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| 1636 | Yachting Magazine, March 1944 |
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Description: Yachting Magazine, March 1944 Vol. LXXV No. 3 Table of Contents: Cover, “Men Aloft” From a painting by Gordon Grant Frontispiece, “In the Caribbean” Kodachrome by Three Lions Sheets and Halliards, Gone to War, By Rufus G. Smith, Lieut., USCGR The Outboard Has Gone to War, By Crichell Rimington Racing the Sun, By W. C. Keil Pre-Tank Model Testing, by A. E. Luders Workhorse of the Chesapeake, By J. A. Emmett Why Not Try the West Indies? By Herbert L. Stone The Post-War Yacht Keep that Bottom Smooth! By Charles Fisk Sails and Sailmaking, By W. H. de Fontaine The Biography of a Design, By Graham Cameron, Lieut, USNR Design for Dinghy Sailing, By C. Leslie Lewis Plans The Month in Yachting Gadgets and Gilhickies Selected images include: Cover; Table of Contents, page 21; Ad for Evinrude Outboard Motors (“’Rugged’ is the word … for countless wartime jobs Evinrudes are doing”), page 81; Ad for Henry R. Hinckley & Company in Southwest Harbor (for “post-war boat values”), page 96 [show more] | ||
| 1634 | Yachting Magazine, April 1959 |
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Description: April 1959 issue of Yachting Magazine. Volume 105, no. 4 Contents include: The SCYA Midwinter Regatta, Late Racing News Yachting’s One-of-a-kind Regatta, By Bill Robinson Fitting Out, By J. Kenneth Whitteker One Learns So Much From Boating, By Les. T. Ordeman Handling Powerboats Alongside, By Alex W. Moffat Current Effects in Piloting Contests, By M. L. Hersey “Fuego” Ballard Photos In Racing Trim, By Bill Robinson Outboard Yachting: Outboard Commissioning, By Bob Whittier On the Use of the Trysail, By John C. Cooley The Buenos-Aires-Rio Race, By David Zingg Three Score and Ten, By Sam C. Slaughter One Porpoise-Power! By E. L. Bubb With My Eyes Wide Open, By Gloria Berry Rendezvous, By Robert W. Chase Ladies of the Bridges, By Gordon Grant Waterway Magic, By Irvin Anthony Under the Lee of the Longboat Design Section Month In Yachting Waterfront News Gadgets & Gilhickies More Power to You The Gam News from Yachting Centers With the Racing Classes Selected photographs from this issue include: Cover, Table of Contents (page 3), Article on A.E. Luders 40' Sloop (page 90), Article on Mount Desert Yacht Yard Controversy 28, with references to Farnham Butler. [show more] | |
| 1592 | Yachting Cap worn on A. Atwater Kent, Jr.'s boats |
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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. | ||
| 1633 | W.S. Brown Account Book |
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Description: Account book kept by W.S. Brown, master of the schooner J.S. Butler, and other vessels. Includes references to cargoes carried, ports visited, and men employed on the schooner. Also includes records of expenditures, mostly for food, but some references to items like knives. Brown may be William Sheldon Brown but additional research is needed. The book may have been used at an earlier time, as several pages have be ripped out, and Brown's name is found in pencil with the date of 1880 near the beginning [show more] | |
| 1135 | Wringer |
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| 1179 | Wooden Pull Toy |
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| 1715 | Wooden Lobster Buoy |
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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 | |||
| 1716 | Wooden Lobster Buoy |
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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. | ||
| 1719 | Wooden box and six quart bottles from Mt. Desert Island Dairy |
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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] | |||
| 1067 | William W. Gallagher to R.C. Masterman Letter, June 22, 1938 |
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Description: William W. Gallagher, Assistant Attorney General and Counsel for the State of Maine Liquor Commission, informs R.C. Masterman that the application and bond for a summer spirituous and vinous liquor license for The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant in Bar Harbor, ME was not in the proper form. The letterhead includes the Maine state seal. People Mentioned: Harold S. Boardman, Thomas F. Locke, Raymond E. Thurston | |
| 1043 | William D. Hayes Invoice, March 31, 1937 |
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Description: Invoice from William D. Hayes, CPA, for the preparation of one corporation income tax return for The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant in Bar Harbor, ME. A handwritten note on the invoice indicates that the bill was paid on April 1, 1937. | |
| 1153 | Wheel, Wooden Bicycle |
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| 1138 | Wedge, Splitting |
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| 1698 | View looking toward the Wedge and the Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor |
