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1571American Legion men standing next to the Firehouse, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Organizations, Fraternal
  • People
Description:
Members of the Lurvey-Wright Post of the American Legion standing to the south of the firehouse, Northeast Harbor. A key accompanying this photograph gives the names of some of the men, including Lyle Wescott, Jack Reynolds, Gerald Sr. [Gerald Norwood, Sr], Arthur Walls, Zip Ober, James Bunker, Larry Wass, Bill Cripps, John Manchester, Arthur Eaton, H. Suminsby, and ____ McCrae.
1592Yachting Cap worn on A. Atwater Kent, Jr.'s boats
  • Object, Clothing, Cap, Sport Cap, Yachting Cap
  • Recreation, Yachting
  • Zeidel & Co.
Description:
Yachting cap with stitched emblem that incorporates the burgee of Philadelphia's Corinthian Yacht Club on the left (triangular burgee with white background, red cross, and blue corner) and A. Atwater Kent, Jr.'s personal signal flag on the right (red field with a blue K outlined in white). Label inside the hat indicates that it was sold by Zeidel Uniforms of Port Washington, Long Island, New York and West Palm Beach, Florida.
1712Sign for Pine Bough Antiques
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
Description:
Wooden sign for Pine Bough Antiques, an antiques and rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign hung off the front of the building and is therefore double sided. Looking at the two sides, green painted frame on one side is more weathered than the other. The two-sided sign has green lettering and a green frame, and pine bough is painted in the upper left corner. [show more]
1711Sign for Wikhegan Old Books
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
Description:
Wooden sign for Wikhegan Old Books, a rare book shop operated by Rick and JoAnne Fuerst from 1976-2018. The store was located at 117 Main Street, Northeast Harbor. This sign was removed from the building before the business closed, when books were sold from Pine Bough Antiques The sign is two sided and appears to have had a brown frame, which no longer survives. Brown paint appears beneath where the frame would have been.
1698View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Businesses, Lodging Business, Hotel & Motel Business
  • 1886 c.
Description:
Photograph taken from the area of the Samuel Gilpatrick Homestead looking toward the Rock End Hotel, near Gilpatrick Cove Northeast Harbor. In the foreground is Herman Savage's cottage, "The Wedge," designed by his architect brother, Fred L. Savage, in 1885. Two children stand on the side of the road, and an unidentified structure is visible beyond the hotel. In the distance, the northern shores of Great Cranberry Island can be seen. The Rock End Hotel was originally called the Revere House and was opened by Herman L. Savage in the summer of 1884. The Wedge was built by A. Torrey, a contractor from Southwest Harbor, in the winter of 1885-1886. The Rock End Hotel burned in March, 1942. The Wedge was purchased by the Roberts family and remodeled in 1944-45, following plans by Philadelphia architect Edmund Gilchrist. It remains a private residence today. [show more]
1586Northeast Harbor Fire Company's First Ambulance in Front of the Municipal Building
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile, Motor Ambulance
  • Chase - Ronald Chase
  • 1939
Description:
Two photos of the Northeast Harbor Fire Company's first ambulance, a 1939 Packard, in front of the Municipal Building, Main Street. In one photograph three men stand in front of the ambulance. They are identified as: Fred Kimball, Larry Wass, and Elliott Kimball Copy of photograph taken by Ronald Chase
1585Northeast Harbor Fire House, Winter of 1954
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Transportation, Truck, Fire Truck
  • Chase - Ronald Chase
  • 1954
Description:
Town of Mount Desert Municipal Building and Northeast Harbor Firehouse, winter of 1954. Two fire engines are visible through the windows of the doors. The sign over the left door reads "W.S. Grant, Jr., Ladder No. 1" and over the right reads "Engine No. 1" Photograph by Ronald Chase
1584Christmas Decorations at the Municipal Building, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Municipal
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Fennelley - George F. Fennelley
  • 1950
Description:
Mount Desert Town Office, and Northeast Harbor Fire Station decorated for Christmas, circa 1950. The car to the left has been identified as a 1949-1951-era Ford.
