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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
134461898 $20 Liberty Head Gold Coin
  • Object, Money, Coin
  • 1898
The coin is one of the largest issue coins produced (1850-1933) by the U.S. Mint for general coinage. Measuring 1.34” in diameter, the coins weigh 33.436 grams each, are alloys of 90% gold and 10% copper. Each coin contains .9675 ounce of gold. Lura Belle (Haynes) Dolliver can be seen wearing a coin like this at her neck as jewelry in related item #9538.
1898 $20 Liberty Head Gold Coin
Item:
  • 13446   
Type:
  • Object, Money, Coin
Date:
  • 1898
Tags:
object
Description:
The coin is one of the largest issue coins produced (1850-1933) by the U.S. Mint for general coinage. Measuring 1.34” in diameter, the coins weigh 33.436 grams each, are alloys of 90% gold and 10% copper. Each coin contains .9675 ounce of gold. Lura Belle (Haynes) Dolliver can be seen wearing a coin like this at her neck as jewelry in related item #9538.
12088Allen J. Lawler's Clam Factory - White Star Clams Label
  • Object, Merchandising, Product Label
  • Southwest Harbor
Allen J. Lawler's Clam Factory - White Star Clams Label
Item:
  • 12088   
Type:
  • Object, Merchandising, Product Label
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Rosemary Lawler Theriault Collection
7610Antoinette (Brown) Harmon, Mrs. John Cummins Harmon's Calling Card
  • Object, Identification Card, Calling Card
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
Antoinette (Brown) Harmon, Mrs. John Cummins Harmon's Calling Card
Item:
  • 7610   
Type:
  • Object, Identification Card, Calling Card
Subject:
  • People
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Herrick Family
6741Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. Receipt Envelope
  • Object, Merchandising, Money Container, Money Envelope
  • Vessels, Steamboat
  • 1903 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Roderick Ariel Pepper (R.A. Pepper on this envelope) was a Director & Treasurer of The Eastern Steamship Company, India Wharf, Boston, in 1915.
Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. Receipt Envelope
Item:
  • 6741   
Type:
  • Object, Merchandising, Money Container, Money Envelope
Subject:
  • Vessels, Steamboat
Date:
  • 1903 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Roderick Ariel Pepper (R.A. Pepper on this envelope) was a Director & Treasurer of The Eastern Steamship Company, India Wharf, Boston, in 1915.
12386Canada Stamp - Don de Dieu - Issued May 16, 2008
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Back - Francis Back
  • Canada Post
  • 2008-05-16
  • Canada, Quebec
Engraved postage stamp
Canada Stamp - Don de Dieu - Issued May 16, 2008
Item:
  • 12386   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Back - Francis Back
Publisher:
  • Canada Post
Date:
  • 2008-05-16
Place:
  • Canada, Quebec
State:
  • QC
Tags:
boat, shore, harbor, ship
Description:
Engraved postage stamp
12393Canada Stamp - Pierre Dugua de Mons - 1604 - Issued June 26, 2004
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Duranceau - Suzanne Duranceau
  • Lavergne - André Lavergne
  • Canada Post
  • 2004
  • St Croix Island ME
Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne
Canada Stamp - Pierre Dugua de Mons - 1604 - Issued June 26, 2004
Item:
  • 12393   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Duranceau - Suzanne Duranceau
  • Lavergne - André Lavergne
Publisher:
  • Canada Post
Date:
  • 2004
Place:
  • St Croix Island ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
Description:
Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne
12392Canada Stamp - Samuel de Champlain Surveys the East Coast - 1606 - Issued May 28, 2006
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Back - Francis Back
  • Côté - Martin Côté
  • Canada Post
  • 2006
Lithographed and engraved postage stamp
Canada Stamp - Samuel de Champlain Surveys the East Coast - 1606 - Issued May 28, 2006
Item:
  • 12392   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Back - Francis Back
  • Côté - Martin Côté
Publisher:
  • Canada Post
Date:
  • 2006
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
Tags:
boat, ship
Description:
Lithographed and engraved postage stamp
9444Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp
  • Object, Furnishings, Doily
  • Organizations, Civic
  • 1934-03-14
  • Southwest Harbor