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Description: Photograph taken from the area of the Samuel Gilpatrick Homestead looking toward the Rock End Hotel, near Gilpatrick Cove Northeast Harbor. In the foreground is Herman Savage's cottage, "The Wedge," designed by his architect brother, Fred L. Savage, in 1885. Two children stand on the side of the road, and an unidentified structure is visible beyond the hotel. In the distance, the northern shores of Great Cranberry Island can be seen. The Rock End Hotel was originally called the Revere House and was opened by Herman L. Savage in the summer of 1884. The Wedge was built by A. Torrey, a contractor from Southwest Harbor, in the winter of 1885-1886. The Rock End Hotel burned in March, 1942. The Wedge was purchased by the Roberts family and remodeled in 1944-45, following plans by Philadelphia architect Edmund Gilchrist. It remains a private residence today. [show more] | ||
| 1718 | Three Postcards of Bear Island Lighthouse |
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Description: Three real photo postcards of Bear Island Lighthouse affixed to a repurposed envelope. On all of the postcards the lighthouse is identified using blue ink. One postcard bears the additional inscription: "Our view from the point." The backside of this paper was at one time the exterior of envelope sent on June 4, 1945. Information about the sender and recipient can still be read. The return address has been cut, but the envelope was sent to Mrs. Edwin Corning, Northeast Harbor, Maine. Mrs. Corning spent her summers on a point at the mouth of Northeast Harbor [show more] | ||
| 1050 | Thomas Mourkas and Angela C. Kaufman Liability Release Agreement, July 26, 1935 |
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Description: Statement made by Thomas Mourkas releasing Angela C. Kaufman from any liability in connection with owning or leasing The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant. People Mentioned: Angela C. Kaufman | |
| 1018 | The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Court Summons Legal Notice, September 17, 1938 |
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Description: Writ summoning The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Corporation to appear before the State of Maine Justice Superior Court in Ellsworth on the second Tuesday of April 1939. The case involves money the corporation promised to the plaintiff, Angela C. Kaufman. People Mentioned: Angela C. Kaufman, George H. Worster, Norman Shaw | |
| 1216 | The Graces of Northeast Harbor. Steamship Company Owners. |
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| 1010 | The Clark Coal Company Invoice, May 31, 1937 |
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Description: Invoice from The Clark Coal Company for one ton of stove coal ordered by The Sunset Hotel in Bar Harbor, ME. A stamp on the invoice indicates that the bill was paid on June 8, 1937. People Mentioned: A. B. Leland, H. D. Rodick, Angela C. Kaufman | ||
| 1045 | Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Transfer of Goods to Mark Perlinsky Legal Notice, November 22, 1938 |
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Description: Legal notice of the transfer of goods and chattels from The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant to Mark Perlinsky. Includes the terms of the sale and a list of items per room. People Mentioned: Mark Perlinsky, Angela C. Kaufman | |
| 1055 | Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Surety Bond Application Form, May 31, 1938 |
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Description: Application to the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York for a surety bond for the Sunset Hotel and Restaurant in Bar Harbor, ME. A financial statement from the Sunset Hotel and Restaurant from December 31, 1937 is included with their application. People Mentioned: Mark Perlinsky, Angela C. Kaufman, Peter Manty, R. C. Masterman, Wyman P. Wadleigh, Charles Chapman, Harold Carter | ||
| 1056 | Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Summer License Legal Notice, 1938 (2) |
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Description: Bond for The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Corporation of Bar Harbor, ME to accompany their application for a summer hotel license for the period ending October 31, 1938. | |
| 1030 | Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Summer License Legal Notice, 1938 (1) |
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Description: Bond for The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Corporation of Bar Harbor, ME to accompany their application for a summer hotel license for the period ending October 31, 1938. | |
| 1053 | Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Summer Hotel Spirituous and Vinous Liquors License Application Form, June 1938 |
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Description: Application form from the Maine State Liquor Commission for a summer hotel or club license to sell spirituous and vinous liquors. The form is filled out for the Sunset Hotel and Restaurant and dated June 1938. People Mentioned: Mark Perlinsky, Angela C. Kaufman, Peter Manty, R. C. Masterman | |
| 1021 | Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Location Change Legal Notice, September 9, 1935 |
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Description: Legal notice of a location change for The Sunset Hotel and Restaurant Corporation from Bangor to Bar Harbor, ME. Notice is also made of Asimina Mourkas resigning as clerk of the corporation and the election of David O. Rodick in her stead. A note attached to the document and signed by the Deputy Secretary of State on May 29, 1936 certifies that the document is a true copy of a record from the Maine Department of State. People Mentioned: Asimina Mourkas, Lewis O. Barrows, David O. Rodick [show more] |
