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]
A collection of photographs taken at the 1984 Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party. Individuals in these photographs have not yet been identified, please contact archivists at the SWHPL if you have information regarding people in these photographs.
The Claremont Hotel Collection courtesy of the McCue Family
Description: A collection of photographs taken at the 1984 Claremont Hotel 100th Anniversary Party. Individuals in these photographs have not yet been identified, please contact archivists at the SWHPL if you have information regarding people in these photographs.
"Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13.
Description: "Landing The Prize… Scott Worcester of Southwest Harbor receives congratulations from Sallie Hinckley of the Southwest Harbor [Public] Library after winning an acre of land in the recent fund-raising effort of the library and the Harbor House. The 20-year old business administration student at University of Maine at Orono says he plans to hang onto the land, which was donated by Conley Worcester of Southwest Harbor. Margo Stanley, at left, holds the copy of Thornton’s History of Somesville and Southwest Harbor that was won by the Southwest Harbor branch of the First National Bank of Bar Harbor. The second prize, a free, round-trip on Bar Harbor Airlines was won by Vaughn Marshall of Machias. The raffle raised $9,400 to be divided between the Harbor House and the library." – The Bar Harbor Times, Thursday, September 8, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 13. [show more]
Ralph Warren Stanley and Richard Stanley load rock ballast into the Endeavor, a Friendship sloop Ralph built between 1979-1980. The beach rocks that were originally loaded into the open cockpit have since been replaced with lead.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley and Richard Stanley load rock ballast into the Endeavor, a Friendship sloop Ralph built between 1979-1980. The beach rocks that were originally loaded into the open cockpit have since been replaced with lead.
The occasion of the flag raising is described in Anne's account "Making Woods a Garden" (SWHPL 353) and in Tom Coleman's handwritten book "The House that Anne Built" (SWHPL 9979).
Description: The occasion of the flag raising is described in Anne's account "Making Woods a Garden" (SWHPL 353) and in Tom Coleman's handwritten book "The House that Anne Built" (SWHPL 9979).
Back Row - Left to Right: Adelaide (Newcomb) Cairns (1921-2005) - Home Economics Teacher - Mrs. Gordon Freeland Cairns Marian (Waterman) Meyer, Mrs. John Austin Meyer (1921-) - Teacher Vivian A. (Newman) Gonzales (1927-) - Mrs. Paul A. Gonzales Thelma (Lawson) Harper (1928-1995) - Mrs. James W. Harper Sr. Eva Mae (Staples) Wheaton (1928-) - Mrs. Burton E. Wheaton Gladys E. (Dornfeld) Sawyer (1927-) - Mrs. Lawrence B. Sawyer Juanita Foss (Hodgdon) Stanley (1927-) - Mrs. Perley Lyman Stanley Rosemarie (Kelley) Matthews (1928-before 2007) - Mrs. Cliff Matthews Elaine B. (Pettigrove) Lawson (1929-) - Mrs. Edwin W. Lawson Jr. Arlene (Dolliver) Spurling (1928-) - Mrs. Stephen Stanley Spurling Gaynell F. (Pomroy) Sumner (1927-1997) - Mrs. Earl J. Sumner Front Row - Left to Right: Philip A. Moore (1927-2003) Stanwood Neal Hamblen (1926-1987) Raymond Eugene Robbins Jr. (1928-) Winfield Perry Murphy (1927-2009) Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. (1926-2008) David B. Benson (1928-)
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Adelaide (Newcomb) Cairns (1921-2005) - Home Economics Teacher - Mrs. Gordon Freeland Cairns Marian (Waterman) Meyer, Mrs. John Austin Meyer (1921-) - Teacher Vivian A. (Newman) Gonzales (1927-) - Mrs. Paul A. Gonzales Thelma (Lawson) Harper (1928-1995) - Mrs. James W. Harper Sr. Eva Mae (Staples) Wheaton (1928-) - Mrs. Burton E. Wheaton Gladys E. (Dornfeld) Sawyer (1927-) - Mrs. Lawrence B. Sawyer Juanita Foss (Hodgdon) Stanley (1927-) - Mrs. Perley Lyman Stanley Rosemarie (Kelley) Matthews (1928-before 2007) - Mrs. Cliff Matthews Elaine B. (Pettigrove) Lawson (1929-) - Mrs. Edwin W. Lawson Jr. Arlene (Dolliver) Spurling (1928-) - Mrs. Stephen Stanley Spurling Gaynell F. (Pomroy) Sumner (1927-1997) - Mrs. Earl J. Sumner Front Row - Left to Right: Philip A. Moore (1927-2003) Stanwood Neal Hamblen (1926-1987) Raymond Eugene Robbins Jr. (1928-) Winfield Perry Murphy (1927-2009) Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. (1926-2008) David B. Benson (1928-) [show more]
Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Mary Ann (Carroll) Minctons Mae (Sabonis) Carroll, Mrs. Charles Bradley Carroll James Richard Carroll (1939-) John Harriman Carroll (1937-) Rachel (Carroll) Phalen Richard Thornton Carroll Seated - Left to Right: Ruth C. (Kittredge) Dolliver, Mrs. Morris A. Dolliver (1907-2004) Mary (Harriman) Carroll, Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll Rebecca Carroll (Clark) Foote, Mrs. Arthur C. Foote (1912-1993) Arthur C. Foote (1911-1999) Melissa (Farnham) Carroll, Mrs. Philip Tracy Carroll
Description: Back Row - Standing Left to Right: Mary Ann (Carroll) Minctons Mae (Sabonis) Carroll, Mrs. Charles Bradley Carroll James Richard Carroll (1939-) John Harriman Carroll (1937-) Rachel (Carroll) Phalen Richard Thornton Carroll Seated - Left to Right: Ruth C. (Kittredge) Dolliver, Mrs. Morris A. Dolliver (1907-2004) Mary (Harriman) Carroll, Mrs. Richard Thornton Carroll Rebecca Carroll (Clark) Foote, Mrs. Arthur C. Foote (1912-1993) Arthur C. Foote (1911-1999) Melissa (Farnham) Carroll, Mrs. Philip Tracy Carroll [show more]
Wemmert - Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam (1911-2001) aka Nan
1985-08-06
Frenchboro, Placentia Island
Letter written by Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, sent to Arthur Kellam's first cousin, Marjorie Ellen "Margie" (Page) Copeland after Art's death in 1985.
Wemmert - Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam (1911-2001) aka Nan
Date:
1985-08-06
Place:
Frenchboro, Placentia Island
State:
ME
Source:
Donation of Karen Copeland Clower
Description: Letter written by Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, sent to Arthur Kellam's first cousin, Marjorie Ellen "Margie" (Page) Copeland after Art's death in 1985.