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3530Doll House and Furniture
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Miniature
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Made for Elizabeth Putnam Sohier.
  • ca. 1860
Doll House and Furniture
Item:
  • 3530   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Miniature
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • ca. 1860
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Maine Studies Room
Description:
Made for Elizabeth Putnam Sohier.
3538Ebony Eagle, carving
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Bald Eagle # 180, July 1955. Purchased from exhibit.
  • Charles Greenough Chase
  • 1955
Ebony Eagle, carving
Item:
  • 3538   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Charles Greenough Chase
Date:
  • 1955
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Fiction Stacks
Description:
Bald Eagle # 180, July 1955. Purchased from exhibit.
7371Beverly Salisbury Thatcher
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil
  • People
Portrait (12x15) of Beverly Salisbury Thatcher, niece of Roy Salisbury.
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
  • 1982
  • oil on canvas
Beverly Salisbury Thatcher
Item:
  • 7371   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Oil
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Betsy Flagg Melcher
Date:
  • 1982
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Shelf 4E4
Medium:
  • oil on canvas
Description:
Portrait (12x15) of Beverly Salisbury Thatcher, niece of Roy Salisbury.
3547Alice Sargeant Memorial, Stained Glass Window
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
  • Object, Sign
From old library on South Shore Road.
Alice Sargeant Memorial, Stained Glass Window
Item:
  • 3547   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Stained Glass
Subject:
  • Object, Sign
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Basement Hallway
Description:
From old library on South Shore Road.
3503Woolies, Sailors' Embroidered Folk Art, tapestry
  • Object, Art, Tapestry
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
This magnificent gift of twenty-four English sailors' embroideries - Woolies - was presented by Mrs Douglas Dillon to honor the new Northeast Harbor Library in 2007. These unique pieces of nineteenth century mariner's folk art were souvenirs of the sailors' world-wide journeys and were embroidered in wool on sailcloth. Mrs. Dillon began a half-century ago to develop this unique and wonderful collection and continued until presenting them to the Library. Woolie 1: Doris 27 1/2" high by 48" wide, British Flagship, unusual harlequin background Woolie 2: Black hull ship, British Ensign under sail, sea gulls flying overhead, three other ships in foreground, lifeboat swung up on davit Woolie 3: Sailor's Adieu, ship's dory waiting to take him to his three-masted warship, and gulls flying overhead, 18" high by 26" wide Woolie 4: Seventy-two gun warship at sea full sail, 23" high by 27" wide, British Ensign Woolie 5: Tugboat bringing large three-masted sailboat (sails furled) home from the sea, crewelwork stitches in silk, cotton and wool, 22" high by 30" wide Woolie 6: Gunboat under sail, lighthouse and small photo of Captain in oval at center of Woolie at base Woolie 7: H.M.S. Terrible bombarding Odessa, only battle scene known to me, ironclad H.M.S. Terrible facing away, huge clouds of smoke, green sea, 17 1/2" high by 28 1/2" wide Woolie 8: Two-decked gunship, captain with spyglass, ship dressed all over, with crew standing on spars, over 100 men, perhaps Royal Review at Cowes Woolie 9: Warship under sail, depicted with life preserver and laurel leaf enclosure and flags, a small gold and pearl navy brooch is pinned below crown added by me when woolly was moth-proofed, 31 1/2" wide by 35" high Woolie 10: Three-masted warship under sail, from porthole surrounded by Union Jack and other flags in laurel wreath Woolie 11: Ice-breaker prow on three-masted and steam-powered gunboat with lighthouse and man on shore Woolie 12: H.M.S. Lether, British three-masted ship under sail hoisted a very large anchor at prow, 16" high by 26" wide Woolie 13: Largest of Woolies, 30 1/2" high by 44" wide, depicting Rock of Gibraltar and McKinley's Great White Fleet gunboat and a British streamer and French