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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1711Sign for Wikhegan Old Books
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
Sign for Wikhegan Old Books
Item:
  • 1711   
Type:
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
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.
1712Sign for Pine Bough Antiques
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
  • Businesses, Other Business
Sign for Pine Bough Antiques
Item:
  • 1712   
Type:
  • Object, Sign, Identification Sign, Signboard
Subject:
  • Businesses, Other Business
Place:
  • Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor
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]
1707Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED"
  • Object, Sign, Informational Sign
  • Businesses, Fishing Business, Lobstering Business
Hand painted sign, "LOBSTERS LIVE OR BOILED"
Item:
  • 1707   
Type:
  • Object, Sign, Informational Sign
Subject:
  • Businesses, Fishing Business, Lobstering Business
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]
1125Broad ax
  • Object, Woodworking, Ax, Broadax
  • Businesses, Lumber Business
Broad ax
Item:
  • 1125   
Type:
  • Object, Woodworking, Ax, Broadax
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lumber Business
1059C.E. Marcyes & Co. Envelope
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Businesses, Insurance Business
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
C.E. Marcyes & Co. Envelope
Item:
  • 1059   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
Subject:
  • Businesses, Insurance Business
  • Businesses, Real Estate Business
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
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
1147Photo-Essay of Last (1942) Voyage of Coal Schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas"
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
  • Businesses, Coal and Oil Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Chanler - Bronson W.
Photo-Essay of Last (1942) Voyage of Coal Schooner "Rebecca R. Douglas"
Item:
  • 1147   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Essay
Subject:
  • Businesses, Coal and Oil Business
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Chanler - Bronson W.
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]