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| 13442 | Hartford Marine Gas Engines |
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| The Gray and Prior Machine Company in Hartford, Connecticut made “Hartford” marine engines. The company was organized in 1898 and incorporated in 1900 to make marine engines. It was the combined vision of Robert Watkinson Gray (1876-1945) and George A. Prior (1871-1938). George Prior had learned the machine trade at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, had worked for the Electric Vehicle Company and had been granted a patent for a universal joint. Robert Gray had worked for the Hartford Rubber Works and contributed $5,000 in capital. George Prior was an inventive genius and contributed much to the initial success of the company. He designed and built his own motorcycle in 1900, and completed his first automobile in 1904, both using the Gray and Prior 2-cylinder marine engine that he designed. He applied his vast experience in the machine shop to his inventions and designs, which have been the foundation of the success of the Gray and Prior Machine Company for almost a century. Gray and Prior originally made marine engines in addition to their growing line of universal joints and couplings. Their Hartford Marine engines were of very high quality and commanded respect in the market. They built two-stroke inboard engines and medium heavy-duty type long stroke four-cycle marine motors. Many of the ideas involved in their design were improvements over existing marine engines of the day. Gray and Prior continued to manufacture the engines for more than 25 years, until they sold the tooling and the designs for the Hartford Sturdy Twin to the Indian Motorcycle Company in Springfield, Massachusetts for $15,000. - Information adapted from “Our Company’s History,” The Gray and Prior Machine Company web site, Accessed online 04/13/2012; http://www.grayandprior.com/history.htm | 
Description: The Gray and Prior Machine Company in Hartford, Connecticut made “Hartford” marine engines. The company was organized in 1898 and incorporated in 1900 to make marine engines. It was the combined vision of Robert Watkinson Gray (1876-1945) and George A. Prior (1871-1938). George Prior had learned the machine trade at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, had worked for the Electric Vehicle Company and had been granted a patent for a universal joint. Robert Gray had worked for the Hartford Rubber Works and contributed $5,000 in capital. George Prior was an inventive genius and contributed much to the initial success of the company. He designed and built his own motorcycle in 1900, and completed his first automobile in 1904, both using the Gray and Prior 2-cylinder marine engine that he designed. He applied his vast experience in the machine shop to his inventions and designs, which have been the foundation of the success of the Gray and Prior Machine Company for almost a century. Gray and Prior originally made marine engines in addition to their growing line of universal joints and couplings. Their Hartford Marine engines were of very high quality and commanded respect in the market. They built two-stroke inboard engines and medium heavy-duty type long stroke four-cycle marine motors. Many of the ideas involved in their design were improvements over existing marine engines of the day. Gray and Prior continued to manufacture the engines for more than 25 years, until they sold the tooling and the designs for the Hartford Sturdy Twin to the Indian Motorcycle Company in Springfield, Massachusetts for $15,000. - Information adapted from “Our Company’s History,” The Gray and Prior Machine Company web site, Accessed online 04/13/2012; http://www.grayandprior.com/history.htm [show more] | |||||
| 13554 | Philip Clifton Rich Desk |
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| Philip Clifton Rich built this desk and chair using wood from the last of the original trees at the Southwest Harbor Library. The trees were removed in 2006. | 
Description: Philip Clifton Rich built this desk and chair using wood from the last of the original trees at the Southwest Harbor Library. The trees were removed in 2006. | |||||
| 10256 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10257 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10258 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10259 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10260 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10261 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10262 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10263 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10264 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10265 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10266 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 10267 | Silver Inlay - Hand Made Gun |
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| 11509 | Stove from the Arethusa III |
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| 7350 | Southwest Harbor Parking Ticket Form Used by Officer Woodrow Wilson Herrick |
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| 10268 | Robert Smallidge Sr. and his Hand Made Gun |
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| 15653 | Chronometer from the Rebecca R. Douglas Schooner |
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| The photo above and the information that follows is from Andrew Baron of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The ship’s two survivors were rescued on May 2, while the boat went down on April 28 near Cape May New Jersey. Depending on the weather, this means the schooner would likely have sailed out of New York (where its chronometer was calibrated on April 16) on April 26 or 27, only a week and half or so after the chronometer’s certification. I have the ship's marine chronometer (precision ship's clock shown in the photo above) from the Rebecca R. Douglas, well preserved and working, along with a verified vintage calibration certificate (timekeeping accuracy tested, calibrated and certified by an established chronometer firm) dated April 16, 1943, only two weeks before this schooner went down. This would likely have been done in preparation for its last journey. It's a mystery how the clock and its certificate survived when the ship did not. Given the date of the demise of the Rebecca R. Douglas, I can only assume that it had more than one chronometer, leaving one behind in New York and sailing with another. There’s more I want to learn about this however; the need of the navigator to definitely have a chronometer on board, to plot longitude on a north-to-south passage through coastal waters, how long a chronometer would remain with the certifying company after certification, prior to boarding ship, whether a coastal schooner like the RR Douglas would have had more than one chronometer, the prevailing weather at the time of the accident, whether U-boats that were observed off US coasts were in the area at that time, and the names of the two survivors long with the names of those who perished when the schooner went down. This last detail might possibly make the survival of this artifact of some importance to descendants of the victims and survivors. If any of them had young children at that time, they may still be living. This unusual survivor may be all of significance that remains of the tangible material associated with that boat, apart from the photo in your library collections. During wartime every viable old chronometer that could be found was reconditioned and pressed into service for the Navy and Merchant Marine, to augment new ones made to meet the increased demand for navigational aids. When this chronometer, made by Thomas Porthouse, ca. 1850 in London, was assigned to the Rebecca R. Douglas, it was already close to a century old, and yet its accuracy could still be certified for ongoing service at sea. | 