gunboat, Spain on left, Morocco on right Woolie 14: H.M.S. Hero, ninety-one guns three-masted gunboat, British Flag, smokestack with grey smoke puff Woolie 15: Three-masted black hull British Flag, initialed at bottom F.D. and 91 Woolie 16: Choppy blue and white sea, seven gunboats, sails furled, small bronze guns attached by wool, over-sized sailors on ships, 22" high by 25" wide Woolie 17: Duke of Wellington three-masted, three-decked gunship dressed all over, flags strum from stem to stern - my finest Woolie - purchased in Brighton, England in 1950, rigging of wool - usually they used string for tautness and lasting qualities - Flagship, Admiral's gig at side, probably a Royal Review for Queen Victoria memorialized by artist Woolie 18: Silver framed three-masted gunship with gold steam stacks mid-ship, British flags, 30 1/2" wide by 21" high Woolie 19: Silk-work ship (faded) with Cliffs of Dover, 16" wide by 13 1/2" high Woolie 20: White Ensign British warship entering harbor, small fort on left, lighthouse on right, 12 1/2" high by 15" wide Woolie 21: Three-decker gunship entering harbor, sailing straight at us, British saluting or being fired on by entrance fort Woolie 22: Small-sized gold framed three-masted gunship under sail, blue and White Sea, 12" high by 16" wide Woolie 23: Three-masted British ship at sea approaching white lighthouse (looks like a milk bottle) interesting sky, 51" wide by 24" high Woolie 24: Paddle steamship, 20 1/2" high by 27" wide
  • 24 woolies
Woolies, Sailors' Embroidered Folk Art, tapestry
Item:
  • 3503   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Tapestry
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Various Locations
Pages:
  • 24 woolies
Description:
This magnificent gift of twenty-four English sailors' embroideries - Woolies - was presented by Mrs Douglas Dillon to honor the new Northeast Harbor Library in 2007. These unique pieces of nineteenth century mariner's folk art were souvenirs of the sailors' world-wide journeys and were embroidered in wool on sailcloth. Mrs. Dillon began a half-century ago to develop this unique and wonderful collection and continued until presenting them to the Library. Woolie 1: Doris 27 1/2" high by 48" wide, British Flagship, unusual harlequin background Woolie 2: Black hull ship, British Ensign under sail, sea gulls flying overhead, three other ships in foreground, lifeboat swung up on davit Woolie 3: Sailor's Adieu, ship's dory waiting to take him to his three-masted warship, and gulls flying overhead, 18" high by 26" wide Woolie 4: Seventy-two gun warship at sea full sail, 23" high by 27" wide, British Ensign Woolie 5: Tugboat bringing large three-masted sailboat (sails furled) home from the sea, crewelwork stitches in silk, cotton and wool, 22" high by 30" wide Woolie 6: Gunboat under sail, lighthouse and small photo of Captain in oval at center of Woolie at base Woolie 7: H.M.S. Terrible bombarding Odessa, only battle scene known to me, ironclad H.M.S. Terrible facing away, huge clouds of smoke, green sea, 17 1/2" high by 28 1/2" wide Woolie 8: Two-decked gunship, captain with spyglass, ship dressed all over, with crew standing on spars, over 100 men, perhaps Royal Review at Cowes Woolie 9: Warship under sail, depicted with life preserver and laurel leaf enclosure and flags, a small gold and pearl navy brooch is pinned below crown added by me when woolly was moth-proofed, 31 1/2" wide by 35" high Woolie 10: Three-masted warship under sail, from porthole surrounded by Union Jack and other flags in laurel wreath Woolie 11: Ice-breaker prow on three-masted and steam-powered gunboat with lighthouse and man on shore Woolie 12: H.M.S. Lether, British three-masted ship under sail hoisted a very large anchor at prow, 16" high by 26" wide Woolie 13: Largest of Woolies, 30 1/2" high by 44" wide, depicting Rock of Gibraltar and McKinley's Great White Fleet gunboat and a British streamer and French gunboat, Spain on left, Morocco on right Woolie 14: H.M.S. Hero, ninety-one guns three-masted gunboat, British Flag, smokestack with grey smoke puff Woolie 15: Three-masted black hull British Flag, initialed at bottom F.D. and 91 Woolie 16: Choppy blue and white sea, seven gunboats, sails furled, small bronze guns attached by wool, over-sized sailors on ships, 22" high by 25" wide Woolie 17: Duke of Wellington