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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]
14597Way Bak - Gay Nineties Ball - 1928
  • Set
  • Events, Gala
  • 1928-02-22
  • Southwest Harbor
Way Bak - Gay Nineties Ball - 1928
Item:
  • 14597   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1928-02-22
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
11740Parade on Main Street at Freeman's Store, Southwest Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
  • 1929 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 370 Main Street
Parade on Main Street at Freeman's Store, Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 11740   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • Structures, Commercial, Store
Date:
  • 1929 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 370 Main Street
Source:
  • Collection of Eugene S. Thurston Family
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
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
5961Dedication of Eugene M. Norwood Square - Memorial Day, May 28, 1923
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • 1923
  • Southwest Harbor
The Southwest Harbor Band is visible on the right. The photograph was taken from the window at the peak of the roof of the house on the northwest corner of Main Street and Seal Cove Road - Tax Map 9 - Lot 8, 196 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "…the house on the corner…was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938.
Dedication of Eugene M. Norwood Square - Memorial Day, May 28, 1923
Item:
  • 5961   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
Date:
  • 1923
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The Southwest Harbor Band is visible on the right. The photograph was taken from the window at the peak of the roof of the house on the northwest corner of Main Street and Seal Cove Road - Tax Map 9 - Lot 8, 196 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "…the house on the corner…was built by Marshall Lurvey, sold to Capt. Thomas Milan, who sold it to Ezra D. Lurvey, whose son, Ezra W. Lurvey, now owns it." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 140 - 1938. [show more]
5549Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole - Main Street
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Probably shows the safe in the Odd Fellows cellar hole
Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole - Main Street
Item:
  • 5549   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Probably shows the safe in the Odd Fellows cellar hole
5550Main Street Opposite Odd Fellows Hall Site
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole.
Main Street Opposite Odd Fellows Hall Site
Item:
  • 5550   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Shows street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole.
5551The Dudley Luther Mayo House After the Southwest Harbor Fire
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
The Dudley Luther Mayo House After the Southwest Harbor Fire
Item:
  • 5551   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
5541Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street. Shows the Southwest Harbor Public Library in the background, just to the left of the scaffolding
Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
Item:
  • 5541   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street. Shows the Southwest Harbor Public Library in the background, just to the left of the scaffolding
5542Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
The east side of Main Street looking towards the west side of the street.
Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
Item:
  • 5542   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The east side of Main Street looking towards the west side of the street.
5543Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street.
Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
Item:
  • 5543   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street.
5544Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street. Probably shows furnace and sewer pipes
Odd Fellows Building Cellar Hole
Item:
  • 5544   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The east side of Main Street looking toward the west side of the street. Probably shows furnace and sewer pipes
5545Odd Fellows Building Space & Old Masonic Hall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows the damage to the Masonic Hall
Odd Fellows Building Space & Old Masonic Hall
Item:
  • 5545   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Shows the damage to the Masonic Hall
5546Odd Fellows Building Space & Old Masonic Hall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows the damage to the Masonic Hall next to the Odd Fellows Building cellar hole
Odd Fellows Building Space & Old Masonic Hall
Item:
  • 5546   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Shows the damage to the Masonic Hall next to the Odd Fellows Building cellar hole
5547Old Masonic Hall
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
  • 353 Main Street
Shows damage to the Old Masonic Hall.
Old Masonic Hall
Item:
  • 5547   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 353 Main Street
Description:
Shows damage to the Old Masonic Hall.
5548Old Masonic Hall - Theater - School
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
The vehicle behind the wall on Main Street in front of the Park Theater is a Franklin Passenger Wagon. Shows damage to the Masonic Hall.
Old Masonic Hall - Theater - School
Item:
  • 5548   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Other Structures
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
The vehicle behind the wall on Main Street in front of the Park Theater is a Franklin Passenger Wagon. Shows damage to the Masonic Hall.
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."
5552Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5552   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Places, Town
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Shows Main Street across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library.
5584Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5584   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
This photograph looks north and shows the library and Allen’s store beyond it on the left. To the right can be seen the Gilley house, the Harmon Block and a corner of the Park Theatre. The fire destroyed the Carroll building, the Holmes store, the Holmes Hotel (space at the left foreground) and the Odd Fellows building, which was rebuilt on its lot across the street.
5585Main Street Looking North to the Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
  • 1922-03-27
  • Southwest Harbor
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.
Main Street Looking North to the Library
Item:
  • 5585   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events, Fire
  • Structures, Civic, Library
Date:
  • 1922-03-27
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Across from the Odd Fellows Hall cellar hole looking North to the Library. Shows woodshed on the back of the library and a child sitting on the foundation of a burned building.