This was the meal receipt used at the Jordan Pond House in 1979, At that time, there were separate hours for lunch, tea, and dinner - the restaurant was closed between services. Your waiter or waitress (then referred to by the staff as waitra) would come to your table with their hands behinds their back and commit your order to memory. They only used this receipt for the bill you received after your meal. This receipt came from George Soules who worked at the "Pond House" in 1977 and 1978, the last two years before it burned in 1979. That was the end of an era never to be experienced again.
Description: This was the meal receipt used at the Jordan Pond House in 1979, At that time, there were separate hours for lunch, tea, and dinner - the restaurant was closed between services. Your waiter or waitress (then referred to by the staff as waitra) would come to your table with their hands behinds their back and commit your order to memory. They only used this receipt for the bill you received after your meal. This receipt came from George Soules who worked at the "Pond House" in 1977 and 1978, the last two years before it burned in 1979. That was the end of an era never to be experienced again. [show more]
The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The large yacht in the harbor was Ernest Blaney Dane's auxiliary schooner, "Cone" The massive stone cottage that can be seen in the distance above the fore mast of "Cone" is "Wild Cliff," built by Rev. Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911). Other visible buildings: Gray Rock, Joseph Allen Cottage Eyrie, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cottage St. Jude's Episcopal Church Seal Harbor Congregational Church
Description: The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The large yacht in the harbor was Ernest Blaney Dane's auxiliary schooner, "Cone" The massive stone cottage that can be seen in the distance above the fore mast of "Cone" is "Wild Cliff," built by Rev. Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911). Other visible buildings: Gray Rock, Joseph Allen Cottage Eyrie, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Cottage St. Jude's Episcopal Church Seal Harbor Congregational Church [show more]
The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The steamship "Norumbega" is shown leaving steamboat wharf and heading out of the harbor. The steamship "Sappho" is just outside the harbor.
Description: The photograph was taken from Graycliff, the Eugene Stuart Bristol Cottage The steamship "Norumbega" is shown leaving steamboat wharf and heading out of the harbor. The steamship "Sappho" is just outside the harbor.
The large cottage in the background is "Wild Cliff" at Seal Harbor designed and built for Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911) by Charles A. Candage (1851-1912), a local builder, in 1901-1902. Bishop MacKay-Smith was head of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. He donated the “Morning Star” to the Maine Seacoast Mission as their second mission boat.
Description: The large cottage in the background is "Wild Cliff" at Seal Harbor designed and built for Alexander MacKay-Smith (1850-1911) by Charles A. Candage (1851-1912), a local builder, in 1901-1902. Bishop MacKay-Smith was head of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. He donated the “Morning Star” to the Maine Seacoast Mission as their second mission boat.