1648Photographs of Main Street Northeast Harbor, circa 1935
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Organizations, Municipal
  • 1935 c.
Description:
6 modern reproduction photographs showing Main Street, Northeast Harbor, circa 1935. Four views show the Municipal Building/Firehouse, and three show fire engines parked in front of the building, including the 1927 American LaFrance Ladder Truck "William S. Grant." Another photograph shows buses parked to the south of the municipal building, belong to Maine Transportation (?), a subsidiary of the Maine Central Railroad Company. Another photograph shows two buses belonging to the Boston & Maine Transportation Company parked behind Manchester Bros. Garage. Another photograph shows the steamer J.T. Morse landing at the steamboat wharf in Northeast Harbor [show more]
1003Oliver Wagstaff to Northeast Harbor Fire Department Chief Letter and Envelope, October 29, 1947
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
  • Wagstaff, Oliver
  • 1947-10-29
Description:
Oliver Wagstaff thanks the Northeast Harbor Fire Department for transporting him from his home to the hospital at no charge. To express his appreciation, he encloses a check for $25 to be used for equipment maintenance. Letter is written on stationery labeled Overfloat, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Overfloat was located on Harborside Road, Northeast Harbor.
1001Gilman High School Championship football team Framed Photograph, 1921
  • Image, Photograph
  • Concept, Awards
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform, Sports Uniform
  • Organzations, School Institution, High Schools
  • People
  • Recreation, Sports, Football
  • Bradley - G H Bradley
  • 1921
Description:
The Gilman High School football team and their coach pose on the steps of the Neighborhood House, Northeast Harbor. The players are in uniform and one of them holds a football with the words "GHS Champs, 1921." Black and white Seated: In the front row, from left, are A. Gilley and B. Herrick. In the second row, from left, are B. Stanley, E. Hamor and G. McCrae. Standing: In the second to the back row are, from left, Atwood, Higgins, C. Bucklin, F. Ralph and F. Brown. In the back row, from left, are N. Turner, P. Stanley, L. Reed, H. Gavor [?] and D. McEchern. The coach at far left is "Stubby" Fury. [show more]
1002Newspaper article commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Eastern Maine Basketball Champions of 1924
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform, Sports Uniform
  • Organzations, School Institution, High Schools
  • People
  • Recreation, Sports, Basketball
  • 1984
Description:
The photograph is a newspaper clipping (text on reverse) from April 12, 1984 that describes 1924 championship team. The Gilman High School of Northeast Harbor basketball team and their coach Stanley Week posed outside after winning the Eastern Maine basketball tournament at the University of Maine at Orono in 1924. The players are in uniform, and Week holds the plaque they won. People Depicted: Stanley Week, Burton Seavey, Edward Ralph, Albert Manchester, Stuart Branscom, Horace Bucklin, Francis Atwood, Jerome Knowles, Merrill Whitmore and Paul Bucklin. Also mentioned in the article are Douglas Driscoll, Carl Kelley Black and white [show more]
1583Blueprint Elevation and Floor Plans for the Municipal Building, Main Street, Northeast Harbor
  • Document, Reprographic Copy, Blueprint
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Public Safety, Fire Station
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Town Hall
  • Ralph - Isaac E. Ralph
  • 1916
Description:
Two sheets of blueprints for the proposed municipal building and firehouse on Main Street, Northeast Harbor. One sheet shows Front and Side Elevations (west and south). The top of the drawing is labeled "Building Fire-House, Northeast Harbor, Town of Mt. Desert. I.E. Ralph, Architect. To the right of the elevation drawings is a partial section of the wall and roof. The other sheet shows the first and second floor plans, as well as a partial section of the building denoting the sizes and types of wood to be used. The first floor has space for the fire department, as well as a heater room and toilet, while the second floor has a large Selectmens' Office in the front, unfinished space behind, and a small toilet room. Both sheets are roughly 24" x 36" The municipal building was constructed between 1916 and 1917 and cost a total of $7151.66. For his work on the plans, I.E. Ralph received $146.90. [show more]
