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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1706Cast iron wrapping paper stand with twine attachment
  • Object
  • Businesses, Fishery Business
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.
1059C.E. Marcyes & Co. Envelope
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Businesses, Insurance Business
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
Description:
Envelope with the return address for C.E. Marcyes & Co. with a note regarding Mr. Jerome Goodwin and Bernard Cough, c. 1930s. People Mentioned: Jerome Goodwin, Bernard Cough, C. E. Marcyes
1157Children's Book "Little Folks Bible Gallery" by Jenny B. Merrill
  • Publication, Book, Childrens Book
  • Religion
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.
1217Claude Stanley Murphy in Boy Scout Outfit 5/27. Troop 1204
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Fraternal
  • People
1376Collapsible Razor Ebony with Ivory (Chicago, German)
  • Object, Shaving Product, Razor, Straight Razor
1649Collection of Documents
  • Document, Financial, Receipt
  • Businesses, Maritime Business
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]
1058Continental Illinois National Bank to Mrs. George G. McMurtry Envelope, August 7, 1938
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Businesses, Banking Business
  • Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
  • 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.
1253Curtain Stretchers, Wooden
  • Object, Maintenance, Curtain Stretcher
  • Object, Maintenance, Laundry Equipment
1497David Strout
  • Reference
  • People
1493Decoy Branscom Male Eider ca 1915
  • Object, Armaments, Decoy
  • Nature, Animals, Ducks
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving, Decoy Carving
  • Recreation, Hunting
  • Branscom
Description:
Carved decoy, male eider duck
1495Decoy Gus Wilson Coot
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving, Decoy Carving
1142Device, Mechanical
  • Object, Unclassifiable, Mechanical
  • Object, Unclassifiable
Description:
A mechanical device of some sort but at the time of cataloging we cannot find anyone who knows that it might be used for.
1589Display Case with adjustable shelves
  • Object
Description:
Oak display case with adjustable glass shelves, once used in Mrs. Tracy's Shop, Northeast Harbor, and later used in Mrs. Pervear's Shop, Northeast Harbor. Before being donated to the museum it was used in Pine Bough Antiques, Northeast Harbor. Mirror-paneled doors on the backside open, providing access to the interior space. Three draws are accessible from the back.
1650E. Farnham Butler in his office
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Events, Personal Milestones
  • 2003 c.
Description:
Photograph of E. Farnham Butler in his office at Mount Desert Yacht Yard, circa 2003. On the table in front of him are photographs of boats built by Butler at his yard over the course of his career.
1145Embroidery sampler
  • Object, Art, Needlework, Embroidery, Cross-Stitch
1720Engine Order Telegraph Receiver
  • Object
  • Recreation, Yachting
  • Pierrot
Description:
Engine Order Telegraph Receiver, likely from an engine room, mounted on a mahogany plaque. The receiver is polished brass, and glass covers a painted face. The face appears to have been repainted, and some of this paint has faded. The face is labeled Pierrot, but research has yielded no information about this company.
1241Fire Alarm Call Chart
  • Document, Chart
  • Object, Fire Protection Device
1120Fire Chief's Hat
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform, Fire Uniform
  • Concept, Fire Prevention
1127Fire Extinguisher.
  • Object, Fire Protection Device, Fire Extinguisher
  • Concept, Fire Prevention
  • 1925
Description:
Phister Carbon-Tet Compressed Air. Hand pump hose pressurized to 100#. For electrical files. Probably used on railroads c. 1925 or before.
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]
1119Firefighter's Hat. NYFD
  • Object, Clothing, Helmet, Firefighter's Helmet
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
Description:
Firefighter's hat from New York Fire Department. # 216
1144Footwarmer Soapstone
  • Object, Body Warmer, Foot Warmer
1218Four Bucklin Children: Susan, Belinda, Martha & Chuck
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
1221Four Girls, Mount Desert High School
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organzations, School Institution, High Schools
  • People
Description:
ca. 1961