item Title Type Subject Description Creator Date Property Name Street Pages Medium Condition
4429View of Hall Quarry from Sargeant Drive, Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Sound
Fall scene
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 2
View of Hall Quarry from Sargeant Drive, Somes Sound
Item:
  • 4429   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Sound
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0484 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 2
Description:
Fall scene
4422Little Long Pond with Rockefeller Boat House - 1
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Lake
Winter scene
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 3
Little Long Pond with Rockefeller Boat House - 1
Item:
  • 4422   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0473 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3
Description:
Winter scene
4414Norway Drive in winter
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
Winter scene
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Norway Drive in winter
Item:
  • 4414   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0465 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene
4411Ocean Drive
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
View of headland
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Ocean Drive
Item:
  • 4411   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0462 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
View of headland
4311Waiting for bait: Mount Desert, 1890
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Schooners in Somes Sound with dory and equipment in foreground. Matted. Used by S. E. Morison in his book on Mount Desert
  • 1951
Waiting for bait: Mount Desert, 1890
Item:
  • 4311   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0340
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Schooners in Somes Sound with dory and equipment in foreground. Matted. Used by S. E. Morison in his book on Mount Desert
7191Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
  • 1954
  • 8
  • 1 menu
  • good
Asticou Celebratory Menu 1604-1954
Item:
  • 7191   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • Other, History
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Inn
  • Structures, Commercial, Restaurant
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0808
Location:
  • General Collection Box 25
Pages:
  • 8
Medium:
  • 1 menu
Condition:
  • good
Description:
Asticou Celebratory Menu, in French and English, in honor of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Island of Mount Desert by Samuel De Champlain, September 5, 1604. September 5, 1954
7182Benjamin Graves Record Books
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
  • Businesses, Building Business
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out.
  • 1897-1951
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
  • ledger books
Benjamin Graves Record Books
Item:
  • 7182   
Type:
  • Document, Financial, Bookkeeping Record, Account Book, Ledger
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Date:
  • 1897-1951
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Benjamin Graves - Rae Graves Masonry History on MDI
Object ID:
  • BGRB 0001
Location:
  • Shelf 7 TOP
Pages:
  • 1 box - 8 ledgers
Medium:
  • ledger books
Description:
Box 1 Record book A, 1897-1909 Record book B, Oct. 1902-Oct. 1903 Record book C, 1927-1929 Record book D, 1925-1927 Record book E, 1931-1935 Record book F, 1929-1931 Record book G, 1932 Record book H, 1951 Includes database of clients and works (see uploaded pdf file): Information from Benjamin Graves'work done in the village and on Mount Desert Island from around 1897 through 1951. Much of this time was before reinforced concrete was widely adopted, so while the ledger detail includes other materials, "stone" is a common denominator. Labor rates and other local masons names are shown, as well as early rusticators. Bishop Doane, the Episcopal Church, Pres. Eliot and others' work is laid out. [show more]
1151Alterations to Gilman School for Union Church
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Institutional, School
8-Nov-56
  • George Savage
  • 1956
  • 9 sheets
  • blueprints
Alterations to Gilman School for Union Church
Item:
  • 1151   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • Structures, Institutional, School
Creator:
  • George Savage
Date:
  • 1956
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Street:
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0153 GS
Location:
  • FF C-11
Pages:
  • 9 sheets
Medium:
  • blueprints
Description:
8-Nov-56
1736Heather Time at Reef Point
  • Publication, Other Publication
  • Places, Garden
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
  • Daniel Foley
  • 1953
  • page 323
  • photocopy
Heather Time at Reef Point
Item:
  • 1736   
Type:
  • Publication, Other Publication
Subject:
  • Places, Garden
Creator:
  • Daniel Foley
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0249
Location:
  • General Collection Box 7
Pages:
  • page 323
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Brief descriptive tour of the Reef Point Gardens of Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor.
3692Belle Isle -- Newfoundland
  • Map
  • Places, Island
  • Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Canada
  • 1954
  • 1 nautical chart
  • paper
Belle Isle -- Newfoundland
Item:
  • 3692   
Type:
  • Map
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Canada
Date:
  • 1954
Place:
  • International
Collection:
  • Map Collection
Object ID:
  • MAP 0142 SEM
Location:
  • 5C1, 5C2
Pages:
  • 1 nautical chart
Medium:
  • paper
1134House for Mr & Mrs David R Harding
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Robert W. Patterson
  • 1950
  • 7 sheets
  • paper
House for Mr & Mrs David R Harding
Item:
  • 1134   
Type:
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Robert W. Patterson
Date:
  • 1950
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
Street:
Collection:
  • Architectural Drawing Collection
Object ID:
  • ADC 0135 RWP
Location:
  • FF C-21
Pages:
  • 7 sheets
Medium:
  • paper
1684Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
  • Fred C. Lynam Co.
