1 - 25 of 36 results
You searched for: Type: Object✖
Refine Your Search
Subject
- Businesses (10)
- Events (1)
- Object (1)
- Organizations (1)
- People (10)
- Places (4)
- Structures (3)
- Vessels (7)
- none (2)
Type
- Object✖
- Art (3)
- Containers (2)
- Furnishings (1)
- Game (1)
- Identification Card (2)
- Merchandising (2)
- Money (1)
- Printing (1)
- Sign (7)
- Stamp (11)
- Table Linen (1)
- Ticket (1)
- Writing (3)
Place
- Acadia National Park (1)
- Bar Harbor (1)
- Boston MA (2)
- Cambridge (1)
- Gloucester MA (1)
- London (1)
- Manset (1)
- Plymouth MA (1)
- Quebec (1)
- Seawall (1)
- Serampore (1)
- Southwest Harbor (13)
- St Croix Island ME (1)
- none (10)
Date
- 1820s (1)
- 1850s (1)
- 1890s (2)
- 1900s (1)
- 1910s (1)
- 1920s (1)
- 1930s (2)
- 1940s (2)
- 1950s (1)
- 1980s (2)
- 1990s (2)
- 2000s (6)
- 2010s (6)
- none (8)
Tags
| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Publisher | Date | Place | Address | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12386 | Canada Stamp - Don de Dieu - Issued May 16, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Engraved postage stamp | ||
| 12393 | Canada Stamp - Pierre Dugua de Mons - 1604 - Issued June 26, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne | 
Description: Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne | |
| 12392 | Canada Stamp - Samuel de Champlain Surveys the East Coast - 1606 - Issued May 28, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| Lithographed and engraved postage stamp | 
Description: Lithographed and engraved postage stamp | ||
| 12493 | India Stamp - William Carey (1761-1834)- Issued January 9, 1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Photogravure. | ||
| 12563 | United States Stamp - USS Constitution - The War of 1812 - Issued August 18, 2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Title: USS Constitution - The War of 1812 Scott Cat. Number: 4703 Subject: War of 1812 Artist: Includes c. 1803 painting by Michele Felice Cornè Designer: Greg Breeding Art Director: Greg Breeding Typographer: Greg Breeding Media: Photogravure - Avery Dennison Color: Multicolor - Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 7506 (Tan) Size: 1.560" x 1.225" Country: United States Postage Value: 45 Cents Issue Series: Bicentennial of the War of 1812 - 1st in series Issue Origin: To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Issue Date: August 18, 2012 Issue Location: Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 25,000,000 | 
Description: Title: USS Constitution - The War of 1812 Scott Cat. Number: 4703 Subject: War of 1812 Artist: Includes c. 1803 painting by Michele Felice Cornè Designer: Greg Breeding Art Director: Greg Breeding Typographer: Greg Breeding Media: Photogravure - Avery Dennison Color: Multicolor - Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 7506 (Tan) Size: 1.560" x 1.225" Country: United States Postage Value: 45 Cents Issue Series: Bicentennial of the War of 1812 - 1st in series Issue Origin: To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Issue Date: August 18, 2012 Issue Location: Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 25,000,000 [show more] | |
| 12570 | United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. | 
Description: Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. [show more] | |
| 12571 | United States Stamp - Jack London - Issued January 11, 1988 |
|
|
|
|
| Postage Stamp Title: Jack London Scott Cat. Number: 2182 Subject: London - John Griffith London (1876-1916) Design: Richard Sparks of Norwalk, Connecticut, under the direction of Howard Paine, a design coordinator for the Citizens’ Advisory Committee. Artist – vignette: Sharpe - Jim Sharpe (1936-2005) Typographer: Bradbury Thompson Engraver - vignette: Hipschen – Thomas R. Hipschen (1950-) Engraver – lettering and numerals: Dennis Brown Media: Intaglio Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue Size: 18.03 mm x 20.82 mm Country: United States Postage Value: 25 cents Issue Series: 27th in the Great American Series Issue Origin: Jack London’s 110th birthday Issue Date: January 11, 1988 Issue Location: Glen Ellen, California – location of London’s Wolf House estate, now the Jack London State Historic Park. Issue Size: 59,850,000 Richard Sparks based his design on a photograph of London taken in 1914 by the author’s wife, Charmian. Kittredge – Charmian (Kittredge) London (1871-1955) See: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885). | 
Description: Postage Stamp Title: Jack London Scott Cat. Number: 2182 Subject: London - John Griffith London (1876-1916) Design: Richard Sparks of Norwalk, Connecticut, under the direction of Howard Paine, a design coordinator for the Citizens’ Advisory Committee. Artist – vignette: Sharpe - Jim Sharpe (1936-2005) Typographer: Bradbury Thompson Engraver - vignette: Hipschen – Thomas R. Hipschen (1950-) Engraver – lettering and numerals: Dennis Brown Media: Intaglio Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue Size: 18.03 mm x 20.82 mm Country: United States Postage Value: 25 cents Issue Series: 27th in the Great American Series Issue Origin: Jack London’s 110th birthday Issue Date: January 11, 1988 Issue Location: Glen Ellen, California – location of London’s Wolf House estate, now the Jack London State Historic Park. Issue Size: 59,850,000 Richard Sparks based his design on a photograph of London taken in 1914 by the author’s wife, Charmian. Kittredge – Charmian (Kittredge) London (1871-1955) See: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885). [show more] | ||
| 12564 | United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000 | 
Description: Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000 | |
| 12453 | United States Stamp - Great Head at Acadia National Park - Issued October 2, 1934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Engraved postage stamp | 
Description: Engraved postage stamp |
