Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date	Place	Address	Description
9329	Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel		The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine	1924	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor		Printed in Germany	Rock End Hotel - aka Rock Inn Item: 9329    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Commercial, Lodging, Hotel Publisher: The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine Date: 1924 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Description: Printed in Germany
12562	United 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]
2676	1876 Plan of the Real Estate of Thomas Stanley	Map, Base Map	Places	Dearborn - H.C. Dearborn		1928	Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island		Traced from an old plan belonging to W.D. Stanley (Jimmy) and bearing the following Title – "A plan of the Real Estate of Thomas Stanley late of Cranberry Isles, deceased, made by E.M. Hamor and A.C. Fernald, Showing the division among the widow and heirs as made by Leonard Holmes, A.C. Fernald and Henry H. Clark, Commissioners duly appointed by the Probate Court to make said partition. Scale of distance Ten rods to the inch. E.M. Hamor, Surveyor.’" A true copy attested A.C. Fernald’ This tracing made July 1928 by H.C. Dearborn. Thomas Stanley, who had owned this real estate, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr. (1784-1876). W.D. Stanley (Jimmy), mentioned in the inscription, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr.'s grandson, William Doane Stanley.(1855-1950)	1876 Plan of the Real Estate of Thomas Stanley Item: 2676    Type: Map, Base Map Subject: Places Creator: Dearborn - H.C. Dearborn Date: 1928 Place: Cranberry Isles, Great Cranberry Island State: ME Tags: zoomable Description: Traced from an old plan belonging to W.D. Stanley (Jimmy) and bearing the following Title – "A plan of the Real Estate of Thomas Stanley late of Cranberry Isles, deceased, made by E.M. Hamor and A.C. Fernald, Showing the division among the widow and heirs as made by Leonard Holmes, A.C. Fernald and Henry H. Clark, Commissioners duly appointed by the Probate Court to make said partition. Scale of distance Ten rods to the inch. E.M. Hamor, Surveyor.’" A true copy attested A.C. Fernald’ This tracing made July 1928 by H.C. Dearborn. Thomas Stanley, who had owned this real estate, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr. (1784-1876). W.D. Stanley (Jimmy), mentioned in the inscription, was Thomas Cobb Stanley Jr.'s grandson, William Doane Stanley.(1855-1950) [show more]
8942	Helen Nathalie Turner Smallidge	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People			1921 c.				Helen Nathalie Turner Smallidge Item: 8942    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Date: 1921 c. State: ME Source: Collection of the Smallidge Family
8944	Robert Lindsay Smallidge Sr.	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print	People			1921 c.				Robert Lindsay Smallidge Sr. Item: 8944    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print Subject: People Date: 1921 c. State: ME Source: Collection of the Smallidge Family
9328	Ellsworth High School	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Structures, Institutional, School	Mfg. By T.B., Cambridge, Mass.		1922	Ellsworth ME			Ellsworth High School Item: 9328    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Structures, Institutional, School Creator: Mfg. By T.B., Cambridge, Mass. Date: 1922 Place: Ellsworth ME State: ME
10105	Velma 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)
10125	Abner Pomroy House	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Structures, Dwellings, House			1927	Tremont, Seal Cove			Abner Pomroy House Item: 10125    Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Structures, Dwellings, House Date: 1927 Place: Tremont, Seal Cove State: ME Source: Collection of Leola Mae Pomroy Higgins
2713	Hand Drawn Cottage Map of Seal Harbor	Map, Base Map	Places			1924 c.	Mount Desert, Seal Harbor			Hand Drawn Cottage Map of Seal Harbor Item: 2713    Type: Map, Base Map Subject: Places Date: 1924 c. Place: Mount Desert, Seal Harbor State: ME