  • ca. 1950
  • 12
  • 1 book
Edsel B. Ford Mount Desert Island Estate
Item:
  • 1684   
Type:
  • Document, Advertising, Brochure
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Fred C. Lynam Co.
Date:
  • ca. 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0196
Location:
  • General Collection Box 6
Pages:
  • 12
Medium:
  • 1 book
Description:
Developed by Lynam Realtors for the sale of the Edsel Ford estate in Seal Harbor, brochure has many photographs and drawings. Following Ford, owners of "Skylands" have been Skylands have included Edward Leed and Martha Stewart.
1564Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
  • 1959
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Editor's Notes: Automobiles The Mount Desert Town Meeting
Item:
  • 1564   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • Other, Poetry
  • Transportation, Automobile
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0075
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 1 article, 2 photograph copies
Medium:
  • newspaper, photograph copy
Description:
August 6, 1959 A poem written by professor H. W. Smyth, summer resident of Seal Harbor, Maine in response to a town meeting regarding automobiles on Mount Desert Island.
1557150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
  • 1959
  • 16
  • photograph copy
150th Anniversary of the Founding of Seal Harbor in 1809
Item:
  • 1557   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Events
  • Events, Personal Milestone
  • Places, Town
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0068
Location:
  • General Collection Box 4
Pages:
  • 16
Medium:
  • photograph copy
Description:
August 20, 1959 Commemorative Issue.
6030Seal Harbor Water Company Consumers Index
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Catalogs payments to the water company by residents, alphabetical by residents' last name.
  • 1953
  • cards in a metal Remington Rand Kardex
Seal Harbor Water Company Consumers Index
Item:
  • 6030   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic, Municipal
Date:
  • 1953
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Seal Harbor Water Company
Object ID:
  • SHWC 0001
Location:
  • 4B TOP
Medium:
  • cards in a metal Remington Rand Kardex
Description:
Catalogs payments to the water company by residents, alphabetical by residents' last name.
6966Northeast Harbor Fleet
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
  • Organizations
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
72 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 5458 2: Aquila NEH #2 on mainsail only 4: The "30 M" clearly IDs this boat as a 30 sq m, but the M3 probably denotes it as NEH #3, which is Herman Hessenbruch's Agile 8: Three 30 sq m beating into the wind. Agile NEH #2, in the foreground, tacking to starboard while the other hulls are going to port. The left-most boat looks like NEH #6. The wake behind #2 suggest it had just turned smartly. Also note #2's conspicuous large donut life ring on the stern deck 9: see also photo 1156 q 11/55: Flying Cloud 10/49: Vixen III 16: Sagamore 18/42: Vayu 19: Light air amid a pre-race pileup of yacht racing classes, including Aquila NEH #2, and Nordic II NEH #4 23: Sagamore 26: Aquila NEH #2, probably taken minutes after Photo 1852 NEHF 43. Shows the slight curvature of the upper mast, a characteristic of square meter boats 29/30/37: Niliraga 41: Thistle 43: Aquila NEH #2. The much larger boat in the background (white hull) is not a 30 sq. m. 45: Nancy, Agile. Hessenbruch's jib-less Agile NEH #3 being passed by light-hull NEH #6 51: 30 M #5, with a white hull, running and leading NEH #2 Aquila 53: Another view at the race start of Photo 1852 NEHF 55, showing the same boats in the same order left to right. This would be the start of the big boats racing over the same course. It looks like three other 30 sq. m. are racing given the bent upper masts 55: X 42, 4th from left, is a sail number designation (with an X) that was common for 30 sq. m. boats imported from Germany during the early 1930s. X 42 could be (?) the Gluckauf, the boat purchased and renamed as US3 Visitor by L. Francis Herreshoff. Also in the starting line is the 40 sq. m. NEH #2 Tsana III (holding the actual floating line) 56: Malcom N. Stanley's boat, winner class B, August series 57: Blue Hill, 1933 58: Nymph 59: Old Mack B, 1933 62: Class B yachts approaching finish line 67-71: Start of a Northeast Harbor race in the Summer of 1958
  • 1936-37 and 1958
Northeast Harbor Fleet
Item:
  • 6966   
Type:
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Photograph Album
Subject:
  • Organizations
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Date:
  • 1936-37 and 1958
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1852 NEHF
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
72 B/W and sepia photographs of the Northeast Harbor Fleet around the clubhouse and under sail. Photographs of IOD's Collection brought to the library in 1998 and are listed as coming from the fleet and Joe Grant. See also item 5458 2: Aquila NEH #2 on mainsail only 4: The "30 M" clearly IDs this boat as a 30 sq m, but the M3 probably denotes it as NEH #3, which is Herman Hessenbruch's Agile 8: Three 30 sq m beating into the wind. Agile NEH #2, in the foreground, tacking to starboard while the other hulls are going to port. The left-most boat looks like NEH #6. The wake behind #2 suggest it had just turned smartly. Also note #2's conspicuous large donut life ring on the stern deck 9: see also photo 1156 q 11/55: Flying Cloud 10/49: Vixen III 16: Sagamore 18/42: Vayu 19: Light air amid a pre-race pileup of yacht racing classes, including Aquila NEH #2, and Nordic II NEH #4 23: Sagamore 26: Aquila NEH #2, probably