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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
12438Linus the Long-Haired Wonder Horse Advertising Card
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • I.L. Hammond and Co., Lewiston, Maine
  • 1892 c.
  • Lewiston ME
3003Prince
  • Reference
  • Nature, Animals
“Prince” was a horse that originally belonged to Nell (Carrroll) Thornton in Houlton, Maine. Prince apparently died while staying with the Carroll Family in Southwest Harbor. Archivists were surprised at the number of Carroll family photographs of or featuring the horse, each lovingly labeled with his name. This letter attests to the family’s attachment to Prince.
Description:
“Prince” was a horse that originally belonged to Nell (Carrroll) Thornton in Houlton, Maine. Prince apparently died while staying with the Carroll Family in Southwest Harbor. Archivists were surprised at the number of Carroll family photographs of or featuring the horse, each lovingly labeled with his name. This letter attests to the family’s attachment to Prince.
14135Audubon Boy
  • Reference
  • Nature, Animals
13121The Washington Elm
  • Reference
  • Nature, Plants
  • Places, City
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
15797Pug the Rand family dog
  • Reference
  • Nature, Animals
15798Muffin the Rand family cat
  • Reference
  • Nature, Animals
15861Stuffed Snow Owl
  • Reference
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
This taxidermy snow owl was created by Wendell Holmes Gilley and is kept at the Wendell Gilley Museum.
Description:
This taxidermy snow owl was created by Wendell Holmes Gilley and is kept at the Wendell Gilley Museum.
12670Edward Sprague Rand III's Horticultural Background
  • Document, Other Documents
  • Nature, Plants
  • People
Additional research material concerning the plants and gardens of Rand - Edward Sprague Rand III (1834-1897) aka Edward Sprague Rand Jr.
Description:
Additional research material concerning the plants and gardens of Rand - Edward Sprague Rand III (1834-1897) aka Edward Sprague Rand Jr.
6550Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.
Description:
Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.
6632Frank Leslie Hodgdon's Horses Drinking from the Frog Pond Below the Old Center Meeting House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Structures, Other Structures, Civic Structures
  • 1910 c.
  • Tremont, Center
7331Capt. William Bill Horace Herrick Leading John Whitmore's Fast Speed Horse To Be Shot
  • Image, Photograph
  • Businesses, Store Business
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • 1898 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
7344William Wiggy Edgar Herrick and Children with Horse and Buggy on Maple Lane
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • 1938 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The brick building in the background is Pemetic High School on Main Street. The shed or barn at the left of the photograph, no longer standing, belonged to the Wilbur C. Wallace House on Clark Point Road at the corner of Maple Lane. William Edgar Herrick is driving the buggy. The children from Left to Right are: Richard Wilbur Herrick, William's grandson Gail Edith Perkins, later Mrs. David King Yvonne Marie Gallant, later Mrs. Norman N. Lambert
Description:
The brick building in the background is Pemetic High School on Main Street. The shed or barn at the left of the photograph, no longer standing, belonged to the Wilbur C. Wallace House on Clark Point Road at the corner of Maple Lane. William Edgar Herrick is driving the buggy. The children from Left to Right are: Richard Wilbur Herrick, William's grandson Gail Edith Perkins, later Mrs. David King Yvonne Marie Gallant, later Mrs. Norman N. Lambert [show more]
8917Lucy Ella Lawler Whitmore and Family Dog, "Pat"
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • People
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Bass Harbor Road
8953William Holden Whitmore Barn with Ox and Hayrick
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Structures, Agricultural, Barn
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Bass Harbor Road
5817Seagulls on the Wharf
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-06
  • Southwest Harbor
7598The Wary Gull
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1944-09-02
  • Southwest Harbor
7835A Gull From Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-03-26
7848Gulls Feeding
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-08
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
7901Mary "May" Melissa (Norwood) Davis Carter Feeding a Young Bald Eagle
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • People
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1949-10-28
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
9465Seagulls on the Wharf at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • Southwest Harbor
12153Iced Birches at Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Plants
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1935-03
  • Southwest Harbor
12163The Snow Owl - Stuffed Owl in Collection of Wendell Holmes Gilley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Object, Other Object
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1938-03
  • Southwest Harbor
"An attraction in the window of the Gilley Plumbing Co. is a tree branch on which are perched three beautifully mounted owls, the work of Wendell Gilley, who has made a study of taxidermy and has done excellent work in that line. The owls are very lifelike in their positions and the display is very interesting." – Bar Harbor Times, February, 1931.
Description:
"An attraction in the window of the Gilley Plumbing Co. is a tree branch on which are perched three beautifully mounted owls, the work of Wendell Gilley, who has made a study of taxidermy and has done excellent work in that line. The owls are very lifelike in their positions and the display is very interesting." – Bar Harbor Times, February, 1931.
12186A Gull From Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1946-03-26
  • Southwest Harbor
5034Apple Blossoms in Gloucester
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Nature, Plants
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-05-30
  • Gloucester MA
9349Dr. George Arthur Neal's Horse, Buggy and Dog at Home
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1905 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 314 Main Street