| 12562 | United States Stamp - Pilgrim Tercentenary Stamp - Landing of the Pilgrims - 1620-1920 - Issued December 21, 1920 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Engraved postage stamp Vessel: Pilgrim Shallop - Shallop Title: Pilgrim Tercentenary 1620-1920 – Landing of the Pilgrims Scott Cat. Number: 549 Subject: Pilgrim Landing 1620 Media: Flat plate engraving Designer: Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Design Inspiration - art: White – Edwin White (1817-1877) Design Inspiration – engraving: Burt – Charles Kennedy Burt (1823-1892) Vignette Engraver: Smillie – George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Letter Engraver: Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959) Frame Engraver: Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Carmine Rose Size: 1” x 1.25” Country: United States Postage Value: 2 cents Issue Series: 2nd in the Pilgrim Tercentennial Series. Issue Origin: The Pilgrim Tercentennial was a national celebration from December 1920 to the summer of 1921. Issue Date: December 21, 1920 Issue Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Issue Size: 196,037,327 See Also: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885) | 
Description: Engraved postage stamp Vessel: Pilgrim Shallop - Shallop Title: Pilgrim Tercentenary 1620-1920 – Landing of the Pilgrims Scott Cat. Number: 549 Subject: Pilgrim Landing 1620 Media: Flat plate engraving Designer: Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Design Inspiration - art: White – Edwin White (1817-1877) Design Inspiration – engraving: Burt – Charles Kennedy Burt (1823-1892) Vignette Engraver: Smillie – George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Letter Engraver: Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959) Frame Engraver: Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Carmine Rose Size: 1” x 1.25” Country: United States Postage Value: 2 cents Issue Series: 2nd in the Pilgrim Tercentennial Series. Issue Origin: The Pilgrim Tercentennial was a national celebration from December 1920 to the summer of 1921. Issue Date: December 21, 1920 Issue Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Issue Size: 196,037,327 See Also: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885) [show more] | |
| 10864 | Samuel Atkins Eliot I |
|
|
|
| Miers painted silhouette, probably by John Field | ||||
| 10720 | Francis Emeritz Hamabe Poster, 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. | 
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. | ||
| 12088 | Allen J. Lawler's Clam Factory - White Star Clams Label |
|
| |||||||
| 11826 | Fragment of a Wooden Box from the Clark & Parker Store |
|
|
|
| The box fragment was found at the Nathan Clark House. Photograph by Walsh - Elizabeth Cantrell (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza. | 
Description: The box fragment was found at the Nathan Clark House. Photograph by Walsh - Elizabeth Cantrell (Walsh) Colquhoun aka Leza. | |||
| 6741 | Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. Receipt Envelope |
|
|
|
| Roderick Ariel Pepper (R.A. Pepper on this envelope) was a Director & Treasurer of The Eastern Steamship Company, India Wharf, Boston, in 1915. | 
Description: Roderick Ariel Pepper (R.A. Pepper on this envelope) was a Director & Treasurer of The Eastern Steamship Company, India Wharf, Boston, in 1915. | |||
| 7610 | Antoinette (Brown) Harmon, Mrs. John Cummins Harmon's Calling Card |
|
|
| ||||||
| 9444 | Dinner Doily Signed by Officers and Guests at Great Pond CCC Camp |
|
|
|
| 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 | 
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] | |||
| 10051 | First Bookmark Published by the Southwest Harbor Public Library |
|
|
|
| The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor. | 
Description: The bookmark shows the hours of operation. It was designed by Anne Grant-Morris an artist who lived in Southwest Harbor. | |||
| 12553 | Wet Paint - Lawler Paint Company Sign |
|
| |||||||
| 6615 | Gilley Plumbing Company Sign |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
| 6616 | R.M. Norwood Company Sign |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
| 9486 | Harborside Industries Bass Harbor Head Light Plaque by Howe D. Higgins |
|
|
|
| |||||
| 10939 | W.H. Ballard Anchor Light Studio Sign Display |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
| 7804 | WWI S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket |
|
|
| The troop billet ticket of Private Andrew Harmon Herrick. "Whenever you feel like growling, go out on deck, take ten deep breaths and smile for five minutes. The war is all over!" - U.S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket S.S. America, an Italian liner, was built for Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1908 by Cantieri Nav. Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy. Tonnage: 8,996. Dimensions: 476' x 55'. Twin screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. She was originally owned and operated by La Veloce Line, making her maiden voyage Genoa to New York, May 20, 1909. She transported American troops during World War I, was in South American service, from 1924 and was scrapped in 1928. | 
Description: The troop billet ticket of Private Andrew Harmon Herrick. "Whenever you feel like growling, go out on deck, take ten deep breaths and smile for five minutes. The war is all over!" - U.S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket S.S. America, an Italian liner, was built for Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1908 by Cantieri Nav. Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy. Tonnage: 8,996. Dimensions: 476' x 55'. Twin screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. She was originally owned and operated by La Veloce Line, making her maiden voyage Genoa to New York, May 20, 1909. She transported American troops during World War I, was in South American service, from 1924 and was scrapped in 1928. [show more] | ||||
| 10246 | Luggage Tag from the Stanley House |
|
|
| The tag reads: From Stanley House E. Benson Stanley P.O. Manset, ME. Southwest Harbor, Maine | 
Description: The tag reads: From Stanley House E. Benson Stanley P.O. Manset, ME. Southwest Harbor, Maine |