Reginald Ingalls (1906-1974) - Superintendent - Technical Personnel Born in Bar Harbor Technical Personnel Superintendent, Company 154, Bar Harbor Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Millard D. McLaughlin Captain, Commanding Officer at Company 1130, Camden, Maine Morris Young (1890-?) Born in Gouldsboro Married Geneva Unknown father of Manuel and Vincent Young of Tremont or Morris A. Young (1910-1993) Born on November 22, 1910 in Trenton Married Doris Leavitt (1906-1995) on November 28, 1934 Died on January 16, 1993 in Ellsworth, Maine Benjamin Conley Worcester (1882-1978) Born in Columbia Falls on July 19, 1882 Married Sophie E. Ramsdell (1887-1996) Died in Southwest Harbor June 10, 1978 Owned the land where the SWH CCC camp was built Technical Personnel, Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Charles Edward Shea Sr. (1907-1962) Son of J.M. Shea – mason contractor in Bar Harbor Married Abbie Louise Peach (1886-) Technical Personnel, Assistant Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor H. Arthur Gray Herbert Arthur Gray? Married Beatrice Boynton (1909-?) Possibly from Lisbon, Maine Possibly at Bridgton, Maine Company 1124 Fred Main Possibly son of Amos and Olive J. (Stanley) Main of the Cranberry Isles Amos Main (1850-1923) Olive Stanley Main (1850-1922) or Possibly Fred Main Son of Charles and Annie Main Born circa 1902 Living in Crystal, Arrostook County, Maine in 1920 Horace Hiram Liscomb, Jr. (1895-1939) Born on December 14, 1895 in Bar Harbor, Maine Married Annie T. Heery (1888-1982) Francis Jesse “Jess” Atwood (1906-1958) Born in Otter Creek Married Beatrice H. Grindle (1914-2004) on May 16, 1936, in Seal Harbor Died in Seal Harbor Technical Personnel, Construction Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor William Blaine Campbell (1892-1950) Born August 10, 1892 in Maine Married Pheobe Adelaide Marshall (1892-1986) Died on June 4, 1950 in Bar Harbor, Maine Technical Personnel, Park Ranger, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Abner McPheters ? Probably a woodsman from the Old Town area Fernald Boyley James Byrnes Rutherford B. Hayes (1908-?) [Not to be confused with President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)] Born in Massachusetts 1st Lieutenant, Exchange Officer, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Lt. Paul A. Harris born November 1893 to Bert H. and Florence A. (Morgan) Harris in Indianapolis, Indiana Bert was a railroad official (Trainmaster) for the Pennsylvania Line entered Purdue University in 1914 Regular Army Officer – volunteered in May 1917 Retired as a Colonel wife – Yvonne Simond Harris daughter - Genevieve Marie “Mimi” Harris (1927-2010) Living in South Portland, Maine in 1930 8th Cavalry, Southwest Harbor Commanding Officer September 1, 1933-1934
Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp
Item:
  • 9444   
Type:
  • Object, Furnishings, Doily
Subject:
  • Organizations, Civic
Date:
  • 1934-03-14
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Collection
Description:
Reginald Ingalls (1906-1974) - Superintendent - Technical Personnel Born in Bar Harbor Technical Personnel Superintendent, Company 154, Bar Harbor Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Millard D. McLaughlin Captain, Commanding Officer at Company 1130, Camden, Maine Morris Young (1890-?) Born in Gouldsboro Married Geneva Unknown father of Manuel and Vincent Young of Tremont or Morris A. Young (1910-1993) Born on November 22, 1910 in Trenton Married Doris Leavitt (1906-1995) on November 28, 1934 Died on January 16, 1993 in Ellsworth, Maine Benjamin Conley Worcester (1882-1978) Born in Columbia Falls on July 19, 1882 Married Sophie E. Ramsdell (1887-1996) Died in Southwest Harbor June 10, 1978 Owned the land where the SWH CCC camp was built Technical Personnel, Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Charles Edward Shea Sr. (1907-1962) Son of J.M. Shea – mason contractor in Bar Harbor Married Abbie Louise Peach (1886-) Technical Personnel, Assistant Superintendent, Company 158, Southwest Harbor H. Arthur Gray Herbert Arthur Gray? Married Beatrice Boynton (1909-?) Possibly from Lisbon, Maine Possibly at Bridgton, Maine Company 1124 Fred Main Possibly son of Amos and Olive J. (Stanley) Main of the Cranberry Isles Amos Main (1850-1923) Olive Stanley Main (1850-1922) or Possibly Fred Main Son of Charles and Annie Main Born circa 1902 Living in Crystal, Arrostook County, Maine in 1920 Horace Hiram Liscomb, Jr. (1895-1939) Born on December 14, 1895 in Bar Harbor, Maine Married Annie T. Heery (1888-1982) Francis Jesse “Jess” Atwood (1906-1958) Born in Otter Creek Married Beatrice H. Grindle (1914-2004) on May 16, 1936, in Seal Harbor Died in Seal Harbor Technical Personnel, Construction Foreman, Company 158, Southwest Harbor William Blaine Campbell (1892-1950) Born August 10, 1892 in Maine Married Pheobe Adelaide Marshall (1892-1986) Died on June 4, 1950 in Bar Harbor, Maine Technical Personnel, Park