Description: Mysie's biography is interesting as it illustrates both the later life of this young girl and the social life in Cambridge of which Rand was a part.
"Merry Wing" was a Maine Sloop Boat, a centerboard sloop because Lewis Freeman Gott was from Gotts Island and he needed to be able to raise the centerboard to get into the Pool there. Lewis Freeman Gott won a cup for winning the Eagle Island Races three years in a row with "Merry Wing". The cup may be seen in the Tremont Historical Society Museum. "Local lore has it that she was the fastest sailboat in the area, and from time to time was entered in the early races held in the Great Harbor (Southwest Harbor - Northeast Harbor - Cranberry Isles neighborhood) under the auspices of the Northeast Harbor Fleet, and there proved her merit by beating everybody!" - The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society, Vol. 15, No. 1, Summer 2012, p. 1.
Description: "Merry Wing" was a Maine Sloop Boat, a centerboard sloop because Lewis Freeman Gott was from Gotts Island and he needed to be able to raise the centerboard to get into the Pool there. Lewis Freeman Gott won a cup for winning the Eagle Island Races three years in a row with "Merry Wing". The cup may be seen in the Tremont Historical Society Museum. "Local lore has it that she was the fastest sailboat in the area, and from time to time was entered in the early races held in the Great Harbor (Southwest Harbor - Northeast Harbor - Cranberry Isles neighborhood) under the auspices of the Northeast Harbor Fleet, and there proved her merit by beating everybody!" - The Newsletter of the Tremont Historical Society, Vol. 15, No. 1, Summer 2012, p. 1. [show more]
Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass."
The Outlook - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine
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Description: Advertisement for Samuel Morse Downs' Cottage - The Edgecliff For Sale or Rent Advertisement appeared in "The Outlook" - A Weekly Newspaper and an Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 83, May 5 - August 25, 1906. Advertisement reads: "Edgecliff A Charming Estate on Somes Sound Opposite North East Harbor, Mount Desert Five acres heavily wooded with spruce and fir. Most comfortable house of eight rooms with hardwood floors and large open fireplaces. Piazza twelve feet wide. Best water privlege [Sic] on the Sound. Best of plumbing and lake water. Stable for two horses. The combination of mountains, sea, and islands presents a view of surpassing beauty. For sale or to rent for the season. Price for the season very reasonable. Address S.M. Downs, Bellevue Hotel, Boston, Mass." [show more]
Newspaper article about the Bowdoin Cottage, known as La Rochelle, when it was being constructed on West Street in Bar Harbor in 1902. A transcription of the article is also attached to this item.
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Description: Newspaper article about the Bowdoin Cottage, known as La Rochelle, when it was being constructed on West Street in Bar Harbor in 1902. A transcription of the article is also attached to this item.
"The poem by Holman F. Day is given here as a curiosity but not because it is true." “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 230-233.
Description: "The poem by Holman F. Day is given here as a curiosity but not because it is true." “Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine” by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, 1938, p. 230-233.
Description: Roderick Ariel Pepper (R.A. Pepper on this envelope) was a Director & Treasurer of The Eastern Steamship Company, India Wharf, Boston, in 1915.