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| Item | Title | Type | Subject | Creator | Publisher | Date | Place | Address | Description | |
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| 12570 | United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940 |
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| 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. | 
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] | |
| 6642 | Henry Bucknam Wass and Charles Henry Rich at Machiasport Canning Company, C.H. Rich Wharf, McKinley |
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| Left to Right: Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1989) Charles Henry Rich (1892-1967) | 
Description: Left to Right: Henry Bucknam Wass (1906-1989) Charles Henry Rich (1892-1967) | ||
| 12636 | Grace L. Lunt Clement, Mrs. Chester Eben Clement |
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| 16373 | Elizabeth "Betsy" Winstead (Garrison) Barton |
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| Betsy was a first cousin to Arthur Millis Kellam. This photograph was a senior picture taken c. 1944. | 
Description: Betsy was a first cousin to Arthur Millis Kellam. This photograph was a senior picture taken c. 1944. | |||
| 11168 | Lewis Gilley Stanley (1869-1957) |
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| 15950 | Monetelle Gott with two cats. |
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| The second cat, black, is in the lower right corner. Archivists estimate the date on this photograph based on the negative being among a number of other shots that photographer Northwood Kenway took on Gott Island following his return from WWII in 1945. The negative is from 620 Roll Film 2.25 x 3.25. | 
Description: The second cat, black, is in the lower right corner. Archivists estimate the date on this photograph based on the negative being among a number of other shots that photographer Northwood Kenway took on Gott Island following his return from WWII in 1945. The negative is from 620 Roll Film 2.25 x 3.25. | ||
| 3458 | Well-Known Women Novelists Build Own Home Of CCC Camp Lumber |
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| 10053 | Isaac Ike F. Stanley in his Antique Shop |
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| 7768 | Willis Humphreys Ballard at Work in the Surf |
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| This photograph was taken at the Hunnewell - Popham Beaches, Maine. According to Ballard's grandson Rob Michael, it is one of the very rare images of Willis with bare legs, something he was ribbed about in later years. | 
Description: This photograph was taken at the Hunnewell - Popham Beaches, Maine. According to Ballard's grandson Rob Michael, it is one of the very rare images of Willis with bare legs, something he was ribbed about in later years. | ||
| 6146 | Frank Bernard Rich With Builder's Model of the Brig M.P. Rich Built by his Grandfather |
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| The inscription on the model says, "Brig M.P. Rich built on site of this camp 1857." Vessel Name – M.P. Rich Class – half brig Hull – wood Metalled July 1860 Masts - Designed by – Build date - 1857 Built by – M.P. Rich Built at – Tremont, Maine Built for – Collin McRae (1822-1900) and others Named for – Maurice Peters Rich Sr. (1805-1879) Gross tons – 266 9/98 Net tons – Length – 102.8’ Beam – 27.4’ Depth – 10.4’ 1857 - 1858 - Captain / Owner - Collin McRae 1859 – Captain - Collin McRae – Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1861 - Captain Dix - Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1863 - Captain Dix 1869 - Captain Dix Disposition - Sold – renamed Parimaribo 1866-1872 – Hailed – Suriname "A half brig has square sails on the foremast and fore and aft sails on the main." - Ralph Stanley, September 26, 2007. | 
