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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
13847Way Bak - Gay Nineties Ball 1st Year - 1948
  • Set
  • Events, Gala
  • 1948-04-12
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Way Bak - Gay Nineties Ball 1st Year - 1948
Item:
  • 13847   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1948-04-12
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
13857Way Bak - Gay Nineties Ball 2nd Year - 1949
  • Set
  • Events, Gala
  • 1949-04-20
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
  • 237 Seawall Road
Way Bak - Gay Nineties Ball 2nd Year - 1949
Item:
  • 13857   
Type:
  • Set
Subject:
  • Events, Gala
Date:
  • 1949-04-20
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor, Manset
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • 237 Seawall Road
13559Children's Book Week
  • Reference
  • Events
  • 1941-11
Children's Book Week Themes at the Southwest Harbor Public Library included: November 12-18, 1939 - "Around the World" November 2-8, 1941 - "Forward with Books"
Children's Book Week
Item:
  • 13559   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Events
Date:
  • 1941-11
Description:
Children's Book Week Themes at the Southwest Harbor Public Library included: November 12-18, 1939 - "Around the World" November 2-8, 1941 - "Forward with Books"
15620Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor
  • Publication, Newspaper
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 1948-03-18
  • Southwest Harbor
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
Beal's Bowling Spa Opened Last Week in Southwest Harbor
Item:
  • 15620   
Type:
  • Publication, Newspaper
Subject:
  • Businesses, Bowling Alley Business
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 1948-03-18
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Description:
Full page advertisement on page 6 in the March 18, 1948 Bar Harbor Times. The two photographs in the ad were taken by Willis Ballard. They are items 6371 and 6372 in the Digital Archive.
3458Well-Known Women Novelists Build Own Home Of CCC Camp Lumber
  • Publication, Literary, Article
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
  • Jarvis - Eleanor Jarvis Newman (1909-2006)
  • Newman - Mrs. Laurence S. Newman
  • Bangor Daily News
  • 1947-12-09
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
Well-Known Women Novelists Build Own Home Of CCC Camp Lumber
Item:
  • 3458   
Type:
  • Publication, Literary, Article
Subject:
  • People
  • Structures, Dwellings, House
Creator:
  • Jarvis - Eleanor Jarvis Newman (1909-2006)
  • Newman - Mrs. Laurence S. Newman
Publisher:
  • Bangor Daily News
Date:
  • 1947-12-09
Place:
  • Tremont, Bass Harbor, McKinley
State:
  • ME
12826J.I. Simmons Ends Life in Home in Montclair
  • Publication, Clipping
  • People
  • 1940-02-01
  • Montclair NJ
Article about John Irving Simmons ending his life following the death of his wife, Elizabeth Febiger Simmons
J.I. Simmons Ends Life in Home in Montclair
Item:
  • 12826   
Type:
  • Publication, Clipping
Subject:
  • People
Date:
  • 1940-02-01
Place:
  • Montclair NJ
State:
  • NJ
Description:
Article about John Irving Simmons ending his life following the death of his wife, Elizabeth Febiger Simmons
14867Bud Long's Birding Notebook from 1949
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Long - Ralph H. Long, Jr. (1932-1992) aka Bud
  • 1949
In this journal Bud Long recorded his bird sightings on Mount Desert Island, Maine from January 8, 1949 through August 1st 1949.
Bud Long's Birding Notebook from 1949
Item:
  • 14867   
Type:
  • Publication, Book, Journal, Diary
Subject:
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Creator:
  • Long - Ralph H. Long, Jr. (1932-1992) aka Bud
Date:
  • 1949
Description:
In this journal Bud Long recorded his bird sightings on Mount Desert Island, Maine from January 8, 1949 through August 1st 1949.