Ranger, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Abner McPheters ? Probably a woodsman from the Old Town area Fernald Boyley James Byrnes Rutherford B. Hayes (1908-?) [Not to be confused with President Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822-1893)] Born in Massachusetts 1st Lieutenant, Exchange Officer, Company 158, Southwest Harbor Lt. Paul A. Harris born November 1893 to Bert H. and Florence A. (Morgan) Harris in Indianapolis, Indiana Bert was a railroad official (Trainmaster) for the Pennsylvania Line entered Purdue University in 1914 Regular Army Officer – volunteered in May 1917 Retired as a Colonel wife – Yvonne Simond Harris daughter - Genevieve Marie “Mimi” Harris (1927-2010) Living in South Portland, Maine in 1930 8th Cavalry, Southwest Harbor Commanding Officer September 1, 1933-1934 [show more]
3456Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
  • Object, Containers, Box
  • People
  • 2002-06-04
Eleanor Ruth Mayo died on January 30, 1981. Her executor, Ruth Moore, made a gift of Eleanor’s photographic collection in 1988. The Eleanor R. Mayo Collection of more than 772 images consists of negatives, contact sheets and prints, many of which are photographic copies Eleanor made from various family collections belonging to Mount Desert Island residents, now long dead. Eleanor spent years on historical research that she compiled in the extensive indexes (Mayo Volume I and II) also part of the collection. I was the library archivist when the gift was made and subsequently worked on cataloging the collection from 1988 until 2006. Meredith Rich Hutchins Director of the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1981-1986) Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Archivist
Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
Item:
  • 3456   
Type:
  • Object, Containers, Box
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 2002-06-04
Description:
Eleanor Ruth Mayo died on January 30, 1981. Her executor, Ruth Moore, made a gift of Eleanor’s photographic collection in 1988. The Eleanor R. Mayo Collection of more than 772 images consists of negatives, contact sheets and prints, many of which are photographic copies Eleanor made from various family collections belonging to Mount Desert Island residents, now long dead. Eleanor spent years on historical research that she compiled in the extensive indexes (Mayo Volume I and II) also part of the collection. I was the library archivist when the gift was made and subsequently worked on cataloging the collection from 1988 until 2006. Meredith Rich Hutchins Director of the Southwest Harbor Public Library (1981-1986) Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs Archivist [show more]
10051First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1983 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library
Item:
  • 10051   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Bookmark
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1983 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor.
11826Fragment of a Wooden Box from the Clark & Parker Store
  • Object, Containers, Box
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • 2012-07
  • Southwest Harbor
The box fragment was found at the Nathan Clark House. Photograph by Walsh - Elizabeth Cantrell (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza.
Fragment of a Wooden Box from the Clark & Parker Store
Item:
  • 11826   
Type:
  • Object, Containers, Box
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Date:
  • 2012-07
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
The box fragment was found at the Nathan Clark House. Photograph by Walsh - Elizabeth Cantrell (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza.
10720Francis Emeritz Hamabe Poster, Southwest Harbor
  • Object, Printing, Silkscreen
  • Places, Harbor
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
  • 1955 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Silkscreen on paper, one of a series of Maine Communities by Francis Hamabe. Most of the series could be seen on a first floor corridor wall at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, in 2010.
Francis Emeritz Hamabe Poster, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 10720   
Type:
  • Object, Printing, Silkscreen
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
Creator:
  • Hamabe - Francis Emeritz Hamabe (1917-2002)
Date:
  • 1955 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
boat, harbor
Description:
Silkscreen on paper, one of a series of Maine Communities by Francis Hamabe. Most of the series could be seen on a first floor corridor wall at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, in 2010.
