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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date
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"
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"
1178Laundry Tongs
  • Object, Maintenance, Laundry Tongs
  • Object, Maintenance, Laundry Equipment
1253Curtain Stretchers, Wooden
  • Object, Maintenance, Curtain Stretcher
  • Object, Maintenance, Laundry Equipment
1110SPCA solicitation pail with stand and sign
  • Object, Merchandising, Money Container, Money Box, Donation Box
  • Object, Maintenance, Pail
Description:
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals solicitation pail and stand. Stand has SPCA sign attached.
1621Model of MDI Class Sloop, Rugosa, Construction Photographs
  • Reference
  • Object, Model, Ship Model
  • Muzzy - Duane Muzzy
  • 2008 c.
Description:
Series of photographs documenting the construction of the model of the MDI Class Sloop, Rugosa, taken by Duane Muzzy
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.
1003Oliver Wagstaff to Northeast Harbor Fire Department Chief Letter and Envelope, October 29, 1947
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
  • Wagstaff, Oliver
  • 1947-10-29
Description:
Oliver Wagstaff thanks the Northeast Harbor Fire Department for transporting him from his home to the hospital at no charge. To express his appreciation, he encloses a check for $25 to be used for equipment maintenance. Letter is written on stationery labeled Overfloat, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Overfloat was located on Harborside Road, Northeast Harbor.
1119Firefighter's Hat. NYFD
  • Object, Clothing, Helmet, Firefighter's Helmet
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
Description:
Firefighter's hat from New York Fire Department. # 216
1141Hat, Black Fireman's Leather
  • Object, Clothing, Helmet, Firefighter's Helmet
  • Organizations, Fire Protection
1263Photo C. S. Murphy as Boy Scout
  • Image, Photograph
  • Organizations, Fraternal
  • People
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.
1648Photographs of Main Street Northeast Harbor, circa 1935
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Businesses, Transportation Business
  • Organizations, Municipal
  • 1935 c.
Description:
6 modern reproduction photographs showing Main Street, Northeast Harbor, circa 1935. Four views show the Municipal Building/Firehouse, and three show fire engines parked in front of the building, including the 1927 American LaFrance Ladder Truck "William S. Grant." Another photograph shows buses parked to the south of the municipal building, belong to Maine Transportation (?), a subsidiary of the Maine Central Railroad Company. Another photograph shows two buses belonging to the Boston & Maine Transportation Company parked behind Manchester Bros. Garage. Another photograph shows the steamer J.T. Morse landing at the steamboat wharf in Northeast Harbor [show more]
1595Hanging the new sign at the Great Harbor Collection
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Organizations, Museum
  • 1982
Description:
Men gathered in front of the former municipal building on Main Street, hanging the sign for the Great Harbor Collection, later renamed the Great Harbor Maritime Museum. Identified are: Peter Bell, at left, in a v-neck sweater Bob Hamlin on the left-hand ladder Curtis Phelps between the two ladders
1108School Bell
  • Object, Sound Signaling Device, Bell, School Bell
  • Organizations, School Institution
1497David Strout
  • Reference
  • People
1499Roosevelt - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1882-01-30
Description:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), born 1/30/1882, served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death on 4/12/1945. He wrote letters now in the collection of the Great Harbor Maritime Museum about a pair of binoculars, also in the collection at GHMM.
1513George Gibson McMurtry
  • Reference
  • People
  • 1876
Description:
George Gibson McMurtry (November 6, 1876 – November 22, 1958) was a United States Army officer, a Medal of Honor recipient and a Harvard Law-educated Wall Street lawyer. He first served in the Army as a member of the Rough Riders during the Spanish–American War. He received the Medal of Honor as the executive officer of the Lost Battalion during World War I. December 16, 1903, he married Mabel C. Post on Long Island. He was a member of Bar Harbor Club, Pot & Kettle Club. Tombstone in Ledgelawn Cemetery. [show more]
1514Mrs. George G. McMurtry (McMurtry - Mabel C. (Post) McMurtry
  • Reference
  • People
  • Test Subject Entry Site Term
Description:
Wife of George Gibson McMurtry, which see. Married 1906-1933.
1515Louise Hunt McMurtry
  • Reference
  • People
  • Test Subject Entry Site Term
Description:
Married George Gibson McMurtry October 25, 1933. They had a daughter. They drew up separation papers on May 21, 1942.
1576Luere Babson Deasy
  • Reference
  • People
Description:
Luere B. Deasy was born on February 8, 1859 in Gouldsboro to Daniel and Emma L. (Moore) Deasy. He was educated at the State Normal School in Castine. He did not attend college, but received a law degree from Boston University Law School. Deasy was admitted to the Bar in 1884. Prior to sitting on the Court, Deasy practiced in Bar Harbor. Deasy served as President of both the Hancock County Bar Association and the Maine State Bar Association. He was elected to the Maine State Senate and served as its President. Deasy was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court by Governor Milliken on September 25, 1918. On October 1, 1929, he was appointed Chief Justice by Governor Gardiner. He served as Chief until his retirement on February 7, 1930, when he returned to private practice in Bar Harbor. Deasy died on March 13, 1940, in Portland, at the age of 81. Sources: In Memoriam, Luere B. Deasy, 138 ME 371; James H. Mundy, Presidents of the Maine State Senate from 1820, Secretary of the Senate of Maine, 1979. See also article about Deasy at: http://mdihistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Horner.pdf [show more]
1571American Legion men standing next to the Firehouse, Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Black-and-White Photograph
  • Organizations, Fraternal
  • People
Description:
Members of the Lurvey-Wright Post of the American Legion standing to the south of the firehouse, Northeast Harbor. A key accompanying this photograph gives the names of some of the men, including Lyle Wescott, Jack Reynolds, Gerald Sr. [Gerald Norwood, Sr], Arthur Walls, Zip Ober, James Bunker, Larry Wass, Bill Cripps, John Manchester, Arthur Eaton, H. Suminsby, and ____ McCrae.
1206Postcard Photo of 2 Women. Addressed to Mrs. AA Murphy, Somes Sound
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • People
Description:
Description says "Mrs. AA Murphy"
1216The Graces of Northeast Harbor. Steamship Company Owners.
  • Image, Photograph
  • People