1040Pemetic Yearbook 1940
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1940-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1940
Item:
  • 1040   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1940-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1041Pemetic Yearbook 1941
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1941-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1941
Item:
  • 1041   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1941-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1042Pemetic Yearbook 1942
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1942-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1942
Item:
  • 1042   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1942-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1043Pemetic Yearbook 1943
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1943-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1943
Item:
  • 1043   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1943-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1044Pemetic Yearbook 1944
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1944-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1944
Item:
  • 1044   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1944-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1045Pemetic Yearbook 1945
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1945-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1945
Item:
  • 1045   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1945-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1046Pemetic Yearbook 1946
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1946-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1946
Item:
  • 1046   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1946-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1047Pemetic Yearbook 1947
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1947-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1947
Item:
  • 1047   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1947-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1048Pemetic Yearbook 1948
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1948-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1948
Item:
  • 1048   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1948-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
1049Pemetic Yearbook 1949
  • Publication, Book
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
  • 1949-06
  • Southwest Harbor
Pemetic Yearbook 1949
Item:
  • 1049   
Type:
  • Publication, Book
Subject:
  • Organizations, School Institution
Publisher:
  • The Senior Class of Southwest Harbor High School
Date:
  • 1949-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
12564United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1947
  • Boston MA
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947
Item:
  • 12564   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • Vessels, Naval Vessel, Warship, Frigate
Creator:
  • Hepburn - Andrew Hopewell Hepburn Sr. (1880-1967)
Publisher:
  • United States Postal Service
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Boston MA
State:
  • MA
Tags:
boat, ship
Description:
Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000
12570United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
  • People
  • Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958)
  • Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969)
  • Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992)
  • Vail - James T. Vail (1907-)
  • Wells - William B. Wells (1874-1942)
  • United States Postal Service
  • 1940
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator.
United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940
Item:
  • 12570   
Type:
  • Object, Stamp, Postage Stamp
Subject:
  • People
Creator:
  • Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958)
  • Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969)
  • Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992)
  • Vail - James T. Vail (1907-)
  • Wells - William B. Wells (1874-1942)
Publisher:
  • United States Postal Service
Date:
  • 1940
Place:
  • Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
  • MA
Description:
Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. [show more]
2604Map of Shore from Bear Brook to Schooner Head
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • 1947
  • Mount Desert Island
Map of Shore from Bear Brook to Schooner Head
Item:
  • 2604   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Mount Desert Island
State:
  • ME
26301941 Path and Road Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
  • Revised and Published by William J. TurnerWalker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston
  • 1941
  • Acadia National Park
1941 Path and Road Map of the Eastern Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2630   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
Publisher:
  • Revised and Published by William J. TurnerWalker Lith. & Pub. Co., Boston
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable, hiking trail
26311941 Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
  • Revised and Published by William Jay Turner
  • 1941
  • Acadia National Park
1941 Path and Road Map of the Western Part of Mount Desert Island, Maine
Item:
  • 2631   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Bates - Waldron Bates (1856-1909)
  • Jaques - Herbert Jaques (1857-1916)
  • Rand - Edward Lothrop Rand (1859-1924)
Publisher:
  • Revised and Published by William Jay Turner
Date:
  • 1941
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable, hiking trail
26361947 Map of Areas Burned by Bar Harbor Fire
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • The National Survey, Chester VT
  • Bar Harbor Times
  • 1947
  • Bar Harbor
Map Shows Burned Area of Village and Vicinity
1947 Map of Areas Burned by Bar Harbor Fire
Item:
  • 2636   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • The National Survey, Chester VT
Publisher:
  • Bar Harbor Times
Date:
  • 1947
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Map Shows Burned Area of Village and Vicinity
26821945 Map of Gott Islands, Hancock County, Maine
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • Fleisher
  • 1945
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
From “Gotts Island Maine, Its People 1880-1992” by Rita Johnson Kenway, Penobscot Press, Bass Harbor, Me., 1993.
1945 Map of Gott Islands, Hancock County, Maine
Item:
  • 2682   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • Fleisher
Date:
  • 1945
Place:
  • Tremont, Great Gott Island
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
From “Gotts Island Maine, Its People 1880-1992” by Rita Johnson Kenway, Penobscot Press, Bass Harbor, Me., 1993.
27261942 Map of Mount Desert Quadrangle
  • Map, Base Map
  • Places
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • United States Department of the Interior
  • 1942
  • Acadia National Park
Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.
1942 Map of Mount Desert Quadrangle
Item:
  • 2726   
Type:
  • Map, Base Map
Subject:
  • Places
Creator:
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher:
  • United States Department of the Interior
Date:
  • 1942
Place:
  • Acadia National Park
State:
  • ME
Tags:
zoomable
Description:
Topography by A.J. Ogle, Frank Larner, B.P. Taylor, J.L. Watkins, F.E. Doane, H.D. Cummings, J.H. Lycett, B.J. Keating, R.S. Pearse, R.V. Ford and Steven T. Mank, surveyed in 1934-35 and 1939-40.