Description: The inscription on the model says, "Brig M.P. Rich built on site of this camp 1857." Vessel Name – M.P. Rich Class – half brig Hull – wood Metalled July 1860 Masts - Designed by – Build date - 1857 Built by – M.P. Rich Built at – Tremont, Maine Built for – Collin McRae (1822-1900) and others Named for – Maurice Peters Rich Sr. (1805-1879) Gross tons – 266 9/98 Net tons – Length – 102.8’ Beam – 27.4’ Depth – 10.4’ 1857 - 1858 - Captain / Owner - Collin McRae 1859 – Captain - Collin McRae – Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1861 - Captain Dix - Owners or Consignees - Howland, Hinckley & Co. 1863 - Captain Dix 1869 - Captain Dix Disposition - Sold – renamed Parimaribo 1866-1872 – Hailed – Suriname "A half brig has square sails on the foremast and fore and aft sails on the main." - Ralph Stanley, September 26, 2007. [show more] | ||
| 6388 | Civil Defense Nursing Class, Southwest Harbor |
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| The photograph was taken at the Congregational Church Parish Hall. A group of women who gathered at the Congregational Church Parish Hall in Southwest Harbor during World War II for nursing courses. Back Row Standing - Left to right: Maud (Gooch) Phillips, R.N. (1902-1987) Mary (Harriman) Carroll (1910-2003) Marguerite E. (Bradbury) Newman - Mrs. Thomas H. Newman (1906-1990) Maude (Whitten) Sullivan - Mrs. Donald Ivan Sullivan (1906-1996) Eleanor M. (Hadlock) Gilley - Mrs. Richard W. Gilley (1908-1999) Ruth (Woster) Herrick - Mrs. Millard Herrick (1907-1994) Irene Louise (Smith) Closson - Mrs. Maynard S. Closson (1905-1995) Ora E. (Newman) Seavey (1900-1975) Effie Madora (Wardwell) Rice - Mrs. Warren Gilbert Rice (1908-1997) Gussie E. (Moore) Chalmers - Mrs. Francis T. Chalmers (1897-1948) Front Row Seated - Left to right: Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen, Sr. (1915-2001) Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Charlotte E. Lurvey (1910-2000) Mary Evelyn (Pearl) Dunham - Mrs. Reginald H. Dunham (1914-1996) Marjorie (Hamblen) Robinson - Mrs. Lawrence S. Robinson (1910-1991) Elizabeth (Thurston) King (1905-2009) Also in the class, but not in the photograph: Albra Marion (Staples) Stanley - Mrs. Leverett Sherman Stanley (1901-1965) Phyllis (Whitmore) Closson - Mrs. Lewis E. Closson (1914-2003) Helen (Wass) Worcester - Mrs. Orman Worcester (1902-1996) | 
Description: The photograph was taken at the Congregational Church Parish Hall. A group of women who gathered at the Congregational Church Parish Hall in Southwest Harbor during World War II for nursing courses. Back Row Standing - Left to right: Maud (Gooch) Phillips, R.N. (1902-1987) Mary (Harriman) Carroll (1910-2003) Marguerite E. (Bradbury) Newman - Mrs. Thomas H. Newman (1906-1990) Maude (Whitten) Sullivan - Mrs. Donald Ivan Sullivan (1906-1996) Eleanor M. (Hadlock) Gilley - Mrs. Richard W. Gilley (1908-1999) Ruth (Woster) Herrick - Mrs. Millard Herrick (1907-1994) Irene Louise (Smith) Closson - Mrs. Maynard S. Closson (1905-1995) Ora E. (Newman) Seavey (1900-1975) Effie Madora (Wardwell) Rice - Mrs. Warren Gilbert Rice (1908-1997) Gussie E. (Moore) Chalmers - Mrs. Francis T. Chalmers (1897-1948) Front Row Seated - Left to right: Jean B. (Gordon) Hamblen - Mrs. Dwight Franklin Hamblen, Sr. (1915-2001) Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Elizabeth Lawler (1903-1975) Charlotte E. Lurvey (1910-2000) Mary Evelyn (Pearl) Dunham - Mrs. Reginald H. Dunham (1914-1996) Marjorie (Hamblen) Robinson - Mrs. Lawrence S. Robinson (1910-1991) Elizabeth (Thurston) King (1905-2009) Also in the class, but not in the photograph: Albra Marion (Staples) Stanley - Mrs. Leverett Sherman Stanley (1901-1965) Phyllis (Whitmore) Closson - Mrs. Lewis E. Closson (1914-2003) Helen (Wass) Worcester - Mrs. Orman Worcester (1902-1996) [show more] | |
| 6824 | Harvey A. Moore Working on Traps - A Maine Lobster Fisherman's Workshop |