3035	The 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.
6851	Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Shore	Bicknell - John Carleton Bicknell (1871-1956)		1920 c.				Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine Item: 6851    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Shore Creator: Bicknell - John Carleton Bicknell (1871-1956) Date: 1920 c. State: ME Source: Gift of Phyllis Closson - 1987
8666	Little Cranberry Island - Islesford Dock	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Boat, Sailboat	Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)		1926 c.	Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford			Little Cranberry Island - Islesford Dock Item: 8666    Accession #: 1012 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf Vessels, Boat, Sailboat Creator: Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968) Date: 1926 c. Place: Cranberry Isles, Little Cranberry Island, Islesford State: ME Source: Emma Johns Buckman Collection
8832	View of Mount Desert Island from Sutton Island	Image, Photograph, Photographic Print	Places, Island	Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968)		1920 c.	Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island			View of Mount Desert Island from Sutton Island Item: 8832    Accession #: 1012 Type: Image, Photograph, Photographic Print Subject: Places, Island Creator: Buckman - Emma Johns Buckman (1881-1968) Date: 1920 c. Place: Cranberry Isles, Sutton Island State: ME Source: Emma Johns Buckman Collection
9393	Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Town		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1928 c.	Southwest Harbor			Looking South on Main Street, Southwest Harbor Item: 9393    Accession #: 1034 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Town Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1928 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Source: Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection
9395	Clark Point Road - View to West to Main Street Bandstand	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo	Places, Town		Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company	1925 c.	Southwest Harbor	Clark Point Road	A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009.	Clark Point Road - View to West to Main Street Bandstand Item: 9395    Accession #: 1034 Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo Subject: Places, Town Publisher: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company Date: 1925 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: Clark Point Road Source: Miles W. Weaver Postcard Collection Description: A. L. [Arthur A.] Gilley's barber shop is on the left - a small building which forms but a fraction of the structure. It is possible that, at the time this photograph was taken, Maurice Marshall was renting the barber shop. The gasoline pumps shown on the right are in what is now the Post Office parking lot. The bandstand can just be seen across Main Street in the back of the photograph. The automobile is definitely c. 1925-1926 - very possibly a 1925 Maxwell 5 Passenger Sedan. To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009. [show more]
10122	The Herman Farley Family at the James Baldwin House, Bernard, Maine	Image, Photograph	People			1924 c.	Tremont, Bernard		Back Row – Left to Right: Unknown girl Vesta M. (Kelley) Robinson (1889-1949) – Mrs. William G. Robinson Unknown person Robert B. Farley (1907-1981) Bernice “Bessie” V. (Farley) Morris (1907-1963) – Mrs. William J. Morris Jr. Unknown woman Hattie May (Kelley) Farley (1876-1961) – Mrs. Herman Farley Possibly Jennie E. (Farley) Higgins (1900-1924) – Mrs. Robert Weston Higgins Unknown man Third Row – Left to Right: Eva (Kelley) Bunker (1882-) – Mrs. John Melvin Bunker William G. Robinson (1880-1945) Frank Albert Kelley (1881-) Unknown woman Unknown man Ella May (Kelley) Varnum (1870-1941) – Mrs. Austin D. Varnum Austin D. Varnum (1876-1934) Edwin Farley (1895-1984) Second Row – Left to Right: John Melvin Bunker (1868-1935) Unknown boy Raymond C. Farley (1893-1984) Elizabeth “Lizzie” B. (Norwood) Robinson (1906-1968) – Mrs. Linwood J. Robinson Linwood J. Robinson (1905-1959) Unknown boy Edward W. Higgins (1917-2003) Front Row – Left to Right: Possibly Harriett May Farley (1922-) – Mrs. Leonard “Hap” Roger Higgins Linda M. (Kelley) Ash (1880-1953) – Mrs. Thomas W. Ash Child in front of Linda Ash – Lester A. Kelley (1921-1987) Thomas W. Ash (1876-1930) Identification of people by Harriett (Farley) Higgins in 2011.	The Herman Farley Family at the James Baldwin House, Bernard, Maine Item: 10122    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1924 c. Place: Tremont, Bernard State: ME Source: Collection of Leola Mae Pomroy Higgins Description: Back Row – Left to Right: Unknown girl Vesta M. (Kelley) Robinson (1889-1949) – Mrs. William G. Robinson Unknown person Robert B. Farley (1907-1981) Bernice “Bessie” V. (Farley) Morris (1907-1963) – Mrs. William J. Morris Jr. Unknown woman Hattie May (Kelley) Farley (1876-1961) – Mrs. Herman Farley Possibly Jennie E. (Farley) Higgins (1900-1924) – Mrs. Robert Weston Higgins Unknown man Third Row – Left to Right: Eva (Kelley) Bunker (1882-) – Mrs. John Melvin Bunker William G. Robinson (1880-1945) Frank Albert Kelley (1881-) Unknown woman Unknown man Ella May (Kelley) Varnum (1870-1941) – Mrs. Austin D. Varnum Austin D. Varnum (1876-1934) Edwin Farley (1895-1984) Second Row – Left to Right: John Melvin Bunker (1868-1935) Unknown boy Raymond C. Farley (1893-1984) Elizabeth “Lizzie” B. (Norwood) Robinson (1906-1968) – Mrs. Linwood J. Robinson Linwood J. Robinson (1905-1959) Unknown boy Edward W. Higgins (1917-2003) Front Row – Left to Right: Possibly Harriett May Farley (1922-) – Mrs. Leonard “Hap” Roger Higgins Linda M. (Kelley) Ash (1880-1953) – Mrs. Thomas W. Ash Child in front of Linda Ash – Lester A. Kelley (1921-1987) Thomas W. Ash (1876-1930) Identification of people by Harriett (Farley) Higgins in 2011. [show more]
