Description: Cast iron ship's bell with partial detached yoke. The bell has a large crack and is covered with rust. The bell was retrieved by Harold Walls (1913-2000), a fisherman from Otter Creek, who retrieved it around 1958 or 59. Walls went fishing after a large storm, and found many buoys and lines tangled together. Instead of dealing with them at sea, he towed the tangle to Otter Creek to deal with it. This bell was found in the tangle. It is not clear how the bell ended up in the ocean and the exact location of the tangle is not now known. Temporary image [show more]
Description: Wooden box with lid and handle containing six glass milk bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy The box has a lid and lock, and is painted dark green. Writing on the outside appears to be stenciled in a pale yellow color. The interior is unpainted Writing on the lid reads: "Mt. Desert Island" and "Mt. Desert Island Dairy, Bar Harbor, Maine" is written on the front. The ends are labeled 6 QT. Six glass quart bottles are stored inside the box [show more]
Description: Sign advertising Island Lady Charters, a charter boat and water taxi business operated by Rhonda Lee Soucie of Seal Harbor, Maine The sign advertises suggested tours and offerings
Description: Wooden Lobster Buoy carved by Russell Lawson. The body of the buoy is a deep orange color and the handle is white. A rope loop extends from the end.
Description: Wooden Lobster Buoy, painted green and orange. The buoy is somewhat conical in shape, and has a hole through the center of it for a rope. The broader part (the top when floating in the water) is painted green, and the lower part is orange. Carving in the outer edge of the buoy reads: NEW 1400
Description: Lid from a wooden shipping box sent to F.E. Manchester, an electrician, in Northeast Harbor. The lid consists of four planks and two crosspieces. Written in back ink is information about the recipient: F.E. Manchester Northeast Harbor Maine Ex Paid - refers the the cost of express shipping being paid Stenciled text reads: Sunbeam - Tungsten Glass Handle-With-Care don't-Drop The crate likely contained a tungsten lamp or fixture. Affixed to the front of the crate are two paper labels. One reads is from American Express and contains the shipping cost that appears to be $.95 or $9.5 The other is from Earle and Prew's Express from Pawtucket R.I. [show more]
Description: Cast iron stand, with wooden rod and spool of twine. This was used by David Stanley at Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor, to wrap fish for customers. The cast iron stand has raised letters reading CUTTER BOSTON on the inside of one leg. A spool of white twine accompanied this stand when it was given to the museum, but there was no longer any paper.
Description: Hand painted sign reading SEA FOOD. Sign is painted on Masonite (or a similar product) and has a white background and black letters. The front of the sign is scratched and shows signs of age. The sign came from Stanley's Fish Market, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. To see a photograph showing this sign or one like it, go to https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/5993
Description: Hand painted sign reading "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED" Sign was used in the window of Stanley's Fish Market, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, operated by David L. Stanley. The sign consists of painted wood, with black letters on a white background. It is heavily abraded but still legible. There are visible screw holes on the front, with two vertical braces on the back. To see a photograph of this sign in the fish market go to: https://nehl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/6266 [show more]
Description: Collection of five documents, largely connected with the Clark family of Southwest Harbor. Copy of a charter document, dated 1864, between Nathan Clark and William Underwood, to charter the Schooner Loochoo. Letter from Railway Express Agency, August 16, 1946, to R.P. Clark thanking him for his long service. Letter from Maine Central Railroad, January 29, 1911, to R.P. Clark discussing the terms of his employment as express agent. Telegraph Blank (jokingly?) written for Grace Carroll from the Associated Press, August 6, 1903, warning her of hostile warships in Somes Sound. Receipt for goods purchased by Nathan Clark of Eaton & Lane, Boston, August 15, 1865. Goods include: flour, sugar, rum, good whiskey, butter, ticking, matches [show more]
Description: Photograph of painting signed MBG July 1938 showing the proposed redevelopment of the Sea Street area in Northeast Harbor as planned by Griswold & Gulick, architects of Boston. This proposal was ultimately unrealized, though the Sea Street dock area was redeveloped in the 1950s.
