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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
8761View from Bear Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Island
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1921
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
View from Bear Island
Item:
  • 8761   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Bear Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
10105Velma Arlene (Murphy) Pomroy and Three Children
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • People
  • 1928
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
Left to Right: Hilda Arlene Pomroy – Later Mrs. Merchant Howard (1925-) Leola Mae Pomroy – Later Mrs. Walter Eugene Higgins (c.1926-) Velma Arlene (Murphy) Pomroy – Mrs. Milton Lee Pomroy (1901-1984) holding baby, Gaynell Francks Pomroy (1927-1997)
Velma Arlene (Murphy) Pomroy and Three Children
Item:
  • 10105   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Tremont, Seal Cove
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of Leola Mae Pomroy Higgins
Description:
Left to Right: Hilda Arlene Pomroy – Later Mrs. Merchant Howard (1925-) Leola Mae Pomroy – Later Mrs. Walter Eugene Higgins (c.1926-) Velma Arlene (Murphy) Pomroy – Mrs. Milton Lee Pomroy (1901-1984) holding baby, Gaynell Francks Pomroy (1927-1997)
16697Vanda, the Most Luxurious Yacht Ever Built In New England
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
  • The Bath Independent
  • 1928
Three articles in the Thursday, October 4, 1928 edition of The Bath Independent (price three cents) about the luxury yacht Vanda. The main article is about the boat's launching, the second is about its brass fittings, and the third is about its comfort. The third article continues on page three which was not available from the source. Also attached to this item is what appears to be an advertisement from Bath Iron Works which includes a photo of Vanda in the upper right.
Vanda, the Most Luxurious Yacht Ever Built In New England
Item:
  • 16697   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
Subject:
  • Vessels, Boat, Sailboat
Publisher:
  • The Bath Independent
Date:
  • 1928
Source:
  • newspaperarchive.com
Description:
Three articles in the Thursday, October 4, 1928 edition of The Bath Independent (price three cents) about the luxury yacht Vanda. The main article is about the boat's launching, the second is about its brass fittings, and the third is about its comfort. The third article continues on page three which was not available from the source. Also attached to this item is what appears to be an advertisement from Bath Iron Works which includes a photo of Vanda in the upper right. [show more]
5860U.S. Naval Station at Otter Point
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
  • 1920 c.
  • Acadia National Park
  • Otter Point
U.S. Naval Station at Otter Point
Item:
  • 5860   
Accession #:
  • 1041
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places
  • Structures, Other Structures, Radio Station
Date:
  • 1920 c.
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Otter Point
Tags:
radio station, aerial view
12562United States Stamp - Pilgrim Tercentenary Stamp - Landing of the Pilgrims - 1620-1920 - Issued December 21, 1920
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Events
  • Vessels, Boat
  • Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938)
  • Schofield - Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938)
  • Smillie - George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924)
  • Weeks - Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1920
  • Plymouth MA
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)
United States Stamp - Pilgrim Tercentenary Stamp - Landing of the Pilgrims - 1620-1920 - Issued December 21, 1920
Item:
  • 12562   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • Events
  • Vessels, Boat
Creator:
  • Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938)
  • Schofield - Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938)
  • Smillie - George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924)
  • Weeks - Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959)
Publisher:
  • United States Postal Service
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Plymouth MA
State:
  • MA
Source:
  • Southwest Harbor Public Library Collection of Photographs
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]
11758United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
  • 1921
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 30 Clark Point Road
United States Post Office, Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine
Item:
  • 11758   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Public, Post Office
Date:
  • 1921
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 30 Clark Point Road
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
8685Two Masted Schooner Yacht
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1920 c.
Two Masted Schooner Yacht
Item:
  • 8685   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1920 c.
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
8757Two Masted Schooner Yacht
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1920
Two Masted Schooner Yacht
Item:
  • 8757   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1920
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
8758Two Masted Schooner Yacht
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1920
Two Masted Schooner Yacht
Item:
  • 8758   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1920
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
12106Torpedo Destroyer
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Mills - Olaus L. Mills (1856-1939)
  • 1921-07-04
  • Southwest Harbor
Torpedo Destroyer
Item:
  • 12106   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Mills - Olaus L. Mills (1856-1939)
Date:
  • 1921-07-04
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • DALEN
7268Ticket for the Way Bak Ball from Rebecca Carroll Clark's Scrapbook
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Gala
  • 1928-02-22
  • Southwest Harbor
Rebecca, an attractive and lively teenager, was 15 years old at the time of this dance. Judging from her scrapbook she seems to have enjoyed all the social events of her time and wrote on this ticket, "Wonderful Time."
