“Prince” was a horse that originally belonged to Nell (Carrroll) Thornton in Houlton, Maine. Prince apparently died while staying with the Carroll Family in Southwest Harbor. Archivists were surprised at the number of Carroll family photographs of or featuring the horse, each lovingly labeled with his name. This letter attests to the family’s attachment to Prince.
Description: “Prince” was a horse that originally belonged to Nell (Carrroll) Thornton in Houlton, Maine. Prince apparently died while staying with the Carroll Family in Southwest Harbor. Archivists were surprised at the number of Carroll family photographs of or featuring the horse, each lovingly labeled with his name. This letter attests to the family’s attachment to Prince.
Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
Description: Fred, Jack and Willy Parker were three of William Gilman and Ada Eldora Clark Parker's children. The photograph was taken near 148 Clark Point Road, Southwest Harbor, Maine - the William Gilman Parker House.
Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html.
Description: Four men and four women are shown off for a day's outing. The ninth man is the buckboard driver. Edward Lothrop Rand is standing by the buckboard carrying his vasculum for collecting botanicl specimens. vas·cu·lum n. (pl. -la ) Bot. a collecting box for plants, typically in the form of a flattened cylindrical metal case with a lengthwise opening, carried by a shoulder strap. - "vasculum." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (March 16, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-vasculum.html. [show more]
This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Description: This photograph was taken on Oxford Street, bordering the Harvard University campus, which was 6 blocks southwest from Jennie L. Rand's(Henry Lathrop Rand's mother) house on Kirkland Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Description: This photograph was taken on Newport Avenue in Bar Harbor, slightly south of the present-day Agamont Park. Porcupine Island is in the background.
Pug was considered a member of the Rand family and, as you can see, traveled with his own luggage. The photograph was possibly taken while traveling to Southampton on the Hamburg American Line's SS Furst Bismarck steamship. Archivists have been unable to find with whom in the Rand family he was traveling, but Margaret Arnoild Rand applied for a passport a few months before the photograph was taken so it is possible that they shared the First Cabin Stateroom indicated in this picture.
Description: Pug was considered a member of the Rand family and, as you can see, traveled with his own luggage. The photograph was possibly taken while traveling to Southampton on the Hamburg American Line's SS Furst Bismarck steamship. Archivists have been unable to find with whom in the Rand family he was traveling, but Margaret Arnoild Rand applied for a passport a few months before the photograph was taken so it is possible that they shared the First Cabin Stateroom indicated in this picture. [show more]
The sign beside the front door says, "Elias C. Neal, M.D." Two men and four horses are shown grading the dirt road in front of the house. The end of a board sidewalk is just visible on the right.
Description: The sign beside the front door says, "Elias C. Neal, M.D." Two men and four horses are shown grading the dirt road in front of the house. The end of a board sidewalk is just visible on the right.
“As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
Description: “As Americans developed a preference for fresh fish, demand for ice increased. Here, armed with a handsaw, ice chisel, and ice plow ...these ...men are harvesting ice, which rivaled granite in the 1890s as Maine’s prime export.” - “Mount Desert Island - Somesville, Southwest Harbor, and Northeast Harbor” by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. and Lydia B. Vandenbergh - Images of America Series, 2001, p. 42.
Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.
Description: Written on the back of the photograph: "Old Horse J. Sargent" One of the trees on the front lawn of the library and the library wall can just be seen over the back of the horse. The building visible beyond the library property is the Freeman J. Lurvey building.