three-masted, three-decked gunship dressed all over, flags strum from stem to stern - my finest Woolie - purchased in Brighton, England in 1950, rigging of wool - usually they used string for tautness and lasting qualities - Flagship, Admiral's gig at side, probably a Royal Review for Queen Victoria memorialized by artist Woolie 18: Silver framed three-masted gunship with gold steam stacks mid-ship, British flags, 30 1/2" wide by 21" high Woolie 19: Silk-work ship (faded) with Cliffs of Dover, 16" wide by 13 1/2" high Woolie 20: White Ensign British warship entering harbor, small fort on left, lighthouse on right, 12 1/2" high by 15" wide Woolie 21: Three-decker gunship entering harbor, sailing straight at us, British saluting or being fired on by entrance fort Woolie 22: Small-sized gold framed three-masted gunship under sail, blue and White Sea, 12" high by 16" wide Woolie 23: Three-masted British ship at sea approaching white lighthouse (looks like a milk bottle) interesting sky, 51" wide by 24" high Woolie 24: Paddle steamship, 20 1/2" high by 27" wide [show more]
3537Schooner HESPER, carving
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Plaque by Charles Savage
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Schooner HESPER, carving
Item:
  • 3537   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Robert Lindsay Smallidge
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Maine Studies Room
Description:
Plaque by Charles Savage
6907Little Long Pond
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
  • Places, Lake
"For Girland and Vinnie". Given by their daughter.
  • Sara Peabody
  • 1992
Little Long Pond
Item:
  • 6907   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting, Watercolor
Subject:
  • Places, Lake
Creator:
  • Sara Peabody
Date:
  • 1992
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Upstairs Office
Description:
"For Girland and Vinnie". Given by their daughter.
3903Mellon Room Planter, Bench, End Tables
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Furniture
  • Object, Furnishings, Table
  • Other, Household Items
Drawings of the furniture in the Mellon Room.
  • Joseph Tracy
  • 3
  • photocopy
Mellon Room Planter, Bench, End Tables
Item:
  • 3903   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Other Furniture
Subject:
  • Object, Furnishings, Table
  • Other, Household Items
Creator:
  • Joseph Tracy
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • NEHL 0034
Location:
  • Northeast Harbor Library Box 1
Pages:
  • 3
Medium:
  • photocopy
Description:
Drawings of the furniture in the Mellon Room.
6903Gilman High School Clock (1897-1950)
  • Object, Clock
  • Object, Clock
Restored by Ken Taylor in 1955. Donated to Northeast Harbor Fire Company in memory of Ken Taylor.
Gilman High School Clock (1897-1950)
Item:
  • 6903   
Type:
  • Object, Clock
Subject:
  • Object, Clock
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Upstairs Hallway
Description:
Restored by Ken Taylor in 1955. Donated to Northeast Harbor Fire Company in memory of Ken Taylor.
6932Elrie Holmes
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Framed portrait of Elrie Holmes, founder of the Holmes Store in Northeast Harbor.
Elrie Holmes
Item:
  • 6932   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Basement stairway
Description:
Framed portrait of Elrie Holmes, founder of the Holmes Store in Northeast Harbor.
3495Northeast Harbor, David Stanley, painting
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • People
Subject in painting is David Stanley.
  • Clay Kanzler
  • 2003
Northeast Harbor, David Stanley, painting
Item:
  • 3495   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Clay Kanzler
Date:
  • 2003
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Downstairs Hallway
Description:
Subject in painting is David Stanley.
3546Safe
  • Object, Furnishings, Safe
  • Object, Furnishings, Safe
Came from Gilpatrick's Wharf and Store.
  • Hall Safe and Lock Co
Safe
Item:
  • 3546   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Safe
Subject:
  • Object, Furnishings, Safe
Creator:
  • Hall Safe and Lock Co
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Basement Hallway
Description:
Came from Gilpatrick's Wharf and Store.
3526Globe
  • Map, Cartograph, Globe
  • Other, Household Items
From the Old Library on South Shore Road.