Ticket for the Way Bak Ball from Rebecca Carroll Clark's Scrapbook
Item:
  • 7268   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1928-02-22
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Clark Family
Description:
Rebecca, an attractive and lively teenager, was 15 years old at the time of this dance. Judging from her scrapbook she seems to have enjoyed all the social events of her time and wrote on this ticket, "Wonderful Time."
8711Thunder Hole
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1928
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
Thunder Hole
Item:
  • 8711   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1928
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
3035The Whitmore Family and Pineapple Upside Down Cake
  • Reference
  • Other, Culinary
  • 1924 c.
The Whitmore and Dole families are both connected to Southwest Harbor, Maine. This is the story of what happened when archivists tried to connect them to Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
The Whitmore Family and Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Item:
  • 3035   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Other, Culinary
Date:
  • 1924 c.
State:
  • HI
Description:
The Whitmore and Dole families are both connected to Southwest Harbor, Maine. This is the story of what happened when archivists tried to connect them to Pineapple Upside Down Cake.
6270The Thomas Wesley Day / Rev. Charles Moulson Brown / Charles E. Cook / Horace Mann II House
  • Image, Photograph
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1923
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 217 Main Street
The Thomas Wesley Day / Rev. Charles Moulson Brown / Charles E. Cook / Horace Mann II House
Item:
  • 6270   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 217 Main Street
6229The Stanley House
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1925
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 149 Shore Road
The Stanley House
Item:
  • 6229   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1925
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 149 Shore Road
Tags:
hotel, building
11864The Seth Hamilton Rice House and The Fred Alberton Birlem Houses, Cranberry Road, Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1927
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
The Seth Hamilton Rice House and The Fred Alberton Birlem Houses, Cranberry Road, Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 11864   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1927
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
7656The Remains of the First Masonic Hall - After the 1922 Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The Remains of the First Masonic Hall - After the 1922 Fire
Item:
  • 7656   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
9261The Remains of the First Masonic Hall - After the 1922 Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
The Remains of the First Masonic Hall - After the 1922 Fire
Item:
  • 9261   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
8764The Pool, Great Cranberry Island
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Island
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1920
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
The Pool, Great Cranberry Island
Item:
  • 8764   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Places, Island
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
Tags:
pier, boat, shore
12268The Park Theater - Theater Lights
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1922 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Park Theater - Theater Lights
Item:
  • 12268   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1922 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
theater
12269The Park Theater - Theater Lights
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • 1922 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The Park Theater - Theater Lights
Item:
  • 12269   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Date:
  • 1922 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
theater
8745The Ovens
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1920
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
The Ovens
Item:
  • 8745   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
8746The Ovens
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
  • Places, Shore
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
  • 1920
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
The Ovens
Item:
  • 8746   
Accession #:
  • 1012
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
Creator:
  • Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)
Date:
  • 1920
Place:
  • Acadia National Park, Lafayette National Park
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Emma Johns Buckman Collection
11228The Methodist Church and Parsonage, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
  • 1924 PM
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 19 - 20 Wesley Avenue
The Methodist Church and Parsonage, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11228   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Ceremonial, Church
Date:
  • 1924 PM
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 19 - 20 Wesley Avenue
Source:
  • Collection of the Mills Family
Tags:
parsonage, building, church
11185The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1924
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 345 Main Street
The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street,
The Mayo Picture Theater / The Park Theater - Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11185   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1924
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 345 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum
Tags:
building, theater, automobile
Description:
The advertisement for the film “Abraham Lincoln – A First National Picture” on the side of the theater building dates this photograph. This version of the Abraham Lincoln story, a short, was filmed in 1924, produced by Lee DeForest, directed by J. Searle Dawley and featured actor, Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln. The car on the left is a c. 1922 4-Door Sedan. The car in the middle is a c. 1920 4-Door Sedan. The car on the right is a c. 1920 4-Door Touring Car. The stairs, just visible, at the left of the theater building are the front steps of St. Johns Episcopal Church at 319 Main Street. The barn, just visible at the far left of the photograph, is the Francis Gilley / Dr. F.M. Gilley barn at 311 Main Street. The peak of the Southwest Harbor High School (later the Harbor House building) is just visible behind the left utililty pole. The school building is at 339 Main Street, [show more]