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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
1703Life ring from Daybreak
  • Object
  • Recreation, Sailing
  • 1970 c.
Description:
Horse-shoe life ring from Daybreak, a Hinckley sailboat owned by Harry R. Madeira, and sailed out of Northeast Harbor. The boat's name "Daybreak" is painted on the front in gold paint, and the Madeira signal flag and Northeast Harbor Fleet burgee appear below. On the edge of the buoy is a stamped label with the brand "Horseshoe Jim-Buoy", and other illegible information. The back is unadorned
1699Reefer Jacket, or Reefer Coat
  • Object
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform
Description:
Reefer Jacket, also known as Reefer Coat, a common article of clothing worn by seamen and sailors in the nineteenth century. Jacket is double-breasted, with velvet trim, and has ten metal buttons.
1580Hooked Rug with Motorboat
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Flatweave, Rag Rug
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Hooked Rug
  • 1925 c.
Description:
Hooked rug showing a motorboat underway, with flags flying. The boat appears to be the Maine Seacoast Mission Vessel "Sunbeam I" and the rug may have been made as part of the Maine Seacoast Mission's hooked rug program. Rug dimensions are 24"x51", appears to be rebound using green fabric. A rug with similar waves and clouds, as well as Sunbeam I, may be found in Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society Spring Bulletin, April 1926, page 11. See link below to go to the Maine Seacoast Mission item. [show more]
1581Hooked rug with diamond pattern
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Flatweave, Rag Rug
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Hooked Rug
Description:
Hooked rug with diamond pattern 38"x60"
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.
1415Badge. Northeast Harbor Fire Deparment. Original owner Eliot Kimball.
  • Object, Insignia Badge, Fire Badge
  • Object, Clothing, Uniform
1266Sign. Fire Alarm Call Zones
  • Object, Sign, Informational Sign
  • Object, Fire Protection Device
1607Model of MDI Class Sloop, Rugosa
  • Object, Model
  • Recreation, Sailing
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Muzzy - Duane Muzzy
  • 2008
Description:
Scale model of MDI Class sloop #16, Rugosa, made in 2008 by Duane Muzzy. The MDI Class Sloops were designed by Ralph Winslow in 1924 and 16 were constructed to teach the children of Mount Desert Island summer residents to sail. The full sized boats were: 21' 8" LOA 16' 5" LWL 4' Draft 6' 8" Beam 260.00 sq ft sail area 4,428.00 lbs Displacement
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.
1609Model, Bunker & Ellis "Serendipity".
  • Object, Model
  • Recreation, Boating
  • Recreation, Yachting
  • Muzzy - Duane Muzzy
  • 2013
Description:
Model of 1962 Bunker & Ellis lobsteryacht "Serendipity," built by Duane Muzzy in 2013. The actual boat was constructed by Bunker & Ellis of Manset, Maine, and measured 39 feet long and was constructed in 1962 for John Simonds, a summer resident of Northeast Harbor.
1610Model, Controversy 36', "Constellation"
  • Object, Model
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat, Yawl
  • Muzzy - Duane Muzzy
  • 2012
Description:
Model of Controversy 36' Constellation built by Duane Muzzy in 2012. A pram, called "Little Dipper" was added to this model by Duane Muzzy as a bit of a whimsy, playing off the name of the boat, but was never on the original boat. The original Constellation was built by Mount Desert Yacht Yard and was owned yard owner, E. Farnham Butler.
1153Wheel, Wooden Bicycle
  • Object, Vehicle Component, Vehicle Wheel, Bicycle Wheel
  • Transportation, Cycle, Bicycle
1606Model, International Class sloop, Auriga
  • Object, Model
  • Recreation, Sailing
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Muzzy - Duane Muzzy
  • 2010
Description:
Scale model of International Class (also called International One Design) sloop AURIGA. Auriga was among the original Internationals to arrive in the Great Harbor, in 1938. Model made by Duane Muzzy in 2010
1605Boat Model, Luders 16 Sturgis R. Haskins
  • Object, Model
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • Muzzy - Duane Muzzy
  • 2012
Description:
Luders 16 model in 1:16 scale made by Duane Muzzy, 2012. Boat is named in honor of Sturgis R. Haskins, a longtime board member of the Great Harbor Maritime Museum, who was very involved in the revitalization of the Mount Desert Island fleet of Luders 16 sloops.
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
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.
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.
1582Hooked rug with modified diamond pattern
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Flatweave, Rag Rug
  • Object, Furnishings, Rug, Hooked Rug
Description:
Hooked rug with modified diamond pattern Dimensions 27.5"x53.5"
1101Light Bulb
  • Object, Furnishings, Light Bulb
Description:
Electric Tantalum Lamp
1108School Bell
  • Object, Sound Signaling Device, Bell, School Bell
  • Organizations, School Institution
1129Postcard of Bear Island Light
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
1131Postcard from Bear Island Light
  • Object, Writing, Postcard
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
1533Maddy Sue boat model
  • Object, Model
  • Duane Muzzy
  • 2015
Description:
Boat model of Maddy Sue, 2015. Original boat built in 1932 by Chester E. Clement, Southwest Harbor, called Trailaway and built for Francis Spurling. Later sold to Marvin Harris and renamed Maddy Sue.
1062Bar Harbor Loan & Building Association Envelope
  • Object, Writing, Envelope
  • Businesses, Banking Business
  • 1930 c.
Description:
Envelope with the return address for Bar Harbor Loan & Building Association, c. 1930s