Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
1718	Three Postcards of Bear Island Lighthouse	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse			1945	Three Postcards of Bear Island Lighthouse Item: 1718    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Date: 1945 Description: Three real photo postcards of Bear Island Lighthouse affixed to a repurposed envelope. On all of the postcards the lighthouse is identified using blue ink. One postcard bears the additional inscription: "Our view from the point." The backside of this paper was at one time the exterior of envelope sent on June 4, 1945. Information about the sender and recipient can still be read. The return address has been cut, but the envelope was sent to Mrs. Edwin Corning, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Mrs. Corning spent her summers on a point at the mouth of Northeast Harbor [show more]
1663	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)		1907-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1663    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946) Date: 1907-08 Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock, August 1907. View looks toward the ocean across the granite ledges of Mount Desert Rock. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Aug. 1907 No. 7. b. Looking N.E.
1654	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)		1908-06	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1654    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946) Date: 1908-06 Description: Glass negative for photograph taken at Mount Desert Rock, June 1908. Image shows the light station buildings as seen from the water including the boathouse, double house, single dwelling, tower, oil house, and bell tower. Image was taken from the water and is very crooked. Negative envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. June 1908 No. 6, View from the water. Ortho. A. Non. Hal. Plate
1647	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)		1907-09	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1647    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946) Date: 1907-09 Description: Glass negative for image taken at Mount Desert Rock, Sept. 1907. View shows three young boys in a garden, decorated with several flags, and with a picket fence behind them. The negative envelope notes this garden belongs to Mrs. Newman. Using the other negatives in this collection, the boy in the dark hat has been indentified as Kaspar Murphy, with Lawrence and Arthur Newman to his right. Negative Envelope reads: Mt. Desert Lt. Sta. Sept. 1907 Garden Single Tenement, Mrs. Newman's. [show more]
1608	Plan of Proposed Developments at Northeast Harbor	Document, Reprographic Copy, Blueprint	Concept, Development Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock	Prentiss & Carlisle Co., Inc.		1937-10	Plan of Proposed Developments at Northeast Harbor Item: 1608    Type: Document, Reprographic Copy, Blueprint Subject: Concept, Development Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Creator: Prentiss & Carlisle Co., Inc. Date: 1937-10 Description: Plan showing proposed development of Northeast Harbor Marina, October 1937. Plans by Prentiss & Carlisle Co., Inc. of Bangor. Plans suggest the construction of a bulkhead across the area known as Frazier's Cove, with the filling of this area with fill taken from the dredging process. The plan also includes parking areas, new docks, a restroom, club, and shop building, and storage areas. This redevelopment plan was not realized, but the Sea Street are was rebuilt in the 1950s. [show more]
1550	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner	Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-07	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1550    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner Creator: Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-07 Description: A Gloucester fishing schooner sails not far from Mount Desert Rock under partial sail. A number of people are visible on the deck, and a stack of dories can be seen between the masts. A large flag has the name of the vessel, which appears to be two words, though only Frances P. M______ is visible. William H. Bunting has (July 2021) identified this schooner as the Frances P. Mesquita, of Gloucester. Built in Gloucester in 1905, she was owned and commanded by Capt. Joseph Mesquita, and was both a successful fishing and racing vessel. She was sold in 1918 to owners from Newfoundland, and sunk by a U-boat that year. The envelope with this negative reads: No. 7 f., Tower, Single Tenement + Double Tenement, Looking N.W." and is likely an envelope reused from another negative. [show more]
1629	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)		1908 c.	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1629    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946) Date: 1908 c. Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. View shows the granite tower, with broken ledges in the foreground, and the single dwelling to the right. The roof of the double tenement is slightly visible.
1628	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)		1908 c.	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1628    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946) Date: 1908 c. Description: Glass plate negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. View looking at light station buildings, with brick oil house in the foreground, and granite tower to the right. Behind these structures, the double house is visible. In the distance, to the left, the derrick of the boat slip is visible Negative envelope is blank.
