The Hinckley logo is a styled image of Talaria, the winged sandals worn by the Greek messenger god Hermes. They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus of imperishable gold and they flew the god as swift as any bird.
Description: The Hinckley logo is a styled image of Talaria, the winged sandals worn by the Greek messenger god Hermes. They were said to be made by the god Hephaestus of imperishable gold and they flew the god as swift as any bird.
Description: From Champlain's description of his 1609 voyage, this sketch depicts a battle between the Iroquois and Algonquian tribes near Lake Champlain.
Audubon Boy Number: 41471 Foaled: 1897 Sire: J.J. Audubon Dam: Flaxy by Bourbon Wilkes Bred by: E.P. Weathers of Avon, Kentucky Sold to: James Y. Gatcomb, Concord, New Hampshire Pacing Record: 1:59¼ From Wallace’s American Trotting Register containing the pedigrees of Standard Bred Trotters and Pacers and an Appendix of Non-Standard Animals, by The American Trotting Register Association, Volume XVII, Chicago, 1907, Standard Stallions, p. 153.
Description: Audubon Boy Number: 41471 Foaled: 1897 Sire: J.J. Audubon Dam: Flaxy by Bourbon Wilkes Bred by: E.P. Weathers of Avon, Kentucky Sold to: James Y. Gatcomb, Concord, New Hampshire Pacing Record: 1:59¼ From Wallace’s American Trotting Register containing the pedigrees of Standard Bred Trotters and Pacers and an Appendix of Non-Standard Animals, by The American Trotting Register Association, Volume XVII, Chicago, 1907, Standard Stallions, p. 153. [show more]
The East Maine Conference Seminary was established as the East Maine Conference Seminary in 1851 by the East Maine Conference of the United Methodist Church as a preparatory school for boys and girls.
Description: The East Maine Conference Seminary was established as the East Maine Conference Seminary in 1851 by the East Maine Conference of the United Methodist Church as a preparatory school for boys and girls.
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.
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.
The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
Description: The illustration by Edith Brand appears on page 110 in "A Case of Sardines: A Story of the Maine Coast" by Charles Poole Cleaves, The Pilgrim Press, 1904. A sentimental novel that includes descriptions of the lives of those employed by sardine factories on the coast of Maine. The town of Echo Bluffs is fictional.
Description: An illustration of Rusticators on the top of Newport Mountain, later known as Champlain Mountain. From Harper's Weekly, Volume 22, No. 1654
Detail from a sketch by Champlain on his map depicting a 1609 battle between the Iroquois and Algonquian tribes near Lake Champlain. From Champlain's 1613 "Voyages." This image of him is considered to be the only "authentic" depiction of Samuel as it is contemporary to him and, of course, drawn by him.
Description: Detail from a sketch by Champlain on his map depicting a 1609 battle between the Iroquois and Algonquian tribes near Lake Champlain. From Champlain's 1613 "Voyages." This image of him is considered to be the only "authentic" depiction of Samuel as it is contemporary to him and, of course, drawn by him.