6615Gilley Plumbing Company Sign
  • Object, Sign
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • Riebel - Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
  • 2007
  • Southwest Harbor
Gilley Plumbing Company Sign
Item:
  • 6615   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
Creator:
  • Riebel - Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
Date:
  • 2007
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
3019Gordon and White Garage Playing Cards
  • Object, Game, Card Game, Playing Card
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
Gordon and White Garage Playing Cards
Item:
  • 3019   
Type:
  • Object, Game, Card Game, Playing Card
Subject:
  • Businesses, Automotive Repair Business
9486Harborside Industries Bass Harbor Head Light Plaque by Howe D. Higgins
  • Object, Art, Decorative Plaque
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
  • 2010-04
Harborside Industries Bass Harbor Head Light Plaque by Howe D. Higgins
Item:
  • 9486   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Decorative Plaque
Subject:
  • Structures, Transportation, Lighthouse
Creator:
  • Higgins - Howe Dwain Higgins (1894-1974)
Date:
  • 2010-04
Source:
  • Collection of Meredith Rich Hutchins
    Photographed by Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
12493India Stamp - William Carey (1761-1834)- Issued January 9, 1993
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Samanta - Shanka Samanta
  • Department of Posts, India
  • 1993
  • India, Serampore
Photogravure.
India Stamp - William Carey (1761-1834)- Issued January 9, 1993
Item:
  • 12493   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Samanta - Shanka Samanta
Publisher:
  • Department of Posts, India
Date:
  • 1993
Place:
  • India, Serampore
Description:
Photogravure.
10246Luggage Tag from the Stanley House
  • Object, Writing, Label
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
The tag reads: From Stanley House E. Benson Stanley P.O. Manset, ME. Southwest Harbor, Maine
Luggage Tag from the Stanley House
Item:
  • 10246   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Label
Subject:
  • Businesses, Lodging Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Description:
The tag reads: From Stanley House E. Benson Stanley P.O. Manset, ME. Southwest Harbor, Maine
12014Ralph W. Stanley, Inc.
  • Object, Writing, Label
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
  • Southwest Harbor
Shirt Patch
Ralph W. Stanley, Inc.
Item:
  • 12014   
Type:
  • Object, Writing, Label
Subject:
  • Businesses, Boatbuilding Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Ruth Celestia Stanley Holmes
Description:
Shirt Patch
6616R.M. Norwood Company Sign
  • Object, Sign
  • Businesses, Building Business
  • Riebel - Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
  • 2007
  • Southwest Harbor
R.M. Norwood Company Sign
Item:
  • 6616   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Businesses, Building Business
Creator:
  • Riebel - Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill
Date:
  • 2007
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
10864Samuel Atkins Eliot I
  • Object, Art, Silhouette
  • People
  • 1820 c.
  • England, London
Miers painted silhouette, probably by John Field
Samuel Atkins Eliot I
Item:
  • 10864   
Type:
  • Object, Art, Silhouette
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1820 c.
Place:
  • England, London
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Miers painted silhouette, probably by John Field
13496Seawall Dining Room Placemat
  • Object, Table Linen, Placemat
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
  • 560 Seawall Road
Seawall Dining Room Placemat
Item:
  • 13496   
Type:
  • Object, Table Linen, Placemat
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Seawall
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 560 Seawall Road
10254Sign from A.W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor Store
  • Object, Sign
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Diehl - Douglas S. Diehl
  • 2010-03-23
  • Bar Harbor
  • 116 Main Street
Sign from A.W. Bee, Stationer, Bar Harbor Store
Item:
  • 10254   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Businesses, Store Business
Creator:
  • Diehl - Douglas S. Diehl
Date:
  • 2010-03-23
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 116 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of Raymond Strout
Tags:
sign, store
8186Silhouette Tableau on the Shore at Eastern Point
  • Object, Art, Silhouette
  • People
  • Places, Shore
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1891-10-17
  • Gloucester MA
Silhouette Tableau on the Shore at Eastern Point
Item:
  • 8186   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Object, Art, Silhouette
Subject:
  • People
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1891-10-17
Place:
  • Gloucester MA
State:
  • MA
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
12087The Edward Sumner Macomber Cottage, Eagle's Perch Tea House Sign
  • Object, Sign
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
  • Morrill - Charles Barrett Morrill (1934-2020)
  • 2013
  • Southwest Harbor
The Edward Sumner Macomber Cottage, Eagle's Perch Tea House Sign
Item:
  • 12087   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Businesses, Restaurant Business
Creator:
  • Morrill - Charles Barrett Morrill (1934-2020)
Date:
  • 2013
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Southwest Harbor Historical Society
10167The Island House Sign
  • Object, Sign
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • 1850
  • Southwest Harbor
The sign, reproduced here from photograph fragments, was found in the basement of one of the houses on the original site.
The Island House Sign
Item:
  • 10167   
Type:
  • Object, Sign
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Date:
  • 1850
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
object
Description:
The sign, reproduced here from photograph fragments, was found in the basement of one of the houses on the original site.