1595Hanging the new sign at the Great Harbor Collection
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Organizations, Museum
  • 1982
Description:
Men gathered in front of the former municipal building on Main Street, hanging the sign for the Great Harbor Collection, later renamed the Great Harbor Maritime Museum. Identified are: Peter Bell, at left, in a v-neck sweater Bob Hamlin on the left-hand ladder Curtis Phelps between the two ladders
1587Fire trucks parked in front of the Municipal Building, Northeast Harbor, circa 1935
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
  • 1935
Description:
Two fire engines parked in front of the Municipal Building, Northeast Harbor. A bus is parked the left of the Municipal Building, parked closer to Manchester Brothers' Garage. The truck on the left may be the Northeast Harbor Fire Company's 1926 Maxim Pumper, while that on the right is the ladder truck W.S. Grant, a 1927 American La France. This photograph was taken following the remodeling of the the Municipal Building, which was completed in 1934. [show more]
1588Carlton Taylor outside of the Municipal Building with the Fire Company Vehicles, circa 1955
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Businesses, Other Business
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
  • Chase - Ronald Chase
  • 1955
Description:
Carlton Taylor standing in front of the Municipal Building, Northeast Harbor, with the vehicles of the Northeast Harbor Fire Company lined up.
1536Half model of a Luders 16 Sloop
  • Object, Model
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Smallidge - Robert Lindsay Smallidge Sr. (1896-1982)
Description:
Half model of a sloop, perhaps a Luders 16, with a Genoa jib, made by Robert L. Smallidge Sr. of Northeast Harbor. Model's hull is varnished, and uses various wood types for topsides, waterline, and bottom, while the sails are painted white. The model and sails are mounted on a pine board. On the back of the model is #6, R.L. Smallidge, N.E. Harbor, Me.
1579Proposal Rendering for Northeast Harbor Development, circa 1928
  • Document, Projection, Architectural Drawing
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Town Hall
  • Town Planning
  • Frost - Charles Sumner Frost (1856-1931)
  • 1928 circa
Description:
18" high, 53 3/4" long Part of a larger project to redesign the northern part of Main Street, Northeast Harbor. Charles Sumner Frost was a summer resident in Northeast Harbor.
1277Photograph Northeast Livery
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business, Livery Business
  • Structures, Commercial, Livery Stable
1275Panorama of Northeast Harbor--Clifton's Dock
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
Description:
Photograph. Original returned to donor.
1007Pastime Theatre Program Fragments, 1917
  • Document, Program, Theater Program
  • Concept, Arts and Culture
  • Movie Theatre
  • Recreation
  • Pastime Theatre
  • Photofolder Program Co.
  • 1917
Description:
Frame containing four fragments of pages from programs from the Pastime Theatre in Northeast Harbor, ME. Two of the fragments contain lists of coming attractions, one for the weeks of October 9 and 16 and the other for the weeks of January 1 and 7, 1917. People Mentioned: Billie Burke, Dustin Farnum, Pearl White, Pauline Frederick, Francis Bushman, Theodore Roberts, Fannie Ward, Marguerite Clark, Harold Lockwood, John Barrymore, Marie Doro, Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew [show more]
1279Boarding House Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Commercial, Boardinghouse
1273Main Street Northeast Harbor, Maine circa 1908
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Town
  • 1908
Description:
Main Street Northeast Harbor, circa 1908. Photograph was taken from in front of the Manchester Livery Stable, and shows the location upon which the Municipal Building would be built. Copy of photograph, original returned
1252Postcard Asticou Stepping Stones
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
1216The Graces of Northeast Harbor. Steamship Company Owners.
  • Image, Photograph
  • People