Description: Photo-Essay by Bronson W. Chanler detailing a trip aboard the coal schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas" between Northeast Harbor and New York City. Note: As originally displayed in the museum, copies of the photographs taken by Chanler were mounted alongside excerpts and quotes. Around 2015 the photographs were removed from the 1984 posters so they could be scanned and better protected. They are uploaded here, as is the complete text by Bronson W. Chanler. [show more]
Description: Framed poster with timetable for the steamer "Golden Rod" traveling between Southwest Harbor, Somesville, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor. Captain William M. Crosby. Also mentions Somes House, George A. Somes, proprietor
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
Date:
1938-08-17
Description: Envelope sent to Mrs. George G. McMurtry from the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. There is a handwritten note on the back regarding rent receipts.
Description: Issue of the Bangor Daily News from Monday, September 9, 1974 (vol. 86, no. 72). Major stories include President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, Hurricane Carmen in Louisiana, the TWA airplane crash in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Greece, and Evel Knievel's failed attempt to rocket across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Other state and local news is included as well. There are also wedding announcements, sports, an op-ed page, obituaries, classified advertisements, and comics. People Mentioned: Gerald R. Ford, Richard M. Nixon, Philip W. Buchen, Evel Knievel, Stephen Katz, Archibald Cox, Barry Goldwater, Spiro T. Agnew, Nelson Rockefeller, George H. W. Bush, Robert Strauss, Eugenio Martinez, William Cohen, William D. Hathaway, Edmund S. Muskie, Edwin Edwards, Gilbert Durbin, Robert Truax, Donald Branker, Bernard Barker, Baruch Korff, Chesterield Smith, Joseph Rauh, W. Clement Stone, Frederick Hare, Peggy Hare, Jerald F. TerHorst, Jon Lund, James Erwin, George Mitchell, Leon Jaworski, Arthur F. Sampson, J. Herbert Miller, Ronald L. Ziegler, Edward Brooke, Mike Mansfield, Robert C. Byrd, George McGovern, Lloyd M. Bentsen, William E. Brock, John Tower, Jacob Javits, Creighton Abrams, Creighton Abrams Jr., Mrs. William L. James, Mrs. Creighton Abrams, H. R. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman, John N. Mitchell, Gordon Strachan, Robert C. Mardian, Kenneth W. Parkinson, John J. Sirica, Warren E. Burger, William O. Douglas, Clarence L. VerSteeg, Paul Mishkin, Peter N. Kyros, James Longley, John Barker, William Cohen, Charles J. Ramsberger, Stanley Leen Jr., John J. Rhodes, Luis Echeverria, Jose Guadalupe Zuno Hernandez, Ann Mackay, Anna McCloskey, Bill Smith, Michael Allen, Kathy Allen, David Grant, Arthur Poulin, Lizette Breton, Judy Rynne, Jeannette Thibodeau, Robert Cloutier, Jane Lowell, Anthony Betts, Kathleen Lord, Steve Curtis, Rena Rodgerson, Sharon S. Espling, Peter E. Espling, Roger B. Kelley, Bernard Kelley, Paul Gleichman, Ellen Espling, James Coulter, Carole Jane Noddin, Barry Lewis, Lewis Beckford, Charles Davidson, Lawrence Noddin, Lawrence Lewis, Nancy E. McCann, Jonathan Spatt, Keith Ingraham, Albert Murch, Loretta Kay Boyer, Merle O. Boyer, James Albert Pickard Jr., Agnes Pickard, James A. Pickard Sr., George Gray, Karen Palmiter, Asa Pickard, Merle O. Boyer