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| W.H. Ballard took the photograph of Harvey Moore and used it as the image for a postcard titled, "Lobster Fisherman's Workshop" that became popular on Mount Desert Island. SWHPL 9472 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed. | 
Description: W.H. Ballard took the photograph of Harvey Moore and used it as the image for a postcard titled, "Lobster Fisherman's Workshop" that became popular on Mount Desert Island. SWHPL 9472 was a duplicate of this item and has been removed. | ||
| 7901 | Mary "May" Melissa (Norwood) Davis Carter Feeding a Young Bald Eagle |
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| 9386 | Byron "Bide" Lewis Robinson |
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| 11877 | Lynne Marie Birlem and Charles Wallace Birlem, Jr. |
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| 11984 | Ralph Warren Stanley - Valedictorian Pemetic High School Class of 1948 |
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| 12551 | Pemetic High School - National Honor Society Members |
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| Back Row – Left to Right: Lawrence Eaton Sinclair (1930-) Jean (Boomer) Emerson (1930-), later Mrs. Charles W. Emerson Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Edith (Worcester) Radcliffe (1930-), later Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. Clarence Herbert LaCount (1930-2001) Pemetic School Principal – Carroll B. Ronco (1914-2003) Front Row – Left to Right: Richard E. Allen (1930-) William Thomas Searls II (1930-1951) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Vance Robert Frost (1930-) | 
Description: Back Row – Left to Right: Lawrence Eaton Sinclair (1930-) Jean (Boomer) Emerson (1930-), later Mrs. Charles W. Emerson Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Edith (Worcester) Radcliffe (1930-), later Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. Clarence Herbert LaCount (1930-2001) Pemetic School Principal – Carroll B. Ronco (1914-2003) Front Row – Left to Right: Richard E. Allen (1930-) William Thomas Searls II (1930-1951) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Vance Robert Frost (1930-) [show more] | ||
| 12552 | Pemetic High School - Student Council |
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| Back Row – Left to Right: Myrna Elisabeth Fahey (1933-1973) Walter John Norwood (1933-) Ben Worcester Long (1935-2001) Middle Row – Left to Right: Betty F. (Rice) King (1934-) Melvin Dana Phillips (1931-2011) Ann M. (Moore) Rich (1932-1984) Nancy Dunbar Bulger (1935-2004), later Mrs. Richard H. Bulger Galen S. Wilson (1931-1996) Teacher - Marion (Waterman) Meyer (1921-), later John Austin Meyer Front Row – Left to Right: Billy Ray Griffin (1931-2008) Vance Robert Frost (1930-) Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Barbara A. (Kenney) Moser (1930-), later Mrs. Earl R. Moser Jr. | 
Description: Back Row – Left to Right: Myrna Elisabeth Fahey (1933-1973) Walter John Norwood (1933-) Ben Worcester Long (1935-2001) Middle Row – Left to Right: Betty F. (Rice) King (1934-) Melvin Dana Phillips (1931-2011) Ann M. (Moore) Rich (1932-1984) Nancy Dunbar Bulger (1935-2004), later Mrs. Richard H. Bulger Galen S. Wilson (1931-1996) Teacher - Marion (Waterman) Meyer (1921-), later John Austin Meyer Front Row – Left to Right: Billy Ray Griffin (1931-2008) Vance Robert Frost (1930-) Ruth Celestia (Stanley) Holmes (1931-2014) Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Barbara A. (Kenney) Moser (1930-), later Mrs. Earl R. Moser Jr. [show more] | ||
| 11533 | William L. Howell on His Fishing Vessel |
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| 7765 | Oscar Randall Seavey and the School Bus |