1626	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946)		1906	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1626    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge (1862 - 1946) Date: 1906 Description: Glass negative taken at Mount Desert Rock. This appears to be the earliest negative in the series. July 2021: this negative is being digitized
1590	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1590    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-08 Description: Glass plate negative, Mount Desert Rock. Image shows a man standing up and rowing in a double-ended boat. Two additional rowboats are visible in the background. The negative is stored in an envelope that appears to have once been used for another negative. It reads Mt. Desert Lt. Sta., Aug. 1907 No. 7.e. Oil-House, S.W. Derrick, Capt. J. Robinson's vessel. Looking West.
1573	Glass Plate Negative Set Mount Desert Rock	Set	Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Test Subject Entry Site Term				Glass Plate Negative Set Mount Desert Rock Item: 1573    Type: Set Subject: Places, Island Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Test Subject Entry Site Term
1570	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-09	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1570    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-09 Description: Two men work on the steam engine, perhaps in the boathouse, at the Mount Desert Rock Light Station. Written on the negative envelope is "Steam Engine, N.G." underneath "Broken Pl[--]" which has been crossed out.
1565	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1565    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-08 Description: View looking south toward the lighthouse tower at Mount Desert Rock. In the foreground walkways, both covered and uncovered, are visible. A picket fence is visible to the far right, while a small building is visible at the extreme left.
1560	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-10	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1560    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-10 Description: View of Mount Desert Rock Light Station, taken from the water, 4:00 pm, October 1907. This photograph shows the extent of the settlement at Mount Desert Rock, including the derrick boathouse, workshop, keepers' dwellings, tower, oil house, and bell tower. Written on the negative envelope is "Taken from water." Near the top right is "Oct. 1907, 4 o'clock P.M." Written on the left side in pencil is "2 min" [show more]
1559	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge		1908-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1559    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Dodge - Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1908-08 Description: View of Mt. Desert Rock Light Station, June 1908, from the water. The view includes the boathouse, workshop, light keepers' houses, tower, oil house, and bell tower. Written on the negative envelope is "No. 3 View from Water. Devel. with Di. S. Plate."
1549	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Lucy McMullin Dodge		1908-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1549    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1908-08 Description: "Mr. Brewer in the tower." View of the lighthouse tower at Mount Desert Rock, with the keepers' dwellings to the right. Standing at the top of the tower is a man, likely Mr. Brewer.
1548	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-09	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1548    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-09 Description: "Sitting Room, North House, Left Hand Side Corner" - View in the living room of the north house (in the double tenement on Mount Desert Rock). Two chairs flank a table in the background, and a sideboard is visible to the left. Photographs are visible on the walls and on the table. A young child sits on the floor in the middle of the room, but he moved during the exposure of the negative, causing a blur.
1547	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Lucy McMullin Dodge		1908-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1547    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1908-08 Description: "Capt. Van Norden's Boat" - A friendship sloop sails off the waters of Mount Desert Rock with four men aboard. To the right a spar buoy leans is visible
1545	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock	Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative	Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse	Lucy McMullin Dodge		1907-08	Glass Plate Negative, Mount Desert Rock Item: 1545    Type: Image, Photograph, Negative, Glass Plate Negative Subject: Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse Creator: Lucy McMullin Dodge Date: 1907-08 Description: Mount Desert Rock Light Station, August 1907. "No. 7, Looking S.E." View from Mount Desert Rock, looking southeast over ledges, several small plants are visible
1484	Manuel Fatese at Old Sea Street Dock	Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph	People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock				Manuel Fatese at Old Sea Street Dock Item: 1484    Type: Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph Subject: People Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock
1276	Panorama Northeast Harbor from Clifton's Dock	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock				Panorama Northeast Harbor from Clifton's Dock Item: 1276    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Panorama Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Dock Description: Photograph. Original returned to donor.

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