Jr., Alan Stubbs, Sally Worster, Dale Porter, Kenneth Foss, Paul Worcester, Ronald Porter, Lois Senter, Debbie Hartt, Roxanna Gould, Marlana Cumming, Lorraine Charloux, Karla Jo Senter, Michael Porter, Audie Gould, Keith Thompson, Michael Littlefield, Raymond Charloux, Camille Lynn Cushman, David Louis Eddy, Hartland Cushman, George Eddy, Robert Sterling, Lisa Cushman, Mary Ellen Connell, Barbara Ingraham, Dale Hartford, Kerry Connell, Craig Gray, Rachel Brudnoy, Stephen Green, Kassel Abelson, David Silverman, David Brudnoy, Simon Brudnoy, Edward Green, Mrs. David Brudnoy, Howard Stanley, Jerry Darsie, Ira Isbin, Barbara Eleanor Mealey, Robert W. Mealey, Joseph Wayne Morin, Francis E. Morin, Norman Young, William Greene, Mrs. Robert I. Mealey, Mrs. Daniel J. Brooker, Mrs. Brian L. Lowell, Mrs. Scott A. Giroux, Debbie deGroff, Carol L. Belanger, Charles F. Giberson, Daniel J. Brooker, Brian L. Lowell, Robert I. Mealey, Michael D. Mealey, Dave Cannon, Steve Bull, Ernie Hardy, Alan Armstrong, Gary Burley, Don Rock, Rod Pace, Russ Fox, Mike Bolt, Tom Pinto, Marc Katz, Jack Leggett, Danny Rhino, Randy Rhino, Steve Boxer, Dave Buck, Mike Axe, Glen Cutting, George Stout, Bill Hohl, Rich Diggs, Danny Buggs, Tim Felt, Art Bent, Sandy Hertz, Sam Blood, Jegg Gray, Scott Blackburn, Brian White, Jim Tann, Pat Green, Dave Brown, Randy Pass, Brian Book, Jim Fish, Ed Walz, Bruce Salmon, Ed Szcerba, Steve Krychomski, Andy Zdobylak, Nick Tarabacchia, Steve Szewczuk, George Mattyasovszky, Jimmy Jimenez, Mike Hart, Jim Soule, Jim Shook, Forrest Fezler, Bruce Crampton, J. C. Snead, Gary Player, Mike Hill, Tommy Aaron, Ben Crenshaw, Phil Rodgers, Jim Ferriell, Richie Hebner, Dick Pole, Doug Griffin, Mario Guerrero, Dwight Evans, Juan Marichal, Tim Johnson, Pedro Garcia, Cecil Cooper, Juan Beniquez, Tim McCarver, Doug Griffin, Tommy Harper, Bernie Carbo, Rico Petrocelli, Ken Berry, George Scott, Johnny Briggs, Darrell Porter, Gorman Thomas, Bill Freehan, Al Kaline, Joe Coleman, Dick Tidrow, Ron LeFlore, Gary Sutherland, Ben Oglivie, Chris Chambliss, Roy White, Walt Abbott, Steve Vance, Chris Alyward, Kevin Foley, Russ McDonald, Mike Gries, Gerry Shea, Mike Budrowe, Rudy DiPietro, Mark DiGregorio, Rich Prior, Mickey McGuire, Mike Wallace, Kirk Douglass, Roger Dalton, Bill Hilster, Phil Cameron, Mike Drouin, Tim Labbe, Ferguson Jenkins, Ken Holtzman, George Hendrick, Tom McCraw, Charlie Spikes, Jim Perry, Enos Cabell, Don Baylor, Ellie Hendricks, Mark Belanger, Frank Duffy, Luis Alvarado, Bill Buckner, Mike Marshall, Jack Billingham, Dave Lopes, Pedro Borbon, Manny Mota, Pete Rose, Brian Butterfield, Ben Tibbetts, Ben Corbett, Andy Sturgeon, Rich Pullen, Neil Prendergast, Hans Antonsen, Eddie Miller, Ronnie Gordon, Bert Philbrick, Rick Albert, Dennis Jewell, Lin Hindshaw, Brian Perkins, Ken Topel, Kevin Butler, Cliff Reuter, Howard Weldon, Matt Hackett, Gary Perry, Matt Keller, Wilbur Howard, Randy Jones, Steve Rogers, Lou Brock, Wayne Garrett, Maury Wills, Jimmy Connors, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Evonne Goolagong, Chris Evert, Bill Battle, Condredge Holloway, Ricky Townsend, Dick Vermeil, John Sciarra, Brett White, Dave Buckey, Bob Boone, Arthur Winslow, Robbie Dickinson, Joel Cormier, Rodger Geren, Mark Armstrong, Robbie Emerson, Aaron Boynton, Brian Morrow, Scott Mountford, Lance Gallant, Jeff Dunn, Jeff Brown, Tim King, Peter Gordon, David Ingraham, Dale