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| “Must have been a special occasion” - Note by W.H. Ballard on the negative sleeve. Mr. Ballard apparently wrote the note some years after taking the photograph. It is possible that, from research quoted below, he took the photograph at the time of the first resolution in honor of Oscar Seavey by the town of Southwest Harbor in 1949. “The first school bus was a green 1938 Ford with mechanical brakes. Every morning Oscar Seavey would get under the bus and adjust the brakes.” – Ralph Stanley 05/11 This photograph shows the new International bus purchased in 1948 - also possibly the "special occasion" mentioned by Ballard. | 
Description: “Must have been a special occasion” - Note by W.H. Ballard on the negative sleeve. Mr. Ballard apparently wrote the note some years after taking the photograph. It is possible that, from research quoted below, he took the photograph at the time of the first resolution in honor of Oscar Seavey by the town of Southwest Harbor in 1949. “The first school bus was a green 1938 Ford with mechanical brakes. Every morning Oscar Seavey would get under the bus and adjust the brakes.” – Ralph Stanley 05/11 This photograph shows the new International bus purchased in 1948 - also possibly the "special occasion" mentioned by Ballard. [show more] | ||
| 5605 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library Volunteers - First Cataloguing Books |
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| 5606 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library Volunteers - First Cataloguing Books |
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| 5607 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library Children's Reading Club |
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| On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence. | 
Description: On the steps of the Library in Southwest Harbor. The photograph is by W.H. Ballard and was originally published in The Bar Harbor Times Oct. 1, 1942. The caption under it read as follows: "LAST STORY HOUR AT SOUTHWEST " - Seventy children who have been attending the weekly story hour at the Southwest Harbor library are shown above at the final story hour of the season, when prizes were awarded to 25 children who completed the summer reading clubs the "Around the World Book Club, and the "Know Your Country Book Club." Stories have been told to the children once a week by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton." The adult in the photograph is Miss Ruth E. Lawrence. [show more] | |
| 5608 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Children's Reading Club Award Winners |
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| Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. | 
Description: Winners of the “Know Your Country” and “Around the World” Book Club Awards Front Row - Left to Right: Hoyt Kenneth Lord (1932-2010) Joan Robinson (1932-) - Later Mrs. Wilbert Terry Diane Ruth Clement (1933-) - Later Mrs. Thomas White Irene Mabel Stanley (1933-2015) - Later Mrs. Carroll Murphy Robert Carroll (1932-1996) Leonard Bragdon Gilley (1929-) Richard Allen (1930-) Second Row - Left to Right: Janet B. Caruso (1931-) - Later Mrs. John F. Madsen Ann Mary Whitmore (1930-) - Later Mrs. Andrew Jackson Harkins Third Row - Left to Right: Esther Jane Norwood (1931-) - Later Mrs. Robert M. Dunbar Barbara Kenny (1930-) - Later Mrs. Earl Moser Jr. Juanita Dorr (1929-1997) - Later Mrs. Howard Edwin Wilson Rosamond Berry (1932-1998) - Later Mrs. Lawrence H. Davis Bernice Mary Beal (1931-) - Later Mrs. Albert Stork Ramona Boynton (1931-1999) - Later Mrs. Leroy J. Rathbun Jr. Janet Marylyn Bickford (1932-1995) - Later Mrs. Wendell Delmont Perry Diane Ballard (1932-2008) - Later Mrs. Robert Edward Michael Back Row - Left to Right: Helen Marie Sinclair (1931-2007) - Later Mrs. Owen D. Frost Marilyn Carroll (1930-1995) - Later Mrs. Richard Harlan La Haye Elizabeth "Betty" May Norwood (1929-) - Later Mrs. Carl Raymond Hardy Jr. Ruth Celestia Stanley (1931-) - Mrs. David Ashton Holmes Edith Worcester (1930-) - Later the first Mrs. Lester H. Radcliffe Jr. [show more] | |
| 5609 | The Southwest Harbor Public Library - Story Hour |
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