Description: The photo above and the information that follows is from Andrew Baron of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The ship’s two survivors were rescued on May 2, while the boat went down on April 28 near Cape May New Jersey. Depending on the weather, this means the schooner would likely have sailed out of New York (where its chronometer was calibrated on April 16) on April 26 or 27, only a week and half or so after the chronometer’s certification. I have the ship's marine chronometer (precision ship's clock shown in the photo above) from the Rebecca R. Douglas, well preserved and working, along with a verified vintage calibration certificate (timekeeping accuracy tested, calibrated and certified by an established chronometer firm) dated April 16, 1943, only two weeks before this schooner went down. This would likely have been done in preparation for its last journey. It's a mystery how the clock and its certificate survived when the ship did not. Given the date of the demise of the Rebecca R. Douglas, I can only assume that it had more than one chronometer, leaving one behind in New York and sailing with another. There’s more I want to learn about this however; the need of the navigator to definitely have a chronometer on board, to plot longitude on a north-to-south passage through coastal waters, how long a chronometer would remain with the certifying company after certification, prior to boarding ship, whether a coastal schooner like the RR Douglas would have had more than one chronometer, the prevailing weather at the time of the accident, whether U-boats that were observed off US coasts were in the area at that time, and the names of the two survivors long with the names of those who perished when the schooner went down. This last detail might possibly make the survival of this artifact of some importance to descendants of the victims and survivors. If any of them had young children at that time, they may still be living. This unusual survivor may be all of significance that remains of the tangible material associated with that boat, apart from the photo in your library collections. During wartime every viable old chronometer that could be found was reconditioned and pressed into service for the Navy and Merchant Marine, to augment new ones made to meet the increased demand for navigational aids. When this chronometer, made by Thomas Porthouse, ca. 1850 in London, was assigned to the Rebecca R. Douglas, it was already close to a century old, and yet its accuracy could still be certified for ongoing service at sea. [show more] | |||||
| 12272 | Lobster and Traps |
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| 3004 | Rebecca's Dolls |
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| Carroll family mythology says that Rebecca Carroll made sixteen dolls for her grandchildren – one for each grandchild born while she was alive. Researchers have found evidence of three of the dolls and are looking for the others. | 
Description: Carroll family mythology says that Rebecca Carroll made sixteen dolls for her grandchildren – one for each grandchild born while she was alive. Researchers have found evidence of three of the dolls and are looking for the others. | |||||
| 12786 | Botanical Specimen Boxes |
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| 15329 | Edward Lothrop Rand's Vasculum |
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| This set set of images are of Edward Rand with a vasculum. | 
Description: This set set of images are of Edward Rand with a vasculum. | |||||
| 15332 | Vasculum |
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| A vasculum or a botanical box is a stiff container used by botanists to keep field samples viable for transportation. The main purpose of the valsculum is to transport plants without crushing them and by maintaining a cool, humid environment. Vascula are cylinders typically made from tinned and sometimes lacquered iron, though wooden examples are known. The box was carried horizontally on a strap so that plant specimens lie flat and lined with moistened cloth.[1] Traditionally, British and American vascula were somewhat flat and valise-like with a single room, while continental examples were more cylindrical and often longer, sometimes with two separate compartments.[2] Access to the interior is through one (sometimes two) large lids in the side, allowing plants to be put in and taken out without bending or distorting them unnecessarily. This is particularly important with wildflowers, which are often fragile. Some early 20th century specimen are made from sheet aluminium rather than tin, but otherwise follow the 19th century pattern. The exterior is usually left rough, or lacquered green. This item's second image is a painting by Hermann Kern Der Botaniker depicting the artist's view of a botanist with a vasculum. |
Description: A vasculum or a botanical box is a stiff container used by botanists to keep field samples viable for transportation. The main purpose of the valsculum is to transport plants without crushing them and by maintaining a cool, humid environment. Vascula are cylinders typically made from tinned and sometimes lacquered iron, though wooden examples are known. The box was carried horizontally on a strap so that plant specimens lie flat and lined with moistened cloth.[1] Traditionally, British and American vascula were somewhat flat and valise-like with a single room, while continental examples were more cylindrical and often longer, sometimes with two separate compartments.[2] Access to the interior is through one (sometimes two) large lids in the side, allowing plants to be put in and taken out without bending or distorting them unnecessarily. This is particularly important with wildflowers, which are often fragile. Some early 20th century specimen are made from sheet aluminium rather than tin, but otherwise follow the 19th century pattern. The exterior is usually left rough, or lacquered green. This item's second image is a painting by Hermann Kern Der Botaniker depicting the artist's view of a botanist with a vasculum. [show more] | |||||
| 13378 | Flag of the United States Customs Service |
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