Stone, Leo Trevino, Bobby Nichols, Hale Irwin, Jim Plunkett, Randy Vataha, Earl Morrall, Bob Griese, Howard Twilley, Marlin Briscoe, Bob Berry, Fran Tarkenton, Jim Lash, John Gilliam, John Holland, Chuck Foreman, Jimmie Jones, Wayne Fiegenbaum, Bert Roberge, Ed Flaherty, Galen Workman, Tony DiBiase, Steve Conley, John Sawyer, Russ Quetti, David W. Bustin, Joseph Kozak, Franklin A. Peters, Edward Kennedy, Michael J. Harrington, Salvador Allende Gossens, Henry A. Kissinger, William E. Colby, Norman Lodow, Lawrence Greenlaw, Eddie Rickenbacker, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Zane Grey, Minnie Henderson, Val Vardamis, Roger Lyford, Lorraine Cote, Gerard Cyr, Jack Anderson, John Lennon, Abigail Van Buren, Bob King, Jim Stanko, Joanne Stanko, Lucius H. Dwelley, Harold Kilbreth, James Bush, Oscar R. Hahnel, Mrs. Donald W. McIntosh, Mark Gartley, Eugene Richardson, Scott Ireland, Frank Jordan, Mrs. Richard Dill, Kenneth M. Curtis, Hal Murray, William Leahy, William Schulz Jr., Bruce Douglas, Gail Galeditz, John Morey, Louis Garibaldi, Ernest Smith, Richard Coffin, Arthur West, Spencer Appollonio, Lisa Flaherty, George Berry, Harold Keezer, Rosaire Sirois, Wilbur Nedeau, Mrs. Wayne Mallar, Marion Thurston, Warren Charles, Paul Chabonneau, Paul Bird, Hollis Fickett, Donna Allen, Katherine Williams, Norman Autotte, Jane Downey, Henry Noonan, William Vasquez, William F. Leary, Robert Kiley, Robert diGrazia, Carl B. Sterzing Jr., Frederic C. Dumaine Jr., Nelson L. Clark, Doris Withee, Stella Stafford, Ellen G. Brooks, Esther Nickerson, Ann Caswell, Patsy Hughey, John W. Meisner, Sarah Colson, Mrs. Ralph E. Grant, Marion Marden, Arline Locke, Charles Perkins, George Perkins, Mrs. Douglas M. Holmes, Celia Thomas, Gary Gould, Beth Griffin, Stanley Griffin, Mrs. Richard Sawyer, Bob Turner, C. Peters, Marjorie Tilley, George Holman, Violet Chasse, Carl Snow, Sally Snow, Jennie Snow, Grace Rideout, Mrs. Ronald Bell, Mrs. Kenneth Glidden, G. Read, Mary Chase, Wally Wilbur, William Kerr, Emmy L. McCarthy, Sterling Ellingwood, Joseph L. Stover, Rodman Logan, Waye Estey, Leona A. Gillis, Arthur R. Fish Jr., Albert J. Clukey, Harold Carpenter, John Houghton, Evelyn R. Ross, Gertrude Strout, Lionel L. Moore, Senja S. Kanerva, Ernestine Roe Hedrick, Earl R. Dempsey, Helen Gilman Davis, Elizabeth L. Martin, Myra F. Downing, Marie Helena Carney, Mattie Jollotta, Laura B. Reed, John N. McDonnell, Helen Dube, Leona Lamarre, Eddie Jalbert, Joseph Gould, Alton Lyons, Rose Anna Cyr, Mrs. Oildred Johnson, Prentiss Larrabee, John Dean, Kenneth Murphy, Frank Blanchard, Walter E. Washington, Clifford L. Alexander, Shirley Cothran, Henry LaBree, Myrtle Hadley, Eddie Albert, Dan Boober, Beverly Ayer, Mrs. Kelsey E. Patten, Ola I. Meade, Carolyn Harlow, Robert E. Morris, Rebecca Ann King, Betty Ford, Cornelia Wallace, George Wallace, Kolbjorn Varman, Gordon Ritchie, Valentin Hernandez, Harold Wilson, Arthur Ashely [show more]
Description: Robert B. Williamson acknowledges the receipt of a letter from Norman Shaw dated November 4 regarding Angela C. Kaufman. People Mentioned: Angela C. Kaufman, William R. Pattangall, Ernest L. Goodspeed, Lois H. Birkenwald
Description: Roland A. Scribner, the Chief Clerk of the State of Maine Liquor Commission, provides details and application instructions for obtaining summer malt liquor licenses. The letterhead includes the Maine state seal.