10759	Clifton Melbourne Rich's Family on a Picnic at the Shore	Image, Photograph	People			1923 c.	Tremont		Standing Left to Right: Clifton Melbourne Rich (1891-1970) Unknown woman Elizabeth Farnsworth Rich, Mrs. Clifton Melbourne Rich (1887-1969) Unknown girl in front of Elizabeth Unknown boy Ronald Dean Rich (1913-1997) Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) Seated Left to Right: Robert Farnsworth Rich (1915-1981) Unknown woman Unknown man	Clifton Melbourne Rich's Family on a Picnic at the Shore Item: 10759    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1923 c. Place: Tremont State: ME Source: Collection of Robert Colson Rich Description: Standing Left to Right: Clifton Melbourne Rich (1891-1970) Unknown woman Elizabeth Farnsworth Rich, Mrs. Clifton Melbourne Rich (1887-1969) Unknown girl in front of Elizabeth Unknown boy Ronald Dean Rich (1913-1997) Roger Clifton Rich (1913-1996) Seated Left to Right: Robert Farnsworth Rich (1915-1981) Unknown woman Unknown man
11917	Southwest Harbor School Basketball Team 1920-1921	Image, Photograph	Organizations, School Institution People			1920 c.	Southwest Harbor	329 Main Street	Front Row - Left to Right: Kenneth V. Watson (1905-1994) Ralph Earl Wooster (1903-1979) Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Back Row - Left to Right: Joseph L. Trask (1904-1988) Lindsay Jackson March (1897-1985) - Principal Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956) - father of Lester Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987)	Southwest Harbor School Basketball Team 1920-1921 Item: 11917    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1920 c. Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME Address: 329 Main Street Tags: zoomable Description: Front Row - Left to Right: Kenneth V. Watson (1905-1994) Ralph Earl Wooster (1903-1979) Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Back Row - Left to Right: Joseph L. Trask (1904-1988) Lindsay Jackson March (1897-1985) - Principal Charles Bradley Carroll (1902-1983) Jones Everett Wass (1881-1956) - father of Lester Lester Leighton Wass (1905-1987)
12648	Edward Northwood Kenway - Three Years Old	Image, Art, Painting	People	Leffingwell - Lucia Dodge Leffingwell (1866-1944)		1927 c.			Probably painted on Gotts Island as Lucia Leffingwell had a cottage there and the Kenways also owned a house and vacationed on the island. Originally the painting may have been framed showing less than shown here, hence the discoloration toward the bottom.	Edward Northwood Kenway - Three Years Old Item: 12648    Type: Image, Art, Painting Subject: People Creator: Leffingwell - Lucia Dodge Leffingwell (1866-1944) Date: 1927 c. State: ME Source: Collection of Edward Northwood Kenway Tags: child, people, portrait Description: Probably painted on Gotts Island as Lucia Leffingwell had a cottage there and the Kenways also owned a house and vacationed on the island. Originally the painting may have been framed showing less than shown here, hence the discoloration toward the bottom.
2679	1928 Real Estate Map of Northeast Harbor, Maine	Map, Base Map	Places	Falt - Gordon Haliburton Falt		1927	Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor			1928 Real Estate Map of Northeast Harbor, Maine Item: 2679    Type: Map, Base Map Subject: Places Creator: Falt - Gordon Haliburton Falt Date: 1927 Place: Mount Desert, Northeast Harbor State: ME Tags: zoomable
9381	Arthur Allen sawing with white dog	Image, Photograph	People			1925 c.			Son of James and Octavia. Married Edith Marie Rumill. Live in Southwest Harbor, Maine in the 1930s and 1940s. Electrical engineer and building contractor.	Arthur Allen sawing with white dog Item: 9381    Accession #: 1018 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1925 c. State: ME Source: Mary Elizabeth Robinson Rosene Collection Description: Son of James and Octavia. Married Edith Marie Rumill. Live in Southwest Harbor, Maine in the 1930s and 1940s. Electrical engineer and building contractor.
15608	Allen - Arthur Allen	Reference	People			1925 c.			Son of James and Octavia. Married Edith Marie Rumill. Live in Southwest Harbor, Maine in the 1930s and 1940s. Electrical engineer and building contractor.	Allen - Arthur Allen Item: 15608    Accession #: 1018 Type: Reference Subject: People Date: 1925 c. State: ME Source: Mary Elizabeth Robinson Rosene Collection Description: Son of James and Octavia. Married Edith Marie Rumill. Live in Southwest Harbor, Maine in the 1930s and 1940s. Electrical engineer and building contractor.
1029	Pemetic Yearbook 1929	Publication, Book	Organizations, School Institution		The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School	1929-06	Southwest Harbor			Pemetic Yearbook 1929 Item: 1029    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, School Institution Publisher: The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School Date: 1929-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
1028	Pemetic Yearbook 1928	Publication, Book	Organizations, School Institution		The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School	1928-06	Southwest Harbor			Pemetic Yearbook 1928 Item: 1028    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, School Institution Publisher: The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School Date: 1928-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME
1027	Pemetic Yearbook 1927	Publication, Book	Organizations, School Institution		The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School	1927-06	Southwest Harbor			Pemetic Yearbook 1927 Item: 1027    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Organizations, School Institution Publisher: The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School Date: 1927-06 Place: Southwest Harbor State: ME

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