taken minutes after Photo 1852 NEHF 43. Shows the slight curvature of the upper mast, a characteristic of square meter boats 29/30/37: Niliraga 41: Thistle 43: Aquila NEH #2. The much larger boat in the background (white hull) is not a 30 sq. m. 45: Nancy, Agile. Hessenbruch's jib-less Agile NEH #3 being passed by light-hull NEH #6 51: 30 M #5, with a white hull, running and leading NEH #2 Aquila 53: Another view at the race start of Photo 1852 NEHF 55, showing the same boats in the same order left to right. This would be the start of the big boats racing over the same course. It looks like three other 30 sq. m. are racing given the bent upper masts 55: X 42, 4th from left, is a sail number designation (with an X) that was common for 30 sq. m. boats imported from Germany during the early 1930s. X 42 could be (?) the Gluckauf, the boat purchased and renamed as US3 Visitor by L. Francis Herreshoff. Also in the starting line is the 40 sq. m. NEH #2 Tsana III (holding the actual floating line) 56: Malcom N. Stanley's boat, winner class B, August series 57: Blue Hill, 1933 58: Nymph 59: Old Mack B, 1933 62: Class B yachts approaching finish line 67-71: Start of a Northeast Harbor race in the Summer of 1958 [show more]
4427Gravel pit, Jordan Pond Road, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Road
Winter scene
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Gravel pit, Jordan Pond Road, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 4427   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Road
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0481 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Winter scene
4413Seal Harbor from Crowninshield Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
Seascape
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
Seal Harbor from Crowninshield Point
Item:
  • 4413   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0464 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Seascape
5618Wayback Ball, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • People
Hollis and Wilma Easton, Girland and Vinnie Robinson, Gene and Velma Ashley
  • Stephen Ashley
  • 1/16/1950
  • 1 photograph
Wayback Ball, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 5618   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
  • People
Creator:
  • Stephen Ashley
Date:
  • 1/16/1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 2007
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 1 photograph
Description:
Hollis and Wilma Easton, Girland and Vinnie Robinson, Gene and Velma Ashley
1500Early History of Seal Harbor
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
  • Lyda B. Carter
  • 1959
  • 19
  • typescript
Early History of Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 1500   
Type:
  • Document, Other Documents
Subject:
  • Other, History
  • Places, Town
Creator:
  • Lyda B. Carter
Date:
  • 1959
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • General Collection
Object ID:
  • GEN 0015 LBC
Location:
  • General Collection Box 1
Pages:
  • 19
Medium:
  • typescript
Description:
Typescript about the history of Seal Harbor, Maine.
4425"The Eyrie" Cottage, Seal Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Summer Cottage owned by J. D. Rockefeller
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 3
"The Eyrie" Cottage, Seal Harbor
Item:
  • 4425   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Seal Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0477 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 3
Description:
Summer Cottage owned by J. D. Rockefeller
4560The Anchorage, summer cottage
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Exterior views of and from the Anchorage.
  • Knowles Company
  • 1950's
  • 4 photographs (a, b, c, d), 2 negatives (b, c)
The Anchorage, summer cottage
Item:
  • 4560   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Negative
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Knowles Company
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0679
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs (a, b, c, d), 2 negatives (b, c)
Description:
Exterior views of and from the Anchorage.
4416View from Schoolhouse Ledge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Cottage on School House Ledge, Northeast Harbor
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
View from Schoolhouse Ledge
Item:
  • 4416   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House, Cottage
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0467 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Cottage on School House Ledge, Northeast Harbor
4409Mount Desert Island Shoreline
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Sterling Haskell
  • 1950's
  • 4 photographs
Mount Desert Island Shoreline
Item:
  • 4409   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Sterling Haskell
Date:
  • 1950's
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 0459 SH
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Pages:
  • 4 photographs
5163Harbor Reconstruction
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Construction
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Land fill and reconstruction of Northeast Harbor's town dock and boat launch.
  • William D. Hocker
  • circa 1950
Harbor Reconstruction
Item:
  • 5163   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Construction
  • Places, Harbor
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
Creator:
  • William D. Hocker
Date:
  • circa 1950
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Photograph
Object ID:
  • Photo 1584
Location:
  • Photograph Filing Cabinet
Description:
Land fill and reconstruction of Northeast Harbor's town dock and boat launch.