  • Johnston
  • 1898
Globe
Item:
  • 3526   
Type:
  • Map, Cartograph, Globe
Subject:
  • Other, Household Items
Creator:
  • Johnston
Date:
  • 1898
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Upstairs Hallway
Description:
From the Old Library on South Shore Road.
3534Canterbury Pilgrims, carving
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other, Household Items
Commissioned by Mrs. Fay in 1968.
  • Charles Savage
Canterbury Pilgrims, carving
Item:
  • 3534   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
Subject:
  • Other, Household Items
Creator:
  • Charles Savage
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Rosengarten Reading Room
Description:
Commissioned by Mrs. Fay in 1968.
6896Remington Typewriter
  • Object, Writing, Typewriter
  • Object, Writing, Typewriter
Pulitzer Prize winner Frances Fitzgerald wrote "Fire in the Lake" on it.
Remington Typewriter
Item:
  • 6896   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Typewriter
Subject:
  • Object, Writing, Typewriter
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Maine Studies Room
Description:
Pulitzer Prize winner Frances Fitzgerald wrote "Fire in the Lake" on it.
3529Clock
  • Object, Clock
  • Object, Clock
Mahogany shelf by Charles Savage
  • E. N. Welch
Clock
Item:
  • 3529   
Type:
  • Object, Clock
Subject:
  • Object, Clock
Creator:
  • E. N. Welch
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Maine Studies Room
Description:
Mahogany shelf by Charles Savage
6920Sunbeam Quartz Clock
  • Object, Clock
  • Object, Clock
Clock (plastic case) from F. T. Brown Co.
Sunbeam Quartz Clock
Item:
  • 6920   
Type:
  • Object, Clock
Subject:
  • Object, Clock
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Circulation Desk
Description:
Clock (plastic case) from F. T. Brown Co.
3531English Tallcase Clock
  • Object, Clock
  • Object, Clock
English Tallcase Clock
Item:
  • 3531   
Type:
  • Object, Clock
Subject:
  • Object, Clock
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Rosengarten Reading Room
6921Pair of Ceramic Monkeys
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Household Items
Ceramic statues.
Pair of Ceramic Monkeys
Item:
  • 6921   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals
  • Other, Household Items
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Small Study
Description:
Ceramic statues.
6926Bronze Fire Tools
  • Object, Fireplace Component
  • Other, Household Items
  • bronze
Bronze Fire Tools
Item:
  • 6926   
Type:
  • Object, Fireplace Component
Subject:
  • Other, Household Items
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Rosengarten Reading Room
Medium:
  • bronze
3494Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript
  • Object, Religious Text
  • Object, Religious Text
Framed by Charles Savage
Book of Hours, illuminated manuscript
Item:
  • 3494   
Type:
  • Object, Religious Text
Subject:
  • Object, Religious Text
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Under staircase
Description:
Framed by Charles Savage
6965"What emerged out of the Heirloom Tomato"
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Other, Image
Painting by Tatiana de Fidler
  • Tatiana de Fidler
"What emerged out of the Heirloom Tomato"
Item:
  • 6965   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Other, Image
Creator:
  • Tatiana de Fidler
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Upstairs Office
Description:
Painting by Tatiana de Fidler
3543Shell Carvings
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature
Commissioned by Mrs. Milliken, Sr.
  • Charles Savage
Shell Carvings
Item:
  • 3543   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
Subject:
  • Nature
Creator:
  • Charles Savage
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Downstairs study
Description:
Commissioned by Mrs. Milliken, Sr.
3493Set of 4 pastels
  • Image, Art, Painting
  • Places, Landscape
Set of 4 pastels
Item:
  • 3493   
Type:
  • Image, Art, Painting
Subject:
  • Places, Landscape
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Downstairs by Bathrooms
3504Woolie, tapestry
  • Object, Art, Tapestry
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1 woolie
Woolie, tapestry
Item:
  • 3504   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Tapestry
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Collection:
  • Library Items
Object ID:
  • none
Location:
  • Under staircase
Pages:
  • 1 woolie