Left to Right: Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Richard Lawrence Chuch Jr., Dorothy Carolyn (Follansby) Church, Robert "Bob" Church, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam, Dolf Portman
Description: Left to Right: Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Richard Lawrence Chuch Jr., Dorothy Carolyn (Follansby) Church, Robert "Bob" Church, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam, Dolf Portman
Left to Right: Kenny, Ellen Church, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman, Robert "Bob" Church, Marianne New, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam
Description: Left to Right: Kenny, Ellen Church, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman, Robert "Bob" Church, Marianne New, Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam
Left to Right: Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam, Marianne New, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Ellen Church, Dorothy Caroline "Dot" (Fallensby) Church, Robert "Bob" (Church)
Description: Left to Right: Arthur Millis "Art" Kellam, Marianne New, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Ellen Church, Dorothy Caroline "Dot" (Fallensby) Church, Robert "Bob" (Church)
Left to Right: Kenny, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Ellen Church, Marianne New, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman
The Arthur Millis and Leone Marie (Wemmert) Kellam Collection
Description: Left to Right: Kenny, Leone Marie "Nan" (Wemmert) Kellam, Ellen Church, Marianne New, Dorothy Carolyn "Dot" (Follansby) Church, Corey the dog, Dolf Portman
The Morning Star and Freedom were two Friendship sloops worked on by Ralph Warren Stanley. in this image they are seen sailing off Mount Desert Island in October. He was completing the rebuild of the Morning Star for Robert Wolfe when Richard "Dick" Dudman asked him to build a new Friendship. The two sloops were finished in Ralph's shop at the same time.
Description: The Morning Star and Freedom were two Friendship sloops worked on by Ralph Warren Stanley. in this image they are seen sailing off Mount Desert Island in October. He was completing the rebuild of the Morning Star for Robert Wolfe when Richard "Dick" Dudman asked him to build a new Friendship. The two sloops were finished in Ralph's shop at the same time.
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]
Taken in early May during the last snowfall of the season. This building used to sit between the restaurant and what is now staff housing. It was torn down some time after the Jordan Pond House burned in 1979. It had three floors with beds for male employees. Residents shared a single bathroom having one toilet and one shower stall. Female staff resided on the second floor of the restaurant.
Description: Taken in early May during the last snowfall of the season. This building used to sit between the restaurant and what is now staff housing. It was torn down some time after the Jordan Pond House burned in 1979. It had three floors with beds for male employees. Residents shared a single bathroom having one toilet and one shower stall. Female staff resided on the second floor of the restaurant.